Course on Program Analysis: call-for-participation

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                                                    ADVANCED COURSE ON


              P R I N C I P L E S O F P R O G R A M A N A L Y S I S
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                                                  9. - 13. November, 1998
                                                Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany


LECTURERS:
      Flemming Nielson (Aarhus)
      Hanne Riis Nielson (Aarhus)
      Chris Hankin (London)


AIM: The course gives an overview of a number of key approaches to program
      analysis, all of which have a quite extensive literature, and shows that
      there is a large amount of commonality among the approaches. This should
      help in increasing the ability to choose the right approach for the task
      at hand and in exploiting insights developed in one approach to enhance
      the power of other approaches.


      More concretely, we will present the foundations of the four approaches
- Data Flow Analysis,
- Control Flow Analysis,
             - Abstract Interpretation, and
- Type and Effect Systems
      together with their main algorithmic techniques and applications in
      program transformations. The lectures will be supplemented by exercises
      and the presentation of program analysis tools; in particular, the PAG
      system (developed in Saarbrucken) will be presented.


AUDIENCE: The course aims at PhD students and young researchers who wish to
      deepen their knowledge of the field. The attendees will be expected to
      have some background in programming languages (semantics and/or
      implementation).


LECTURE MATERIAL: The course is based on a forthcoming book by the lecturers:
      a preliminary version will be provided for the participants; a free copy
      of the book is provided when available in 1999.


REGISTRATION: Registration is by email and the deadline is August 31st 1998.
      More details on: http://www.daimi.aau.dk/~hrn/dagstuhl.html


      The registration fee is DM 225 and covers teaching material, computer
      usage, access to the library etc. Additionally, room and full board is
      provided for DM 675.


GRANTS: Grants are available covering subsistence and travel costs. More
      details on: http://www.daimi.aau.dk/~hrn/dagstuhl.html


VENUE: The course will take place at Schloss Dagstuhl, an international
      conference and research center for Computer Science situated in the
      beautiful Saarland. The center can easily be reached by train from
      Frankfurt and Mainz (with connections to Frankfurt Airport and long
      distance trains) and from Saarbrucken (with connections to France).


SPONSORS: The course is supported by the TMR programme (the European
      Community), the CIT programme (Danish National Center for IT-Research)
      and the DART project (Danish Science Research Council).
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