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The NSA Thirteenth Annual HCSS Conference (2013)*
Call for Presentations
Introduction
The thirteenth annual HCSS Conference will be held May 7-10, 2013 at the
Historic Inns of Annapolis in Annapolis, Maryland. You are invited to
submit a proposal to present a talk at this year's conference. As an added
feature at the 2013 HCSS Conference, you are also invited to participate in
a poster session. See details below for more information.
Background
Our security, safety, privacy, and well-being are all increasingly
dependent upon the correctness, reliability, resilience, and integrity of
software-intensive systems of all kinds, including cyber-physical systems
(CPS). Our systems must be capable of interacting correctly, safely, and
securely with humans and the physical world even while they operate in
changing, difficult-to-predict, and possibly malicious environments. New
foundations in science, technology, and advanced practice continue to be
needed. Moreover, these methods and tools have to be transitioned into
mainstream use to build and assure these systems‹and to move towards more
effective models for acceptance and certification.
Conference Scope, Goals, and Vision
The High Confidence Software and Systems (HCSS) Conference, now in its
second decade, draws together researchers, practitioners, and management
leaders from government, universities, and industry. The conference
provides a forum for dialogue centered upon the development of scientific
foundations for the assured engineering of software-intensive complex
computing systems and the transition of science into practice. The
technical emphasis of the HCSS conference is on mathematically-based tools
and techniques, scientific foundations supporting evidence creation,
systems assurance, and security. The HCSS vision is one of engaging and
growing a community‹including researchers and skilled practitioners‹that is
focused around the creation of dependable systems that are capable,
efficient, and responsive; that can work in dangerous or inaccessible
environments; that can support large-scale, distributed coordination; that
augment human capabilities; that can advance the mission of national
security; and that enhance quality of life, safety, and security.
Conference Themes
The 2013 HCSS Conference week will highlight daily themes including on the
following topics:
· Automatic theorem proving and SMT: With the rapidly increasing
power and applicability of automated theorem proving and SMT tools, both
new and existing tools can benefit tremendously from the reduction of both
decidable and undecidable programs to these off-the-shelf tools.
Furthermore, developers of automated reasoning tools are actively looking
to increase the applicability and performance of their tools based on
customer need. The idea of this day is to get prover developers together
with users of the tools to discuss what is possible today, and what will be
possible tomorrow.
· Javascript: Javascript is the modern day x86 (messy but
omnipresent). In order to make off-the-shelf systems robust and secure, we
must consider ways of writing and reasoning about Javascript code. The
purpose of this day¹s theme will be to gather experts in programming,
networking, program verification/analysis, etc to discuss the current
advances in the area of Javascript-based development. Note that
presentations on tools or techniques that address problems similar to
Javascript are also welcome.
· Boundary between hardware and software: The dramatic increase in
computational performance and power requirements combined with the
leveling-off of microprocessor clock speeds forces us to remove traditional
abstractions between hardware and software. For example, weak memory
concurrency gives increased performance at the cost of the traditional idea
of sequential consistency. On this day we aim to bring together those
working at different levels of abstraction in computer systems to discuss
common techniques, goals, and to learn about techniques unique to their
area that may be applicable in others.
Note that presentations on other related themes are also encouraged.
Conference Presentations
The conference program features invited speakers, panel discussions, poster
presentations, and a technical track of contributed papers.
Technical Track Presentations
The technical track features two kinds of talks:
§ Experience reports. These talks inform participants about how emerging
HCSS and CPS techniques play out in real-world applications, focusing
especially on lessons learned and insights gained. While experience reports
do not have to be highly technical, they should emphasize substantive
reflection on all aspects of experience, building on data and direct
experience. Experience reports can focus on topics such as transitioning
science into practice, architecture and requirements, the use of advanced
languages and tools, evaluation and assessment, team practice and tooling,
supply-chain issues, and so on.
§ Technical talks. These talks focus on informing the audience regarding
specific techniques or methods, ideally from the point of view of someone
with experience in practice. There is a wide range of relevant topics and
themes including analysis of concurrency, use of hybrid reasioning
approaches, theorem proving, separation logic, analysis, synthesis,
analytics, and modeling particular techniques. Such talks should
nonetheless be accessible to the broad HCSS and CPS audience.
If you are interested in offering a talk on one of this year's topics or
themes‹or nominating someone else to be invited to do so‹please upload an
abstract of *one page or less *for your proposed talk or a *one paragraph
description* of your nominee¹s proposed talk by Tuesday, March 22nd, 2013
to
http://cps-vo.org/group/hcss_conference/cfp2013<http://cps-vo.org/group/hcss_conference/cfp2013>
Slide presentations and supporting documents of accepted talks should be
submitted in pdf format no later than Friday, April 27, 2013.
Poster Presentations
If you are interested in participating in the poster session, please upload
an abstract of your proposed poster theme with title by *Tuesday, March
22nd, 2013* at
http://cps-vo.org/group/hcss_conference/cfposters2013
Posters should provide an overview of the HCSS Conference theme or research
topic and/or results, with effective use of appropriate graphics. Only a
limited number of posters will be accepted due to space availability. All
posters for display should be printed in a 3¹x4¹ size format. Notifications
of accepted posters will be made by Friday, March 29, 2013. Content
designs of accepted posters can be submitted electronically in either Adobe
InDesign (preferred) or pdf formats also by Friday, April 27, 2013. The
conference organizers will print posters free of charge if design content
is electronically submitted by the April 27 due date. After April 27,
poster session participants will be responsible for the printing and
delivery of their own posters. The conference organizers will provide
easels and basic setup for all poster displays. Poster session participants
should contact the conference organizers in advance if additional materials
or props are desired.
Email Gateway (Aug 19 2022 at 10:17):From: Konrad Slind <konrad.slind@gmail.com>
*
The NSA Thirteenth Annual HCSS Conference (2013)*
Call for Presentations
Introduction
The thirteenth annual HCSS Conference will be held May 7-10, 2013 at the
Historic Inns of Annapolis in Annapolis, Maryland. You are invited to
submit a proposal to present a talk at this year's conference. As an added
feature at the 2013 HCSS Conference, you are also invited to participate in
a poster session. See details below for more information.
Background
Our security, safety, privacy, and well-being are all increasingly
dependent upon the correctness, reliability, resilience, and integrity of
software-intensive systems of all kinds, including cyber-physical systems
(CPS). Our systems must be capable of interacting correctly, safely, and
securely with humans and the physical world even while they operate in
changing, difficult-to-predict, and possibly malicious environments. New
foundations in science, technology, and advanced practice continue to be
needed. Moreover, these methods and tools have to be transitioned into
mainstream use to build and assure these systems‹and to move towards more
effective models for acceptance and certification.
Conference Scope, Goals, and Vision
The High Confidence Software and Systems (HCSS) Conference, now in its
second decade, draws together researchers, practitioners, and management
leaders from government, universities, and industry. The conference
provides a forum for dialogue centered upon the development of scientific
foundations for the assured engineering of software-intensive complex
computing systems and the transition of science into practice. The
technical emphasis of the HCSS conference is on mathematically-based tools
and techniques, scientific foundations supporting evidence creation,
systems assurance, and security. The HCSS vision is one of engaging and
growing a community‹including researchers and skilled practitioners‹that is
focused around the creation of dependable systems that are capable,
efficient, and responsive; that can work in dangerous or inaccessible
environments; that can support large-scale, distributed coordination; that
augment human capabilities; that can advance the mission of national
security; and that enhance quality of life, safety, and security.
Conference Themes
The 2013 HCSS Conference week will highlight daily themes including on the
following topics:
· Automatic theorem proving and SMT: With the rapidly increasing
power and applicability of automated theorem proving and SMT tools, both
new and existing tools can benefit tremendously from the reduction of both
decidable and undecidable programs to these off-the-shelf tools.
Furthermore, developers of automated reasoning tools are actively looking
to increase the applicability and performance of their tools based on
customer need. The idea of this day is to get prover developers together
with users of the tools to discuss what is possible today, and what will be
possible tomorrow.
· Javascript: Javascript is the modern day x86 (messy but
omnipresent). In order to make off-the-shelf systems robust and secure, we
must consider ways of writing and reasoning about Javascript code. The
purpose of this day¹s theme will be to gather experts in programming,
networking, program verification/analysis, etc to discuss the current
advances in the area of Javascript-based development. Note that
presentations on tools or techniques that address problems similar to
Javascript are also welcome.
· Boundary between hardware and software: The dramatic increase in
computational performance and power requirements combined with the
leveling-off of microprocessor clock speeds forces us to remove traditional
abstractions between hardware and software. For example, weak memory
concurrency gives increased performance at the cost of the traditional idea
of sequential consistency. On this day we aim to bring together those
working at different levels of abstraction in computer systems to discuss
common techniques, goals, and to learn about techniques unique to their
area that may be applicable in others.
Note that presentations on other related themes are also encouraged.
Conference Presentations
The conference program features invited speakers, panel discussions, poster
presentations, and a technical track of contributed papers.
Technical Track Presentations
The technical track features two kinds of talks:
§ Experience reports. These talks inform participants about how emerging
HCSS and CPS techniques play out in real-world applications, focusing
especially on lessons learned and insights gained. While experience reports
do not have to be highly technical, they should emphasize substantive
reflection on all aspects of experience, building on data and direct
experience. Experience reports can focus on topics such as transitioning
science into practice, architecture and requirements, the use of advanced
languages and tools, evaluation and assessment, team practice and tooling,
supply-chain issues, and so on.
§ Technical talks. These talks focus on informing the audience regarding
specific techniques or methods, ideally from the point of view of someone
with experience in practice. There is a wide range of relevant topics and
themes including analysis of concurrency, use of hybrid reasioning
approaches, theorem proving, separation logic, analysis, synthesis,
analytics, and modeling particular techniques. Such talks should
nonetheless be accessible to the broad HCSS and CPS audience.
If you are interested in offering a talk on one of this year's topics or
themes‹or nominating someone else to be invited to do so‹please upload an
abstract of *one page or less *for your proposed talk or a *one paragraph
description* of your nominee¹s proposed talk by Tuesday, March 22nd, 2013
to
http://cps-vo.org/group/hcss_conference/cfp2013<http://cps-vo.org/group/hcss_conference/cfp2013>
Slide presentations and supporting documents of accepted talks should be
submitted in pdf format no later than Friday, April 27, 2013.
Poster Presentations
If you are interested in participating in the poster session, please upload
an abstract of your proposed poster theme with title by *Tuesday, March
22nd, 2013* at
http://cps-vo.org/group/hcss_conference/cfposters2013
Posters should provide an overview of the HCSS Conference theme or research
topic and/or results, with effective use of appropriate graphics. Only a
limited number of posters will be accepted due to space availability. All
posters for display should be printed in a 3¹x4¹ size format. Notifications
of accepted posters will be made by Friday, March 29, 2013. Content
designs of accepted posters can be submitted electronically in either Adobe
InDesign (preferred) or pdf formats also by Friday, April 27, 2013. The
conference organizers will print posters free of charge if design content
is electronically submitted by the April 27 due date. After April 27,
poster session participants will be responsible for the printing and
delivery of their own posters. The conference organizers will provide
easels and basic setup for all poster displays. Poster session participants
should contact the conference organizers in advance if additional materials
or props are desired.
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