Object-based Distributed Computing is being established as the most pertinent basis for the support of large, heterogeneous computing and telecommunications systems. Indeed, several important international organisations, such as ITU, ISO, OMG, TINA-C, etc. are defining similar distributed object-based frameworks as a foundation for open distributed computing.
The advent of Open Object-based Distributed Systems - OODS - brings new challenges and opportunities for the use and development of formal methods. New architectures and system models are emerging (e.g., the enterprise, information, computational and engineering viewpoints of the ITU-T/ISO/IEC ODP Reference Model) which require formal notational support. Usual design issues such as specification, verification, refinement, and testing need to take into account new dimensions introduced by distribution and openness, such as quality of service and dependability constraints, dynamic binding and reconfiguration, consistency between multiple models and viewpoints, etc. OODS is a challenging research context and a source of motivation for semantical models of object-based systems and notations, for the evolution of standardised formal description techniques, for the application and assessment of logic based approaches, for better understanding and information modeling of business requirements, and for the further development and use of Object Oriented methodologies and tools.
The objective of FMOODS is to provide an integrated forum for the presentation of research in several related fields, and the exchange of ideas and experiences in the topics concerned with the formal methods support for Open Object-based Distributed Systems.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
| 1st March 2000 | Submission deadline |
| 30th April 2000 | Notification of acceptance |
| 23rd May 2000 | Camera ready copy for participants proceedings due |
| Carolyn Talcott (Chair) | Scott Smith (PC Co-Chair) | |
| Tel: + 650 723-0936 | Tel: + 410 516-5299 | |
| Fax: + 650 725-7411 | Fax: + 410 516-6134 | |
| Stanford University | The Johns Hopkins University | |
| Stanford, CA, USA | Balimore, MD, USA | |
| clt@cs.stanford.edu | scott@cs.jhu.edu | |
| Nalini Venkatasubramanian | Sriram Sankar | |
| Tel: + 949 824-5898 | Tel: + 510 796-0915 | |
| Fax: + 949 ???-???? | Fax: +??? | |
| University of California at Irvine | Metamata Inc., USA | |
| Irvine, CA, USA | Fremont, CA, USA | |
| nalini@ics.uci.edu | sriram.sankar@metamata.com |
Submitted manuscripts will be evaluated and selected for presentation in the conference. The proceedings of FMOODS '97 will be published by Kluwer, the publishers of IFIP events. The proceedings will be made available at the conference.
Authors are invited to submit full original research papers, up to 16 pages (including bibliography), 12 point, single spaced, including an informative abstract, names and affiliations of all authors, and a list of keywords facilitating the assignment of papers to referees.
The preferred from of submission will be electronic. Details will appear.