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<big style="font-weight: bold;"><big>Denver, Colorado, USA</big></big><br>
<big style="font-weight: bold;"><big> November 6 - 10, 2011</big></big><br>
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<big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">Call for Technical
Contributions<br>
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</span></big> ACM Annual International Conference<br>
on Ada and Related Technologies:<br>
Engineering Safe, Secure, and Reliable Software <br>
Submission Deadline: June 30, 2011<br>
Sponsored by ACM SIGAda<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.acm.org/sigada/conf/sigada2011">http://www.acm.org/sigada/conf/sigada2011</a></big><br>
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SUMMARY: Reliability, safety, and security are among the most
critical requirements of contemporary software. The application of
software engineering methods, tools, and languages all interrelate
to affect how and whether these requirements are met.<br>
<br>
Such software is in operation in many application domains. Much has
been accomplished in recent years, but much remains to be done. Our
tools, methods, and languages must be continually refined; our
management process must remain focused on the importance of
reliability, safety, and security; our educational institutions must
fully integrate these concerns into their curricula.<br>
<br>
The conference will gather industrial and government experts,
educators, software engineers, and researchers interested in
developing, analyzing, and certifying reliable, safe, long-lived,
secure software. We are soliciting technical papers and experience
reports with on these development topics. A direct relationship or
comparison with the Ada language is preferred.<br>
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POSSIBLE TOPICS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: <br>
• Challenges for developing reliable, safe, long-lived, secure
software <br>
• Ada and SPARK language experience reports<br>
• Language selection for high reliability systems<br>
• Mixed-language development<br>
• Use of high reliability subsets or profiles such as MISRA C,
Ravenscar, SPARK, etc.<br>
• High-reliability application development; conformance to
DO-178B and preparing for DO-178C<br>
• High-security application development; conformance to Common
Criteria and Protection Profiles<br>
• Analysis, testing, and validation<br>
• Software process and quality metrics<br>
• System of Systems • Real-time networking/quality of
service guarantees<br>
• High-reliability development experience reports<br>
• Static and dynamic analysis of code<br>
• Use of formal methods for correctness proof<br>
• Integrating COTS software components<br>
• System Architecture & Design including Service-Oriented
Architecture and Agile Development<br>
• Information Assurance<br>
• Ada products certified against Common Criteria / Common
Evaluation Methodology<br>
• Distributed systems<br>
• Use of newer Ada 2005 features/capabilities<br>
• Fault tolerance and recovery<br>
• Performance analysis <br>
<br>
KINDS OF TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTIONS: <br>
<br>
TECHNICAL ARTICLES present significant results in research,
practice, or education. Articles are typically 10-20 pages in
length. These papers will be double-blind refereed and published in
the Conference Proceedings and in ACM Ada Letters. The Proceedings
will be entered into the widely-consulted ACM Digital Library
accessible online to university campuses, ACM's 80,000 members, and
the software community.<br>
<br>
EXTENDED ABSTRACTS discuss current work for which early submission
of a full paper may be premature. If your abstract is accepted, you
will be expected to produce a full paper, which will appear in the
proceedings. Extended abstracts will be double-blind refereed. In 5
pages or less, clearly state the work’s contribution, its
relationship with previous work by you and others (with
bibliographic references), results to date, and future directions.<br>
<br>
EXPERIENCE REPORTS present timely results on the application of Ada
and related technologies. Submit a 1-2 page description of the
project and the key points of interest of project experiences.
Descriptions will be published in the final program or proceedings,
but a paper will not be required.<br>
<br>
PANEL SESSIONS gather a group of experts on a particular topic who
present their views and then exchange views with each other and the
audience. Panel proposals should be 1-2 pages in length, identifying
the topic, coordinator, and potential panelists.<br>
<br>
INDUSTRIAL PRESENTATIONS Authors of industrial presentations are
invited to submit a short overview (at least 1 page in size) of the
proposed presentation to the Industrial Committee Chair by August
1st 2011. The authors of selected presentations shall prepare a
final short abstract and submit it to the Committee Chair by October
1st, 2011, aiming at a 30-minute talk. The authors of accepted
presentations will be invited to submit corresponding articles for
publication in the ACM Ada Letters.<br>
<br>
WORKSHOPS are focused work sessions, which provide a forum for
knowledgeable professionals to explore issues, exchange views, and
perhaps produce a report on a particular subject. A list of planned
workshops and requirements for participation will be published in
the Advance Program. Workshop proposals, up to 5 pages in length,
will be selected by the Program Committee based on their
applicability to the conference and potential for attracting
participants.<br>
<br>
TUTORIALS offer the flexibility to address a broad spectrum of
topics relevant to Ada or high-reliability software development
topics, and those enabling technologies which make the engineering
of Ada applications more effective. Submissions will be evaluated
based on relevance, suitability for presentation in tutorial format,
and presenter’s expertise. Tutorial proposals should include the
expected level of experience of participants, an abstract or
outline, the qualifications of the instructor(s), and the length of
the tutorial (half-day or full-day). <br>
<br>
HOW TO SUBMIT: Send contributions by June 30, 2011, in Word, PDF, or
text format as follows:<br>
Technical Articles, Extended Abstracts, Experience Reports, and
Panel Session Proposals to: Program Chair,<br>
Lt. Col. Jeff Boleng (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:jeff.boleng@usafa.edu">jeff.boleng@usafa.edu</a>)<br>
Tutorial Proposals to: Tutorials Chair, Dr. Robert Pettit (<a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rpettit@gmu.edu">rpettit@gmu.edu</a>)<br>
Industrial Presentations Proposals to: Industrial Committee Chair,
Prof. Liz Adams (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:adamses@cs.jmu.edu">adamses@cs.jmu.edu</a>)<br>
<br>
FURTHER INFORMATION: <br>
<br>
CONFERENCE GRANTS FOR EDUCATORS: The ACM SIGAda Conference Grants
program is designed to help educators introduce, strengthen, and
expand the use of Ada and related technologies in school, college,
and university curricula. The Conference welcomes a grant
application from anyone whose goals meet this description. The
benefits include full conference registration with proceedings and
registration costs for 2 days of conference tutorials/workshops.
Partial travel funding is also available from AdaCore to faculty and
students from GNAT Academic Program member institutions, which can
be combined with conference grants. For more details visit the
conference web site or contact Prof. Michael B. Feldman (<a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mfeldman@gwu.edu">mfeldman@gwu.edu</a>)<br>
<br>
OUTSTANDING STUDENT PAPER AWARD: An award will be given to the
student author(s) of the paper selected by the program committee as
the outstanding student contribution to the conference.<br>
<br>
SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS: Please contact Greg Gicca (<a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gicca@adacore.com">gicca@adacore.com</a>)
for information about becoming a sponsor and/or exhibitor at SIGAda
2011.<br>
<br>
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR NON-US SUBMITTERS: International
registrants should be particularly aware and careful about visa
requirements, and should plan travel well in advance. Visit the
conference website for detailed information pertaining to visas.<br>
<br>
ANY QUESTIONS?<br>
Please submit any questions to the conference chair, Ricky E.
“Ranger” Sward (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:rsward@mitre.org">rsward@mitre.org</a>).<br>
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