[ecoop-info] FTfJP'14: Call for Papers

[David Pearce]

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16th International Workshop on Formal Techniques for Java-like Programs 
(FTfJP'14)

Co-located with ECOOP 2014
July 29th, 2014, Uppsala, Sweden

http://ecs.victoria.ac.nz/Events/FTfJP2014/
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Formal techniques can help analyze programs, precisely describe program 
behavior, and verify program properties. Newer languages such as Java, 
C#, and Scala provide good platforms to bridge the gap between formal 
techniques and practical program development, because of their 
reasonably clear semantics and standardized libraries. Moreover, these 
languages are interesting targets for formal techniques, because the 
novel paradigm for program deployment introduced with Java, with its 
improved portability and mobility, opens up new possibilities for abuse 
and causes concern about security.

Work on formal techniques and tools for programs and work on the formal 
underpinnings of programming languages themselves naturally complement 
each other. This workshop aims to bring together people working in both 
these fields, on topics such as:

* Language Semantics
* Specification techniques and languages
* Verification of program properties
* Verification logics
* Dynamic program analysis
* Static program analysis
* Type systems
* Challenge problems and solutions
* Security

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Submissions
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Contributions (of up to 6 pages in the ACM 2-column style) are sought on 
open questions, new developments, or interesting new applications of 
formal techniques in the context of Java or similar languages. 
Contributions should not merely present completely finished work, but 
also raise challenging open problems or propose speculative new 
approaches. We particularly welcome contributions that simply suggest 
good topics for discussion at the workshop, or raise issues that you 
feel deserve the attention of the research community. Contributions will 
be formally reviewed, for originality, relevance, and the potential to 
generate interesting discussions.

The workshop will be organized into four or more sessions, each focused 
on a specific topic, and initiated by a presentation of few related 
position papers by the respective participants, or the introduction of 
the specific topic by a single speaker, and followed by discussions.

Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library. In 
addition, depending on the nature of the contributions, we may be 
organizing a special journal issue as a follow-up to the workshop, as 
has been done for some of the previous FTfJP workshops. Contributions 
must be in English, in PDF format, and are limited to 6 pages in ACM 
2-column style. Papers must be submitted electronically via Easy Chair. 
A plain-text ASCII abstract must be submitted one week before the paper 
submission deadline.

Submission site: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ftfjp2014

Any PC member, other than the chair, may be an author or co-author on 
any paper submitted for consideration but will be excluded from any 
evaluation or discussion of the paper.

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Important Dates
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Abstract submission: May 5th, 2014
Paper submission: May 12th, 2014
Notification: June 9th, 2014
Camera ready: June 23nd, 2014
Workshop: July 28th, 2014

All deadlines are at 23:59 American Samoa time (that is, UTC-11).

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Program Committee
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David J. Pearce, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ (Chair)
Bart Jacobs, KU Leuven, Belgium
Alex Summers, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Werner Dietl, University of Waterloo, Canada
Dave Clarke, KU Leuven, Belgium
Elena Zucca, University of Genoa, Italy
Max Schaefer, Semmle, UK
Nick Cameron, Mozilla Research, New Zealand
Tijs Van Der Storm, CWI, The Netherlands

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Steering Committee
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Sophia Drossopoulou, Imperial College, London, Great Britain
Werner Dietl, University of Waterloo, Canada
Gary T. Leavens, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
K. Rustan M. Leino, Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA
Peter Müller, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Arnd Poetzsch-Heffter, Universität Kaiserlautern, Germany
Erik Poll, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands