Autumn school "Proof and Computation", 13th to 19th September 2026

An international autumn school "Proof and Computation" will be held from 13th to 19th September 2026 at Aurachhof in Fischbachau near Munich. Its aim is to bring together young researchers in the fields of Foundations of Mathematics, Computer Science and Philosophy. Previous autumn schools in this series were PC25, PC24, PC23, PC22, PC21, PC19, PC18, PC17, PC16.

Scope

Predicative Foundations
Constructive Mathematics and Type Theory
Computation in Higher Types
Extraction of Programs from Proofs

Courses

Manfred Droste (Leipzig): Universal Information Systems
Tom de Jong (Nottingham): Introduction to Homotopy Type Theory (Univalent Foundations)
Dominik Kirst (Paris): Constructive (Meta-)Mathematics and Synthetic Computability
Keisuke Nakano (Sendai) and Masahiko Sato (Kyoto): Algebra and Geometry of the Lambda-Calculus
Dirk Pattinson (Canberra): Coinduction and Infinite Data
Daniel Wessel (Munich): Gentzen's Legacy within and beyond Hilbert's Programme

Celebrating the 10th edition of the autumn school we have 3 additional evening lectures:

Thiery Coquand (Gothenburg): tba
Gitta Kutyniok (Munich): Reliable and Sustainable AI: From Mathematical Foundations to Next Generation AI Computing
Hannes Leitgeb (Munich): The Logic of Reason

Schedule

             Monday      Tuesday     Wednesday   Thursday    Friday
09:00-09:50  Mainzer     Nakano/Sato de Jong     Wessel      Kirst
09:50-10:30  *Coffee*    *Coffee*    *Coffee*    *Coffee*    *Coffee*
10:30-11:20  Wessel      Pattinson   Nakano/Sato Droste      Pattinson
11:30-12:20  de Jong     Groups                  Groups      Groups    

15:00-15:50  Droste      Wessel                  Nakano/Sato Droste  
15:50-16:30  *Coffee*    *Coffee*                *Coffee*    *Coffee*
16:30-17:20  Pattinson   de Jong                 Kirst       Groups   
17:30-18:20  Kirst       Groups                  Groups      Groups  

20:00-21:00  Kutyniok    Coquand                 Leitgeb

Working groups

There will be an opportunity to form ad-hoc groups working on specific projects, but also to discuss in more general terms the vision of constructing correct programs from proofs.

How to get there

The default arrival time is Sunday afternoon, and departure time Saturday after breakfast. There are frequent direct trains from Munich Hauptbahnhof, departing at tracks 27-36, in the direction to Bayerischzell. Trains depart for instance 15:29, 16:29, 17:29 with arrival in Fischbachau at 16:44, 17:44, 18:44. From the train station in Fischbachau it is an easy 200 meter walk to Aurachhof; see its website for directions.

Applications

Graduate or PhD students and young postdoctoral researches are invited to apply. Please apply by following the steps described here. Note that an application consists in particular of a motivation letter (containing a self-introduction including research interests). Students are furthermore required to provide a letter of recommendation, preferably from the thesis adviser. The letter of recommendation should be either sent by the applicant themselve together with the application or by the recommender by email to herrmann+pc26 (at) math (.) lmu (.) de. Deadline for applications: June 1, 2026. Applicants will be notified by June 29, 2026.

Financial support

The workshop is supported by the Udo Keller Stiftung (Hamburg). Successful applicants with funding problems may apply for financial support covering accommodation including meals for the days of the autumn school (ca. 116 Euro per day).

Klaus Mainzer
Peter Schuster
Helmut Schwichtenberg

Last change: 7. February 2026