rose@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au (Gordon Rose) (04/26/89)
Second Seminar/Workshop on Formal Description Techniques OTC, Sydney, July 10th and 11th 1989 The First Seminar/Workshop on FDTs was held in July 1987 at OTC Sydney. Some fifty attendees from telecommunications organisations, academia, research divisions, software houses, and other interested parties participated in sem- inars, the workshop and in discussion groups both formal and informal. Participants gained valuable insight into the FDT area and the activity then current in Australia. The Second Seminar/Workshop on FDTs will also be sponsored by OTC. It will be held on July 10th and 11th at OTC Sydney - two years after the First. Many events in FDTs have hap- pened in those two years - the advocacy for formal methods has strengthened internationally as evidenced by new sympo- sia (e.g. FORTE, a Formal Techniques symposium), new jour- nals (e.g. Formal Aspects of Computing), forthcoming special issues (e.g. IEEE Software - Applications of Formal Methods). Also, Object- Orientation is appearing increas- ingly in software engineering and more recently, in formal methods. Increased formality is becoming a professional obligation and major contracts (e.g. the US Federal Aviation Authority's new air navigation control project) are includ- ing specific formality requirements. The Second Seminar/Workshop will provide the opportunity to review FDT activities in the interim and to anticipate future developments. Professor Ken Turner, Centre for Software Engineering Tech- nology, University of Stirling, Scotland will deliver the Keynote Address on international developments and will also present a more specialised paper. He chaired FORTE `88 and is very active in international communication standards (ISO's working group on FDTs, particularly with respect to LOTOS). There will be no registration fee, and refreshments and light lunches will be provided. OTC will consider applica- tions for financial assistance to attend. The venue will be OTC, 231 Elizabeth Street, Sydney. UQ will be responsible for organising the technical pro- gramme. To facilitate this, Gordon Rose invites expressions of interest for attendance, for presentation of a tutorial, for presentation of a technical paper and/or for participa- tion in a panel. Topics are not restricted, but it is expected that there will be special interest in: Experience with ISO or CCITT standard FDTs Emerging FDTs, including Object Oriented techniques Medium to Large Scale Application of FDTs - scaleability Tools, Aids, and related development procedures Intending attendees will be advised progressively as pro- gramme details become available. Kindly complete the following advice and send (email pre- ferred) to: Prof Gordon Rose Key Centre for Software Technology, University of Queensland, St Lucia Qld 4067 Telephone: (07) 377 2766 Fax: (07) 371 0783 E-mail: rose @ uqcspe.cs.uq.oz ------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: ... Affiliation: ... Address: ... Telephone: ... Fax: ... E-mail: ... I wish to attend the Second Seminar/Workshop on FDT. In addition, I would like to Present a Tutorial on: Present a Paper on: Participate in a Panel on: (It is expected that tutorials and papers will be limited to 30 minutes) Further suggestions, comments, etc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------