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2nd TACAS Competition on Software Verification -- Call for Participation
by Dirk Beyer 12 Oct '12

12 Oct '12

2nd TACAS Competition on Software Verification 2013 -- Call for Participation March 21, 2012 -- Rome, Italy http://sv-comp.sosy-lab.org/ http://www.etaps.org/2013/tacas13 Associated with TACAS'13, there will be a competition on software verification. After an interesting and successful first competition at the last TACAS in Tallinn, TACAS'13 hosts the second such competition event with the goal of a thorough evaluation and comparison of state-of-the-art software verifiers with respect to effectiveness and efficiency, and to foster technology transfer. After the benchmark set was considerably extended and consolidated, we now call for participation, i.e., to submit a verifier and a description paper. Submission info: http://sv-comp.sosy-lab.org/2013/submission.php Important dates: http://sv-comp.sosy-lab.org/2013/dates.php Next deadline: Oct. 21, 2012: Submission of Competition Contributions (3-page papers, via EasyChair) by participants (evaluation phase starts). The competition takes place offline, and the results will be presented in a special competition session at TACAS'13 in Rome. Last year's results: http://sv-comp.sosy-lab.org/2012/results/index.php Organizer: Dirk Beyer, University of Passau, Germany Competition Jury and Program Committee: Dirk Beyer (Chair), University of Passau, Germany Bernd Fischer, University of Southampton, UK Vadim Mutilin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Andrey Rybalchenko, TU Munich, Germany Alexander Schremmer, University of Paderborn, Germany (from 2012-04-20) Carsten Sinz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Michael Tautschnig, Oxford University, UK Helmut Veith, TU Vienna, Austria Tomas Vojnar, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic Georg Weissenbacher, Princeton University, USA Philipp Wendler, University of Passau, Germany

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AVoCS 2012 - Call for Participation
by Gerald Lüttgen 17 Aug '12

17 Aug '12

12th International Workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems - AVOCS 2012 18-20th September 2012 Bamberg, Germany http://www.swt-bamberg.de/AVoCS2012/ FINAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The aim of AVoCS 2012 is to contribute to the interaction and exchange of ideas among members of the international research community working on developing tools and techniques for the verification of critical systems. The workshop will take place in Bamberg which is located in the Upper Franconia region of Northern Bavaria in Germany. It is easily reachable by train from the major airports in Frankfurt and Munich and from the regional airport in Nuremberg. Bamberg has a rich history dating back to its founding in the 10th century. The historic city center was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993 making the city a popular tourist destination. The city also has a reputation for producing excellent beers from its eight local breweries, some of which we will taste in a lovely beer garden overlooking Bamberg. The technical programme will consist of 4 invited and 16 contributed talks. The workshop will be relatively informal, with an emphasis on discussion. INVITED SPEAKERS - Michael Goldsmith (U. Oxford, UK) - Jon Holt (Atego, UK) - Jaco van de Pol (U. Twente, NL) - Christoph Weidenbach (MPI Informatik, Saarbruecken, D) CONTRIBUTED TALKS - Brijesh Dongol, John Derrick and Ian J. Hayes. Fractional Permissions and Non-Deterministic Evaluators in Interval Temporal Logic. - Radu I. Siminiceanu, Ijaz Ahmed and Nestor Catano. Automated Verification of Specifications with Typestates and Access Permissions. - Yang Zhao and Kristin Yvonne Rozier. Formal Specification and Verification of a Coordination Protocol for an Automated Air Traffic Control System. - Rajiv Murali and Andrew Ireland. E-SPARK: Automated Generation of Provably Correct Code from Formally Verified Designs. - Hassan Hatefi and Holger Hermanns. Model Checking Algorithms for Markov Automata. - Stephan Merz and Hernán Vanzetto. Harnessing SMT Solvers for TLA+ Proofs. - Marcel Pockrandt, Paula Herber, Holger Gross and Sabine Glesner. Optimized Transformation and Verification of SystemC Methods. - Holger Gast. Semi-automatic Proofs about Object Graphs in Separation Logic. - Jeroen J.A. Keiren and Martijn D. Klabbers. Modelling and Verifying IEEE Std 11073-20601 Session Setup Using mCRL2. - Oleg Travkin, Heike Wehrheim and Gerhard Schellhorn. Proving Linearizability of Multiset with Local Proof Obligations. - Faron Moller, Hoang Nga Nguyen, Markus Roggenbach, Steve Schneider and Helen Treharne. CSP||B Modelling for Railway Verification: The Double Junction Case Study. - Alexander Heußner. Verifying Web Services over Unbounded, Reliable Channels. - Abdeldjalil Boudjadar, Frits Vaandrager, Jean-Paul Bodeveix and Mamoun Filali. Callable Timed Automata: Adding Dynamic Creation of Processes to UPPAAL. - Maria Spichkova. Towards Focus on Time. - Bernhard Beckert and Thorsten Bormer. Lessons Learned From Microkernel Verification. - Adrian Beer, Uwe Kuehne, Florian Leitner-Fischer, Stefan Leue and Rüdiger Prem. Model-based Formal Safety Analysis of an Airport Surveillance Radar System. SPONSORED PLACEMENTS FME Sponsored Placements: Thanks to generous sponsorship from Formal Methods Europe (FME), we are able to offer support in the form of several free PhD student places for those who are still registered for their PhD degrees - see http://www.swt-bamberg.de/AVoCS2012/registration.php. REGISTRATION Visit our web site http://www.swt-bamberg.de/AVoCS2012/ to register. Registration will be open until 31st August 2012.

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AVoCS'12 Final Call for Papers
by Gerald Lüttgen 03 May '12

03 May '12

Please find below the final call for papers for AVoCS'12, accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Note the submission deadline for full papers is 1st June 2012 and for short papers 23rd July 2012. We are also pleased to announce that this year there will be an "Inside Tools" track consisting of two invited talks by Michael Goldsmith (U. Oxford, UK) on the model checker FDR and Christoph Weidenbach (MPI Informatik, Saarbrücken, D) on the theory behind the SPASS prover tools. This is in addition to the invited talks by Jon Holt (Atego, UK) and Jaco van de Pol (U. Twente, NL). ********************************************************************** 12th International Workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems 18-20th September 2012 Bamberg, Germany http://www.swt-bamberg.de/AVoCS2012/ ********************************************************************** The aim of AVoCS 2012 is to contribute to the interaction and exchange of ideas among members of the international research community on tools and techniques for the verification of critical systems. The subject is to be interpreted broadly and inclusively. It covers all aspects of automated verification, including model checking, theorem proving, SAT/SMT constraint solving, abstract interpretation, and refinement pertaining to various types of critical systems which need to meet stringent dependability requirements (safety-critical, security-critical, business-critical, performance-critical, etc). Contributions that describe different techniques, or industrial case studies are encouraged. The technical programme will consist of invited and contributed talks and also allow for short presentations of ongoing work. The workshop will be relatively informal, with an emphasis on discussion. Invited Speakers Jon Holt (Atego, UK) Jaco van de Pol (U. Twente, NL) This year there will be an "Inside Tools" track consisting of invited talks by Michael Goldsmith (U. Oxford, UK) and Christoph Weidenbach (MPI Informatik, Saarbrücken, D). Topics include (but are not limited to) Model Checking Automatic and Interactive Theorem Proving SAT, SMT or Constraint Solving for Verification Abstract Interpretation Specification and Refinement Requirements Capture and Analysis Verification of Software and Hardware Verification of Security-Critical Systems Specification and Verification of Fault Tolerance and Resilience Probabilistic and Real-Time Systems Dependable Systems Verified System Development Industrial Applications Important Dates Submission (full papers): 1st June 2012 Notification (full papers): 16th July 2012 Submission (short papers): 23rd July 2012 Notification (short papers): 25th July 2012 Registration deadline (including accommodation): 30th July 2012 Submission of final versions: 3rd August 2012 Workshop: 18-20th September 2012 Submission Details Full Papers: Submissions of full papers to the workshop must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be peer-reviewed and judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the workshop. Final versions of the papers must be written in English and not exceed 15 pages (excluding the title page) in the EASST LaTeX or MS Word format (http://eceasst.cs.tu-berlin.de/template/). Short Contributions: AVoCS'12 encourages the submissions of short contributions in order to stimulate discussions at the workshop. Reports on ongoing work or surveys on work published elsewhere are welcome. The Programme Committee will select short contributions on the basis of submitted abstracts according to significance and general interest. Short contributions must be written in English and not exceed 2 pages (excluding the title page) in the EASST LaTeX or MS Word format (http://eceasst.cs.tu-berlin.de/template/). Submission Site: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=avocs2012 Conference Proceedings & Special Journal Issue At the workshop, pre-proceedings will be available in the form of a Bamberg University Report; this report will also include the short contributions. After the workshop, the authors of accepted papers will have about one month in order to revise their papers for publication in the workshop post-proceedings which will appear in the Electronic Communications of the EASST. We will invite authors of a selection of the best papers presented at the workshop to submit extended versions of their work for publication in a special issue of Elsevier's journal Science of Computer Programming. Program Committee Jiri Barnat (Masaryk U. Brno, CZ) Radu Calinescu (Aston U., UK) Javier Esparza (TU Munich, D) Michael Goldsmith (U. Oxford, UK) Constance Heitmeyer (Naval Research Laboratory, US) Keijo Heljanko (Aalto U., FI) Holger Hermanns (U. Saarbrücken, D) Cliff Jones (Newcastle U., UK) Gerald Lüttgen (U. Bamberg, D, Co-Chair) Stephan Merz (INRIA Nancy & LORIA, F, Co-Chair) Alice Miller (U. Glasgow, UK) Markus Roggenbach (Swansea U., UK) Thomas Santen (Microsoft Research Aachen, D) Tayssir Touili (LIAFA Paris, F) Helen Treharne (U. Surrey, UK) Laurent Voisin (Systerel, F) Steering Committee Michael Goldsmith (U. Oxford, UK) Stephan Merz (INRIA Nancy & LORIA, F) Markus Roggenbach (Swansea U., UK) Organization Committee Gerald Lüttgen David White Alexandra Homer

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Deadlineverlängerung des Workshops ICE
by Tobias Heindel 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

Liebe D-CON Gemeinde, Ihr seid herzlich eingeladen, weitere Papiere zu unserem Workshop zum Thema *Distributed coordination, execution models, and resilient interaction* in Stockholm einzureichen. Der Workshop ist mit DisCoTec assoziiert und Papiere werden per interaktivem Review-Prozess akzeptiert. Alles weitere findet Ihr unten. Beste Grüße, Tobias * ICE 2012* * 5th Interaction and Concurrency Experience June 16, 2012, Stockholm, Sweden http://www.artist-embedded.org/artist/-ICE-2012-.html Satellite workshop of DisCoTec 2012 http://discotec.ict.kth.se/ === Highlights === - Invited talks: Marcello Bonsangue & Ichiro Hasuo - Innovative selection procedure - Special issue of Scientific Annals of Computer Science (http://www.info.uaic.ro/bin/Annals/) === Important Dates === 30 March 2012...............Abstract submission 04 April 2012 **25 April 2012***.................Full paper submission 18 April-12 May 2012 **26 April-11 May 2012**...Reviews, rebuttal 16 May 2012..................................................Notification to authors 30 May 2012..................................................Camera-ready 16 June 2012.................................................ICE in Stockholm 15 Sept 2012.................................................Post-proceedings === Scope === Interaction and Concurrency Experiences (ICEs) is a series of international scientific meetings oriented to theoretical computer science researchers with special interest in models, verification, tools and programming primitives for complex interactions. The general scope of the venue includes theoretical and applied aspects of interactions and the synchronization mechanisms used among components of concurrent/distributed systems, but every experience focuses on a different specific topic (see "Previous Editions" at the end of this call) related to several areas of computer science in the broad spectrum ranging from formal specification and analysis to studies inspired by emerging computational models. The theme of ICE 2012 is ***Distributed coordination, execution models, and resilient interaction***. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Process algebra and coordination: transformation, analysis and implementation - Models for distributed coordination and semantics - Techniques and tools for specification, analysis, verification of resilient interaction - Languages, protocols and mechanisms for sound distributed coordination - Logics and types for interactions - Comparison among different coordination and/or execution models - Expressive power of coordination languages and execution models - Formal semantics of coordination languages - Formal verification of distributed coordinated architectures - Relating different semantic models for coordination languages === Selection Procedure === Since its 1st edition in 2008, the distinguishing feature of ICE has been an innovative paper selection mechanism based on an interactive discussion amongst authors and PC members. During the review phase, each submitted paper is published on a Wiki and associated with a discussion forum whose access will be restricted to the authors and all the PC members who do not have a conflict of interests with the paper. The PC members post comments/questions that the authors shall reply to. As witnessed by the past four editions of ICE, this procedure considerably improves the accuracy of the feedback from reviews, the fairness of the selection, the quality of camera-ready papers, and the discussion during the workshop. === The Public Wiki === After the notification, the accepted papers will be published on a public forum, in order to initiate public discussions that will trigger and stimulate the scientific debate at the workshop. We believe that this will drive the workshop discussions and let prospective participants interact with each other much earlier than in more traditional events. === Submission Guidelines === Papers must report previously unpublished work and not be simultaneously submitted to other conferences/workshops with refereed proceedings. The ICE 2012 post-proceedings will be published in Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science (http://eptcs.org/). Submissions must be made electronically in PDF format via EasyChair (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ice2012) and should not exceed 15 pages with the EPTCS style (http://style.eptcs.org/). Accepted papers must be presented at the workshop by one of the authors. === Special Issue === Full versions of the best papers selected by the PC will be invited to appear in a special issue of the journal of Scientific Annals of Computer Science (http://www.info.uaic.ro/bin/Annals/). Such contributions will be regularly peer-reviewed according to the standard journal policy, but they will be handled in a shorter time than regular submissions. === Program Committee === Lucia Acciai (University of Firenze, Italy) Luca Aceto (Reykjavik University, Iceland) Massimo Bartoletti (University of Cagliari, Italy) Simon Bliudze (EPFL, Switzerland) Laura Bocchi (University of Leicester, United Kingdom) Filippo Bonchi (CNRS, France) Roberto Bruni (University of Pisa, Italy) Marco Carbone (co-chair) Vincenzo Ciancia (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Pierre-Malo Denielou (Imperial College, United Kingdom) Cinzia Di Giusto (CEA, France) Tobias Heindel (CEA, France) Tom Hirschowitz (CNRS, France) Bartek Klin (Warsaw University, Poland) Ivan Lanese (University of Bologna/INRIA, Italy) Alberto Lluch Lafuente (IMT Lucca, Italy) Bas Luttik (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands) Manuel Mazzara (Newcastle University, United Kingdom) Mohammadreza Mousavi (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands) Damien Pous (CNRS, France) Jens-Wolfhard Schicke-Uffmann (TU Braunschweig, Germany ) Alexandra Silva (co-chair) Ana Sokolova (University of Salzburg, Austria) Francesco Tiezzi (IMT Lucca, Italy) Emilio Tuosto (University of Leicester, United Kingdom) Erik de Vink (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands) === ICEcreamers === - Marco Carbone (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark; co-chair) - Ivan Lanese (University of Bologna/INRIA, Italy) - Alexandra Silva (Radboud University Nijmegen & CWI, The Netherlands; HasLab / INESC TEC, Portugal; co-chair) - Ana Sokolova (University of Salzburg, Austria) === Contact === ice2012(a)easychair.org === Previous editions === The previous four editions of ICE have been held on * July 6th, 2008 in Reykjavik, Iceland with focus on Synchronous and Asynchronous Interactions in Concurrent/ Distributed Systems, co-located with ICALP'08. The post-proceedings were published in ENTCS (vol.229-3). * August 31st, 2009 in Bologna, Italy with focus on Structured Interactions, co-located with CONCUR'09. The post-proceedings were published in EPTCS (vol.12) and a special issue of MSCS is in preparation. * June 10th, 2010 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands with focus on Guaranteed Interactions, co-located with DisCoTec'10. The post-proceedings were published in EPTCS (vol.38) and selected papers appeared in a joint special issue of SACS (with CAMPUS'10 and CS2BIO'10, Vol. XXI). * June 9th, 2011 in Reykjavik, Iceland with focus on Reliable and Contract-based Interactions, co-located with DisCoTec'11. The post-proceedings were published in EPTCS (vol.59) and a special issue of SACS is now in preparation. === Workshop Sponsors === CEA-List Computer Science Department - University of Bologna*

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Call for Papers: AVoCS 2012
by Stefan Rieger 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

********************************************************************** 12th International Workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems 18-20th September 2012 Bamberg, Germany http://www.swt-bamberg.de/AVoCS2012/ ********************************************************************** The aim of AVoCS 2012 is to contribute to the interaction and exchange of ideas among members of the international research community on tools and techniques for the verification of critical systems. The subject is to be interpreted broadly and inclusively. It covers all aspects of automated verification, including model checking, theorem proving, SAT/SMT constraint solving, abstract interpretation, and refinement pertaining to various types of critical systems which need to meet stringent dependability requirements (safety-critical, security-critical, business-critical, performance-critical, etc). Contributions that describe different techniques, or industrial case studies are encouraged. The technical programme will consist of invited and contributed talks and also allow for short presentations of ongoing work. The workshop will be relatively informal, with an emphasis on discussion. Invited Speakers Jon Holt (Atego, UK) Jaco van de Pol (U. Twente, NL) Topics include (but are not limited to) Model Checking Automatic and Interactive Theorem Proving SAT, SMT or Constraint Solving for Verification Abstract Interpretation Specification and Refinement Requirements Capture and Analysis Verification of Software and Hardware Verification of Security-Critical Systems Specification and Verification of Fault Tolerance and Resilience Probabilistic and Real-Time Systems Dependable Systems Verified System Development Industrial Applications Important Dates Submission (full papers): 1st June 2012 Notification (full papers): 16th July 2012 Submission (short papers): 23rd July 2012 Notification (short papers): 25th July 2012 Registration deadline (including accommodation): 30th July 2012 Submission of final versions: 3rd August 2012 Workshop: 18-20th September 2012 Submission Details Full Papers: Submissions of full papers to the workshop must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be peer-reviewed and judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the workshop. Final versions of the papers must be written in English and not exceed 15 pages (excluding the title page) in the EASST LaTeX or MS Word format (http://eceasst.cs.tu-berlin.de/template/). Short Contributions: AVoCS'12 encourages the submissions of short contributions in order to stimulate discussions at the workshop. Reports on ongoing work or surveys on work published elsewhere are welcome. The Programme Committee will select short contributions on the basis of submitted abstracts according to significance and general interest. Short contributions must be written in English and not exceed 2 pages (excluding the title page) in the EASST LaTeX or MS Word format (http://eceasst.cs.tu-berlin.de/template/). Submission Site: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=avocs2012 Conference Proceedings & Special Journal Issue At the workshop, pre-proceedings will be available in the form of a Bamberg University Report; this report will also include the short contributions. After the workshop, the authors of accepted papers will have about one month in order to revise their papers for publication in the workshop post-proceedings which will appear in the Electronic Communications of the EASST. We will invite authors of a selection of the best papers presented at the workshop to submit extended versions of their work for publication in a special issue of Elsevier's journal Science of Computer Programming. Program Committee Jiri Barnat (Masaryk U. Brno, CZ) Radu Calinescu (Aston U., UK) Javier Esparza (TU Munich, D) Michael Goldsmith (U. Oxford, UK) Constance Heitmeyer (Naval Research Laboratory, US) Keijo Heljanko (Aalto U., FI) Holger Hermanns (U. Saarbrücken, D) Cliff Jones (Newcastle U., UK) Gerald Lüttgen (U. Bamberg, D, Co-Chair) Stephan Merz (INRIA Nancy & LORIA, F, Co-Chair) Alice Miller (U. Glasgow, UK) Markus Roggenbach (Swansea U., UK) Thomas Santen (Microsoft Research Aachen, D) Tayssir Touili (LIAFA Paris, F) Helen Treharne (U. Surrey, UK) Laurent Voisin (Systerel, F) Steering Committee Michael Goldsmith (U. Oxford, UK) Stephan Merz (INRIA Nancy & LORIA, F) Markus Roggenbach (Swansea U., UK) Organization Committee Gerald Lüttgen David White Alexandra Homer

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Informationen
by Roland Meyer 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

Liebe Kollegen, schon übermorgen treffen wir uns hier in Kaiserslautern zur D-CON 2012. Mit dieser E-Mail senden wir Euch Informationen, die die Orientierung in Kaiserslautern erleichtern sollen. 1. Die D-CON findet in den Gebäuden 57 (Rotunde) und 58 (IVW) statt und wird auf dem Campus ausgeschildert sein. Einen Campusplan findet Ihr unter http://concurrency.cs.uni-kl.de/documents/campus_map.pdf In den Räumen werden wir Laptops aufbauen, so dass Ihr keine Rechner benötigt. Wenn jemand seinen eigenen Rechner benutzen möchte, ist das natürlich möglich. Es wird auch einen Overheadprojektor geben. Das Programm hat sich leicht geändert. Die ersten beiden Vorträge in der Rotunde sind durch andere Themen ersetzt worden. Den aktualisierten Plan findet Ihr unter http://concurrency.cs.uni-kl.de/documents/dcon_updated_program.pdf Die Zusammenfassungen zu Robustheit und LCEGAR stehen auf der Workshopseite http://concurrency.cs.uni-kl.de/dcon_2012.html Für das leibliche Wohl während der D-CON ist gesorgt. 2. Von den Hotels (Innenstadt) aus ist die TU mit Bussen sehr gut zu erreichen. Ihr solltet Linie 105 oder 115 wählen und dann an der Station "Uni Ost" aussteigen. Einen Linienplan findet Ihr hier: http://www.swk-kl.de/irj/go/km/docs/wpccontent/Cross-Site Content/Nahverkehr/Liniennetzplan KL Sep 2011.pdf Einen Stadtplan (mit Restaurants) findet Ihr unter http://tinyurl.com/7q6vdd2 3. Unser informelles Essen am Mittwochabend findet um 19.30 Uhr im Restaurant Flammkuche Ludwigstraße 40 67657 Kaiserslautern statt. Am Donnerstagabend treffen wir uns ebenfalls um 19.30 Uhr im Restaurant Spinnrädl Schillerstraße 1 67655 Kaiserslautern http://www.spinnraedl.de Solltet Ihr Rückfragen haben, meldet Euch bitte bei Georgel (calin(a)cs.uni-kl.de) oder Roland (meyer(a)cs.uni-kl.de). Wir freuen uns schon sehr auf den Workshop Georgel und Roland -- Roland Meyer University of Kaiserslautern Concurrency Theory Group Office: 34/428 Phone: +49 (0)631 205 26 34 Fax: +49 (0)631 205 34 20 Web: http://concurrency.cs.uni-kl.de

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ICE 2012 - First Call for Papers (Deadline 4 April 2012)
by Jens-Wolfhard Schicke-Uffmann 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Heute mal Spam von mir, ein Call-for-Papers eines großartigen Workshops. Wie üblich via Floodfillalgorithmus verteilt, doppelte Zusendung ist also Teil des Plans. Grüße, Jens +++++++++++++++++++++++ * ICE 2012 5th Interaction and Concurrency Experience June 16, 2012, Stockholm, Sweden http://www.artist-embedded.org/artist/-ICE-2012-.html Satellite workshop of DisCoTec 2012 http://discotec.ict.kth.se/ === Highlights === - Invited talks: Marcello Bonsangue & Ichiro Hasuo - Innovative selection procedure - Special issue of Scientific Annals of Computer Science (http://www.info.uaic.ro/bin/Annals/) === Important Dates === 30 March 2012................Abstract submission 04 April 2012...................Full paper submission 18 April - 12 May 2012....Reviews, rebuttal and PC discussion 16 May 2012....................Notification to authors 30 May 2012....................Camera-ready for pre-proceedings 16 June 2012...................ICE in Stockholm 15 Sept 2012...................Camera-ready for post-proceedings === Scope === Interaction and Concurrency Experiences (ICEs) is a series of international scientific meetings oriented to theoretical computer science researchers with special interest in models, verification, tools and programming primitives for complex interactions. The general scope of the venue includes theoretical and applied aspects of interactions and the synchronization mechanisms used among components of concurrent/distributed systems, but every experience focuses on a different specific topic (see "Previous Editions" at the end of this call) related to several areas of computer science in the broad spectrum ranging from formal specification and analysis to studies inspired by emerging computational models. The theme of ICE 2012 is ***Distributed coordination, execution models, and resilient interaction***. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Process algebra and coordination: transformation, analysis and implementation - Models for distributed coordination and semantics - Techniques and tools for specification, analysis, verification of resilient interaction - Languages, protocols and mechanisms for sound distributed coordination - Logics and types for interactions - Comparison among different coordination and/or execution models - Expressive power of coordination languages and execution models - Formal semantics of coordination languages - Formal verification of distributed coordinated architectures - Relating different semantic models for coordination languages === Selection Procedure === Since its 1st edition in 2008, the distinguishing feature of ICE has been an innovative paper selection mechanism based on an interactive discussion amongst authors and PC members. During the review phase, each submitted paper is published on a Wiki and associated with a discussion forum whose access will be restricted to the authors and all the PC members who do not have a conflict of interests with the paper. The PC members post comments/questions that the authors shall reply to. As witnessed by the past four editions of ICE, this procedure considerably improves the accuracy of the feedback from reviews, the fairness of the selection, the quality of camera-ready papers, and the discussion during the workshop. === The Public Wiki === After the notification, the accepted papers will be published on a public forum, in order to initiate public discussions that will trigger and stimulate the scientific debate at the workshop. We believe that this will drive the workshop discussions and let prospective participants interact with each other much earlier than in more traditional events. === Submission Guidelines === Papers must report previously unpublished work and not be simultaneously submitted to other conferences/workshops with refereed proceedings. The ICE 2012 post-proceedings will be published in Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science (http://eptcs.org/). Submissions must be made electronically in PDF format via EasyChair (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ice2012) and should not exceed 15 pages with the EPTCS style (http://style.eptcs.org/). Accepted papers must be presented at the workshop by one of the authors. === Special Issue === Full versions of the best papers selected by the PC will be invited to appear in a special issue of the journal of Scientific Annals of Computer Science (http://www.info.uaic.ro/bin/Annals/). Such contributions will be regularly peer-reviewed according to the standard journal policy, but they will be handled in a shorter time than regular submissions. === Program Committee === Lucia Acciai (University of Firenze, Italy) Luca Aceto (Reykjavik University, Iceland) Massimo Bartoletti (University of Cagliari, Italy) Simon Bliudze (EPFL, Switzerland) Laura Bocchi (University of Leicester, United Kingdom) Filippo Bonchi (CNRS, France) Roberto Bruni (University of Pisa, Italy) Marco Carbone (co-chair) Vincenzo Ciancia (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Pierre-Malo Denielou (Imperial College, United Kingdom) Cinzia Di Giusto (CEA, France) Tobias Heindel (CEA, France) Tom Hirschowitz (CNRS, France) Bartek Klin (Warsaw University, Poland) Ivan Lanese (University of Bologna/INRIA, Italy) Alberto Lluch Lafuente (IMT Lucca, Italy) Bas Luttik (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands) Manuel Mazzara (Newcastle University, United Kingdom) Mohammadreza Mousavi (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands) Damien Pous (CNRS, France) Jens-Wolfhard Schicke-Uffmann (TU Braunschweig, Germany ) Alexandra Silva (co-chair) Ana Sokolova (University of Salzburg, Austria) Francesco Tiezzi (IMT Lucca, Italy) Emilio Tuosto (University of Leicester, United Kingdom) Erik de Vink (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands) === ICEcreamers === - Marco Carbone (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark; co-chair) - Ivan Lanese (University of Bologna/INRIA, Italy) - Alexandra Silva (Radboud University Nijmegen & CWI, The Netherlands; HasLab / INESC TEC, Portugal; co-chair) - Ana Sokolova (University of Salzburg, Austria) === Contact === ice2012(a)easychair.org <mailto:ice2012@easychair.org> === Previous editions === The previous four editions of ICE have been held on * July 6th, 2008 in Reykjavik, Iceland with focus on Synchronous and Asynchronous Interactions in Concurrent/ Distributed Systems, co-located with ICALP'08. The post-proceedings were published in ENTCS (vol.229-3). * August 31st, 2009 in Bologna, Italy with focus on Structured Interactions, co-located with CONCUR'09. The post-proceedings were published in EPTCS (vol.12) and a special issue of MSCS is in preparation. * June 10th, 2010 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands with focus on Guaranteed Interactions, co-located with DisCoTec'10. The post-proceedings were published in EPTCS (vol.38) and selected papers appeared in a joint special issue of SACS (with CAMPUS'10 and CS2BIO'10, Vol. XXI). * June 9th, 2011 in Reykjavik, Iceland with focus on Reliable and Contract-based Interactions, co-located with DisCoTec'11. The post-proceedings were published in EPTCS (vol.59) and a special issue of SACS is now in preparation. === Workshop Sponsors === CEA-List Computer Science Department - University of Bologna*

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Programmentwurf und Restaurants
by Roland Meyer 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Liebe Kollegen, vielen Dank für Eure Teilnahme an der Doodle-Umfrage. Basierend auf dem Ergebnis haben wir nun einen ersten Programmentwurf zusammengestellt, der die meisten Präferenzen berücksichtigen sollte. Er findet sich als PDF-Datei unter http://concurrency.cs.uni-kl.de/documents/dcon_programm.pdf Solltet Ihr Anmerkungen oder Rückfragen haben, wendet Euch bitte einfach an Georgel (calin(a)cs.uni-kl.de) oder Roland (meyer(a)cs.uni-kl.de). Außerdem gibt es Neuigkeiten bezüglich der Restaurants. Am Mittwochabend um 19.30 Uhr werden wir im Restaurant "Flammkuche" Ludwigstraße 40 67657 Kaiserslautern Telefon: 0631-65 875 erwartet. Das Workshop-Dinner findet am Donnerstagabend um 19.30 Uhr im Restaurant "Spinnrädl" http://www.spinnraedl.de/ Schillerstraße 1 67655 Kaiserslautern Telefon: 0631-605 11 statt. Beide Restaurants sind binnen weniger Minuten von den empfohlenen Hotels aus zu Fuß zu erreichen. Die Information dieser Mail findet Ihr auch auf der Internetseite http://concurrency.cs.uni-kl.de/dcon_2012.html des Workshops. Habt einen feinen Tag Georgel und Roland -- Roland Meyer University of Kaiserslautern Concurrency Theory Group Office: 34/428 Phone: +49 (0)631 205 26 34 Fax: +49 (0)631 205 34 20 Web: http://concurrency.cs.uni-kl.de

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Doodle zur Programmplanung
by Roland Meyer 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Liebe Kollegen, bisher sind bei uns 15 Themenvorschläge eingegangen, deren nähere Beschreibung Ihr auf der Internetseite http://concurrency.cs.uni-kl.de/dcon_2012.html findet. Mit dieser E-Mail möchten wir Euch bitten, in dem Doodle http://www.doodle.com/gkmu6mtgp8rfk8xx anzugeben, für welche Vorträge Ihr Euch interessiert. Bitte lasst uns auch wissen, ob Ihr eine Präsentation auf Deutsch oder Englisch bevorzugt. Bitte gebt Eure Stimme bis zum nächsten Montag (13.02.2012) ab. Denkt auch daran, den Link an Eure Mitarbeiter und Doktoranden weiterzugeben, damit wirklich alle D-CON-Teilnehmer abstimmen. Bis Montag lassen sich auch noch weitere Themenvorschläge hinzufügen, schickt einfach eine E-Mail mit Titel und Abstract an Frau Stengel (stengel(a)cs.uni-kl.de). Solltet Ihr noch Fragen haben, schreibt uns einfach. Beste Grüße und einen feinen Abend Roland -- Roland Meyer University of Kaiserslautern Concurrency Theory Group Office: 34/428 Phone: +49 (0)631 205 26 34 Fax: +49 (0)631 205 34 20 Web: http://concurrency.cs.uni-kl.de

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Weitere Informationen
by Roland Meyer 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

Liebe Kollegen, mit dieser E-Mail möchten wir Euch weitere Informationen zur Organisation der D-CON zukommen lassen, die hoffentlich die Planung erleichtern. 1.) Das Abendessen am 07.03.2012 soll gegen 19.30 Uhr starten. Solltet Ihr um 19 Uhr ankommen, habt Ihr noch Zeit, das Gepäck im Hotel abzulegen. Das Restaurant wird noch bekannt gegeben. 2.) Der Schluss der D-CON ist abhängig von der Zahl der Vorträge und noch nicht bekannt. Es lässt sich aber sicher sagen, dass wir die D-CON nicht später als 16 Uhr beenden. 3.) Auf der Internetseite hatte sich ein Fehler eingeschlichen. Die E-Mail- Adresse von Frau Stengel lautet stengel(a)cs.uni-kl.de 4.) Bisher sind bei uns 13 Themenvorschläge eingegangen. Allerdings gab es auch noch Rückfragen bezüglich der Themensitzungen. Daher möchten wir Euch bitten, weitere Vorschläge noch bis zum 06. Februar 2012 nachzureichen. Die Idee der Themensitzungen ist in folgender E-Mail von Gerald, Michael und Markus erläutert: "Nach unserer momentanen Planung werden wir 8-10 Themensitzungen (maximal zwei parallel) ausrichten können. Jede Themensitzung dauert 60 Minuten. Wie im letzten Jahr soll eine Themensitzung von einem Doktoranden oder einer Doktorandengruppe vorgeschlagen werden und einen Theme Leader haben, der die Sitzung leitet. An einer solchen Sitzung kann dann jeder teilnehmen, den das Thema interessiert. Wie eine Themensitzung dann konkret ausgestaltet ist können die Theme Leader selbst festlegen: Beispielsweise eine Diskussionsrunde mit Moderator, ein einführender Überblicksvortrag mit anschließenden informellen Einzelbeiträgen der Teilnehmer an der Tafel/Whiteboard, oder ein klassischer Fachvortrag mit ausführlicher Diskussion. Die Aufteilung in parallele Sitzungen hat den Vorteil, dass wir kleinere Gruppen bekommen und mehr Themen zur Auswahl anbieten können. Wir stellen uns vor, dass von jeder Forschungsgruppe mindestens ein Vorschlag kommen sollte. Je mehr desto besser. Diese Vorschläge sammeln wir und doodeln im Vorfeld Eure Präferenzen. Wir planen dann entsprechend dem Abstimmungsergebnis. Wenn ein Vorschlag zu wenig Teilnehmer anzieht, wird er also noch rechtzeitig vor dem Workshop gestrichen, so dass sich niemand unnötig vorbereitet. Auch die potentiellen Teilnehmer können sich gegebenenfalls vorbereiten wollen. Vielleicht möchte ja jemand in einer Sitzung ein ungelöstes Problem behandeln und mit den Teilnehmern über eine Lösung diskutieren?" Wir hoffen, diese Information hilft weiter. Für die nächste Woche ist dann das Doodlen geplant. Bei weiteren Fragen, meldet Euch bitte einfach bei uns. Beste Grüße und bis bald Roland -- Roland Meyer University of Kaiserslautern Concurrency Theory Group Office: 34/428 Phone: +49 (0)631 205 26 34 Fax: +49 (0)631 205 34 20 Web: http://concurrency.cs.uni-kl.de

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