===== VENUE =====
The 2nd Workshop on Time-Centric Reactive Software (TCRS, https://www.tcrs.io/) will take place during ESWEEEK 2024 (September 29 - October 4, 2024) in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

===== TOPICS OF INTEREST =====
We invite contributions focused on time-centric reactive software and supporting technologies.

Contributions may overlap with any of the following areas:

- Automotive systems
- Compiler construction
- Computer architecture
- Cyber-physical systems
- Digital twins
- Dataflow models
- Discrete-event systems
- Distributed systems
- Design automation
- Embedded systems
- Formal verification
- Industrial automation
- Programming languages
- Model-based Design
- Modeling languages
- Middleware
- Networking
- Operating systems
- Real-time systems
- Simulation
- System-level design
- Time-predictable hardware

More background about this workshop and its motivation can be found here: https://www.tcrs.io/about/

===== SUBMISSIONS =====
TCRS ‘24 will work with IEEE Embedded Systems Letters (ESL, https://ieee-ceda.org/publication/esl) for paper submissions, reviews, and publication. Submissions meeting IEEE ESL requirements will be published in the special issue of TCRS in IEEE ESL. All submissions must be written in English. Only original papers that have not been submitted or published in other conferences or journals will be considered.

Papers submitted to TCRS ‘24 must follow the IEEE ESL Paper Submission Instructions (https://ieee-ceda.org/publication/esl/esl-paper-submission). Submitted manuscripts must be four pages or fewer, including all figures, tables, and references. Submissions exceeding this length will be returned without review. Papers should use 7.875 in x 10.75 in (20 cm x 27.30 cm) trim size and the IEEE transactions two-column format in 10-pt. font. The review process is blind (not double-blind); please do not submit anonymized manuscripts.

Please submit your paper at the Manuscript Central Submission Site here: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/les-ieee
Click on “Author,” create a new manuscript, and select “Type” as “SI:TCRS24”.

In addition to the manuscript, the authors are required to submit a Cover Letter indicating the Conflicts of Interest (COIs) with the program committee members through Manuscript Central. The authors can submit the cover letter during the Submission Step 6: Details & Comments, using a textbox under Write Cover Letter. Even if the authors do not have any COIs, they are still required to submit a cover letter confirming that they have no COIs.

Please see here for more details: https://www.tcrs.io/cfp/

===== ACCEPTANCE LOGISTICS =====
At least one of the authors for each paper must fully register and present the accepted paper at the workshop. TCRS ‘24 will have two tiers of final acceptance.

1. Present-only acceptance.
2. Present-and-publish acceptance.
The Present-only tier acceptance will be given to the submissions that meet the TCRS workshop quality requirements. The Present-and-publish tier acceptance will be given to the submissions that are accepted for presentation at the TCRS workshop and considered for publication in the IEEE ELS journal.

All papers with any of these two tiers of acceptance will be presented at the workshop and distributed as proceedings of the workshop. However, only the papers with the Present-and-publish tier acceptance will be published in the IEEE ESL special issue of TCRS.

===== REVIEW PROCESS =====
Authors of the submissions will be notified with the first round of reviews. Below are the subsequent processes for accepted papers.

1. Present-only acceptance
Papers that are not accepted for publication in the IEEE ESL journal may still be eligible to present at the workshop. In this case, the authors will receive a “reject” from IEEE ESL and a separate “Present-only” acceptance notification from TCRS. Authors of a submission with Present-only acceptance will be asked to submit the final version of their paper, which will be included in the “proceedings to be distributed.”

2. Present-and-publish acceptance
Authors of a submission with Present-and-publish acceptance will receive a “minor revision” decision from the IEEE ESL journal. The authors will be required to submit a revised version of their paper and a video graphical abstract (which is a short video presenting the paper), which will be reviewed in the second round. Once the final manuscript and the video graphical abstract are reviewed and meet IEEE ESL standards, the submission will receive an “accept” decision from the journal and will be included in the IEEE ESL special issue of TCRS.

For more information on the video graphical abstract, see here: https://ieee-ceda.org/publication/esl/esl-paper-submission

===== IMPORTANT DATES =====
(Extended) July 22, 2024: Paper submission deadline
Aug 5, 2024: Author notification for the first round of reviews
Aug 12, 2024: Final manuscript and video graphical abstract deadline
Aug 19, 2024: Final acceptance notification
October 3, 2024: Paper presentations

===== ORGANIZERS =====
General Co-Chair: Jeronimo Castrillon, TU Dresden, Germany
General Co-Chair: Hokeun Kim, Arizona State University, USA
Organizing Committee: Edward A. Lee, UC Berkeley, USA
Organizing Committee: Marten Lohstroh, UC Berkeley, USA
Program Chair: Patricia Derler, Zoox, USA