[comp.software-eng] 5th Annual Z User Meeting - call for papers

zforum@prg.oxford.ac.uk (09/08/90)

           Oxford University Computing Laboratory

                Programming Research Group




                    The fifth annual

                     Z User Meeting




         Monday and Tuesday, 17th - 18th December 1990

                        in Oxford





                       CALL FOR PAPERS







       Please mark this date in your diary and let us know as soon
       as possible if you might submit a paper or other contribution.

       The Proceedings of the Fourth Meeting have now been
       published in a new series (``Workshops in Computing'') by
       Springer. "Z User Workshop", Proceedings of the Forth Annual
       Z User Meeting, 15 December 1989, Oxford, UK. ISBN 3-540-19627-7.


Z User Meeting 17-18th December 1990


                            Call for papers


Papers are invited on any subject related to the theory and application
of Z. We hope to have papers on some or all of the following topics:


      Foundations of Z

      What should be in a Z Standard?

      Z tools and support environments

      Developing, teaching and applying a Z Method

      Using Z with other methods (e.g. SSADM, JSD, Yourdon)

      Z for hardware design

      Object-oriented methods

      Security and safety

      Long-life systems: the maintenance of Z-defined systems

      Measurements and metrics for Z

      Project management, technology transfer

In addition to submitted papers, we may invite speakers to address the
meeting on specific topics.

We expect to prepare and distribute pre-prints of all papers presented at
the meeting.  Selected papers will be published in a refereed Proceedings.


Z User Meeting 17-18th December 1990


                              Timetable



The timetable for the receipt of papers is as follows:

   Notice of intention to submit a paper:                Please reply as soon
                                                          as possible

   Draft paper:                                          15 October 1990

   Selection of papers for presentation:                 1 November 1990

   Final copy for the user meeting:                      30 November 1990



             Z User Meeting in Oxford                    17-18 December 1990




Papers for publication and presentation will be reviewed and selected by
a programme committee to be appointed. The meeting may also include:

   Poster display

   Tool demonstrations

   Tutorial(s)

   Exhibition of books and papers


Z User Meeting 17-18th December 1990

Notice of intention to submit a paper

Please return as soon as possible.

To:    Industrial Liaison Secretary
       Programming Research Group
       8-11 Keble Road
       Oxford OX1 3QD
       tel Oxford (0865) 272579


From:                Name _____________________________

                     Address __________________________

                      _________________________________

                      _________________________________

N.B.  Please make sure we have your correct name and address by marking
any changes that should be made on your address label.



I plan to submit a paper at the Z User Meeting on 17th-18th December 1990

Signed: ______________________________

Topic or title of paper: _________________________________


I will submit one of the following:


       Short contribution _______________

       Poster  __________________________

       Other   __________________________   (please specify)


I should like to demonstrate the following tool

              ____________________________


Running on  ______________________    (state the machine)