[ecoop-info] CfP 22nd Conf. Reliable Software Technologies, Ada-Europe 2017

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                          Call for Papers

                    22nd International Conference on
            Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe 2017

                    12-16 June 2017, Vienna, Austria

                http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2017

            Organized by TU Vienna on behalf of Ada-Europe,
         in cooperation with ACM SIGAda, SIGBED(*), SIGPLAN(*)
                 and the Ada Resource Association (ARA)
                          (*) request pending

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Ada-Europe organizes annual international conferences since the early
80's.  This is the 22nd event in the Reliable Software Technologies
series, previous ones being held at Montreux, Switzerland ('96),
London, UK ('97), Uppsala, Sweden ('98), Santander, Spain ('99),
Potsdam, Germany ('00), Leuven, Belgium ('01), Vienna, Austria
('02), Toulouse, France ('03), Palma de Mallorca, Spain ('04), York,
UK ('05), Porto, Portugal ('06), Geneva, Switzerland ('07), Venice,
Italy ('08), Brest, France ('09), Valencia, Spain ('10), Edinburgh, UK
('11), Stockholm, Sweden ('12), Berlin, Germany ('13), Paris, France
('14), Madrid, Spain ('15), and Pisa, Italy ('16).

General Information
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The 22nd International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies -
Ada-Europe 2017 will take place in Vienna, Austria.  Following its
traditional style, the conference will span a full week, including
a three-day technical program and vendor exhibition from Tuesday
to Thursday, along with parallel tutorials and workshops on Monday
and Friday.

Schedule
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15 January 2017:  Submission of papers, industrial presentation,
                  tutorial and workshop proposals
26 February 2017: Notification of acceptance to all authors
19 March 2017:    Camera-ready version of papers required
30 April 2017:    Industrial presentations, tutorial, and workshop
                  material required

Topics
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The conference has over the years become a leading international
forum for providers, practitioners and researchers in reliable
software technologies.  The conference presentations will illustrate
current work in the theory and practice of the design, development
and maintenance of long-lived, high-quality software systems for
a challenging variety of application domains.  The program will
allow ample time for keynotes, Q&A sessions and discussions, and
social events.  Participants include practitioners and researchers
representing industry, academia and government organizations active
in the promotion and development of reliable software technologies.

This edition of Ada-Europe features a focused Special Session on
Reliable and Safe Robotics.  Following the increasing trend of robotic
systems in industrial and public environments it is more and more
important to address software systems to control autonomous vehicles.
This special topic discusses issues regarding challenging problems in
the field of autonomous navigation and sensor fusion.  Topics include
(but are not limited to): frameworks for robotics, planning and system
modelling, as well as multi-agent and logistics applications.

For the general track of the conference, topics of interest include
but are not limited to (full list on the website): Real-Time and
Embedded Systems, Mixed-Criticality Systems, Theory and Practice of
High-Integrity Systems, Software Architectures, Methods and Techniques
for Software Development and Maintenance, Formal Methods, Ada
Language and Technologies, Software Quality, Mainstream and Emerging
Applications, Experience Reports in Reliable System Development,
Experiences with Ada.

Call for Regular and Special Session Papers
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Authors of papers which are to undergo peer review for
acceptance are invited to submit original contributions
by 15 January 2017.  Paper submissions shall not exceed 14
LNCS-style pages in length.  Authors for both the general track
and the special session shall submit their work via EasyChair at
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=adaeurope2017.  The format
for submission is solely PDF.

The International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies is
ranked class A in the CORE ranking and Microsoft Academic Search
has it in the top third for conferences on programming languages.
The conference is listed in DBLP, SCOPUS and Web of Science Conference
Proceedings Citation index, among others.

Proceedings
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Conference proceedings will be published in the Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (LNCS) series by Springer, and will be available
at the conference.  Camera-ready accepted papers are due strictly by
19 March 2017 (format guidelines available at the conference site).
Failure to comply and to register for the conference by that date
will prevent the paper from appearing in the proceedings.

Call for Industrial Presentations
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The conference seeks industrial presentations which deliver
value and insight but may not fit the selection process for
regular papers.  Authors are invited to submit a presentation
outline of exactly 1 page in length by 15 January 2017.
Submissions shall be made via EasyChair following the link
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=adaeurope2017.  The format
for submission is solely PDF.  The Industrial Committee will review
the submissions and make the selection.  The authors of selected
presentations shall prepare a final short abstract and submit it by
30 April 2017, aiming at a 20-minute talk.  The authors of accepted
presentations will be invited to submit corresponding articles for
publication in the Ada User Journal (http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/),
which will host the proceedings of the Industrial Program of the
Conference.  For any further information please contact the Industrial
Chair directly.

Awards
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Ada-Europe will offer honorary awards for the best regular paper and
the best presentation.

Call for Tutorials
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Tutorials should address subjects that fall within the scope of the
conference and may be proposed as either half- or full-day events.
Proposals should include a title, an abstract, a description of the
topic, a detailed outline of the presentation, a description of the
presenter's lecturing expertise in general and with the proposed
topic in particular, the proposed duration (half day or full day),
the intended level of the tutorial (introductory, intermediate, or
advanced), the recommended audience experience and background, and a
statement of the reasons for attending.  Proposals should be submitted
by e-mail to the Tutorial Chair.  The authors of accepted full-day
tutorials will receive a complimentary conference registration as well
as a fee for every paying participant in excess of 5; for half-day
tutorials, these benefits will be accordingly halved.  The Ada User
Journal (http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/) will offer space for the
publication of summaries of the accepted tutorials.

Call for Workshops
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Workshops on themes that fall within the conference scope may be
proposed.  Proposals may be submitted for half- or full-day events, to
be scheduled at either end of the conference week.  Workshop proposals
should be submitted to the Workshop Chair.  The workshop organizer
shall also commit to preparing proceedings for timely publication in
the Ada User Journal (http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/).

Call for Exhibitors
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The commercial exhibition will span the three days of the main
conference.  Vendors and providers of software products and services
should contact the Exhibition Chair for information and for allowing
suitable planning of the exhibition space and time.

Grants for Reduced Student Fees
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A limited number of sponsored grants for reduced fees is expected
to be available for students who would like to attend the conference
or tutorials.  Contact the Conference Chair for details.

Venue
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The conference will take place at Palais Eschenbach, in the heart of
Vienna, Austria.

Organizing Committee
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Conference Chair
  Wolfgang Kastner, TU Vienna, Austria

Program Co-Chairs
  Johann Blieberger, TU Vienna, Austria
  blieb at auto.tuwien.ac.at
  Tullio Vardanega, Università di Padova, Italy
  tullio.vardanega at math.unipd.it

Special Session Chair
  Markus Bader, TU Vienna, Austria
  markus.bader at tuwien.ac.at

Tutorial and Workshop Chair
  Ben Brosgol, AdaCore
  brosgol at adacore.com

Industrial Chair
  Jacob Sparre Andersen, JSA Research & innovation, Denmark
  jacob at jacob-sparre.dk

Exhibition Chair
  Ahlan Marriott, White Elephant GmbH, Switzerland
  ahlan at Ada-Switzerland.ch

Publicity Chair
  Dirk Craeynest, Ada-Belgium & KU Leuven, Belgium
  Dirk.Craeynest at cs.kuleuven.be

Local Chair
  Markus Bader, TU Vienna, Austria
  markus.bader at tuwien.ac.at

Program Committee
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Mario Aldea, Univ. de Cantabria, Spain
Ted Baker, NSF, USA
Ezio Bartocci, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Bernd Burgstaller, Yonsei Univ., Korea
Juan A. de la Puente, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Lukas Esterle, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Michael González Harbour, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
J. Javier Gutiérrez, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
Jérôme Hugues, ISAE, France
Raimund Kirner, Univ. of Hertfordshire, UK
Wilfried Kubinger, FH Technikum Wien, Austria
Albert Llemosí, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Kristina Lundkvist, Mälardalen University, Sweden
Franco Mazzanti, ISTI-CNR, Italy
Laurent Pautet, Telecom ParisTech, France
Justus Piater, Univ. Innsbruck, Austria
Luís Miguel Pinho, CISTER/ISEP, Portugal
Erhard Plödereder, Univ. Stuttgart, Germany
Jorge Real, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
José Ruiz, AdaCore, France
Sergio Sáez, Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, Spain
Tucker Taft, AdaCore, USA
Theodor Tempelmeier, University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim, Germany
Elena Troubitsyna, Åbo Akademi, Finland
Santiago Urueña, GMV, Spain
Tullio Vardanega, Univ. di Padova, Italy
Armin Wasice, University of California at Berkeley, USA
Michael Zillich, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Industrial Committee
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Ian Broster, Rapita Systems Ltd, UK
Jørgen Bundgaard, Ramboll, Denmark
Dirk Craeynest, Ada-Belgium & KU Leuven, Belgium
Thomas Gruber, Austrian Institute Of Technology (AIT), Austria
Egil Harald Høvik, Kongsberg, Norway
Ismael Lafoz, Airbus Defence & Space, Spain
Björn Lundin, Consafe Logistics, Sweden
Ahlan Marriott, White Elephant GmbH, Switzerland
Paolo Panaroni, Intecs, Italy
Paul Parkinson, Wind River, UK
Andreas Richtsfeld, DS Automotion GmbH, Austria
Jean-Pierre Rosen, Adalog, France
Emilio Salazar, GMV, Spain
Jacob Sparre Andersen, JSA Research & Innovation, DK
Jean-Loup Terraillon, European Space Agency, The Netherlands
Sergey Tverdyshev, SysGO, Germany

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Dirk.Craeynest at cs.kuleuven.be, Ada-Europe'2017 Publicity Chair

*** 22nd Intl.Conf.on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe'2017
*** June 12-16, 2017 *** Vienna, Austria *** http://www.ada-europe.org