DLT, the International Conference on Developments in Language Theory is an academic conference in the field of computer science held annually under the auspices of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science. Like most theoretical computer science conferences its contributions are strongly peer-reviewed; the articles appear in proceedings published in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Extended versions of selected papers of each year's conference appear in international journals, such as Theoretical Computer Science and International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science.
Typical topics include:
grammars, acceptors and transducers for words, trees and graphsalgebraic theories of automataalgorithmic, combinatorial and algebraic properties of words and languagesvariable length codessymbolic dynamicscellular automatapolyominoes and multidimensional patternsdecidability questionsimage manipulation and compressionefficient text algorithmsrelationships between formal language theory and cryptography, concurrency, complexity theory and logicbio-inspired computing and quantum computingThe DLT conference series was established by Grzegorz Rozenberg and Arto Salomaa in 1993. Since 2010, the Steering Committee chairman is Juhani Karhumäki.
21st DLT 2017 in Liége, Belgium20th DLT 2016 in Montreal, Canada19th DLT 2015 in Liverpool, England18th DLT 2014 in Ekaterinburg, Russia17th DLT 2013 in Marne-la-Vallée, France16th DLT 2012 in Taipei, Taiwan15th DLT 2011 in Milan, ItalySpecial Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 23(5), August 2012
14th DLT 2010 in London (Ontario), CanadaSpecial Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 22(7), November 2011
13th DLT 2009 in Stuttgart, GermanySpecial Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 22(2), February 2011
12th DLT 2008 in Kyoto, JapanSpecial Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 21(4), August 2010
11th DLT 2007 in Turku, FinlandSpecial Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 19(3), June 2008
10th DLT 2006 in Santa Barbara, CA, USASpecial Issue: Theoretical Computer Science 376(1-2), May 2007
9th DLT 2005 in Palermo, ItalySpecial Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 17(3), June 2006
8th DLT 2004 in Auckland, New ZealandSpecial Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 16(4), August 2005
7th DLT 2003 in Szeged, HungarySpecial Issue: Theoretical Computer Science, 327(3), 2004
6th DLT 2002 in Kyoto, Japan5th DLT 2001 in Vienna, Austria4th DLT 1999 in Aachen, Germany3rd DLT 1997 in Thessaloniki, Greece2nd DLT 1995 in Magdeburg, Germany1st DLT 1993 in Turku, Finland