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<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Call for papers: History of Formal Methods 2019 Workshop, 11th October 2019, Porto, Portugal (co-located
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">We invite submissions to the
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for complete details and instructions on how to submit. Submission is via <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hfm2019" class="">
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">This is a workshop on the history of formal methods in computing. The aim is to bring together historians of computing, technology, and science
with practitioners in the field of formal methods to reflect on the discipline’s history. There will be a round of abstract submission prior to the workshop which will determine who is invited to give a presentation at the workshop. Afterwards, presenters
may submit papers based on their presentations for inclusion in the workshop’s proceedings. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Scope</b></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The theme of the workshop is the history of formal methods in computing. By 'formal methods' we mean mathematical or logical techniques for
modelling, specifying, and reasoning about aspects of computing. This could include programming language description, concurrency modelling, theorem proving, program specification and verification, or mathematical foundations of computing. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Theoretical aspects of computing have been present almost since the beginning of electronic computers, and in various ways these techniques
have evolved and changed, including into what are now called “Formal Methods”. Such aspects have been instrumental in developing fundamental understanding of computation and providing techniques for rigorous development of software, but have not always had
the desired impact on practical and industrial computing. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">This makes the field ripe for historical research and we invite submissions to our workshop which take a historical view of the topic. This
may include discussion of developments of various formal methods, evolving agendas within the field, consideration of the effect of social and cultural factors, and evaluation of the way in which formal methods have impacted computing more broadly. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The workshop is intended to be of interest to current researchers in formal methods and to be accessible to people without any historical
background. It should also be a venue for historians of science whose work covers formal aspects of computing as we believe understanding the the history of the field brings greater clarity to current technical research. We encourage early stage researchers
to try their hand at historical reflection and gain an idea of the field’s grounding; we invite historians to contribute to the history of formal methods; and we invite researchers who have worked in formal methods for whom an historical talk provides the
opportunity to reflect on their field.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Submission information</b></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Submissions prior to the workshop will take the form of abstracts no longer than 500 words. If references are required, these can be added
as an optional PDF file (and do not count towards the word count). All abstracts will be reviewed by the program committee whose details can be found on the website; based on these reviews, a decision will be made on who to invite to present at the workshop.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Following to the workshop, proceedings will be published (details of publisher to be finalised later). Please indicate during your submission
if you wish for a paper to be considered for inclusion in the proceedings—select “Yes” even if you are not totally certain. All papers submitted for the proceedings will be subject to peer review. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Important Dates</b></span></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Call for papers: January 2019</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Submissions: 30 April 2019</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2019</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Presentations ready: 1 September 2019</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Workshop: 11th October 2019</li><li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Papers for proceedings: 31 December 2019</span></li></ul>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Chairs</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Troy Astarte</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Brian Randell</div>
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