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CFP: ECOOP Workshop on Formal Techniques for Java Programs

	       		 Call for Papers:

          Workshop on Formal Techniques for Java Programs
                 in conjunction with ECOOP 2001
	       Budapest, Hungary, June 18 or 19, 2001

Topic:

Formal techniques can help to analyze programs, to precisely describe
program behavior, and to verify program properties. Applying such
techniques to object-oriented technology is especially interesting
because: 

 1. The OO-paradigm forms the basis for the software component
    industry with their need for certification techniques. 
 2. It is widely used for distributed and network programming.
 3. The potential for reuse in OO-programming carries over to
    reusing specifications and proofs. 

Java is a good platform to bridge the gap between formal techniques
and practical program development. It plays an important role in these
areas and is on the way to becoming a de facto standard because of its
reasonably clear semantics and its standardized library. 

However, the language Java contains novel language features, which are
not fully understood yet. Furthermore, Java supports a novel paradigm
for program deployment, and improves interactivity, portability and
manageability. However, this paradigm also opens new possibilities for
abuse and causes concern about security. 

Thus, work on formal techniques and tools for Java programming and
formal underpinnings of Java complement each other. This workshop aims
to bring together people working in these areas. 

Possible topics are:
- specification techniques and interface specification languages
- specification of software components and library packages
- automated checking and verification of program properties, logics
- Java language semantics
- dynamic linking and loading, security

The workshop provides a forum for about 15 short presentations that
are selected according to the quality and focus of the submissions.
Each presentation session is followed by a discussion on the presented
work and issues related to the session topic.


Submissions:

We solicit extended abstracts on new developments or interesting
applications of formal techniques in the context of Java. Each
submission should state a clear position, explain the technical
background that motivates/supports this position (up to 5 pages), and
sketch the background of the author(s) and his/her/their expectations
towards the workshop (up to 2 pages). Submissions will be selected for
participation and presentations by the program committee. The
committee will provide feed-back on all submissions.

Submissions must be either electronic (encouraged) or postal
(discouraged). Electronic submissions must be in Postscript or PDF
format and prepared for USLetter or A4 page sizes. Springer LNCS-style
is recommended.

All submissions must include an abstract in ASCII format, a return
postal address, a phone number, and an email address (if available).

Send submissions to Peter.Mueller@fernuni-hagen.de.


Proceedings:

The proceedings will be printed as technical report of
FernUniversitaet Hagen and will be available at the workshop. A
summary of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be
published in the workshop reader (provided that a workshop reader will
be published as in the last four years; probably Springer LNCS). It is
planned to organize a special issue of an appropriate journal with
long versions of selected papers from the workshop and additional
invited papers on the topic.


Workshop Web Site:

http://www.informatik.fernuni-hagen.de/pi5/workshops/ecoop2001.html


Important Dates:

Deadline for submission:    April 01, 2001
Notification of acceptance: May   06, 2001
Final version:              May   20, 2001
Day of workshop:            June  18 or 19, 2001


Program Committee:

Gilad Bracha           (Sun Microsystems, USA)
Sophia Drossopoulou    (Imperial College, Great Britain)
Susan Eisenbach        (Imperial College, Great Britain)
Doug Lea               (State University of New York at Oswego, USA)
Gary Leavens           (Iowa State University, USA)
Rustan Leino           (Compaq Computer Corporation, USA)
Peter Mueller          (FernUniversitaet Hagen, Germany)
Arnd Poetzsch-Heffter  (FernUniversitaet Hagen, Germany)
Erik Poll              (University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands)


Organizers:

Susan Eisenbach (Imperial College, Great Britain)
email: se@doc.ic.ac.uk

Gary Leavens (Iowa State University, USA)
email: leavens@cs.iastate.edu
 
Peter Mueller (FernUniversitaet Hagen, Germany)
email: Peter.Mueller@fernuni-hagen.de
 
Arnd Poetzsch-Heffter (FernUniversitaet Hagen, Germany)
email: poetzsch@fernuni-hagen.de

Erik Poll (University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
email: erikpoll@cs.kun.nl