[TYPES/announce] CfP: JLAP Special Issue on Automated Specification and Verification of Web Systems

[Francesco Tiezzi]

[Apologies for multiple copies]

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                           Call for Papers                      
                                                           
  JOURNAL OF LOGIC AND ALGEBRAIC PROGRAMMING        
                                                           
                         Special Issue on                     
  Automated Specification and Verification of Web Systems  
       http://rap.dsi.unifi.it/wwv2011/jlap-wwv.html       
                                                           
   *** NEW DATE: Submission deadline: August 27, 2012 ***
The deadline has been postponed to allow authors of WWV 2012 
accepted papers to submit extended versions of their works 
                
                                                           
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AIMS AND SCOPE

This special issue of the Journal of Logic and Algebraic Programming (JLAP, http://www.journals.elsevier.com/the-journal-of-logic-and-algebraic-programming/) is devoted to the topics of:
- the 7th International Workshop on Automated Specification and Verification of Web Systems (WWV 2011, http://rap.dsi.unifi.it/wwv2011/), which took place on June 2011 in Reykjavik, as part of the International Federated Conferences on Distributed Computing Techniques (DisCoTec 2011); 
- the 8th International Workshop on Automated Specification and Verification of Web Systems (WWV 2012, http://users.dsic.upv.es/~jsilva/wwv2012/), which will take place on June 2012 in Stockholm, as part of the International Federated Conferences on Distributed Computing Techniques (DisCoTec 2012).
This is however an open call for papers, therefore both participants of the workshop and other authors are encouraged to submit contributions. 

The aim of this special issue is to provide an interdisciplinary forum to facilitate the cross-fertilization and the advancement of hybrid methods that exploit concepts and tools drawn from Rule-based programming, Software engineering, Formal methods and Web-oriented research.

Nowadays, many companies and institutions have diverted their Web sites into interactive, completely-automated, Web-based applications for, e.g., e-business, e-learning, e-government and e-health. The increased complexity and the explosive growth of Web systems have made their design and implementation a challenging task. Systematic, formal approaches to their specification and verification can permit to address the problems of this specific domain by means of automated and effective techniques and tools.
 
We solicit original papers on topics of either theoretical or applied interest, which include, but are not limited to:
- Rule-based approaches to Web system analysis, certification, specification, verification, and optimization.
- Languages and models for programming and designing Web systems.
- Formal methods for describing and reasoning about Web systems.
- Model-checking, synthesis and debugging of Web systems.
- Analysis and verification of linked data.
- Abstract interpretation and program transformation applied to the semantic Web.
- Intelligent tutoring and advisory systems for Web specifications authoring.
- Middleware and frameworks for composition and orchestration of Web services.
- Web quality and Web metrics.
- Web usability and accessibility.
- Testing and evaluation of Web systems and applications.
 

IMPORTANT DATES **NEW**
 
Submission of papers: August 27, 2012
First review decision: November 26, 2012
Revision due: January 14, 2013
Acceptance notification: February 25, 2013
Final manuscript due:  March 25, 2013
Expected publication: Summer 2013


SUBMISSION 

We expect original articles (typically 20-30 pages; submission of larger papers will be evaluated depending on editorial constraints) that present high-quality contributions that have not been previously published in another journal and that must not be simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere. Each paper will undergo a thorough evaluation by at least two reviewers. The authors will have about 50 days to incorporate the comments of the reviewers and submit a revised version of their papers, which will be evaluated again by the reviewers to make a final decision.

Contributions should be in PDF format and must comply with JLAP's author guidelines, which can be retrieved from http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/621520/authorinstructions. The manuscripts must be written in English and should be prepared using the Elsevier LaTeX package.
 
Submissions are handled using the Elsevier Editorial System and can be uploaded using the following link:
   http://ees.elsevier.com/jlap/default.asp

In the submission process, the authors must select the article type 'Special Issue:WWV 2011'.
 

GUEST EDITORS
 
Laura Kovacs      (lkovacs at complang.tuwien.ac.at) Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Rosario Pugliese  (rosario.pugliese at unifi.it) University of Florence, Italy
Josep Silva       (jsilva at dsic.upv.es) Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Francesco Tiezzi  (francesco.tiezzi at imtlucca.it) IMT Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy