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2nd Workshop on Formal Methods in the Development of Software (WS-FMDS)

http://antares.sip.ucm.es/ws-fmds2012/

Co-located with the 18th International Symposium on Formal Methods FM 2012

http://fm2012.cnam.fr/

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== SCOPE==

Developing software concerns all the aspects of the production cycle of software systems and requires expertise in data management, design and algorithm paradigms, programming languages, and human computer interfaces. Most software development life cycle methodologies are either iterative or follow a sequential model. Such systems may contain a huge amount of lines of code. Thus, when developing these systems, it is necessary to apply sound engineering principles in order to economically obtain reliable and efficient software.

Formal methods refer to techniques based on mathematics for the specification, development, and verification of systems. The use of formal methods is especially important in reliable systems where, due to safety and security reasons, it is important to ensure that errors are not included during the development process. Formal methods are particularly effective when used early in the development process, at the requirements and specification levels, but can be used for a completely formal development of a system. One of the advantages of using a formal representation of systems is that it allows to rigorously analyze their properties. In particular, it helps to establish the correctness of the system with respect to the specification or the fulfilment of a specific set of requirements, to check the semantic equivalence of two systems, to analyze the preference of a system to another one with respect to a given criterion, to predict the possibility of incorrect behaviors, to establish the performance level of a system, etc. This new workshop welcomes papers on any aspect concerning the formal development of software systems.

=== TOPICS OF INTEREST===

The aim of WS-FMDS is to bring together scientists and practitioners who are active in the area of formal methods and interested in exchanging their experiences in the industrial usage of these methods. This workshop also strive to promote research and development for the improvement of formal methods and tools for industrial applications. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:

* Formal methodologies applied to security, performance and quality of Software. * Model-driven development, testing, and analysis of Software. * Applied formal testing. * Combinations of different formal techniques. * Measurement and metrics. * Experience of industrial case studies. * Implementation of platforms / tools.

=== PAPER SUBMISSION, REVIEW AND PUBLISHING ===

Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously nor be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this workshop.

All papers must be submitted at the following submission site: EasyChair paper submission page for WS-FMDS 2012. Each submitted paper must conform to the Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science format and submission guidelines. Papers should not exceed 8 pages in length. If necessary, the paper may be supplemented with a clearly marked appendix, which will be reviewed at the discretion of the program committee. Submissions will be evaluated according to the relevance and originality of the work and to their ability to generate discussions between the participants of the workshop. Each paper will be reviewed by three reviewers. There will be no formal workshop proceedings; accepted papers and presentations will be posted on the Web site of the workshop and will be made available to attendees of FM 2012. The final versions of the papers will be published in a volume of Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science.

=== IMPORTANT DATES ===

March 23, 2012: Deadline for submission of papers

May 21, 2012: Notification to authors

June 11, 2012: Deadline for camera-ready versions

August 27-28, 2012: WS-FMDS 2012

=== ORGANIZATION ===

Chairs

, U. Complutense de Madrid Luis Llana, U. Complutense de Madrid

Publicity Chair

Gregorio-Rodríguez Carlos, U. Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Program Committee

Rui Abreu, U. of Porto, Portugal Cesar Andres, U. Complutense de Madrid, Spain Mario Bravetti, U. of Bologna, Italy M.Emilia Cambronero, U. de Castilla la Mancha, Spain Ana R. Cavalli, Telecom SudParis, France Haitao Dan, Brunel U., UK Gregorio-Rodríguez Carlos, U. Complutense de Madrid, Spain Raluca Lefticaru, U. of Piteşti, Romania Luis Llana, U. Complutense de Madrid, Spain Jasen Markovski, Eindhoven U. of Technology, the Netherlands Pascal Poizat, U. of Evry Val d'Essonne, France Franz Wotawa, Graz U. of Technology, Austria Fatiha Zaïdi, U. of Paris-Sud, France