[AISWorld] Call for Papers: 12th European Dependable Computing Conference (EDCC 2016)

[Nuno Laranjeiro]

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       12th European Dependable Computing Conference (EDCC 2016)      
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http://edcc2016.eu

Gothenburg, Sweden, September 5-9, 2016


Description
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EDCC 2016 offers a very unique event that will continue and leverage the history of past years of dependable computing, definitely mixing academic research and industrial experience being a forum to discuss today's challenges, and providing an umbrella for regular workshops. In addition to original papers on research, EDCC welcomes papers dedicated to dependability in practice: industrial applications, experience in introducing dependability in industry, use of new or mature dependability approaches to new challenging problems or domains, etc. 


List of Topics
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The conference targets a broad range of topics, which includes, but is not limited to:
- Hardware and software architecture of dependable systems.
- Safety critical systems.
- Embedded and real-time systems.
- Cyber-physical systems.
- Cloud computing dependability and security.
- Dependable mobile and multimedia systems.
- Fault-tolerant networks and protocols.
- Autonomic and adaptive systems.
- Dependable virtualization.
- VLSI dependability.
- Dependability modeling and tools.
- Testing and validation methods.
- Dependability benchmarking.
- Security of systems and networks.
- Intrusion-tolerant systems.
- Critical infrastructure protection.
- Big data and fault tolerance in databases and transactional systems.
- Dependability in socio-technical systems.


Important Dates
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* Abstract Submission: March 18, 2016
* Full Paper Submission: March 25, 2016
* Author Notification: May 27, 2016
* Camera Ready:	June 17, 2016


Paper Categories
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EDCC 2016 will feature several tracks, including invited speakers, full paper presentations, fast abstracts, a student forum and a set of cutting-edge workshops. The proceedings of the conference will be published by IEEE CS.

The conference is inviting submissions to its different tracks in the following categories:
- Regular papers (10-12 pages) solicited on theory, techniques, systems, and tools for the design, validation, operation and evaluation of dependable and secure computing systems, covering any fault model, from traditional hardware and software faults to accidental and malicious human interactions.

- Practical experience reports (6-8 pages) dedicated to dependability in practice: industrial applications, experience in introducing dependability in industry, use of new or mature dependability approaches to new challenging problems or domains, etc.

- Short papers (3-4 pages) describing preliminary research work (position papers) or a prototype/tool description, outlining the design or implementation of a software tool, or the prototyping of an operational system.
All submissions must be made electronically through the EasyChair submission web page (EDCC2016), and should clearly indicate in which category the paper is being submitted.


Best Paper Award
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Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, correctness and impact. Three distinguished papers will be selected among accepted papers and presented in a dedicated session of the conference program. Full research papers and practical experience reports are eligible for the distinction. Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for potential publication in a special issue of a high-impact international journal (pending).


Committees
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Organizing Committee
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General Chair:	Johan Karlsson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Program Chair:	Marco Vieira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Publication Chair:	Nuno Laranjeiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Web Chair: Behrooz Sangchoolie, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Publicity Chair:	Nuno Laranjeiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal


Program Committee
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Javier Alonso-Lopez, University of Leon, Spain
Nuno Antunes, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Andrea Bondavalli, University of Florence, Italy
Tomas Bures, Charles University, Czech Republic
Domenico Cotroneo, Universitá di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Juan Carlos Ruiz García, Technical University of Valencia, Spain
Rogerio de Lemos, Kent University, UK
Felicita di Giandomenico, ISTI-CNR, Italy
Regina Moraes, UNICAMP, Brazil
Christof Fetzer, University of Dresden, Germany
Pedro Gil-Vicente, Technical University of Valencia, Spain
Fumio Machida, NEC Corporation, Japan
Ravi Iyer, University of Illinois, USA
Erland Jonsson, Chalmers University, Sweden
Bradley Schmerl, CMU, USA
Mohamed Kaâniche, LAAS-CNRS, France
Vincent Nicomette, LAAS-CNRS, France
Michel Cukier, University of Maryland, USA
Igor Kotenko, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Yvan Labiche, Carleton University, Canada
Michael Lyu, University of Hong Kong, China
Henrique Madeira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Gilles Muller, Inria, LIP6, France
Nuno Neves, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Dimitris Nikolos, University of Patras, Greece
Michael Paulitsch, Thales, Austria
Jonny Vinter, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Sweden
Pierre Sens, University Pierre et Marie Curie / CNRS / Inria, LIP6 Lab., France
Alexander Romanovsky, Newcastle University, UK
Ilir Gashi, City University London, UK
Hans-Peter Schwefel, University of Aalborg, Denmark
Janusz Sosnowski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Elena Troubitsyna, Aabo Akadem, Finland
Paulo Veríssimo, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Rui Oliveira, University of Minho, Portugal
Lucian Vintan, University of Sibiu, Romania
Baldoino Fonseca, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil
Mohammad Zulkernine, Queen's University, Canada
Luciana Arantes, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, France
Hélène Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France
Katinka Wolter, Freie Universitát, Germany
Cristian Constantinescu, AMD, USA
Samuel Kounev, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
James Clarke, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
Zoltán Micskei, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Paolo Lollini, University of Florence, Italy
Fernando Pedone, University of Lugano, Switzerland
Barbara Gallina, Malardalen University, Sweden
Lothar Winzer, ESA, Netherlands
Kai Sachs, SAP, USA
Lorenzo Strigini, City University London, UK


Steering Committee
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Karama Kanoun, Chair, LAAS-CNRS, France
Algirdas Avizienis, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Jean-Charles Fabre, LAAS-CNRS, France
Felicita Di Giandomenico, ISTI-CNR, Italy
Johan Karlsson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Henrique Madeira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Miroslaw Malek, University of Lugano, Switzerland
Jaan Raik, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Brian Randell, Newcastle University, UK
Luca Simoncini, University of Pisa, Italy
Janusz Sosnowski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland