CONFERENCE Title: 19th IFAC/IFIP Workshop on REAL TIME PROGRAMMING Date: 22--24 June 1994 Abbreviation: WRTP'94 Place: Isle of Reichenau, Lake Constance, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------ __________________________________________________________________ | | | 19th IFAC/IFIP Workshop on | | | | REAL TIME PROGRAMMING | | | | WRTP'94 | | | | Isle of Reichenau, Lake Constance, Germany, 22--24 June 1994 | | | | | | FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS | |________________________________________________________________| SPONSOR International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), Technical Committee on Computers, Working Group on Real Time Programming CO-SPONSOR International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP), Working Group 5.4 on Industrial Software Quality and Certification INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE (IPC) Chair: W.A. Halang FernUniversitaet, Faculty of Electrical Engineering D-58084 Hagen, Germany Tel.: +49-2331-987-372 Fax: +49-2331-987-375 E-mail: wolfgang.halang@fernuni-hagen.de Members: S. Bologna, I M. Colnaric, SLO W. Ehrenberger, D C. Heitmeyer, USA Ph. Laplante, USA H. Lawson, S K. Man, HK L. Motus, Estonia J. de la Puente, E M. Rodd, GB W. Schaufelberger, CH H. Schweinzer, A L. Simoncini, I J. Skubich, F J. Szlanko, H T. Szmuc, PL H. Wedde, D (Panel chair) NATIONAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE (NOC) Chair: K. Mangold, ATM Computer GmbH, Konstanz Members: R. Henn H. Rzehak Th. Tempelmeier H. Weber KEYNOTE SPEAKER A.D. Stoyenko, USA SCOPE The workshop will consist of formal presentations, discussions and informal meetings covering recent advances and current issues in theory, applications, and technology of real time programming. It is to promote interaction among researchers and practitioners and to evaluate the maturity of new directions in real time software. The topics to be covered include, but are not restricted to: * Advances in real time programming languages * Requirements engineering methods for real time systems * Software design methods for predictable behaviour * Real time scheduling and resource management * Real time operating systems * Real time communication architectures, incl. MAP and Fieldbus * Verification and validation, esp. of timing properties * Dependability issues * Industrial applications and experience * Evaluation of current real time systems * Real time (control) systems coping with challenging time constraints EXTENDED ABSTRACTS The submission of extended abstracts (800 -- 1200 words) is invited. They should address the topics outlined above and focus on insights and lessons gained from recent research and practical experience. Position papers describing new ideas, promising approaches, and work in progress are considered particularly appropriate. The abstracts should outline the contribution that the author intends to make at the Workshop. The submitted texts are to be sent by electronic mail in the form of plain ASCII files, i.e., without any mark-up. If e-mail is not available, plain ASCII files may be mailed on MS-DOS diskettes. FULL-LENGTH PAPERS The full papers have to be prepared according to the instructions (using a certain LaTeX style and electronic submission) that will be sent to the authors together with the notification of acceptance. Accepted papers must be presented in person at the Workshop. PROCEEDINGS Hardbound proceedings will be published in advance by Pergamon Press and provided to each registered participant at the workshop site. The best papers will be selected for publication in a special issue of the new IFAC journal "Control Engineering Practice". The copyright of all accepted papers is automatically transferred to IFAC. PARTICIPATION Attendance will be limited to approx. 60 active workers in the field. Participants are requested to register in advance not later than 28 February 1994. LOCATION The Reichenau is an island in Lake Constance, the latter being shared by Austria, Germany and Switzerland. The island can easily be reached by frequent boat services from Konstanz, which is also the closest major train station. The most conveniently located and nearest international airport is Zurich. There are frequent train departures from the station located in the airport to Konstanz. LANGUAGE English will be the working language of the workshop and will be used for the proceedings, the presentations and discussions. No simultaneous translation will be provided. CORRESPONDENCE All correspondence should be addressed to the IPC chairman. Electronic mail should be used whenever possible. IMPORTANT DATES Extended abstracts due by ................... 31 December 1993 Notification of acceptance ................... 31 January 1994 Registration ................................ 28 February 1994 Full papers due by ............................. 15 March 1994 Workshop .................................... 22--24 June 1994 ********** WRTP'94 ********** WRTP'94 ********** WRTP'94 **********