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 graphs
algebraic theories of automata
algorithmic, combinatorial and algebraic properties of words and languages
variable length codes
symbolic dynamics
cellular automata
polyominoes and multidimensional patterns
decidability questions
image manipulation and compression
efficient text algorithms
relationships between formal language theory and cryptography, concurrency, complexity theory and logic
bio-inspired computing and quantum computing
The 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, Belgium
20th DLT 2016 in Montreal, Canada
19th DLT 2015 in Liverpool, England
18th DLT 2014 in Ekaterinburg, Russia
17th DLT 2013 in Marne-la-Vallée, France
16th DLT 2012 in Taipei, Taiwan
15th DLT 2011 in Milan, Italy
Special Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 23(5), August 2012
14th DLT 2010 in London (Ontario), Canada
Special Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 22(7), November 2011
13th DLT 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany
Special Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 22(2), February 2011
12th DLT 2008 in Kyoto, Japan
Special Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 21(4), August 2010
11th DLT 2007 in Turku, Finland
Special Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 19(3), June 2008
10th DLT 2006 in Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Special Issue: Theoretical Computer Science 376(1-2), May 2007
9th DLT 2005 in Palermo, Italy
Special Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 17(3), June 2006
8th DLT 2004 in Auckland, New Zealand
Special Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 16(4), August 2005
7th DLT 2003 in Szeged, Hungary
Special Issue: Theoretical Computer Science, 327(3), 2004
6th DLT 2002 in Kyoto, Japan
5th DLT 2001 in Vienna, Austria
4th DLT 1999 in Aachen, Germany
3rd DLT 1997 in Thessaloniki, Greece
2nd DLT 1995 in Magdeburg, Germany
1st DLT 1993 in Turku, Finland
