1cfc: CALCO-jnr (Conference on Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer Science), Bergen, Norway

1cfc: CALCO-jnr (Conference on Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer Science), Bergen, Norway

[Monika Seisenberger]

               [Apologies for multiple copies]

  !!! PLEASE FORWARD TO PHD STUDENTS AND YOUNG RESEARCHERS !!!

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*                   1st call for contributions                     *
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*                        CALCO-jnr 2007                            *
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*         CALCO-jnr: CALCO Young Researchers Workshop              *
*              August 20, 2007, Bergen, Norway                     *
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*   2nd Conference on Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer Science    *
*             August 20-24, 2007, Bergen, Norway                   *
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*         Abstract submission:   April     10, 2007                *
*         Author notification:   April     30, 2007                *
*         Final abstract due:    May       16, 2007                *
*         Full paper submission: September 30, 2007                *
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*               http://www.ii.uib.no/calco07/                      *
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CALCO 2007 will be preceded by the CALCO Young Researchers Workshop,
CALCO-jnr, dedicated to presentations by PhD students and young
researchers at the beginning of their careers.

CALCO brings together researchers and practitioners to exchange new
results related to foundational aspects and both traditional and emerging
uses of algebras and coalgebras in computer science. The study of algebra
and coalgebra relates to the data, process and structural aspects of
software systems.

This is a high-level, bi-annual conference formed by joining the forces
and reputations of CMCS (the International Workshop on Coalgebraic Methods
in Computer Science), and WADT (the Workshop on Algebraic Development
Techniques). The first, and very successful, CALCO conference took place
2005 in Swansea, Wales.

The second event will take place 2007 in Bergen, Norway.

The CALCO Young Researchers Workshop, CALCO-jnr, is a CALCO satellite
workshop dedicated to presentations by PhD students and by those who have
completed their doctoral studies within the past few years.  Attendance at
the workshop is open to all - it is anticipated that many CALCO conference
participants will want to attend the CALCO-jnr workshop (and vice versa).

CALCO-jnr presentations will be selected according to originality,
significance, and general interest, on the basis of submitted 2-page
abstracts, by the organisers. A booklet with the abstracts of the accepted
presentations will be available at the workshop.

After the workshop, the author(s) of each presentation will be invited
to submit a full 10-15 page paper on the same topic. They will also be
asked to write (anonymous) reviews of papers submitted by other authors
on related topics. Additional reviewing and the final selection of papers
will be carried out by the CALCO-jnr PC.

The volume of selected papers from the workshop will be published as a
Department of informatics, University of Bergen, technical report, and
it will also be made available in an open access database searchable from
http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/. Authors will retain copyright,
and are also encouraged to disseminate the results reported at CALCO-jnr
by subsequent publication elsewhere.


Topics of Interest
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The CALCO Young Researchers Workshop will invite submissions on the same
topics as the CALCO conference: reporting results of theoretical work
on the mathematics of algebras and coalgebras, the way these results
can support methods and techniques for software development, as well as
experience with the transition of resulting technologies into industrial
practice. In particular, the workshop will encourage submissions included
or related to the topics listed below.

  * Abstract models and logics
    - Automata and languages,
    - Categorical semantics,
    - Modal logics,
    - Relational systems,
    - Graph transformation,
    - Term rewriting,
    - Adhesive categories

  * Specialised models and calculi
    - Hybrid, probabilistic, and timed systems,
    - Calculi and models of concurrent, distributed,
      mobile, and context-aware computing,
    - General systems theory and computational models
      (chemical, biological, etc)

  * Algebraic and coalgebraic semantics
    - Abstract data types,
    - Inductive and coinductive methods,
    - Re-engineering techniques (program transformation),
    - Semantics of conceptual modelling methods and techniques,
    - Semantics of programming languages

  * System specification and verification
    - Algebraic and coalgebraic specification,
    - Formal testing and quality assurance,
    - Validation and verification,
    - Generative programming and model-driven development,
    - Models, correctness and (re)configuration of
      hardware/middleware/architectures,
    - Process algebra


Important Dates (all dates in 2007)
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10 April     Firm deadline for 2-page abstract submission
30 April     Notification of abstract selection decision
16 May       Final version of abstract due
             Early registration ends

20 August    CALCO Young Researchers Workshop
21-24 August CALCO conference technical program

30 September Firm deadline for 10-15 page paper submission
15 November  Notification of paper selection decision
30 November  Final version of paper due


Program Committee
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  * Magne Haveraaen, University of Bergen, Norway
    http://www.ii.uib.no/~magne/
  * John Power, University of Edinburgh, UK
    http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/people/staff/John_Power.html
  * Monika Seisenberger, University of Wales Swansea, UK
    http://www.cs.swan.ac.uk/~csmona/

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