FORMATS 2023: second call for papers
21st International Conference on Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed
Systems
https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferences/confest-2023/formats/
19-21 September 2023, Antwerp, Belgium
co-located with CONCUR, FMICS and QEST as part of CONFEST 2023
SCOPE & TOPICS
FORMATS (International Conference on Formal Modeling and Analysis of
Timed Systems) is an annual conference which aims to promote the study
of fundamental and practical aspects of timed systems, and to bring
together researchers from different disciplines that share interests in
the modelling, design and analysis of timed computational systems. The
conference aims to attract researchers interested in real-time issues in
hardware design, performance analysis, real-time software, scheduling,
semantics and verification of real-timed, hybrid and probabilistic systems.
Typical topics include (but are not limited to):
- Foundations and Semantics: Theoretical foundations of timed systems,
languages and models (e.g., timed automata, timed Petri nets, hybrid
automata, timed process algebra, max-plus algebra, probabilistic models).
- Methods and Tools: Techniques, algorithms, data structures, and
software tools for analyzing timed systems and resolving temporal
constraints (e.g., scheduling, worst-case execution time analysis,
optimization, model checking, testing, constraint solving).
- Applications: Adaptation and specialization of timing technology in
application domains in which timing plays an important role (e.g.,
real-time software, hardware circuits, scheduling in manufacturing and
telecommunication, robotics).
This year, FORMATS will incorporate a special track on:
- Monitoring of cyber-physical systems. We encourage the submission of
papers on all approaches related to the monitoring of cyber-physical
systems, including monitoring methods, monitoring applications (such as
robustness-guided falsification), and related techniques (such as
validation of a formal specification for monitoring).
INVITED SPEAKERS
FORMATS 2023 will feature the following invited speakers:
- Joost-Pieter Katoen, RWTH Aachen University, Germany (joint with all
CONFEST conferences)
- Nicolas Markey, CNRS & University of Rennes, France (joint with CONCUR)
- David Parker, Oxford University, UK (joint with QEST, CONCUR)
- Jaco van de Pol, Aarhus University, Denmark (joint with CONCUR, FMICS)
PAPER SUBMISSION
FORMATS 2023 solicits high-quality papers describing research results,
experience reports and/or tools related to the topics mentioned above.
Submitted papers must contain original, unpublished contributions, not
submitted for publication elsewhere. The papers should be submitted
electronically in PDF, following the Springer LNCS style guidelines.
FORMATS 2023 has two categories of papers:
- Regular papers, which should not exceed 15 pages in length
- Short papers, which should not exceed 7 pages in length
Both page limits exclude references, which are not limited in length. If
necessary, the paper may be supplemented with a clearly marked appendix,
which will be reviewed at the discretion of the program committee. Each
paper will undergo a thorough review process. Papers should be submitted
electronically via the EasyChair online submission system:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=formats2023
ARTIFACT EVALUATION
FORMATS encourages authors to submit artifacts where appropriate, for
example to demonstrate how to reproduce experimental data in a research
paper or to examine the usability and applicability of a software tool.
Artifacts will be evaluated by the Artifact Evaluation Committee and
those that are accepted will receive a repeatability badge to be
displayed on the first page of the published paper. For more details,
see:
https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferences/confest-2023/formats/artifact/
PUBLICATION AND BEST PAPER AWARD
The proceedings of FORMATS 2023 will be published by Springer in the
Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. The best paper of the
conference will be awarded the Oded Maler Award in Timed Systems.
IMPORTANT DATES
- Abstract submission: 21 April 2023
- Paper submission: 28 April 2023
- Acceptance notification: 16 June 2023
- Camera-ready deadline: 14 July 2023
- Conference: 19-21 September 2023
For any questions, feel free to contact the program chairs Laure
Petrucci (Laure.Petrucci(a)lipn.univ-paris13.fr) and Jeremy Sproston
(sproston(a)di.unito.it).
ORGANISATION
Program Chairs
- Laure Petrucci, University Sorbonne Paris Nord & CNRS, France
- Jeremy Sproston, University of Turin, Italy
Artifact Evaluation Chairs
- Arnd Hartmanns, University of Twente, The Netherlands
- Paolo Zuliani, Newcastle University, UK
Special Track Chair
- Masaki Waga, Kyoto University, Japan
Program Committee
- Alessandro Abate, University of Oxford, UK
- Parosh Aziz Abdulla, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Marcello M. Bersani, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- Patricia Bouyer-Decitre, CNRS & ENS Paris-Saclay, France
- Franck Cassez, ConsenSys, USA
- Pedro R. D'Argenio, National University of Córdoba, Argentina
- Jyotirmoy Deshmukh, University of Southern California, USA
- Catalin Dima, University Paris-Est Créteil, France
- Miriam García Soto, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
- Gilles Geeraerts, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Taylor T. Johnson, Vanderbilt University, USA
- Jan Křetínský, Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Engel Lefaucheux, INRIA Nancy & LORIA, Université de Lorraine, France
- Jun Liu, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Manuel Mazo Jr, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
- Benjamin Monmege, Aix-Marseille Université, France
- Dejan Ničković, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
- Nicola Paoletti, King's College London, UK
- Laure Petrucci, University Sorbonne Paris Nord & CNRS, France (chair)
- Kristin Yvonne Rozier, Iowa State University, USA
- Krishna S., IIT Bombay, India
- Ocan Sankur, CNRS & Rennes University, France
- Sadegh Soudjani, Newcastle University, UK
- Jeremy Sproston, University of Turin, Italy (chair)
- Jiri Srba, Aalborg University, Denmark
- B. Srivathsan, Chennai Mathematical Institute, India
- Natalie Sznajder, Sorbonne Université & CNRS, France
- Patrick Totzke, University of Liverpool, UK
- Stavros Tripakis, Northeastern University, USA
- Enrico Vicario, University of Florence, Italy
- Masaki Waga, Kyoto University, Japan
- Naijun Zhan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Steering Committee
- Rajeev Alur (USA)
- Eugene Asarin (France)
- Martin Fränzle (chair, Germany)
- Thomas A. Henzinger (Austria)
- Joost-Pieter Katoen (Germany)
- Kim G. Larsen (Denmark)
- Oded Maler (founding chair, France) (1957-2018)
- Pavithra Prabhakar (USA)
- Mariëlle Stoelinga (The Netherlands)
- Wang Yi (Sweden)