Component-based software emerged as a promising paradigm to deal with the
ever increasing need for mastering systems' complexity, their evolution
and reuse, and driving software engineering into sound production and
engineering standards. Soon, however, it became a popular technology
long before consensual definitions and principles, let alone formal
foundations, have been put forward. Issues like mathematical models for
components, their interaction and composition, or rigorous approaches
to verification, deployment, testing and certification remain open
research questions and challenging opportunities for formal methods.
Moreover, new challenges are raised by applications of this paradigm
to safety-critical, mobile, and embedded systems.
The objective of FACS'06 is to bring together researchers in the
areas of component software and formal methods to promote a deep
understanding of this paradigm and its applications.
The workshop will also be interested in defining
the common aspects of components and component-based
development. It is expected that formal paper
presentations will be followed by lively debate in a
stimulating atmosphere. Possible topics include,
but are not limited to:
- formal models for software components and
component interaction
- design and verification methods for component
software
- component composition and deployment: models,
calculi, languages
- component testing
- specification of extra-functional properties
in component software
- certification of components and software
architectures
- component software vs object orientation
- components for real-time, safety-critical,
secure and/or embedded systems
- experience reports and case studies in component
software
- partial behavior models for software components
- update and reconfiguration of component architectures
- formal methods and modeling languages
- trust models for components
FACS'06 is the third in a series of workshops, founded by the
International Institute for Software Technology of the United Nations
University (UNU-IIST). The first FACS workshop was held in Pisa, Italy,
in September 2003, collocated with FM'03. Next, FACS'05 was organized as a
standalone event in October 2004 at UNU-IIST. This has been considered
by the workshop participants as a very successful meeting with collaborative
atmosphere and friendly discussion. Considering the persisting interest
of the participants in the topics, FACS'06 was scheduled again as a
separate event, this time to be hosted by the Charles University in
Prague, Czech Republic, in September 2006.
Abstract submission & paper registration deadline: June 11, 2006
Paper upload deadline: June 21st, 2006.
Acceptance notification: July 23, 2006
Camera ready version due: Aug 20, 2006
Early Registration deadline: Sep 5, 2006
Workshop: September 20-22, 2006
