Extended Deadline QAPL 2015

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS - Extended Deadline 13th Workshop on Quantitative
Aspects of Programming Languages and Systems (QAPL 2015)

Affiliated with ETAPS 2015 April 11 - 12, 2015, London, United Kingdom

http://qapl15.inria.fr

SCOPE:

Quantitative aspects of computation are important and sometimes essential in characterising the behaviour and determining properties of
systems. They are related to the use of physical quantities (storage space, time, bandwidth, etc.) as well as mathematical quantities (e.g., probability and measures for reliability, security and trust). Such quantities play a central role in defining both models of systems (architecture, language design, semantics) and methodologies and tools for the analysis and verification of their properties. The aim of this workshop is to discuss the explicit use of quantitative information such as time and probability either directly in a model or as a tool for the analysis of systems.

In particular, the workshop focuses on:

• the design of probabilistic, deterministic, hybrid, real-time, and quantum languages, and the definition of their semantical models;
• the discussion of methodologies for the quantitative analysis of systems, for instance probabilistic and timing properties (e.g. security, safety, schedulability) and other quantifiable properties such as reliability (for hardware components), trustworthiness (in information security) and resource usage (e.g., worst-case memory/stack/cache requirements);
• the probabilistic analysis of systems which do not explicitly incorporate quantitative aspects (e.g. performance, reliability and risk analysis);
• applications to safety-critical systems, communication protocols, control systems, asynchronous hardware, and to any other domain involving quantitative issues;
• applications to natural/physical domains such as chemistry, biology, ecology, and epidemiology.

TOPICS:

Topics include (but are not limited to) probabilistic, timing and general quantitative aspects in: Language design, Information systems, Asynchronous HW analysis, Language extension, Multi-tasking systems, Automated reasoning, Language expressiveness, Logic, Verification, Quantum languages, Semantics, Testing, Time-critical systems, Performance analysis, Safety, Embedded systems, Program analysis, Risk and hazard analysis, Coordination models, Protocol analysis, Scheduling theory, Distributed systems, Model-checking, Security, Biological systems, Cyber-physical systems, Concurrent systems, and Resource
Analysis.

INVITED SPEAKERS:

• Holger Hermanns, Saarland University
• Catuscia Palamidessi, INRIA Saclay

SUBMISSIONS:

In order to encourage participation and discussion, this workshop solicits two types of submissions - regular papers and presentation reports:

1. Regular paper submissions must be original work, and must not have been previously published, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Regular paper submission must not exceed 15 pages, possibly followed by a clearly marked appendix which will be removed for the proceedings and contains technical material for the reviewers.
2. Presentation reports concern recent or ongoing work on relevant topics and ideas, for timely discussion and feedback at the workshop. There is no restriction as for previous/future publication of the contents of a presentation. Typically, a presentation is based on a paper which recently appeared (or which is going to appear) in the proceedings of another recognized conference, or which has not yet been submitted. The (extended) abstract of presentation submissions should not exceed 4 pages.

All submissions must be in PDF format and use the EPTCS latex style, see http://style.eptcs.org/.

Submissions can be made on the following website: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=qapl2015

The workshop PC will review all regular paper submissions to select appropriate ones, ones for acceptance in each category, based on their relevance, merit, originality, and technical content. Presentation reports will receive a lightweight review to establish their relevance for the workshop. The authors of accepted submissions of both types are expected to present and discuss their work at the workshop. Accepted regular papers will be published in the Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science (EPTCS). Special issues concerning the QAPL editions of 2011 and 2012 as well as QAPL editions of 2013 and 2014 are in preparation.

IMPORTANT DATES:

For regular papers:
Submission (regular paper): December 21, 2014 (Extended deadline)
Notification: February 2, 2015
Final version (ETAPS proceedings): February 9, 2015
Workshop: April 11 - 12, 2015
Final version (EPTCS post proceedings): TBA

For presentation reports:
Submission: January 30, 2015
Notification: February 2, 2015

ORGANISATION:

PC Chairs:

* Nathalie Bertrand, INRIA Rennes, France
* Mirco Tribastone, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Program Committee:

* Alessandro Aldini, University of Urbino, Italy
* Christel Baier, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
* Ezio Bartocci, TU Wien, Austria
* Marco Bernardo, University of Urbino, Italy
* Nathalie Bertrand, INRIA Rennes, France
* Luca Bortolussi, University of Trieste, Italy
* Laura Carnevali, University of Florence, Italy
* Krishnendu Chatterjee, IST Vienna, Austria
* Kostas Chatzikokolakis, CNRS, France
* Taolue Chen, Oxford University, UK
* Pedro D'Argenio, University of Cordoba, Argentina
* Thao Dang, Verimag, France
* Josee Desharnais, Universite Laval, Canada
* Alessandra Di Pierro, University of Verona, Italy
* Vashti Galpin, University of Edinburgh, rmany
* Jan Kretinsky, IST Vienna, Austria
* Radu Mardare, Aalborg University, Denmark
* Mieke Massink, CNR-ISTI, Pisa, Italy
* Paolo Mateus, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal
* Gethin Norman, University of Glasgow, UK
* David Parker, University of Birmingham, UK
* Anne Remke, University of Twente, the Netherlands
* Arnaud Sangnier, LIAFA, University Paris VII, France
* Jeremy Sproston, University of Torino, Italy
* Mirco Tribastone, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
* Herbert Wiklicky, Imperial College London, UK
* Verena Wolf, Saarland University, Germany