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ABZ 2020: International Conference on Rigorous State Based Methods
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ First Call for Papers, Answers to case studies, Workshops, Tutorials ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ABZ conference is dedicated to the cross-fertilization of state-based and machine-based formal methods, like Abstract State Machines (ASM), Alloy, B, TLA, VDM and Z, that share a common conceptual foundation and are widely used in both academia and industry for the design and analysis of hardware and software systems. The conference aims for a vital exchange of knowledge and experience among the research communities around different formal methods. The name ABZ goes back to the first conference in London in 2008, where the ASM, B and Z conference series were merged into a joint event. In the following years other formal methods were added, e.g. Alloy in 2010 (Orford, Canada), VDM in 2012 (Pisa, Italy), and TLA + in 2014 (Toulouse, France). After the also successful 2016 conferences in Linz, Austria and 2018 in Southampton, UK, it was decided to name the conference "ABZ: International Conference on Rigorous State Based Methods", to stress the openness for further state-based formal methods. We hope to continue many fruitful discussions between representatives of the individual methods in the past, which will bring us closer to the common goal of this research community: the creation of reliable and safe software. ABZ 2020 will have a main conference track, a case study track, tutorials and workshops. ----------------------- Invited Speakers ----------------------- Prof. Uwe Glässer, SFU, Burnaby, Canada Prof. Yamine Ait Ameur, INPT-ENSEEIHT/IRIT, Toulouse, France -------------------------- Case Study Track -------------------------- As successfully practiced since ABZ 2014, the 7th edition of ABZ will again include special sessions dedicated to an industrial case study. Due to the proximity of Ulm to Stuttgart, where the headquarters of some automotive manufacturers and suppliers are located, it is obvious to provide a case study from the automotive industry. We explicitly invite you to also submit contributions to case studies from previous conferences, which substantially extend the solutions presented there in one aspect or another. Possible enhancements could be new proof techniques, more elegant modeling, generation, verification, or validation of executable code, etc. See web page for a detailed description of the new case study and links to the previous ones. ----------------------- Main ABZ Track ----------------------- Contributions are solicited on all aspects of the theory and applications of ASMs, Alloy, B, TLA, VDM, Z and other state-based rigour approaches in software/hardware engineering, including the development of tools and industrial applications. The program spans from theoretical and methodological foundations to practical applications, emphasizing system engineering methods and tools that are distinguished by mathematical rigor and have proved to be industrially viable. The main goal of the conference is to contribute to the integration of accurate state- and machine-based system development methods, clarifying their commonalities and differences to better understand how to combine different approaches for accomplishing the various tasks in modeling, experimental validation, mathematical verification of reliable high-quality hardware/software systems. Although organized to host several formal methods in a single event, editorial control of the joint conference is vested in one integrated program committee. ------------------------------------------------- Workshop and Tutorial Proposals ------------------------------------------------- Workshops and tutorials will be associated with the main event ABZ. Proposals are solicited in areas related to the conference topics. A workshop proposal should contain the title of the workshop, a short description of the scientific content, the names and brief CVs of the workshop organizers, the intended PC for the workshop, the duration of the workshop, and the expected number of participants. A tutorial proposal should contain the title of the tutorial, a short description of the scientific content, the names and brief CVs of the tutorial presenters and the duration. Please submit your proposals to abz2020@uni-ulm.de. ----------------------- Call For Papers ----------------------- Four kinds of contributions are invited: • Full Research papers: full papers of not more than 15 pages in LNCS format, which have to be original, unpublished and not submitted elsewhere. • Short presentations of work in progress, and tool demonstrations: This is an excellent opportunity for Ph.D. students to present and validate their work in progress. An extended abstract of not more than 4 pages is expected and will be reviewed. • Application in industry papers: reporting on work or experiences on the application of state based formal methods in industry. An extended abstract of not more than 4 pages is expected and will be reviewed. It is also an interesting option for industrial practitioners who sometimes face too many constraints to prepare a full paper. • Answers to case study papers: full papers of not more than 15 pages in LNCS format reporting on the experiments conducted with any of the state based techniques in the scope of ABZ 2020. We also expect a link to a webpage, where the produced models can be downloaded. Accepted papers will appear in the Springer LNCS proceedings. The deadlines for the different kinds of contributions see below. --------------------------- Important dates (all AoE) --------------------------- Workshops/Tutorials ------------------------ Workshop proposal submission: November 1, 2019 Workshop notification: November 15, 2019 Tutorial proposal submission: February 16, 2020 Case Study Track ------------------------ Abstract submission: November 29, 2019 Paper submission: December 6, 2019 Notification: January 13, 2020 Final version: March 2, 2020 Main Track ------------------------ Abstract submission: January 13, 2020 Paper submission: January 20, 2020 (including research/short/industry papers) Notification: March 2, 2020 Final version: March 16, 2020 ABZ 2020 conference: May 27-29, 2020 ------------------- Organization ------------------- Conference Chairs: Alexander Raschke, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany Dominique Méry, LORIA-Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France Case Study Chair: Frank Houdek, Daimler AG, Stuttgart, Germany Publicity Chair Jakob Pietron, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany -------------------- Program Committee -------------------- To be announced. For further questions concerning ABZ 2020, please contact us at abz2020@uni-ulm.de |
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
ABZ 2020 : ABZ 2020 – 7th International Conference on Rigorous State Based Methods, Ulm
Friday, January 18, 2019
Janet Barnes and Angela Wallenburg. Formal Methods Considered Normal
Janet Barnes and Angela Wallenburg. Formal Methods Considered Normal (slides)
"On B and Event-B: Principles, Success and Challenges: Jean-Raymond Abrial, Marseille, France"
"After more than 20 years since the publication of my book on B, and
almost 10 years since the publication of my book on Event-B, the aim of
this talk is to present some key points about these technologies. The
talk will cover the basic principles on which B and Event-B have been
developed and look at differences and similarities between B and
Event-B. It will also outline where B and Event-B are spread around the
world. Finally, the talk will explore challenges with the industrial
application of these technologies."
Jean-Raymond Abrial. On B and Event-B: Principles, Success and Challenges (slides)
Call for papers: History of Formal Methods 2019 Workshop, 11th October 2019, Porto, Portugal (co-located with FM'19)
We invite submissions to the
HFM2019 workshop. See the website (https://sites.google.com/view/hfm2019)
for complete details and instructions on how to submit. Submission is via
EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hfm2019).
This
is a workshop on the history of formal methods in computing. The aim is
to bring together historians of computing, technology, and science
with practitioners in the field of formal methods to reflect on the
discipline's history. There will be a round of abstract submission prior
to the workshop which will determine who is invited to give a
presentation at the workshop. Afterwards, presenters
may submit papers based on their presentations for inclusion in the
workshop's proceedings.
Scope
The
theme of the workshop is the history of formal methods in computing. By
'formal methods' we mean mathematical or logical techniques for
modelling, specifying, and reasoning about aspects of computing. This
could include programming language description, concurrency modelling,
theorem proving, program specification and verification, or mathematical
foundations of computing.
Theoretical
aspects of computing have been present almost since the beginning of
electronic computers, and in various ways these techniques
have evolved and changed, including into what are now called "Formal
Methods". Such aspects have been instrumental in developing fundamental
understanding of computation and providing techniques for rigorous
development of software, but have not always had
the desired impact on practical and industrial computing.
This
makes the field ripe for historical research and we invite submissions
to our workshop which take a historical view of the topic. This
may include discussion of developments of various formal methods,
evolving agendas within the field, consideration of the effect of social
and cultural factors, and evaluation of the way in which formal methods
have impacted computing more broadly.
The
workshop is intended to be of interest to current researchers in formal
methods and to be accessible to people without any historical
background. It should also be a venue for historians of science whose
work covers formal aspects of computing as we believe understanding the
the history of the field brings greater clarity to current technical
research. We encourage early stage researchers
to try their hand at historical reflection and gain an idea of the
field's grounding; we invite historians to contribute to the history of
formal methods; and we invite researchers who have worked in formal
methods for whom an historical talk provides the
opportunity to reflect on their field.
Submission information
Submissions
prior to the workshop will take the form of abstracts no longer than
500 words. If references are required, these can be added
as an optional PDF file (and do not count towards the word count). All
abstracts will be reviewed by the program committee whose details can be
found on the website; based on these reviews, a decision will be made
on who to invite to present at the workshop.
Following
to the workshop, proceedings will be published (details of publisher to
be finalised later). Please indicate during your submission
if you wish for a paper to be considered for inclusion in the
proceedings—select "Yes" even if you are not totally certain. All papers
submitted for the proceedings will be subject to peer review.
Important Dates
- Call for papers: January 2019
- Submissions: 30 April 2019
- Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2019
- Presentations ready: 1 September 2019
- Workshop: 11th October 2019
- Papers for proceedings: 31 December 2019
Chairs
- Troy Astarte
- Brian Randell
- (Newcastle University)
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