CfP: 13th European Dependable Computing Conference (EDCC 2017)

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13th European Dependable Computing Conference (EDCC 2017)

Geneva, Switzerland | 4-8 September 2017 | http://edcc2017.unige.ch/

EDCC is an international conference for presenting and discussing the latest research in dependable and secure computing. EDCC provides a European-hosted venue for researchers and practitioners from all over the world to present and discuss their latest research results on dependability, security, fault-tolerance, testing, and other related topics. Original papers are solicited on theory, techniques, systems, and tools for the design, validation, operation and evaluation of dependable and secure computing systems. Papers dedicated to dependability and security in practice are also welcomed: industrial applications, experience in introducing dependability and security in industry, use of new or mature dependability and security approaches to new challenging problems or domains, etc.
EDCC 2017 will feature several tracks, including invited speakers, full paper presentations, fast abstracts, a student forum and a set of cutting-edge workshops.

TOPICS
The conference will cover a broad range of topics involving dependability and security, which includes, but is not limited to:

• Hardware and software architecture of dependable systems
• Dependable virtualisation
• VLSI dependability
• Dependability modelling and tools
• Testing and validation methods
• Fault-tolerant networks and protocols
• Dependability benchmarking
• Interplay between safety and security
• Critical infrastructure protection
• Safety critical systems
• Embedded and real-time systems
• Cyber-physical systems
• Cloud computing
• Dependable mobile and multimedia systems
• Autonomic and self-adaptive systems
• Socio-technical systems
• Intrusion-tolerant systems
• Dependable and secure support for data analytics

IMPORTANT DATES

• Abstract Submission: 17 March 2017
• Full Paper Submission: 24 March 2017
• Author Notification: 26 May 2017
• Camera Ready: 10 June 2017

PAPER CATEGORIES
EDCC 2017 is inviting submissions to its different tracks in the following categories:
Regular papers (up to 8 pages) solicited on theory, techniques, systems, and tools for the design, validation, operation and evaluation of dependable and secure computing systems, covering any fault model, from traditional hardware and software faults to accidental and malicious human interactions.
Practical experience reports (up to 6 pages) dedicated to dependability and security in practice: industrial applications, experience in introducing dependability in industry, use of new or mature dependability approaches to new challenging problems or domains, etc.
Short papers (3-4 pages) describing preliminary research work (position papers) or a prototype/tool description, outlining the design or implementation of a software tool, or the prototyping of an operational system.
All submissions must be made electronically through the EasyChair, and should clearly indicate in which category the paper is being submitted.
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=edcc2017
The proceedings of the conference will be published by the IEEE Conference Publishing Services (CPS).

JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE
Computing (Springer) journal has agreed to publish a special issue with extended versions of selected papers from EDCC 2017. Expected publication date May 2018.

DISTINGUISHED PAPERS
Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, correctness and impact. Three distinguished papers will be selected among accepted papers and presented in a dedicated session of the conference program. Full research papers and practical experience reports are eligible for the distinction.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE
General chair

• Giovanna di Marzo Serugendo, Universite de Geneve, Switzerland

Program chair

• Rogerio de Lemos, University of Kent, UK

Industrial co-chairs

• Henrique Madeira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Francesco Brancati, Resiltech, Italy

Workshop co-chairs

• Henry Muccini, University of L'Aquila, Italy
• Elena Troubitsyna, Abo Akademi University, Finland

Fast Abstracts chair

• Didier Buchs, Universite de Geneve, Switzerland

Student Forum chair

• Patrizio Pellicione, Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Publication chair

• Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Publicity chair

• Antonio Casimiro, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Liaison chairs

• North America - Michel Cukier, UMD, USA
• South America - Elias Procopio Duarte Jr, UFPR, Brazil
• Asia - Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan

Web Chair

• Houssem ben mahfoudh, Universite de Geneve, Switzerland

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

• Luciana Arantes, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris, France
• Tomas Bures, Charles University, Czech Republic
• Javier Camara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Vittorio Cortellessa, Universita degli Studi dell'Aquila, Italy
• Domenico Cotroneo, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy
• Michel Cukier, University of Maryland, USA
• Olivia Das, Ryerson University, Canada
• Geert Deconinck, KU Leuven, Belgium
• Xavier Defago, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
• Catello Di Martino, Nokia, USA
• Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan
• Barbara Gallina, Malardalen University, Sweden
• Janusz Gorski, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
• Fabiola Goncalves Pereira Greve, Univ. Bahia, Brazil
• Matti Hiltunen, AT&T, USA
• Flavio Junqueira, Confluent/ReScale Limited, UK
• Mohamed Kaaniche, LAAS-CNRS, France
• Tim Kelly, University of York, UK
• Paolo Lollini, University of Florence, Italy
• Javier Alonso Lopez, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
• Henrique Madeira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Miroslaw Malek, University of Lugano, Switzerland
• Fabio Martinelli, CNR, Italy
• Regina Moraes, UNICAMP, Brazil
• Simin Nadjm-Tehrani, Linkoping University, Sweden
• Nuno Neves, University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Rui Oliveira, University of Minho, Portugal
• Marta Patino, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
• Karthik Pattabiraman, University of British Columbia, Canada
• Michael Paulitsch, Thales, Austria
• Matthieu Roy, LAAS-CNRS, France
• Juan Carlos Ruiz Garcia, Technical University of Valencia, Spain
• Hans-Peter Schwefel, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Mario Trapp, Fraunhofer IESE, Kaiserslautern, Germany
• Elena Troubitsyna, Abo Akademi, Finland
• Aad van Moorsel, Newcastle University, UK
• Marco Vieira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France
• Katinka Wolter, Freie Universitat, Germany

STEERING COMMITTEE

• Karama Kanoun, France (Chair)
• Jean-Charles Fabre, France
• Felicita Di Giandomenico, Italy
• Johan Karlsson, Sweden
• Henrique Madeira, Portugal
• Miroslaw Malek, Switzerland
• Jaan Raik, Estonia
• Juan Carlos Ruiz, Spain
• Janusz Sosnowski, Poland
• Senior Advisory Board
• Algirdas Avizienis, Lithuania
• Brian Randell, UK
• Luca Simoncini, Italy