[CD] ================================================ AMAST Links 02 08 8th International Conference on Automata and Formal Languages, ICAFL'96 Salg'otarj'an, Hungary, July 29 (Mon) - August 2 (Fri), 1996 The full version of this _Call for Papers_ is available at URL: http://www.cs.utwente.nl/data/amast/links/v02/i08/full/AC0208CD.tex The Conference is the continuation of the series of the former "Salgotarjan Conferences", held between 1980 and 1993, in the beautiful montains around Salg\'otarj\'an (in Northern Hungary, about 120 km NE of Budapest, near the Slovakian border), initiated and organized by the late Professor Istv'an Pe'ak (1936-1989). *Submissions.* Those participants who wish to give a talk (20-25 min) are requested to submit o an extended abstract (prefer. max. 2 pages), before March 15, 1996; o the complete paper, based on the talk, before August 2, 1996. Simultaneous submission of a paper to any other conference with published proceedings is not allowed. Authors will be notified of acceptance/rejection by November 30, 1996. See the full version of this announcement for submission details. (Please use electronic mail whenever appropriate, including submission of source files.) The *conference proceedings*, containing the extended abstract, will be distributed to the participants at the beginning of the conference. The *accepted complete papers* will be forwarded to the journal _Publicationes Mathematicae_ (Debrecen) by the Advisory Board of the Conference. The Conference Volume, containing the accepted papers, will be sent to the participants when it is printed. *Costs* Estimates are given in the full version of this announcement. The deadline for early registration (at reduced fee) is May 31, 1996. *Invited Speakers.* R.G. Buharajeev ("), P. Erdos, P. Halmos, D. Perrin, G. Pirillo, J.L. Rhodes, H.J. Shyr, I. Simon ("). (where (") means not yet confirmed). *More Information.* A second announcement is due to appear before the middle of March 1996, and will contain more detailed information about the scientific program, accomodation, and a list of participants. *Pre-registration.* Prospective participants should complete the Form as given in the full version of this announcement and send it as soon as possible but not later than February 15, 1996.