ICE 2016
9th Interaction and Concurrency Experience
June 8-9, 2016, Heraklion, Greece
http://2016.discotec.org/ice2016

Satellite workshop of DisCoTec 2016
http://2016.discotec.org


=== Highlights ===

- Distinctive selection procedure
- Innovative review disclosure
- ICE welcomes submissions of full papers and short papers to be included in the proceedings
- ICE also welcomes brief announcements of previously published work or new material
- Submission deadlines: March 25 (abstract) and April 1 (full)
- Invited talks: Uwe Nestmann and Alexandra Silva
- Special issue in the Journal of Logical and Algebraic Methods in Programming (Elsevier)


=== Important Dates ===

April 3, 2016...................Abstract submission
April 10, 2016........................Full paper submission
April 1-May 2, 2016................Reviews and PC discussion
May 2, 2016........................Notification to authors
June 8-9, 2016....................ICE in Heraklion
July 15, 2016......................Camera-ready for post-proceedings


=== Scope ===

Interaction and Concurrency Experiences (ICEs) is a series of international scientific meetings oriented to theoretical computer science researchers with special interest in models, verification, tools, and programming primitives for complex interactions.

The general scope of the venue includes theoretical and applied aspects of interactions and the synchronization mechanisms used among components of concurrent/distributed systems, related to several areas of computer science in the broad spectrum ranging from formal specification and analysis to studies inspired by emerging computational models.

We solicit contributions relevant to Interaction and Concurrency, including but not limited to:
* Formal semantics
* Process algebras and calculi
* Models and languages
* Protocols
* Logics and types
* Expressiveness
* Model transformations
* Tools, implementations, and experiments
* Specification and verification
* Coinductive techniques
* Tools and techniques for automation
* Synthesis techniques


=== Selection Procedure ===

Since its first edition in 2008, the distinguishing feature of ICE has been an innovative paper selection mechanism based on an interactive discussion amongst authors and PC members.

During the review phase, each submission is published in a dedicated discussion forum. The discussion forum can be accessed by the authors of the submission and by all the PC members not in conflict with the submission (the forum preserves anonymity of reviewers). The forum is used by reviewers to ask questions, clarifications, and modifications from the authors, allowing them better to explain all aspects of their submission. The evaluation of the submission will take into account not only the reviews, but also the outcome of the discussion.

As witnessed by the past eight editions of ICE, this procedure considerably improves the accuracy of the reviews, the fairness of the selection, the quality of camera-ready papers, and the discussion during the workshop.

For the first time in ICE 2016 we plan to partially disclose the reviews of accepted papers. The public part of reviews will be published on the workshop website, together with the submitted version of the accepted papers. We believe this mechanism will enhance reviewing transparency and become yet another trademark of ICE in the following years.


=== Submission Guidelines ===

We invite four types of submissions:
(1) Full Papers;
(2) Short Papers;
(3) Brief Announcements of previously published work;
(4) Brief Announcements of unpublished work.

Full and short papers will appear in the post-proceedings and must report previously unpublished work and not be simultaneously submitted to other conferences/workshops with refereed proceedings. The ICE 2016 post-proceedings will be published in Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science (http://eptcs.org/). In addition, we invite brief announcements of already published work or unpublished results, should the authors be interested in discussing their published research with the ICE community and giving a talk. Brief announcements will not appear in the post-proceedings, however they can be made available to participants (provided that the authors give their consent).

Submissions must be made electronically in PDF format via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ice2016). Full papers should not exceed 15 pages in length, while short papers should not exceed 5 pages. Brief announcements of already published work should not exceed one page abstract which should include an explicit reference to the respective publication. Brief announcements of unpublished work should not exceed 5 pages. All submissions must be prepared in EPTCS style (http://style.eptcs.org/).

Accepted (full and short) papers and brief announcements must be presented at the workshop by one of the authors.


=== Special Issue ===

We plan to invite authors of selected papers and brief announcements to submit their work in a special issue in the Journal of Logical and Algebraic Methods in Programming (Elsevier). Such contributions will be regularly peer-reviewed according to the standard journal policy, but they will be handled in a shorter time than regular submissions. A list of published and in preparation special issues of previous ICE editions can be found below.


=== Invited Speakers ===

Uwe Nestmann (Technische Universitat Berlin, DE)
Alexandra Silva (University College London, UK)


=== Program Committee ===

Lacramioara Astefanoaei (fortiss, Technical University of Munich, DE)
Giovanni Bernardi (IMDEA Software Institute, ES)
Marcello M. Bersani (Politecnico di Milano, IT)
Simon Bliudze (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH)
Filippo Bonchi (CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, FR)
Roberto Bruni (University of Pisa, IT)
Stefano Calzavara (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, IT)
Vicenzo Ciancia (ISTI-CNR, Pisa, IT)
Matteo Cimini (Indiana University Bloomington, US)
Tiziana Cimoli (University of Cagliari, IT)
Tiago Cogumbreiro (Rice University, US)
Ornela Dardha (University of Glasgow, UK)
Crystal Chang Din (Technische Universität Darmstadt, DE)
Joel Greenyer (Leibniz Universität Hannover, DE)
Ivan Lanese (University of Bologna, IT and INRIA, FR)
Julien Lange (Imperial College London, UK)
Alberto Lluch (Technical University of Denmark, DK)
Christos Kloukinas (City University London, UK)
Jean-Marie Madiot (Princeton University, US)
Hernán Melgratti (University of Buenos Aires, AR)
Jorge Pérez (University of Groningen, NL)
Luis Pino (Google Germany, DE)
Jurriaan Rot (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, FR)
Alexandra Silva (University College London, UK)
Ana Sokolova (University of Salzburg, AT)
Paola Spoletini (Kennesaw State University, US)
Julien Tesson (Université Paris-est Créteil, FR)
Emilio Tuosto (University of Leicester, UK)
Valeria Vignudelli (University of Bologna, IT and INRIA, FR)
Fabio Zanasi (Radboud University of Nijmegen, NL)
Roberto Zunino (Università degli Studi di Trento, IT)


=== ICEcreamers ===

Massimo Bartoletti (University of Cagliari, IT)
Ludovic Henrio (CNRS, Sophia Antipolis, FR)
Sophia Knight (Uppsala University, SE; PC co-chair)
Hugo Torres Vieira (IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca, IT; PC co-chair)


=== Steering Committee ===

Simon Bliudze (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH)
Filippo Bonchi (CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, FR)
Roberto Bruni (University of Pisa, IT)
Alexandra Silva (University College London, UK)
Paola Spoletini (Kennesaw State University, US)
Emilio Tuosto (University of Leicester, UK)


=== Contact ===

ice2016@easychair.org


=== Previous editions ===

The previous eight editions of ICE have been held on
* July 6, 2008 in Reykjavik, Iceland, co-located with ICALP'08. The post-proceedings were published in ENTCS (vol. 229-3).
* August 31, 2009 in Bologna, Italy, co-located with CONCUR'09. The post-proceedings were published in EPTCS (vol. 12) and selected papers appeared in a joint special issue of MSCS (with EXPRESS’09 and SOS’09, Vol. 22, Number 2).
* June 10, 2010 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, co-located with DisCoTec'10. The post-proceedings were published in EPTCS (vol. 38) and selected papers appeared in a joint special issue of SACS (with CAMPUS'10 and CS2BIO'10, Vol. XXI).
* June 9, 2011 in Reykjavik, Iceland, co-located with DisCoTec'11. The post-proceedings were published in EPTCS (vol. 59) and selected papers appeared in a special issue of SACS (Vol. XXII).
* June 16, 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden, co-located with DisCoTec'12. The post-proceedings were published in EPTCS (vol. 104) and selected papers appeared in a special issue of SCP (vol. 100).
* June 6, 2013 in Florence, Italy, co-located with DisCoTec’13. The post-proceedings were published in EPTCS (vol. 131) and selected papers appeared in a special issue of SCP (vol. 109).
* June 6, 2014 in Berlin, Germany, co-located with DisCoTec’14. The post-proceedings were published in EPTCS (vol. 166) and a special issue of JLAMP is in press (Vol. 85, Number 3).
* June 4-5, 2015 in Grenoble, France, co-located with DisCoTec’15. The post-proceedings were published in EPTCS (vol. 189) and a special issue of JLAMP is in preparation.