[TYPES/announce] FORMATS 2019 Call for Papers

[Ichiro Hasuo]

*** apologies for multiple copies. Ichiro ***

Call for papers
FORMATS 2019
August 26-3
  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Submitted papers must contain original, unpublished contributions, not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)


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
Final version due: June 29, 2019
Conference: August 26-31, 2019