CFP 10th Conf. Reliable Software Technologies, Ada-Europe 2005

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                                                        CALL FOR PAPERS


                                        10th International Conference on
                        Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe 2005


                                                20 - 24 June 2005, York, UK


                          http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2005.html


                                    Organized, on behalf of Ada-Europe,
                                              by the University of York,
                      in cooperation with ACM SIGAda (approval pending)


                                    *** CfP in HTML/PDF on web site ***


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Ada-Europe organizes annual international conferences since the early
80's. This is the 10th event in the Reliable Software Technologies
series, previous ones being held at Montreux, Switzerland ('96),
London, UK ('97), Uppsala, Sweden ('98), Santander, Spain ('99),
Potsdam, Germany ('00), Leuven, Belgium ('01), Vienna, Austria ('02),
Toulouse, France ('03), Palma de Mallorca, Spain ('04).


General Information
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The 10th International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies
(Ada-Europe 2005) will take place in York, UK. Following the usual
style, the conference will span a full week, including a three-day
technical program and vendor exhibitions from Tuesday to Thursday,
along with parallel workshops and tutorials on Monday and Friday.


Schedule
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7 November 2004: Submission of proposed contributions
17 January 2005: Notification to authors
      7 March 2005: Camera-ready papers required
20-24 June 2005: Conference


Topics
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In the last decade the conference has established itself as an
international forum for providers and practitioners of, and researchers
into, reliable software technologies. The conference presentations
will illustrate current work in the theory and practice of the design,
development and maintenance of long-lived, high-quality software
systems for a variety of application domains. The program will allow
ample time for keynotes, Q&A sessions, panel discussions and social
events. Participants will include practitioners and researchers from
industry, academia and government organizations interested in
furthering the development of reliable software technologies.
To mark the completion of the technical work for the Ada language
standard revision process, a special session will be devoted to the
presentation and discussion of the prospects of the revised language
in the landscape of mainstream language technologies.


For papers, tutorials, and workshop proposals, the topics of interest
include, but are not limited to:


- Methods and Techniques for Software Development and Maintenance:
    Requirements Engineering, Object-Oriented Technologies, Formal
    Methods, Re-engineering and Reverse Engineering, Reuse, Software
    Management Issues


- Software Architectures: Patterns for Software Design and Composition,
    Frameworks, Architecture-Centered Development, Component and Class
    Libraries, Component-Based Design


- Enabling Technology: CASE Tools, Software Development Environments
    and Project Browsers, Compilers, Debuggers and Runtime Libraries


- Software Quality: Quality Management and Assurance, Risk Analysis,
    Program Analysis, Verification, Validation, Testing of Software
    Systems


- Critical Systems: Real-Time, Distribution, Fault Tolerance,
    Information Technology, Safety, Security


- Mainstream and Emerging Applications: Multimedia and Communications,
    Manufacturing, Robotics, Avionics, Space, Health Care, Transportation


- Ada Language and Technology: Programming Techniques, Object-Oriented
    Programming, Concurrent Programming, Bindings and Libraries,
    Evaluation & Comparative Assessments, Critical Review of Language
    Enhancements, Novel Support Technology


Call for Industrial Presentations
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A separate call is made for presentations of Experience Reports from
Industrial Projects and/or Experiments, Case Studies and Comparative
Assessments, Management Approaches, Qualitative and Quantitative
Metrics, Education and Training Activities with bearing on any of the
conference topics. Full papers and/or Extended Abstracts on these
topics are also welcome.


Submissions
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Authors are invited to submit original contributions. Paper
submissions shall be in English, should be complete and should not
exceed 20 double-spaced pages in length. Extended abstracts and
outlines of presentations that provide a sufficient insight into the
intended contents of the contributions will also be considered.
Authors of accepted extended abstracts and/or presentations shall
submit a consolidated version of their contribution to the Program
Co-Chair Tullio Vardanega for final acceptance, by *February 21, 2005*.
Authors should submit their work via the Web submission system
accessible from the conference Home page. The preferred format for
submission is PDF. Postscript can also be accepted, as long as it was
generated selecting the "optimize for portability" option in the used
printer driver. Submissions by other means and formats will *not* be
accepted. If you do not have easy access to the Internet, or you do
not have an appropriate Web browser, please contact the Program
Co-Chair Tullio Vardanega, whose address details are on this call as
well as on the conference Home page.


Proceedings
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The authors of accepted papers shall prepare their camera-ready
submissions in full conformance with the LNCS style, not exceeding 12
pages and strictly by *March 7, 2005*. Authors should refer to:
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html for format and style
guidelines. Failure to comply will prevent the paper from appearing in
the conference proceedings. The conference proceedings including all
accepted papers will be published in the Lecture Notes in Computer
Science (LNCS) series by Springer Verlag, which will be available at
the start of the conference. All other accepted contributions will
appear in the Ada User Journal using the relevant format and style.


Awards
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Ada-Europe will offer honorary awards for the best paper and the best
presentation, which will be presented during the banquet and at the
close of the conference respectively.


Call for Tutorials
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Tutorials should address subjects that fall within the thrust of the
conference and may be proposed as either half- or a full-day events.
Proposals should include a title, an abstract, a description of the
topic, a detailed outline of the presentation, a description of the
presenter's lecturing expertise in general and with the proposed topic
in particular, the proposed duration (half day or full day), the
intended level of the tutorial (introductory, intermediate, or
advanced), the recommended audience experience and background, and a
statement of the reasons for attending. Proposals should be submitted
by e-mail to the Tutorial Chair Iain Bate. The providers of full-day
tutorials will receive a complimentary conference registration as well
as a fee for every paying participant in excess of 5; for half-day
tutorials, these benefits will accordingly be halved. The Ada User
Journal will offer space for the publication of summaries of the
accepted tutorial in issues preceding and/or following the conference.


Call for Workshops
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Workshops on themes within the conference scope may be arranged to
discuss matters of immediate technical interest as well as to foster
action on longer-term technical objectives. Proposals may be submitted
for half- or full-day workshops, to be scheduled on either ends of the
main conference. Workshop proposals should be submitted by e-mail to
the Program Co-Chair Tullio Vardanega. The workshop organizer shall
also commit to preparing proceedings for timely publication in the Ada
User Journal.


Exhibition
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Commercial exhibitions will span the three days of the main conference.
Vendors and providers of software products and services should contact
the Exhibition Chair Rod Chapman as soon as possible for further
information and for allowing suitable planning of the exhibition space
and time.


Reduced Fees for Students
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A small number of bursars are available for students who will
(co-)author and present papers at the conference. A reduction of 25%
will be made to the conference fee. Contact the Conference Chair Alan
Burns for details.


Organizing Committee
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Conference Chair
    Alan Burns, University of York, UK
    burns@cs.york.ac.uk


Program Co-Chairs
    Tullio Vardanega, University of Padua, Italy
    tullio.vardanega@math.unipd.it


    Andy Wellings, University of York, UK
    andy@cs.york.ac.uk


Tutorial Chair
    Iain Bate, University of York, UK
    ijb@cs.york.ac.uk


Exhibition Chair
    Rod Chapman, Praxis Critical Systems
    rod.chapman@praxis-cs.co.uk


Publicity Co-Chairs
    Ian Broster, University of York, UK
    ianb@cs.york.ac.uk


    Dirk Craeynest, Aubay Belgium & K.U.Leuven, Belgium
    Dirk.Craeynest@cs.kuleuven.ac.be


Local Administrator
    Sue Helliwell, University of York, UK
    sue@cs.york.ac.uk


Ada-Europe Conference Liaison
    Laurent Pautet, ENST Paris, France
    pautet@enst.fr


Program Committee
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Asplund Lars, Mälardalens Högskola, Sweden
Alonso Alejandro, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Barnes Janet, Praxis Critical Systems, UK
Bernat Guillem, University of York, UK
Blieberger Johann, Technische Universität Wien, Austria
Burgstaller Bernd, Technische Universität Wien, Austria
Burns Alan, University of York, UK
Cederling Ulf, Vaxjo University, Sweden
Craeynest Dirk, Aubay Belgium & K.U.Leuven, Belgium
Crespo Alfons, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Dencker Peter, Aonix GmbH, Germany
Devillers Raymond, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
González-Harbour Michael, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
Hately Andrew, Eurocontrol - CEATS Research Development Simulation
    Centre, Hungary
Hommel Günter, Technischen Univesität Berlin, Germany
Kauer Stefan, EADS Dornier, Germany
Keller Hubert, Institut für Angewandte Informatik
Kermarrec Yvon, ENST Bretagne, France
Kienzle Jörg, McGill University, Canada
Kordon Fabrice, Université Pierre & Marie Curie, France
Leroy Pascal, IBM, France
LLamosi Albert, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Lundqvist Kristina, MIT, USA
Mazzanti Franco, Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione,
    Italy
McCormick John, University of Northern Iowa, USA
Miranda Javier, Universidad Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Morere Pierre, Aonix, France
de la Puente Juan A., Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Pautet Laurent, ENST Paris, France
Plödereder Erhard, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
Romanovsky Alexander, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Rosen Jean-Pierre, Adalog, France
Schonberg Edmond, New York University & ACT, USA
Vardanega Tullio, Università di Padova, Italy
Wellings Andy, University of York, UK
Winkler Jürgen, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Germany


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Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement.
Please circulate widely.


Dirk.Craeynest@cs.kuleuven.ac.be, Ada-Europe'2005 Publicity Co-Chair


*** 10th Intl.Conf.on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe'2005
*** June 20-24, 2005 *** York, UK *** http://www.ada-europe.org ***

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