Formal Methods for Components and Objects 2003

M.M. Bonsangue marcello@liacs.nl
Tue, 9 Sep 2003 17:58:43 +0200


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*********************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION **********************

                 Second International Symposium on 
              Formal Methods for Components and Objects
                             (FMCO 2003)

DATES 4 - 7 November 2003
PLACE Lorentz Center, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
URL   http://fmco.liacs.nl/fmco03.html

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OBJECTIVES  
The objective of  this symposium is to bring  together researchers and
practioners in the areas of software engineering and formal methods to
discuss   the   concepts   of   reusability   and   modifiability   in
component-based and object-oriented software systems.

FORMAT
The symposium  is a  four days event  in the  style of the  former REX
workshops,   organised   to  provide   an   atmosphere  that   fosters
collaborative work, discussions and interaction.  The program consists
of  keynote and  technical  presentations, and  contains an  exquisite
social  event.  Speakers'  contributions will  be published  after the
symposium in Lecture Notes in Computer Science by Springer-Verlag.

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

TUESDAY 4th, November 2003 

 8:45 -  9:00 Welcome
 9:00 - 10:00 Keynote: David Parnas  (University of Limerick, IE)
              Mathematical Documentation of Software 

10:00 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:15 Razvan Diaconescu (IMAR, RO)
              Behavioural specification for hierarchical object composition 
11:15 - 12:00 Heike Wehrheim (University of Oldenburg, DE) 
              Preserving Properties under Change

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 - 14:30 Keynote: Andrew D. Gordon (Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK)
              Formal Tools for Securing Web Services

14:30 - 15:00 Break

15:00 - 15:45 Jeannette Wing (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
              Vulnerability Analysis Using Attack Graphs

15:45 - 16:00 Break

16:00 - 16:45 Albert Benveniste (IRISA/INRIA - Rennes, FR)
              Heterogeneous reactive systems formal modeling
16:45 - 17:30 Yassine Lakhnech (University of Grenoble, FR)
              t.b.a.

WEDNSDAY 5th, November 2003 

 9:00 - 10:00 Keynote: Tony Hoare (Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK) 
              The Verifying Compiler: a Grand Challenge for Computing Research

10:00 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:15 Willem-Paul de Roever (University of Kiel, DE)
              Data Refinement: model-oriented proof methods and their comparison
11:15 - 12:00 Frank de Boer (CWI, Amsterdam, NL)
              Hoare Logics for Object-Oriented Programming: State of the Art

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 - 14:15 Jean-Marc Jezequel (IRISA, Rennes, FR)
              Model-Driven Engineering: Basic Principles and Open Problems
14:15 - 15:00 Jan Friso Groote (Eindhoven University of Technology, NL)
              t.b.a.

17:00 - 19:15 Social Event
19:30 -       Dinner 

THURSDAY 6th, November 2003 

 9:00 - 10:00 Keynote: Yuri Gurevich (Microsoft Research Redmond, USA)
              The Semantics of AsmL

10:00 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:15 Egon Boerger (Pisa University, IT)
              Exploiting the "A" in Abstract State Machines for 
              Specification Reuse. A Java/C# Case Study.
11:15 - 12:00 Werner Damm (University of Oldenburg, DE) 
              t.b.a.
            
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 - 14:30 Keynote: Desmond D'Souza (Kinetium, Austin, USA)
              t.b.a.

14:30 - 15:00 Break

15:00 - 15:45 Rob van Ommering  (Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, NL)
              Component Based Architectures and Formalization
15:45 - 16:30 Jose Luiz Fiadeiro (University of Leicester, UK)
              CommUnity on the move: architectures for distribution and mobility

16:30 - 16:45 Break

16:45 - 17:30 Gregor Engels (University of Paderborn, DE) 
              Consistent interaction of components

FRIDAY 7th, November 2003  

 9:00 - 10:00 Keynote: E. Allen Emerson (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
              Model Checking Many Components

10:00 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:15 Amir Pnueli (The Weizmann Institute of Science, ISR) 
              t.b.a.
11:15 - 12:00 Natalia Sidorova (Eindhoven University of Technology, NL)
              Practical approaches for the verification of asynchronous 
              components: model checking, abstraction and static analysis

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 - 14:30 Keynote: Joseph Sifakis (Verimag, FR)
              t.b.a.

14:30 - 15:00 Break

15:00 - 15:45 Philippe Schnoebelen (CNRS, Cachan, FR)
              The Verification of Lossy Channel Systems
15:45 - 16:30 Bengt Jonsson (Uppsala University, SE) 
              t.b.a.
16:30 - 17:15 Jan Rutten (CWI, Amsterdam, NL)
              A case study in coinductive stream calculus:
              signal flow graphs for dummies 


MOBI-J WORKSHOP 
On Monday 3rd, November 2003,  there will be a one-day Mobi-J workshop
on  "Assertional  Methods  for  Java  and its  Extension  with  Mobile
Asynchronous Channels".

REGISTRATION
Participation  is  limited  to  about  80  people,  using  a  first-in
first-served  policy.  To  register, please  fill in  the registration
form at http://fmco.liacs.nl/fmco03.html.   The EARLY registration fee
(BEFORE September 15,  2003) is 375 euro for  regular participants and
250 euro for students It  includes the participation to the symposium,
a copy of the proceedings,  all lunches and refreshments, and a social
event (with dinner).

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
F.S. de Boer (CWI and Utrecht University)
M.M. Bonsangue (LIACS-Leiden University)
S. Graf (Verimag)
W.P. de Roever (CAU)

For more information about participation and registration see the FMCO
site   above  or  consult   either  F.S.   de  Boer   (frb@cwi.nl)  or
M.M. Bonsangue (marcello@liacs.nl).