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20th International Conference on Formal Aspects of Component Software
(FACS) - Second Call

https://facs-conference.github.io/2024/

September 09-10, 2024, Milan, Italy

Co-located with the 26th international symposium on formal methods
(FM 2024)

https://www.fm24.polimi.it/

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OVERVIEW
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FACS 2024 is concerned with how formal methods can be applied to component-
based software and system development. Formal methods have provided
foundations for component-based software through research on mathematical
models for components, composition and adaptation, and rigorous approaches
to verification, deployment, testing, and certification.

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TOPICS
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The conference seeks to address the applications of formal methods in all
aspects of software components and services. FACS aims at developing a
community-based understanding of relevant and emerging research problems
through formal paper presentations and lively discussions. FACS 2024
welcomes contributions including but not limited to:

- Formal methods, models, and languages for software-intensive systems,
components and services, including verification techniques (e.g., model
checking, theorem proving, testing, constraint solving, runtime analysis),
probabilistic techniques, (co-)simulation techniques, composition and
deployment, component interaction, software variability, QoS and other
nonfunctional properties (e.g., trust, compliance, security, privacy);
- Formal aspects of concrete software-intensive systems, including service-
oriented architectures, business processes, cloud or edge computing, real-
time/safety-critical systems, hybrid and cyber physical systems, quantum
systems, components that use artificial intelligence;
- Tools supporting formal methods for components and services;
- Case studies and experience reports over the above topics;
- **Special track: Formal Methods of Component Software in the context of
emerging computational paradigms** (e.g. cyber physical human systems,
quantum computations, AI systems, blockchain systems, etc) .

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SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION
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We solicit high-quality submissions reporting on:

A - full papers: original research, applications and experiences, or
surveys (16 pages);
B - short papers: tools and demonstrations (6 pages);
C - Special track papers (16 pages);

The page limit excludes references and appendices. Papers should be prepared
in LaTeX, adhering to the Springer LNCS format and Guidelines. Papers should
be submitted through the easychair link:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=facs2024

All submitted papers should be in LNCS format and unpublished and not
submitted for publication elsewhere. All accepted papers will have to be
presented at the conference by one of their authors. Accepted papers in
all categories will be published in the FACS proceedings and published
as a volume in Springer LNCS series.

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SPECIAL ISSUE
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The authors of a selected subset of accepted papers will be invited to
submit an extended version of their papers to a special issue of the Science
of Computer Programming journal.

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BEST PAPER AWARD
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FACS 2024 will recognize the most outstanding submissions with a best paper award.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Abstract submission: 8 May, 2024
Full paper submission: 15 May, 2024
Notification: 26 June, 2024
Final version due: 17 July, 2024
Conference: 9-10 September, 2024

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INVITED SPEAKERS
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- Ana Cavalcanti (University of York, UK)
- David Parker (University of Oxford, UK)
- Geguang Pu (ECNU, China)

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PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
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- Diego Marmsoler (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)
- Meng Sun (Peking University, China)

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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- Achim Brucker (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)
- Antónia Lopes (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
- Anton Wijs (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
- Arpit Sharma (IISERB, India)
- Brijesh Dongol (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)
- Camilo Rocha (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, Colombia)
- Clemens Dubslaff (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
- Fatemeh Ghassemi (University of Tehran, Iran)
- Giorgio Audrito (University of Turin, Italy)
- Gwen Salaün (University of Grenoble Alpes, France)
- Ivan Lanese (University of Bologna/INRIA, Italy)
- Jacopo Mauro (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
- José Proença (University of Porto, Portugal)
- Keigo Imai (DeNA Co., Japan)
- Kenneth Johnson (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)
- Kyungmin Bae (POSTECH, South Korea)
- Luís Soares Barbosa (University of Minho, Portugal)
- Marie Farrell (The University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
- Mario Gleirscher (Universität Bremen, Germany)
- Mieke Massink (CNR-ISTI, Italy)
- Olga Kouchnarenko (University of Franche-Comté, France)
- Peter Ölveczky (University of Oslo, Norway)
- Samir Genaim (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
- Shoji Yuen (Nagoya University, Japan)
- Simon Bliudze (INRIA Lille, France)
- Simon Foster (University of York, United Kingdom)
- Violet Ka I Pun (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway)
- Xiyue Zhang (Oxford University, United Kingdom)
- Zhenbang Chen (NUDT, China)