[TYPES/announce] QAPL 2012: Second Call for Papers (new: Invited Speakers and TCS Special Issue)

[Herbert Wiklicky]

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                                SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
Tenth Workshop on Quantitative Aspects of Programming Languages (QAPL 2012)
       Affiliated with ETAPS 2012 March 31 - April 1, 2012, Tallinn, Estonia
                  http://www1.isti.cnr.it/~Massink/EVENTS/QAPL2012/
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SCOPE:

Quantitative aspects of computation are important and sometimes essential in
characterising the behavior and determining the properties of systems. They
are related to the use of physical quantities (storage space, time, 
bandwidth,
etc.) as well as mathematical quantities (e.g. probability and measures for
reliability, security and trust). Such quantities play a central role in
defining both the model of systems (architecture, language design, 
semantics)
and the methodologies and tools for the analysis and verification of system
properties. The aim of this workshop is to discuss the explicit use of
quantitative information such as time and probabilities either directly 
in the
model or as a tool for the analysis of systems.

In particular, the workshop focuses on:

   * the design of probabilistic, real-time, quantum languages and the
     definition of semantical models for such languages

   * the discussion of methodologies for the analysis of probabilistic and
     timing properties (e.g. security, safety, schedulability) and of other
     quantifiable properties such as reliability (for hardware components),
     trustworthiness (in information security) and resource usage (e.g.,
     worst-case memory/stack/cache requirements)

   * the probabilistic analysis of systems which do not explicitly 
incorporate
     quantitative aspects (e.g. performance, reliability and risk analysis)

   * applications to safety-critical systems, communication protocols, 
control
     systems, asynchronous hardware, and to any other domain involving
     quantitative issues

TOPICS:

Topics include (but are not limited to) probabilistic, timing and general
quantitative aspects in: Language design, Information systems, 
Asynchronous HW
analysis, Language extension, Multi-tasking systems, Automated reasoning,
Language expressiveness, Logic, Verification, Quantum languages, Semantics,
Testing, Time-critical systems, Performance analysis, Safety, Embedded 
systems,
Program analysis, Risk and hazard analysis, Coordination models, Protocol
analysis, Scheduling theory, Distributed systems, Model-checking, Security,
Biological systems, Concurrent systems, and Resource analysis.

INVITED SPEAKERS:

   * Jeremy Bradley, Imperial College London, U.K.
     Topic: Mean field and fluid approaches to Markov chain analysis

   * Boris Koepf, IMDEA Software Institute, Madrid, Spain
     Topic: Quantitative Information-flow Analysis

   * Kim G. Larsen, Aalborg University, Denmark
     Topic: Statistical Model Checking

SUBMISSIONS:

In order to encourage participation and discussion, this workshop 
solicits two
types of submissions - regular papers and presentation reports:

   1. Regular paper submissions must be original work, and must not have 
been
      previously published, nor be under consideration for publication
      elsewhere. Regular paper submission must not exceed 15 pages, possibly
      followed by a clearly marked appendix which will be removed for the
      proceedings and contains technical material for the reviewers.

   2. Presentation reports concern recent or ongoing work on relevant 
topics and
      ideas, for timely discussion and feedback at the workshop. There is no
      restriction as for previous/future publication of the contents of a
      presentation. Typically, a presentation is based on a paper which 
recently
      appeared (or which is going to appear) in the proceedings of another
      recognized conference, or which has not yet been submitted. The 
(extended)
      abstract of presentation submissions should not exceed 4 pages.

All submissions must be in PDF format and use the EPTCS latex style, see
http://style.eptcs.org/. Submissions can be made on the following website:

     http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=qapl12

The workshop PC will review all regular paper submissions to select
appropriate ones, ones for acceptance in each category, based on their
relevance, merit,  originality, and technical content. Presentation reports
will receive a light weight review to establish their relevance for the
workshop. The authors of accepted submissions of both types are expected
to present and discuss their work at the workshop. Accepted regular papers
will be published in the Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer
Science (EPTCS).

SPECIAL ISSUE TCS:

A special issue in the journal of Theoretical Computer Science (TCS) for the
QAPL editions of 2011 and 2012 is planned. The submission deadline for
contributions to this special issue is planned for June 2012.

IMPORTANT DATES:

For regular papers:

     Abstract (optional): December 17, 2012
     Submission (regular paper): December 20, 2012
     Notification: January 20, 2012
     Final version (ETAPS proceedings): February 5, 2012
     Workshop: March 31 - April 1, 2012
     Final version (EPTCS post proceedings): TBA

For presentation reports:

     Submission: January 23, 2012
     Notification: January 25, 2012

ORGANIZATION:

PC Chairs:

     * Mieke Massink, CNR-ISTI, Pisa, Italy
     * Herbert Wiklicky, Imperial College London, UK

Program Committee:

     * Alessandro Aldini, University of Urbino, Italy
     * Christel Baier, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
     * Marco Bernardo, University of Urbino, Italy
     * Nathalie Bertrand, IRISA/INRIA Rennes, France
     * Luca Bortolussi, University of Trieste, Italy
     * Jeremy Bradley, Imperial College London, UK
     * Tomas Brazdil, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
     * Antonio Cerone, UNU-IIST, Macao
     * Kostas Chatzikokolakis, CNRS, France
     * Josee Desharnais, Laval University, Canada
     * Alessandra Di Pierro, University of Verona, Italy
     * Mieke Massink, CNR-ISTI, Pisa, Italy
     * Paulo Mateus, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
     * Annabelle McIver, Maquarie University, Australia
     * Gethin Norman, University of Glasgow, UK
     * David Parker, University of Oxford, UK
     * Anne Remke, University of Twente, the Netherlands
     * Jeremy Sproston, University of Torino, Italy
     * Herbert Wiklicky, Imperial College London, UK