CALL FOR PAPERS AND REFEREES
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2002 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC '2002)
Special Track on Inter-disciplinary Approaches to the Design
of Dependable Computer-Based Systems
March 10-13, 2002
Madrid, Spain
A special track on inter-disciplinary Approaches to the Design of Dependable
Computer Systems will be held at SAC'2002. Society's dependence on
computer-based systems continues to increas. The systems themselves -
embracing humans, computers and engineered systems - become ever more complex
as they feed an insatiable appetite for new and extended functionality.
Furthermore, these trends coincide with pressure for systems to be brought to
market faster and at lower (and more predictable) cost. Achieving sufficient
dependability in these systems, and demonstrating this achievement in a
rigorous and convincing manner, is of crucial importance to the whole fabric
of the modern Information Society.
Although progress has been made in achieving high dependability in computer
hardware and software, wider systems involving computers, people and business
or social organisations are often disastrously unsuccessful and the cause of
huge financial losses or worse. It has become clear in recent years that
satisfactory resolution of this situation demands an inter-disciplinary
approach targeted at understanding the fundamental problems that arise in
attempts to build systems involving complex interactions amongst numbers of
computers and human beings. Inadequate understanding of the complete
organisational and cultural context of use is often a significant cause of
lack of dependability of major new computer-based systems, and will be a
major focus of this track.
By bringing together computer scientists, psychologists and sociologists who
share an interest in the problems of dependability, the proposed track will
make an important contribution to fostering this inter-disciplinary approach.
Submissions will be invited on (but not limited to) the following themes:
* Architecture and organisation of systems, processes and their
environment, e.g., use of diversity in systems and processes
* Work and its relationships with technological systems and artifacts,
e.g., collaboration and interaction, organizational culture and trust
* Reasoning about dependability attributes, e.g., temporal
predictability and responsiveness of systems and processes, security
and confidentiality, formal methods
* Socio-technical approaches to systems design and development, e.g.,
knowledge management and process change, co-evolving work and
technologies
* Assessment and management of risks involved in system development
and deployment
Track Program Chairs:
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Rob Procter Mark Rouncefield
Division of Informatics Department of Computing
University of Edinburgh University of Lancaster
80 South Bridge Baillirig
Edinburgh, EH1 1HN, UK Lancaster, LA1 1YR, UK
E-mail: [log in to unmask] E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Tel: +44 131 650 2707 Tel: +44 1524 593 097
Fax: +44 131 650 6513 Fax: +44 1524 593 608
Cliff Jones John Dobson
Department of Computing Science Department of Computing Science
Newcastle University Newcastle University
Newcastle, NE1 7RU, UK Newcastle NE1 7RU, UK
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Tel: +44 191 222 8183 Tel: +44 191 222 8228
Fax: +44 191 222 8232 Fax: +44 191 222 8788
Robin Williams
Research Centre for Social Science
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, EH1 1LZ, UK
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Tel: +44 131 650 6387
Fax: +44 131 650 6399
Guidelines for Submission:
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Original papers from the above-mentioned or other related areas will
be considered. Each submitted paper will be fully refereed and
undergo a blind review process by at least three referees. The
accepted papers in all categories will be published in the ACM
SAC'2002 proceedings.
Submission guidelines must be strictly followed:
* Submit six (6) copies of original manuscripts to Rob Procter or Mark
Rouncefield (addresses shown above). Alternatively, submit your paper
electronically in uuencoded compressed postscript format; this is
strongly encouraged. Fax submissions will not be accepted.
* The author(s) name(s) and address(es) must not appear in the body
of the paper, and self-reference should be in the third person.
This is to facilitate blind review.
* The body of the paper should not exceed 5,000 words (approximately
15 pages, double-spaced).
* A separate cover sheet (in the case of electronic submission this
should be sent separately from the main paper) should show the title
of the paper, the author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s), and the
address (including e-mail, telephone, and fax) to which
correspondence should be sent.
* All submissions must be received by September 1, 2001.
Anyone wishing to review papers for this special track should contact
Rob Procter or Mark Rouncefield at the addresses shown above.
Important Dates:
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* September 15, 2001: Paper Submission.
* October 15, 2001: Author Notification.
* November 1, 2001: Camera-Ready Copy.
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