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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">------------------ Apologies for multiple postings ------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">STAF 2018: Software Technologies: Applications and Foundations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">June 25-29, 2018, Toulouse, France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Web: http://www.staf2018.fr<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Call for Workshops<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Software Technologies: Applications and Foundations (STAF) is a federation of leading conferences on software technologies. It was formed after the end of the successful TOOLS federated event (http://tools.ethz.ch)
in 2012, providing a loose umbrella organisation, with a steering committee that aims to provide continuity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">The STAF federated event runs annually; the conferences that participate may vary from year to year, but all focus on practical and foundational advances in software technology. The conferences
address all aspects of software technology, from object-oriented design, testing, formal approaches to modelling and verification, transformation, model-driven engineering, aspect-oriented techniques, and tools.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">STAF 2018 will bring together<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- 11th International Conference on Model Transformation (ICMT)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- 11th International Conference on Graph Transformation (ICGT)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- 14th European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications (ECMFA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- 12th International Conference on Tests and Proof (TAP)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- 16th International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods (SEFM).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">STAF 2018 will be held between June 25-29 within the premises of the National Polytechnic Institute (INP/ENSEEIHT) in Toulouse, France.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">STAF 2018 will also host a number of satellite events including workshops between June 25-29 2018. Workshops will provide a collaborative forum for groups of typically 15 to 35 participants to
exchange recent and/or preliminary results, to conduct intensive discussions on a particular topic, or to coordinate efforts between representatives of a technical community. They are intended as a forum for lively discussion of innovative ideas, recent progress,
or practical experience on specific aspects, specific problems, or domain-specific needs. Each workshop should provide a balanced distribution of its time for both presentation of papers and discussions. We encourage prospective workshop organizers to submit
proposals for highly-interactive workshops. Both research-oriented and applied topics are welcome. The duration of each workshop is either half day or full day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">---------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">---------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">January 19, 2018: Workshop proposal submission deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">January 26, 2018: Notification of acceptance/rejection of workshop proposals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">February 16, 2016: Workshop Web page and Call for Papers issued<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">---------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Workshop Proposal Guidelines<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">---------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Your proposal document must contain the following information:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">1. General Information<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 1.1 Event title<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 1.2 Organizers and primary contact (name/affiliation/email)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 1.3 Abstract (200 words), intended for the STAF 2018 website<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 1.4 Desired length of the workshop (half day or full day)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 1.5 Related STAF conference (among ICMT, ICGT, ECMFA, TAP, SEFM).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> If more than one, please indicate the most related one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">2. Objectives and Scope<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 2.1 Motivation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 2.2 Objectives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 2.3 Intended audience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 2.4 Relevance (in particular to the STAF community)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 2.5 Previous events including, where applicable,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> * a link to the website,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> * the number of submitted and accepted papers, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> * the number of attendees<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">3. Organization Details<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 3.1 Details on the organizers (150 words max each), including<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> relevant past experience in workshop organization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 3.2 Preliminary list of program committee members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> (either proposed or confirmed -- please specify)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">4. Workshop Format<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 4.1 Intended paper format (number of pages; types of papers, e.g.,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> full papers, work-in-progress papers, practitioners' reports, posters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 4.2 Paper evaluation process<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 4.3 Intended publication of accepted papers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> (please see proceedings options stated below)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 4.4 Intended workshop format<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> (number of presentations, planned keynotes, panels, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 4.5 How many participants do you expect (please explain your educated guess)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 4.6 Specific requirements (e.g., equipment, room capacity)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">For Section 4.4, please clarify in particular why participants should submit to your workshop instead of to a conference or journal on related topics. If you do not plan to apply some interactive
parts (such as interactive brainstorming, prototyping, benchmarking, experimentation, ...) please clarify why you still think a physical workshop is the appropriate format.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">5. Additional Material<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 5.1 Event Web page (URL of the draft Web page, if one exists)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 5.2 Draft Call for Papers for the workshop (a one-page Call for Papers that you intend to send out if your workshop is accepted)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">For accepted workshops<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">General rules:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- The organizers will be required to issue the workshop Web page and the first Call for Papers by the deadline indicated above (see Important Dates).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- All participants, including workshop organizers, keynote speakers, and invited guests, must register at least for the workshop day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- Every workshop will have one free registration every 15 paying registrants. We encourage workshop organisers to use these free registrations for keynote speakers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- Workshop organizers must attend their workshop or, if not possible, communicate in advance to the STAF Workshop co-chairs who will act as session chair(s) and will be responsible for the correct
realization of the event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- The actual dates of workshops will be decided by the STAF organizers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Recommended deadlines to be set by the organizers of accepted workshops:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- Workshop paper submission: April 20, 2018 (or later)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- Workshop paper notification: May 25, 2018 (or before, but STRICTLY NOT LATER since the STAF early registration deadline will be end of May)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Proceedings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">---------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Workshops organizers may choose between two publishing options:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- joining the STAF Workshop Post-Proceedings published with Springer LNCS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- own agreements for proceedings or special issue publication<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">In order to be included in the Springer LNCS post-proceedings, workshop papers should be:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- written in English and prepared using the specific LNCS templates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- be at least 6 pages but not exceed 15 pages long<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- have been suitably peer-reviewed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Accepted papers of all workshops that opted for LNCS post-proceedings will be published in one (or more) collective volumes edited by the STAF Workshop co-chairs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Submissions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Please ensure that you adhere to the above workshop proposal guidelines providing all requested information using at most six pages (not including the draft Call for Papers).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Workshop proposals should be submitted in PDF using the Springer LNCS style<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">(see http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">and via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=stafw18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Proposals will be selected based on their relevance to the conferences' aims, beneficiaries, and timely advances in their respective topics. In particular, proposals will be evaluated according
to the following criteria:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- potential to advance the state of research and practice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- organizers' experience and ability to lead a successful event<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- meaningful use of methods that activate the audience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- balance and synergy between the proposed topics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- continuity of workshop series<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Workshop Co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- Manuel Mazzara, Innopolis University, Russia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- Iulian Ober, University of Toulouse, France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">- Gwen Salaün, University of Grenoble Alpes, France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Courier New"">For further information, please send us an email.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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