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AISB event Bulletin Item
CFP: MTCoord 2007 Methods and Tools for Coordinating Concurrent, Distributed and Mobile Systems
3rd International Workshop on
Methods and Tools for Coordinating
Concurrent, Distributed and Mobile Systems
(MTCoord'07)
June 4, 2007, Paphos, Cyprus
Workshop affiliated to Coordination 07, June 5-8 2007
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SCOPE
Various classes of computational models, languages, and formalisms
have emerged in the aim of providing high-level descriptions of
concurrent, distributed, and mobile systems. Typical examples
include so-called coordination languages and models (e.g. Gamma,
Linda, Manifold, Reo, Klaim, Lime, ...), concurrent constraint
languages (e.g. cc languages, Mozart, ...) and process algebras
(e.g. CSP, CCS, pi-calculus, ...).
These models are based on generative communication via a shared
data space or on data communication through channels. In both
cases, software components are typically conceived in isolation
assuming that the required data will eventually be available.
However, making a whole system out of these components and, in
particular, ensuring that interactions occur properly is far from
being obvious.
The aim of the workshop is precisely to bring together researchers,
working in different communities (coordination, constraints,
process algebras), on methods and tools for the construction of
concurrent, distributed and mobile systems.
This year, the workshop will focus on model checking techniques and
compositional and refinement-based methodologies.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Special topics of interest are
o Model checking techniques, in particular techniques for verifying
coordinating properties (including distributed and probabilistic
ones)
o Compositional and refinement-based methodologies
However, related topics are also invited such as
o Design of high-level specifications, eg based on first-order,
modal and temporal logics
o Techniques for requirements capture and analysis
o Theorem proving based methodologies
o Debugging techniques
o Abstract interpretation
o Program analysis and transformation
o Simulation and testing
o Formal methods for security
o Tools environments and architectures
o Applications and case studies, in particular in web services
and biology
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Papers describing original work are solicited as contributions to
MTCoord'07. All papers must be unpublished and not submitted
simultaneously for publication elsewhere. Submitted papers should
be limited to 15 pages, preferrably formatted according to the
Electronical Notes in Theoretical Computer Science.
They should be submitted through the conference management system
that will be available from the workshop web site.
http://www.info.fundp.ac.be/MTCoord/
PUBLICATION
The papers accepted for the symposium will be available at the
workshop.
Selected work will be published in a volume of the Electronical
Notes in Theoretical Computer Science.
IMPORTANT DATES
o March 23, 2007: Abstract submission deadline.
o March 30, 2007: Paper Submission deadline.
o April 28, 2007: Notification of acceptance.
o May 11, 2007 : Final version.
o June 4, 2007 : Meeting Date.
LOCATION
The MTCoord'07 workshop will be held in Paphos, Cyprus in June 4
2007. It is a satellite workshop of Coordination'07. For venue and
registration, see the DisCoTec'07 web page at
http://www.discotec07.cs.ucy.ac.cy/index.htm
WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
o Carolyn Talcott, SRI International, USA
o Isabelle Linden, University of Namur, Belgium
PROGRAMME COMITTEE
o Marco Bernardo, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Urbino, Italy
o Christel Baier, Technical University Dresden, Germany
o Lubos Brim, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
o Giorgio Delzanno, University of Genova, Italy
o Wan Fokkink, CWI, The Netherlands
o Jean-Marie Jacquet, University of Namur, Belgium
o Gerald Luettgen, University of York, United Kingdom
o Angelika Mader, University of Twente, The Netherlands
o Kaisa Sere, Abo Akademi University, Finland
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