Preface: Non-Classical Models of Automata and Applications VII

The Seventh Workshop on Non-Classical Models of Automata and Applications (NCMA 2015) was organised to bring together researchers who work on various aspects of non-classical and classical models of automata, providing an excellent opportunity to develop and discuss novel ideas. Numerous models of automata, both classical and non-classical, are natural objects of theoretical computer science. They are studied from different perspectives in various areas, both as theoretical concepts and as formal models for applications. The purpose of the NCMA workshop series is to promote a deeper and interdisciplinary coverage of this particular area and in this way foster new insights and substantial progress in computer science as a whole. Previous NCMA workshops were held in Wroc(cid:3)law (2009), Jena (2010), Milano (2011), Fribourg (2012), Ume˚a (2013) and Kassel (2014). The Seventh Workshop on Non-Classical Models of Automata and Applications (NCMA 2015) took place in Porto, Portugal, on August 31st and September 1st, 2015. It was partially supported by the University of Porto and the Funda¸c˜ao para a Ciˆencia e Tecnologia (FCT). We warmly thank the invited speakers Patricia Boyer-Decitre (LSV, CNRS and ENS de Cachan, France), Sylvain Lombardy (LaBRI, Bordeaux, France) and Emanuele Rodaro (CMUP, University of Porto, Portugal). For NCMA 2015, we received submissions by a total of 22 authors from 8 different countries. From these submissions, on the basis of three referees’ reports each, the Program Committee selected 9 contributions for presentation at NCMA. Also 4 short contributions were presented at the workshop. We thank the members of the Program Committee for their excellent work in making this selection: Maria Paola Bianchi (ETH Z¨urich, Switzerland), Henning Bordihn (Universit¨at Potsdam, Germany), Cezar Cˆampeanu (University of Prince Ed-ward Island, PEI, Canada), Dominik D. Freydenberger (Universit¨at