[Fwd: CFP: International Workshop on Aliasing, Confinement and Ownership in object-oriented programming (IWACO)]

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    Subject: CFP: International Workshop on Aliasing, Confinement and Ownership in
    object-oriented programming (IWACO)
    Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 18:35:32 +0100
    From: Dave Clarke <dave@cs.uu.nl>
    To: ecoop-info@ecoop.org

                                Call For Papers

         International Workshop on Aliasing, Confinement and Ownership
                   in object-oriented programming (IWACO)

                                 at ECOOP 2003

                   Tuesday, July 22, 2003. Darmstadt, Germany

                      http://www.cs.uu.nl/~dave/iwaco

    The power of objects lies in the flexibility of their interconnection
    structure. But this flexibility comes at a cost. Because an object
    can be modified via any alias, object-oriented programs are hard to
    understand, maintain, and analyse. Aliasing makes objects depend on
    their environment in unpredictable ways, breaking the encapsulation
    necessary for reliable software components, making it difficult to
    reason about and optimise programs, obscuring the flow of information
    between objects, and introducing security problems. Aliasing is a
    fundamental difficulty, but we accept its presence. Instead we seek
    techniques for describing, reasoning about, restricting, analysing,
    and preventing the connections between objects and/or the flow of
    information between them.

    But how do we take arms against the sea of objects?

    Topics the workshop aims to address include:

    * models, type and other formal systems, programming language
        mechanisms, analysis and design techniques, patterns and notations
        for expressing object ownership, aliasing, confinement, uniqueness,
        and/or information flow.

    * optimisation techniques, analysis algorithms, libraries,
        applications, and novel approaches exploiting object ownership,
        aliasing, confinement, uniqueness, and/or information flow.

    * empirical studies of programs or experience reports from programming
        systems designed with these issues in mind.

    * novel applications of aliasing management techniques such as
        ownership types, confined types, region types, and uniqueness.

    We encourage not only submissions presenting original research
    results, but also papers that attempt to establish links between
    different approaches and/or papers that include survey material.
    Original research results should be clearly described, and their
    usefulness to practitioners outlined. Paper selection will be based on
    the quality and relevance of the submitted material.

    Submission Process:

    Both full papers (up to 10 pgs.) and position papers (1-2 pgs.) are
    welcome. Papers should be formatted in the LNCS style and sent as PS
    or PDF. Submissions should be accompanied by a text-only message
    containing: title, abstract and keywords, the authors' full names, and
    address and e-mail for correspondence. Submissions should be in
    English.

    Send submissions to Dave Clarke (dave@cs.uu.nl) by April 25, 2003.

    All submissions will be reviewed by the programme committee. The
    accepted papers will be published in the informal proceedings, which
    will be distributed at the workshop. All accepted submissions shall
    remain available from the workshop web page. Springer-Verlag will
    publish an LNCS volume which will include a report on the workshop.

    Participation:

    The number of participants is limited to about 30 (minimum 10). Apart
    from those with accepted papers, others may attend by sending an email
    to Dave Clarke (dave@cs.uu.nl) indicating what contribution you could
    make to the workshop. A small number of places will be reserved for
    PhD students and other researchers wishing to begin research in this
    area.

    Format:

    The workshop will begin in the morning with an invited speaker,
    followed by short (10-15 minute) presentations of accepted papers.
    In the afternoon we will have directed discussions in small groups,
    followed by a plenary session to end the day

    Important Dates:

    Deadline for submission: April 25, 2003
    Notification of acceptance: May 30, 2003
    Final version: June 13, 2003
    Day of workshop: July 22, 2003

    Program Committee:

    Jonathan Aldrich (University of Washington)
    Dave Clarke (Utrecht University)
    Doug Lea (SUNY Oswego)
    David Naumann (Stevens Institute of Technology)
    James Noble (Victoria University of Wellington)
    Peter O'Hearn (Queen Mary, University of London)
    Martin Rinard (MIT)
    Jan Vitek (Purdue University)

    Organisers:

    Dave Clarke (Utrecht University)
    Sophia Drossopoulou (Imperial College, London)
    James Noble (Victoria University of Wellington)

    Queries:

    Contact Dave Clarke: dave@cs.uu.nl

    --
    Dave Clarke
    dave@cs.uu.nl        http://www.cs.uu.nl/~dave
    All opinions expressed herein are fictional. Any resemblance
    to actual opinions, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
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