FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS: ETAPS 2014

17th European Joint Conferences on Theory And Practice of Software

Grenoble,  France

5-13 April 2014

http://www.etaps.org/2014

ABOUT ETAPS

ETAPS is the primary European forum for academic and industrial researchers working on topics relating to software science. ETAPS, established in 1998, is a confederation of six main annual conferences, accompanied by satellite workshops. ETAPS 2014 is the seventeenth event in the series.


MAIN CONFERENCES (7-11 April)

* CC: Compiler Construction
* ESOP: European Symposium on Programming
* FASE: Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering
* FOSSACS: Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures
* POST: Principles of Security and Trust
* TACAS: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems

TACAS '14 hosts the 3rd Competition on Software Verification
(SV-COMP).


INVITED SPEAKERS

* Robert Harper (Carnegie Mellon University, US)
* John Launchbury (Galois, US)
* Benoit Dupont de Dinechin (Kalray, France)
* Maurice Herlihy (Brown University, US)
* Christel Baier (Technical University of Dresden, Germany)
* Petr Jancar (Technical Univ of Ostrava, Czech Republic)
* David Mazieres (Stanford University, US)
* Orna Kupferman (Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel)

IMPORTANT DATES

*  4 October  2013: Submission deadline for abstracts (strict)
* 11 October  2013: Submission deadline for full papers (strict)
* 20 December 2013: Notification of acceptance
* 17 January  2014: Camera-ready versions due

ESOP and FoSSaCS will use a rebuttal (author response) phase.

GENERAL SUBMISSION INFORMATION

ETAPS conferences accept two types of contributions: research papers and tool demonstration papers. Both types will appear in the proceedings and have presentations during the conference. (TACAS has more categories, see below.)

A condition of submission is that, if the submission is accepted, one of the authors attends the conference to give the presentation. Submitted papers must be in English presenting original research. They must be unpublished and not submitted for publication elsewhere. In particular, simultaneous submission of the same contribution to multiple ETAPS conferences is forbidden. The proceedings will be published in the Advanced Research in Computing and Software Science (ARCoSS) subline of Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

Papers must follow the formatting guidelines specified by Springer at the URL

http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html

and be submitted electronically in pdf through the Easychair author interface of the respective conference.

Submissions not adhering to the specified format and length may be rejected immediately.


Research papers

Different ETAPS 2014 conferences have different page limits. Specifically, FASE, FOSSACS and TACAS have a page limit of 15 pages, whereas CC, ESOP and POST allow at most 20 pages. Additional material intended for the referees but not for publication in the final version
- for example, details of proofs - may be placed in a clearly marked appendix that is not included in the page limit. ETAPS referees are at liberty to ignore appendices and papers must be understandable without them.

TACAS solicits not only regular research papers, but also case study
papers.


Tool demonstration papers

Submissions should consist of two parts:

* The first part, at most 4 pages, should describe the tool  presented. Please include the URL of the tool (if available) and  provide information that illustrates the maturity and robustness of the tool. (This part will be included in the proceedings.)

* The second part, at most 6 pages, should explain how the  demonstration will be carried out and what it will show, including  screen dumps and examples. (This part will be not be included in the  proceedings, but will be evaluated.)

ESOP and FOSSACS do not accept tool demonstration papers.

In addition to tool demonstration papers (max 6 pages in their case), TACAS solicits also regular tool papers (max 15 pages) adhering to specific instructions about content and organization.


SATELLITE EVENTS (5-6 April, 12-13 April)

Around 20 satellite workshops will take place before and after the main conferences. In addition, on 6 April, some tutorials on topics of wide interest will be offered.


HOST CITY

Located in the southeastern part of France, Grenoble is considered as the capital of the Alps. Grenoble is surrounded by nature and high mountains: down the Alps, Grenoble is the meeting point of two important rivers, Drac and Isere. Grenoble has important historical and gastronomic heritages. Leisure activities in breathtaking nature are easily organizable and within short-distance. Grenoble is also a major scientific center in Europe dedicated to high-tech technologies, e.g., nano, micro, bio, and information technologies.


HOST INSTITUTION

The event is organized by Universite Joseph Fourier. Located at the heart of the Alps, in outstanding scientific and natural surroundings, the Universite Joseph Fourier in Grenoble is a leading University of Science, Technology and Health.


ORGANIZERS

* General chair: Saddek Bensalem
* Conferences chair: Yassine Lakhnech
* Workshops chair: Axel Legay
* Publicity chair: Ylies Falcone
* Finance chair: Nicolas Halbwachs
* Web site chair: Marius Bozga


FURTHER INFORMATION

Please do not hesitate to contact the organizers at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .