Call for Papers: The 18th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshops on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS)

http://tab.computer.org/ecbs/2011

April 27th-29th, 2011
Las Vegas, NV, USA

Important Dates:

Submission of titles and abstracts 8 November 2010
Submission of all papers 15 November 2010
Notification of acceptance 17 December 2010
Camera-ready material for publication 15 January 2011
Conference dates 27-29 April 2011

"Engineering Next Generation Systems"

ECBS 2011 will be the 18th formal IEEE sponsored meeting dedicated to formulating and advancing methods, techniques and tools for the engineering of computer-based systems. The conference is devoted to the design, development, deployment, and analysis of complex systems whose behaviour is largely determined or controlled by computers. Such systems are characterized by functional, performance, and reliability requirements that mandate the tight integration of information processing and physical processes.

ECBS has many facets that include system modelling, requirements specification, simulation, architectures, communications, safety, security, reliability, software, hardware, human computer interfacing, system integration, verification and validation, and project management. Effectively, ECBS integrates several disciplines, including software, hardware, and communications, into a complete systems engineering approach.

The conference provides a bridge between industry and academia, blending academic research and industrial developments. Papers are sought which reflect this theme, in fundamental ECBS technologies, or application domains, as listed below.

* Adaptive Computing
* Agile Development
* Architectures
* Autonomic Systems
* Co-design
* Component-Based System Design
* Cyber-Physical Systems
* Design Evolution
* Distributed Systems Design
* ECBS Infrastructure (Tools, Environments)
* Education & Training
* Embedded Real-Time Software Systems
* Lifecycle Processes & Process Evolution
* Integration Engineering
* Model-Based System Development
* Modelling and Analysis of Complex Systems
* Open Systems
* Product-Families Models and Architectures
* Reengineering & Reuse
* Reliability, Safety, Dependability, Security Requirements Elicitation and Analysis
* Standards
* System on a Chip
* System Assessment, Testing and Metrics
* Verification & Validation

Reports of practical solutions, trends and new system characteristics for ECBS, taking an integrated systems approach, may include application domains such as: Aerospace Systems, Command and Control, Continuous and Discrete Manufacturing, Environmental Systems, Instrumentation and Control Applications, Internet Technology and Applications, Intelligent Highway-Vehicle Systems (IHVS), Medical Systems, Telecommunication.

WORKSHOPS: As is the tradition, ECBS 2011 will host workshops, not only in the form of "hot topics" mini conferences but also working groups.

POSTER SESSIONS: Posters and abstracts presenting work in progress are invited for a poster session. Accepted abstracts will be published in the proceedings. Graduate students are especially welcome to participate.

DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM: The Doctoral Symposium provides a forum for PhD candidates to present work in progress and get feedback from the research community while also publishing a full paper in the IEEE proceedings.

INDUSTRIAL TRACK: The industrial track provides a forum for short papers on results of industrial research and development.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Full papers and Doctoral Symposium papers must be 6 to max 10 pages in Computer Society Format, posters 5 pages max and industrial track papers 2 to 4 pages. For further information see the submission guidelines on the conference web site.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission of titles and abstracts 8 November 2010
Submission of all papers 15 November 2010
Notification of acceptance 17 December 2010
Camera-ready material for publication 15 January 2011
Registration deadline for authors 15 January 2011
Early registration deadline for non-authors 22 February 2011
Conference dates 27-29 April 2011

Submission dates for workshop papers may differ, so please check separate Calls for Papers on the workshop websites.

The 18th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshops on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS) is sponsored by the IEEE Technical Committee on ECBS.

Program Chairs:

Jonathan Sprinkle, University of Arizona
Roy Sterritt, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland

Program Committee (Based on ECBS 2010)

Ben Abott, Southwest Research Institute, USA
Ulf Asklund, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (& Lund University), Sweden
Ted Bapty, Vanderbilt University, USA
Fernando Barros, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Chris Barry, University of Galway, Ireland
Nikola Bogunovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Pearl Brereton, University of Keele, UK
Klaus Buchenrieder, The University of the German Federal Armed Forces, Munich, Germany
Dumitru Burdescu, University of Craiova, Romania
Dave Bustard, University of Ulster, UK
Piers Cambell, College of Information Technology, UAE
Piotr Czapiewski, MSS, LLC, USA
Darren Dalcher, University of Middlesex, UK
Brandon Eames, Utah State University, USA
Armin Eberlein, University of Calgary, Canada
J�rgen Ebert, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Christian Erfurth, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Des Greer, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
Bernhard Groene, SAP AG, Walldorf, Germany
Jiang Guo, California State University Los Angeles, USA
Gabor Karsai, Vanderbilt University, USA
Ryszard Klempous, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Jonah Lavi, CBSE Associates, Ramat, Israel
John Leaney, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Roman Lysecky, University of Arizona, USA
Susan Lysecky, University of Arizona, USA
Mike Mannion, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Elena Navarro, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Malcolm Munro, University of Durham, UK
Fionn Murtagh, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Tim O'Neill, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Miquel Angel Piera Eroles, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Dietmar Pfahl, Simula Research Laboratory and University of Oslo
Miroslav Popovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Rob Pooley, Herriot-Watt University, UK
Byron Purves, Boeing, USA
Matthias Riebisch, Ilmenau Technical University, Germany
Wilhelm Rossak, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Jerzy Rozenblit, University of Arizona, USA
Pete Sawyer, University of Lancaster, UK
Stefano Saetta, Perugia University, Italy
Johannes Sametinger, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Bernhard Sch�tz, Technical University Munich, Germany
Stephan Schulz, ETSI, France
Miroslav Sveda, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
Peter Tabeling, Intervista AG, Germany
Azzelarabe Taleb-Bendiab, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University, USA
Philip Taylor, SAP Research, Belfast
Stephanie White, Long Island University, New York, USA
Heinz Zuellighoven, University of Hamburg, Germany