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ICTAC'09

6th International Colloquium on Theoretical Aspects of Computing

*** CALL FOR PAPERS ***

Equatorial Hotel Bangi, Malaysia
University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

August 16th - 20th 2009

http://www.ictac.net/ictac09/
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The 6th International Colloquium on Theoretical Aspects of Computing
is taking place from the 16th till the 20th of August 2009 in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. ICTAC'09 is organized by Abdullah Mohd Zin,
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Jeff Sanders, United Nation
University, Institute of Software Technology, Macao. The PC is
chaired by Martin Leucker (TU Munich) and Carroll Morgan (UNSW).

Visit http://www.ictac.net/ictac09 for a preliminary web page.

About ICTAC 2009
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ICTAC 2009 is the 6th International Colloquium on Theoretical Aspects
of Computing, the latest in a series founded by the International
Institute for Software Technology of the United Nations University
(UNU-IIST). The main purpose of ICTAC is to bring together
practitioners and researchers from academia, industry and government
to present research and to exchange ideas and experience addressing
challenges in both theoretical aspects of computing and in the
exploitation of theory through methods and tools for system
development. The previous four ICTAC events were held in Guiyang,
China (2004), Hanoi, Vietnam (2005), Tunis, Tunisia (2006), Macau
(2007) and Istanbul (2008).

Workshops
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The main conference is surrounded by workshops and a summer
school. See the web page for more details.

Invited Speakers
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Zuohua Ding Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
Leslie Lamport Microsoft
Annabelle McIver Macquarie University
Sriram Rajamani Microsoft

Scope
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Topics include, but are not limited to:

* software specification, refinement, verification and testing
* model checking and theorem proving
* software architectures
* coordination and feature interaction
* integration of theories, formal and engineering methods and tools
* models of concurrency, security, and mobility
* parallel, distributed, and internet-based (grid) computing
* real-time, embedded and hybrid systems
* automata theory and formal languages
* principles and semantics of languages
* logics and their applications
* type and category theory in computer science
* case studies, theories, tools and experiments of verified systems
* service-oriented architectures: models and development methods
* domain modelling and domain-specific technology: examples,
frameworks and experience


Paper Submissions
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ICTAC 2009 calls for two types of contributions: RESEARCH PAPERS and
TOOL DEMONSTRATION PAPERS. Both types of contributions will appear in
the LNCS proceedings and have oral presentations at the
conference. Papers should be written in English in LNCS format.

RESEARCH PAPERS:

Research papers should contain original research, and sufficient
detail to assess the merits and relevance of the contribution.
Submissions reporting on industrial case studies are welcome, and
should describe both strengths and weaknesses in sufficient depth.
Research papers should be no more than 15 pages.

TOOL DEMONSTRATION PAPERS:

Tool demonstration papers present tools based on aforementioned
theories or fall into the above application areas. Tool demonstration
papers allow researchers to stress the technical and practical side,
illustrating how one can apply the theoretic contributions in
practice. Tool demonstration papers should be no more than 6 pages.

As usual, submissions to the conference must not have been published
or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All
submissions will be judged on the basis of originality, contribution
to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the
conference. Submission constitutes a commitment to attend and present
a paper, if accepted.

Proceedings of ICTAC 2009 will be published by Springer in the LNCS
series.

Important Dates
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Abstract Submission: 6 April 2009
Submission of Papers: 10 April 2009
Notification of acceptance: 25 May 2009
Final copy for proceedings: 1 June 2009
ICTAC 2009: 16 - 20 August 2009


Committees
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General Chair
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Abdullah Mohd Zin Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Jeff Sanders United Nation University, Institute of Software
Technology, Macao

Program Chairs
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Martin Leucker Technische Universität München, Germany
Carroll Morgan University of New South Wales

Local Organizing Committee
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Zarina Shukur, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Chairperson)
Nazlia Omar
Syahanim Mohd Salleh

Program Committee
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Parosh Abdulla Uppsala University, Schweden
Keijiro Araki Kyushu University, Japan
Farhad Arbab Leids University, The Netherlands
Christel Baier Technical University of Dresden, Germany
Mario Bravetti Universita di Bologna, Italian
Ana Cavalcanti University of York, England
Van Hung Dang United Nations University, Macao
David Deharbe Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Wei Dong National University of Defense Technology, China
Deepak D'Souza Indian Institute of Science, India
John Fitzgerald Newcastle Uiversity, England
Wan Fokkink Vrije University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Marcelo Frias University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kokichi Futatsugi JAIST, Japan
Paul Gastin LSV/ENS Cachan, France
Susanne Graf VERIMAG, France
Lindsay Groves Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Anne Haxthausen Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Moonzoo Kim KAIST, South Korea
Kim G. Larsen Aalborg University, Denmark
Insup Lee University of Pennsylvania, USA
Martin Leucker TU Munich, Germany
Kamal Lodaya Institute of Mathematical Sciences, India
Larissa Meinicke Abo Akademi, Finland
Ugo Montanari University of Pisa, Italian
Carroll Morgan University of New South Wales, Australia
Ahmed Patel Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Pekka Pihlajasaari Data Abstraction (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
Abhik Roychoudhury National University of Singapore, Singapore
Hassen Saidi SRI International, USA
Augusto Sampaio Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
Cesar Sanchez IMDEA, Spain
Marjan Sirjani University of Tehran, Iran
Sofiene Tahar Concordia University, Canada
Serdar Tasiran Koc University, Turkey
Helmut Veith Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
Mahesh Viswanathan University of Illinois at Urbana, USA
Tomas Vojnar Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
Ji Wang Zhejiang University, China
Jim Woodcock University of York, England
Husnu Yenigun Sabanci University, Turkey
Naijun Zhan Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Huibiao Zhu East China Normal University, China

Steering Committee
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John Fitzgerald University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Martin Leucker Technische Universität München, Germany
Zhiming Liu (Chair) UNU-IIST, Macao
Tobias Nipkow Technische Universität München, Germany
Augusto Sampaio Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
Natarajan Shankar SRI, USA
Jim Woodcock University of York, UK