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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[**** We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message ******]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>***************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> DIFTS'11<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> DESIGN and IMPLEMENTATION of FORMAL TOOLS and SYSTEMS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>***************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>First International Workshop on Design and Implementation of Formal Tools <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and Systems (co-located with FMCAD 2011)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nec-labs.com/research/system/systems_SAV-website/DIFTS11/">http://www.nec-labs.com/research/system/systems_SAV-website/DIFTS11/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Submission Link: <a href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=difts11">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=difts11</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>November 3, 2011<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Abstract submission: May 30, 2011 <span style='color:#1F497D'>(Now open)</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Paper submission: June 6, 2011<span style='color:#1F497D'> (Now open)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Author notification: July 6, 2011<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Final version: Sept 5, 2011<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Workshop: Nov 3, 2011<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WORKSHOP SCOPE<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The first DIFTS (Design and Implementation of Formal Tools and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Systems) workshop emphasizes insightful experiences in formal<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>tools and systems design. It provides a forum for sharing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>challenges and solutions that are original with ground <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>breaking results.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Often the design and implementation of tools for formal analysis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>require non-trivial engineering decisions. Many challenges are<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>faced, which often can only be met with ingenious implementation <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>techniques. These techniques actually play a crucial role in<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>making the idea work in practice. The workshop provides an<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>opportunity for discussing engineering aspects and various<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>design decisions required to put such formal tools and systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>into practical use.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>TOPICS OF INTEREST<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>DIFTS takes a broad view of the formal tools/systems area, and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>solicits contributions from domains including, but not restricted<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>to, decision procedures, verification, testing, validation,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>diagnosis, debugging, and synthesis.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This workshop encourages and appreciates system development<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>activities, and facilitates transparency in the experimentation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It will also serve as a platform to discuss open problems and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>future challenges in practicing formal methods.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SUBMISSION<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The workshop specifically solicits contributions with<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>substantial engineering details that often do not get published<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>but has significant practical impact.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Papers in the following two categories are solicited:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(a) system category (10 pages, double column, 11pt), and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(b) tool category (8 pages, double column, 11pt).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In the system category, we invite papers that have original ideas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>accompanied with novel integration techniques, adequate<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>design/implementation details, important design choices made<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and explored, and good experimental results.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In the tool category, we invite papers that focus primarily<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>on the engineering aspects of some known/popular algorithm,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>with significant emphasis on the design/implementation details,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and various design choices made to advance<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>current state-of-the-art approaches.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The page limit for submissions in the system category is 10 pages<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>in double column format and for submissions in the tool category<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>is 8 pages in double column format.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Submission of papers should be made electronically in PDF format<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>via EasyChair. More details will be provided on the DIFTS web site.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>EVALUATION<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To keep maintain uniformity and fairness in the reviewing process,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>the program committee will evaluate the technical contribution of<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>each submission based on the following guidelines: the paper<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>should provide enough details for others to reproduce the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>results; and should solve a clearly-stated problem that is <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>significant and has wide interest; and the paper should provide <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>enough motivation for the design choices made. Overall, the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>paper should also clearly identify what the main contributions <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>of the work are.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PUBLICATION<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All accepted contributions will be published in archived electronic<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>notes. High quality submissions will be considered for a special issue<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>of Journal such as FMSD (Formal Methods in System Design) or<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>STTT (Software Tools for Technology Transfer).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ORGANIZATION<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PROGRAM CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Malay K. Ganai NEC Labs America, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Armin Biere Johannes Kepler University, Austria<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PROGRAM COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Clark W. Barrett New York University, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Armin Biere Johannes Kepler University, Austria<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Alessandro Cimatti Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cindy Eisner IBM Haifa Research Lab, Israel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Malay K. Ganai NEC Labs America, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ganesh Gopalakrishnan University of Utah, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Daniel Kroening Oxford University, UK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Robert P. Kurshan Cadence Design Systems, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ken McMillan Microsoft Research, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chao Wang NEC Labs America, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sandip Ray UT Austin USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>INVITED SPEAKER<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are privileged to have Andreas Kuehlmann, VP of Coverity,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President of IEEE Council on EDA (CEDA), and an IEEE fellow<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>as an invited speaker.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>