As requested by many authors, submission deadline has been extended to 14th August 2013 (firm). INVITATION: ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to HASE 2014. The submission deadline is August 14th, 11:59pm Apia Samoa Time (Extended, firm). Extended versions of the best accepted papers will be invited for publication in a special Issue of an International Journal or an Edited Book. ================= ******************************************************************************* * 15th IEEE International Symposium on High Assurance Systems Engineering * * HASE 2014 * * http://hase2014.cis.fiu.edu/ * * * * January 9 - 11, 2014 * * Miami, Florida, USA ******************************************************************************* *** CALL FOR PAPER *** ******************************************************************************* The 15th IEEE International Symposium on High Assurance Systems Engineering (HASE) is a forum on tools and techniques used to design and construct systems that, in addition to meeting their functional objectives, are safe, secure, and reliable. The strength of the evidence supporting the assurance case is of central importance to the argument that a system satisfies its safety and security policies. Supporting evidence can be obtained from a number of sources including: testing, verification, design methodologies, simulation, and analysis tools. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Platforms and Architectures - Cyber-physical Systems - Cloud Computing - Distributed Systems - Web Services - Embedded Systems - SCADA Systems and other Critical Infrastructures * Behavior - Emergent Behavior - Fault Tolerance - Simulation - Monitoring * Development and Understanding - Model-driven Engineering - Synthesis - Formal Methods - Domain Specific Languages - Evolution and Change - Verification and Validation - Software Analysis and Visualization - Transformation-based Development - Security, Reliability and Safety - Tools for High Assurance Systems * Case Studies and Experiments Types of Contributions ********************** Full/Research Papers (up to eight pages) that solicit original, unpublished research reports, empirical studies and reports on engineering advances. They will be reviewed for topicality, novelty, and potential to spark useful discussions in the symposium. Fast Abstract Papers (up to two pages) that describe new ideas, or recent experiences to promote current work, research, practices, opinions, and issues related to any facet of high assurance systems. A fast abstract is early communication of technical work and does not require completed results as expected in a conference or journal publication. Panel Proposals are being solicited. Panels should focus on new challenges and emerging technologies related to high assurance systems, to stimulate a lively and thought provoking discussion. Controversial issues that encompass multiple viewpoints are desirable. The goal is to engage the audience with a lively debate that furthers their understanding of the topic. Panel proposals of at most two pages should be submitted by email to the panel chair, and should include the panel title and scope, and the organizers? contact information. Extended versions of the best accepted papers will be invited for publication in the Springer Software Quality Journal. http://www.springer.com/computer/swe/journal/11219 ***************************IMPORTANT DATES******************************* August 14, 2013: paper submission September 30, 2013: author notification October 30, 2013: Camera-ready & author registration ************************************************************************* SUBMISSION ********** All submissions must be written in English and formatted according to the IEEE formatting guidelines for conference papers (http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting). All papers and fast abstracts must be submitted through the web-based submission system, in PDF format. Submissions that exceed the specified page limits (eight for research papers and two for fast abstracts), outside the scope of the symposium, or do not follow the formatting guidelines may be rejected without review. At least one author of each accepted research paper or fast abstract is required to pay the full registration fee to the conference. Each accepted paper or fast abstract must be presented in person by the author or one of the authors. All accepted papers and fast abstracts will be published in the electronic proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society, indexed through INSPEC and EI Index, and automatically included in the IEEE digital library. CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS ********************** General Chairs Raymond A. Paul, Department of Defense, USA Jie Xu, University of Leeds, UK Program Chairs Mohammad Zulkernine, Queen?s University, Canada Peter J. Clarke, Florida International University, USA Finance Chair Victor Winter, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA Local Arrangement Chairs Peter J. Clarke, Florida International University, USA Jinpeng Wei, Florida International University, USA Proceeding Chair Remzi Seker, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA Panel Chair I-Ling Yen, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Publicity Chairs Komminist Weldemariam, Queen?s University, Canada Hirohisa Aman, Ehime University, Japan