[FM-India] FORMATS 2019: first call for papers

[Étienne André]

*Call for papers***

*FORMATS 2019*

August 26-31

  Amsterdam, the Netherlands

co-located with CONCUR

*https://lipn.univ-paris13.fr/formats2019/*

 

*Objective***

Timing aspects of systems from a variety of computer science domains
have been treated independently by different communities. Researchers
interested in semantics, verification and performance analysis study
models such as timed automata and timed Petri nets, the digital design
community focuses on propagation and switching delays while designers of
embedded controllers have to take account of the time taken by
controllers to compute their responses after sampling the environment.

Timing-related questions in these separate disciplines do have their
particularities. However, there is a growing awareness that there are
basic problems that are common to all of them. In particular, all these
sub-disciplines treat systems whose behaviour depends upon combinations
of logical and temporal constraints; namely, constraints on the temporal
distances between occurrences of events.

*Topics***

The aim of FORMATS is to promote the study of fundamental and practical
aspects of timed systems, and to bring together researchers from
different disciplines that share interests in modelling and analysis of
timed systems. In 2019, FORMATS aims at being more inclusive wrt to
applications, notably real-time systems.

Typical topics include (but are not limited to):

  * *Foundations and Semantics:*Theoretical foundations of timed systems
    and languages; comparison between different models (timed automata,
    timed Petri nets, hybrid automata, timed process algebra, max-plus
    algebra, probabilistic models)
  * *Methods and Tools:*Techniques, algorithms, data structures, and
    software tools for analyzing timed systems and resolving temporal
    constraints (scheduling, worst-case execution time analysis,
    optimization, model checking, testing, constraint solving, etc.)
  * *Applications:*Adaptation and specialization of timing technology in
    application domains in which timing plays an important role
    (real-time software, hardware circuits, and problems of scheduling
    in manufacturing and telecommunication).

*Paper Submission***

FORMATS 2019 solicits high-quality papers reporting research results
and/or experience reports related to the topics mentioned above.
Submitted papers must contain original, unpublished contributions, not
submitted for publication elsewhere. The papers should be submitted
electronically in PDF, following the Springer LNCS style guidelines.
Submissions should not exceed 15 pages in length (excluding references,
that are therefore not limited).

Each paper will undergo a thorough review process. If necessary, the
paper may be supplemented with a clearly marked appendix, which will be
reviewed at the discretion of the program committee.

It is likely FORMATS 2019 will solicit also tool papers (more
information TBA).

Papers will be submitted electronically via EasyChair online submission
system (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=formats2019
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=formats2015>)

*Publication and best paper award***

The proceedings of FORMATS 2019 will be published by Springer in the
Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

The best paper of the conference will be awarded the Oded Maler Award in
Timed Systems.

*Important Dates***

·       *Abstract submission:*April 21, 2019

·       *Paper submission:*April 24, 2019

·       *Notification of acceptance:*June 12, 2019


-- 
Étienne André
Université Paris 13
https://lipn.univ-paris13.fr/~andre