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VECoS 2017
Call for Papers
11th International Conference on Verification and Evaluation
of Computer and Communication Systems
August 24-25, 2017 Montréal, Canada
https://vecos.ensta-paristech.fr/2017/


The VECoS conference series is interested in the analysis of computer 
and communication systems in which functional and extra-functional 
properties are inter-related. VECoS encourages the cross-fertilization 
between the various formal verification and evaluation approaches, 
methods and techniques, and especially those developed for concurrent 
and distributed hardware/software systems.

Topics of interest to the conference include, but are not limited to:
-Abstraction techniques
-Certification standards for real-time systems
-Compositional verification
-Correct-by-construction design
-Dependability assessment techniques
-Equivalence checking
-Model-checking
-Parameterized verification
-Performance and robustness evaluation
-Probabilistic verification
-QoS evaluation, planning and deployment
-RAMS (Reliability Availability Maintainability Safety) assessment
-Rigorous system design
-Security protocols verification
-Simulation techniques of discrete-event and hybrid systems
-Supervisory control
-Verification & validation of IoT
-Verification & validation of safety-critical systems
-Worst-case execution time analysis

Application areas of VECoS include: adaptive systems, communication 
protocols, computer-supported collaborative work systems, cloud 
computing, cyber-physical systems, high performance computing, internet 
of things, logistics systems, manufactory of the future, mixed 
criticality systems, mobile and wireless networking, operations 
research, programming languages, real-time and embedded operating 
systems, service oriented systems, telecommunication systems, ubiquitous 
systems, web services, wireless sensor networks and workflow systems.

An overview of previous VECoS conferences can be found at: 
https://vecos.ensta-paristech.fr/
VECoS 2017 will be held August 24-25 in Montréal, Canada

*Important Dates*

-Abstract deadline: April 10, 2017
-Papers deadline:  April 24, 2017 (Anywhere on Earth)
-Paper notification: May 29, 2017
-Camera-ready deadline: June 12, 2017
-Conference:  August 24-25, 2017

*Invited Speakers*
We are very pleased to confirm the following invited speakers for VECoS 
2017:

-Mourad Debbabi, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
-Michel Dagenais, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
-Mengchu Zhou, NJIT, Newark, NJ, USA


*General Information on Submissions*
The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer-Verlag 
Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Papers must be original work 
and not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers must be submitted 
electronically in PDF format using easychair system and should not 
exceed 15 pages using the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) format.

At least one author of each accepted paper must attend VECoS 2017 to 
present.

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article 
versions in a special issue of Innovations in Systems and Software 
Engineering : A NASA Journal or of International Journal of Critical 
Computer-Based Systems

*Organization*
*General Chairs*
Ali Mili, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA
Sofiene Tahar, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

*Program Chairs*
Kamel Barkaoui, CNAM, Paris, France
Hanifa Boucheneb, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada

*Organizing Committee Chair*
Otmane Ait Mohamed, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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**Publicity Chairs*
Belgacem Ben Hedia, CEA-LIST, Saclay, France
Vladimir-Alexandru Paun, ENSTA ParisTech, Palaiseau, France

For more information, visit the conference website: 
https://vecos.ensta-paristech.fr/2017/
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-- 
Ayoub Nouri
Research Associate
Verimag/Univ. Grenoble Alpes
Grenoble, France