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CALL FOR PAPERS
5th International
Colloquium on Theoretical Aspects of Computing (ICTAC 2008)
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1-3 September 2008 The Marmara, Istanbul, Turkey
(Tutorials & Workshops 30-31 August 2008, Sabanci
University, Istanbul)
The ICTAC series, founded by the United Nations University's
International
Institute of Software Technology (UNU-IIST), brings together
practitioners
and researchers from academia, industry and government to
present research
and to exchange ideas and experience addressing challenges in
both
theoretical aspects of computing and in the exploitation of
theory through
methods and tools for system development. A further aim is to
promote
cooperation in research and education between participants and
institutions from developing and industrial countries, as in
the United
Nations University's mandate. The previous four ICTAC events
were held in
Guiyang, China (2004), Hanoi, Vietnam (2005), Tunis, Tunisia
(2006) and Macau (2007).
In 2008, topics include, but are not limited to:
- software specification, refinement, verification and
testing
- model checking and theorem proving
- software architectures
- coordination and feature interaction
- integration of theories, formal and engineering
methods and tools
- models of concurrency, security, and mobility
- parallel, distributed, and internet-based (grid)
computing
- real-time, embedded and hybrid systems
-
automata theory and formal languages
- principles and semantics of languages
- logics and their applications
- type and category theory in computer science
- case studies, theories, tools and experiments of
verified systems
- service-oriented architectures: models and development
methods
- domain modelling and domain-specific technology:
examples, frameworks and experience
We particularly welcome submissions for a special track on
Tool Support
for Formal Methods of System Development: from the foundations
of tools,
through their design to application and evaluation.
Paper Submissions
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Submissions to the conference must not have been published or
be
concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All
submissions will be
judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field,
technical
and presentation quality, and relevance to the conference.
Papers should
be in English and should not exceed 15 pages LNCS format (see
constitutes a commitment to attend and present a paper, if
accepted.
Proceedings of the previous ICTAC colloquia were published by Springer in
the LNCS series. We plan to do the same this year.
Submission Procedure:
Tutorials & Workshops:
We welcome proposals for tutorials and workshops relevant to the ICTAC themes to take place on 30-31 August 2008.
is 7 April 2008, with notification on 30 April 2008. The closing date for tutorial proposals is 9 June 2008, with
notification on 30 June 2008.
Important Dates
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Papers:
Submission: 11 April 2008
Notification of
acceptance: 19 May 2008
Final copy for proceedings: 2 June 2008
ICTAC
2008: 1-3 September 2008
Workshops:
Submission: 7 April 2008
Notification of
acceptance: 30 April 2008
ICTAC 2008 Workshops &
Tutorials: 30-31 August 2008
Tutorials:
Submission: 9 June 2008
Notification of
acceptance: 30 June 2008
ICTAC 2008 Workshops & Tutorials: 30-31 August 2008
Chairs & Contacts
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General Chair:
Mike Reed, UNU-IIST
Programme Chairs:
Publicity Chair:
Jeremy Bryans, Newcastle University,
UK
Steering Committee:
John Fitzgerald, UK;
Martin
Leucker, Germany;
Zhiming Liu (Chair), UNU-IIST, Macao;
Tobias Nipkow,
Germany;
Augusto Sampaio, Brazil;
Natarajan Shankar, USA; Jim Woodcock,
UK