------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q A P L 2 0 0 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Workshop on QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES Barcelona - Spain 27th - 28th March, 2004 Satellite Event of ETAPS 2004 http://qapl04.di.unipi.it ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE Quantitative aspects of computation are important and sometimes essential in characterising the behaviour 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, risk 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 and real-time 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 Performance analysis Language extension Program analysis Language expressiveness Verification Hardware description languages Asynchronous hardware analysis Logic Refinement Semantics Automated reasoning Coordination models Model-checking Distributed systems Security Time-critical systems Safety Embedded systems Risk and Hazard Analysis Multi-tasking systems Scheduling theory Information systems Testing ------------------------------------------------------------------------- INVITED SPEAKERS R. Gorrieri (University of Bologna, Italy) P. Harrison (Imperial College London, UK) P. Panangaden (McGill University, Canada) W. Yi (Uppsala University, Sweden) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION Authors are invited to submit papers up to 15 pages long in the ENTCS style format. Papers should clearly state the topics covered. Electronic submission is highly recommended. Detailed information is available on the web site http://qapl04.di.unipi.it. In case of problems with access to internet, it is possible to submit 3 copies of the paper to one co-chairperson of the program committee. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for submission: 14 November, 2003 Notification to authors: 13 January, 2004 Final version: 13 February, 2004 Workshop: 27-28 March, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROCEEDINGS Accepted papers will be published in Elsevier's ENTCS (Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science). Publication of a selection of the papers in a special issue of Theoretical Computer Science is currently under negotiation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANISERS Antonio Cerone Alessandra Di Pierro School of ITEE Dipartimento di Informatica The University of Queensland University of Pisa Australia Italy Phone: +61 7 33651651 Phone: +39 050 2212779 Fax: +61 7 33651533 Fax: +39 050 2212726 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROGRAM COMMITTEE G. Bernat (York, UK) F. de Boer (Utrecht, The Netherlands) A. Cerone (PC co-chair) L. de Alfaro (Santa Cruz, USA) A. Di Pierro (PC co-chair) C. Fidge (Queensland, Australia) M. Gabbrielli (Bologna, Italy) M. Huth (IC London, UK) S.D. Johnson (Indiana, USA) M.Z. Kwiatkowska (Birmingham, UK) J. Ostroff (York, Canada) H. Wiklicky (IC London, UK) W. Yi (Uppsala, Sweden) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Antonio Cerone antonio@itee.uq.edu.au School of ITEE The University of Queensland, QLD 4072 Ph. +61-7-33651651 Australia Fax +61-7-33651533