*********************************************************************** (DEADLINE EXTENSION) 4th International Workshop on Automated Specification and Verification of Web Systems (WWV'08) Siena, Italy, July 4, 2008 http://wwv08.dimi.uniud.it/ co-located with WFLP'08 http://wflp08.dimi.uniud.it/ *********************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES Abstract Submission May 5, 2008 <--- EXTENDED! Full Paper Submission May 12, 2008 <--- EXTENDED! Acceptance Notification June 13, 2008 <--- EXTENDED! Camera Ready June 20, 2008 <--- EXTENDED! Workshop July 4, 2008 SCOPE The increased complexity of Web sites and the explosive growth of Web-based applications has turned their design and construction into a challenging problem. Nowadays, many companies have diverted their Web sites into interactive, completely-automated, Web-based applications (such as Amazon, on-line banking, or travel agencies) with a high complexity that requires appropriate specification and verification techniques and tools. Systematic, formal approaches to the analysis and verification can address the problems of this particular domain with automated and reliable tools that also incorporate semantic aspects. We solicit original papers on formal methods and techniques applied to Web sites, Web services or Web-based applications, such as: * rule-based approaches to Web site analysis, certification, specification, verification, and optimization * formal models for describing and reasoning about Web sites * model-checking, synthesis and debugging of Web sites * abstract interpretation and program transformation applied to the semantic Web * intelligent tutoring and advisory systems for Web specifications authoring * Web quality and Web metrics * Web usability and accessibility * Testing and evaluation of Web systems and applications The WWV series provides a forum for researchers from the communities of Rule-based programming, Automated Software Engineering, and Web-oriented research to facilitate the cross-fertilization and the advancement of hybrid methods that combine the three areas. The previous WWV editions were: WWV'07 (Venice, Italy), WWV'06 (Paphos, Cyprus), and WWV'05 (Valencia, Spain). LOCATION WWV'08 will be held in July in the convention centre of the University of Siena, Italy: http://www.unisi.it/santachiara/ The workshop will be co-located with WFLP'08: http://wflp08.dimi.uniud.it/ WORKSHOP VENUE Siena is one of the nicest city in Italy. The historical centre is situated on top of a hill and is made of beautiful medieval buildings and churches, all surrounded by ancient walls. The countryside of Siena is worldwide famous for its beauty. The Palio of Siena is probably the most famous historical fair in Italy. The most important event of it is a horse race of medieval origins, which is held in the afternoon of July 2nd in 'Piazza del Campo' in the centre of Siena. For more information, please visit http://www.comune.siena.it/ SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Submissions must be received by May 12, 2008. In addition, an ASCII version of the title and abstract must have been submitted by May 5, 2008. Submitted papers should be at most 15 pages in the Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS) style, and should include an abstract and the author's information. See the author's instructions of ENTCS style at http://www.entcs.org. Papers should be submitted electronically via the web-based submission site http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wwv08 PUBLICATION Accepted papers will be published in a preliminary proceedings volume, which will be available during the workshop. After the workshop, the final proceedings are going to be published in the Elsevier series Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS). PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Demis Ballis University of Udine, Italy Santiago Escobar Technical University of Valencia, Spain WORKSHOP CHAIR Michele Baggi University of Siena, Italy INVITED SPEAKERS Rosario Pugliese Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy I.V. Ramakrishnan Stony Brook University, USA PROGRAM COMMITTEE Maria Alpuente Technical University of Valencia, Spain Demis Ballis University of Udine, Italy Gilles Barthe INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, France Wlodzimierz Drabent IDA, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden IPI PAN, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Santiago Escobar Technical University of Valencia, Spain Moreno Falaschi University of Siena, Italy Mario Florido University of Porto, Portugal Thomas A. Henzinger EPFL, Switzerland Maria Jose Hidalgo University of Sevilla, Spain Temur Kutsia RISC, Linz, Austria Massimo Marchiori University of Padova, Italy Catherine Meadows Naval Research Laboratory, USA Antonio Vallecillo University of Malaga, Spain