16th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS)

Call for Papers

ECBS 2009

16th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS)


April 13-16, 2009
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA

Co-located with CPS Week

Paper submission: Nov. 10, 2008

URL: http://www.ece.usu.edu/ecbs09


Mastering the Complexity of Computer-Based Systems

CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOPS: ECBS 2009 will be the 16th formal IEEE
sponsored
meeting dedicated to formulating and advancing methods, techniques and
tools
for the engineering of computer-based systems. The conference is
devoted to
the design, development, deployment, and analysis of complex systems
whose
behavior is largely determined or controlled by computers. Such systems
are
characterized by functional, performance, and reliability requirements
that
mandate the tight integration of information processing and physical
processes.

ECBS encompasses many facets: system modeling, requirements
specification,
simulation, architectures, communications, safety, security,
reliability,
software, hardware, human computer interfacing, system integration,
verification
and validation and project management. Effectively, ECBS spans and
integrates
several engineering disciplines including software, hardware, and
communications
into a complete engineering discipline.

The conference provides a bridge between industry and academia; the
program will
provide a balanced view of academic research and industrial
developments.
Papers are sought which reflect this theme in fundamental ECBS
technologies, or
application domains listed below, and integrate them with a system's
perspective.


o Adaptive Computing
o Architectures
o Autonomic Systems
o Co-design
o Component-Based System Design
o Design Evolution
o Distributed Systems Design
o ECBS Infrastructure (Tools, Environments)
o Education & Training
o Embedded Real-Time Software Systems
o Formal Methods
o Lifecycle Processes and Process Evolution
o Integration Engineering
o Model-Based System Development
o Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems
o Open Systems
o Product-Families Models and Architectures
o Reengineering & Reuse
o Reliability, Safety, Dependability, Security
o Requirements Elicitation and Analysis
o Standards
o System on a Chip
o System Assessment, Testing and Metrics
o Verification & Validation


Reports of practical solutions, trends and new system characteristics
for
ECBSs may include application domains such as: Aerospace Systems,
Command and Control,
Continuous and Discrete Manufacturing, Environmental Systems,
Instrumentation and
Control Applications, Internet Technology and Applications, Intelligent
Highway-Vehicle
Systems (IHVS), Medical Systems, Telecommunication.


WORKSHOPS:

ECBS 2009 will feature a range of workshops, including the following
1. EASe: Engineering of Autonomic Systems, see
http://www.ulster.ac.uk/ease
2. Model-Based Development of Computer-Based Systems, see
http://www.proinf.de/mbd

The workshops include short presentations and a forum for focused
discussions.
Traditionally for ECBS conferences, workshops are strongly connected to
the conference
sessions to enable continued in-depth discussions.

POSTER SESSIONS:

Posters and abstracts presenting work in progress are invited for a
poster session.
Accepted abstracts will be published in the proceedings. Graduate
students are especially
welcome to participate.

DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM:

The Doctoral Symposium provides a forum for PhD candidates to present
work in progress
and get feedback from the research community.

INDUSTRIAL TRACK:

The industrial track provides a forum for short papers on results
of industrial research and development.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

Full papers and doctoral symposium papers must be 6 to max 10 pages in
Computer Society format,
poster abstracts 1 to 2 pages, and industrial track papers 2 to 4 pages.


IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission of all papers: Nov 10, 2008
Notification of acceptance: Dec 15, 2008
Camera-ready material for publication: Jan 14, 2009
Registration deadline for authors: Jan 14, 2009

Submission dates for workshops may differ. Please refer to the Call for
Papers
for each individual workshop.

For more information see http://www.ece.usu.edu/ecbs09

Please direct comments/suggestions to ecbs09-AT-engineering.usu.edu

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Conference Chair: Brandon Eames
Publication Chair: Roy Sterritt


STEERING COMMITTEE:

Jerzy Rozenblit, John Leaney, Matthias Riebisch, Stephanie White, Byron
Purves, Roy Sterritt, Miroslav Sveda