[Please apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message.] CALL FOR PAPERS WADT 2008 19th International Workshop on Algebraic Development Techniques Pisa, Italy, June 13-16, 2008 Home page: http://www.di.unipi.it/wadt2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- After having joined forces with CMCS for CALCO'07 in Bergen, WADT takes place in 2008 as an individual workshop and in its traditional format. Aims and Scope The algebraic approach to system specification encompasses many aspects of the formal design of software systems. Originally born as formal method for reasoning about abstract data types, it now covers new specification frameworks and programming paradigms (such as object-oriented, aspect-oriented, agent-oriented, logic and higher-order functional programming) as well as a wide range of application areas (including information systems, concurrent, distributed and mobile systems). The workshop will provide an opportunity to present recent and ongoing work, to meet colleagues, and to discuss new ideas and future trends. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics of interest Typical, but not exclusive topics of interest are: - foundations of algebraic specification - other approaches to formal specification, including process calculi and models of concurrent, distributed and mobile computing - specification languages, methods, and environments - semantics of conceptual modelling methods and techniques - model-driven development - graph transformations, term rewriting and proof systems - integration of formal specification techniques - formal testing and quality assurance - validation and verification -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop Format and Location The workshop will take place over four days (Friday to Monday) at Hotel Santa Croce in Fossabanda, a former monastery in the center of Pisa. It will include presentations selected on the basis of submitted abstracts as well as three invited talks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions The scientific programme of the workshop will include presentations of recent results and ongoing research. The presentations will be selected by the Steering Committee on the basis of submitted abstracts according to originality, significance, and general interest. The abstracts must be up to two pages long including references, and should be formatted preferably using the standard Springer-Verlag LNCS style. If a longer version of the contribution is available, it can be made accessible on the web and referenced in the abstract. The abstracts have to be submitted electronically via the EasyChair system, at URL http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=WADT2008. The final versions of the selected abstracts will be included in a hand-out for the workshop participants. After the workshop, selected authors will be invited to submit full papers for the refereed proceedings, which is expected to be published as a volume of Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Springer Verlag). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates April 11, 2008 Submission deadline for abstracts April 21, 2008 Notification of acceptance May 16, 2008 Final abstract due June 13-16, 2008 Workshop in Pisa June 30, 2008 Invitation of full papers (for selected authors only) September 30, 2008 Submission deadline for full papers -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invited Speakers Egon Boerger (Dipartimento di Informatica, Pisa) Luca Cardelli (Microsoft Research, Cambridge) Stephen Gilmore (Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsorship The workshop takes place under the auspices of IFIP WG 1.3, and is sponsored by IFIP TC1. Support by other organizations is also being sought. The event is organized by the Computer Science Department of Pisa University. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- WADT Steering Committee Michel Bidoit (France) Jose' Fiadeiro (UK) [chair] Hans-Joerg Kreowski (Germany) Till Mossakowski (Germany) Peter Mosses (UK) Fernando Orejas (Spain) Francesco Parisi-Presicce (Italy) Andrzej Tarlecki (Poland) Local organizers (Pisa) Filippo Bonchi Roberto Bruni Vincenzo Ciancia Andrea Corradini (chair) Fabio Gadducci -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Accommodation Several rooms have been pre-booked for the WADT2008 participants at a convenient rate at Hotel Santa Croce in Fossabanda. Detailed instructions for booking will be published on the WADT2008 web page. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information For any information about the workshop, feel free to contact Andrea Corradini Dipartimento di Informatica Largo Bruno Pontecorvo, 3 I-56127 Pisa, Italy Phone: +39 050 2212786 Fax: +39 050 2212726 Email: andrea@di.unipi.it ----------------------------------------------------------------------------