CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS - iFM & ABZ 2012

9th International Conference on Integrated Formal Methods

3rd International Conference on Abstract State Machines (ASM), Alloy, B, VDM, and Z
18 - 22 June 2012 CNR Pisa, Italy

http://ifm-abz.isti.cnr.it/

The iFM and ABZ conferences are co-located in order to host a joint conference in honour of Egon Börger's 65th birthday. The conferences are organized by the Formal Methods && Tools Lab at CNR/ISTI and take place at the Area della Ricerca del CNR in Pisa on June 18-22, 2012.
The iFM conference series seeks to further research into the combination of (formal and semi-formal) methods for system development, regarding modeling and analysis, and covering all aspects from language design through verification and analysis techniques to tools and their integration into software engineering practice.
The ABZ conference is dedicated to the cross-fertilization of five related state-based and machine-based formal methods, Abstract State Machines (ASM), Alloy, B, VDM and Z, that share a common conceptual foundation and are widely used in both academia and industry for the design and analysis of hardware and software systems.
We invite you to submit proposals for one day workshops in the areas covered by the iFM and ABZ conferences. In particular workshops on challenging new, emerging fields are sought.

iFM & ABZ workshop proposals should include:

* workshop title and acronym, and a brief description of its scope and goals
* names, affiliations and very brief CV of the workshop organizers
* format of the workshop and its duration and selection procedure
* expected number of participants
* form of proceedings

Proposals (at most 2 pages) should be sent to the workshop chairs Maurice ter Beek and Angelo Gargantini at maurice.terbeek@isti.cnr.it and angelo.gargantini@unibg.it
The deadline for submissions is October 15, 2011.
Notifications will be sent by November 30, 2011.
Workshops with informal proceedings can be assisted in printing and distribution by the iFM&ABZ 2012 organizing committee. Workshop participants will be offered registration for iFM&ABZ 2012 with a special discount fee.
More information on iFM & ABZ 2012: http://ifm-abz.isti.cnr.it
Further enquiries can be made to the workshop chairs.