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Call for Contributions and Participation
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BCS-FACS Christmas Meeting 2006
TEACHING FORMAL METHODS: PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE
A One Day Workshop at BCS London Offices, First Floor, The Davidson
Building, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7HA
FRIDAY 15 DECEMBER 2006
Organised by Oxford Brookes University (OBU) and BCS-FACS
http://www.bcs-facs.org/events/xmas2006.html daduce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
The workshop will give teachers of formal methods an opportunity to
discuss their experiences in this area, to share successes and
failures, to identify issues in teaching formal methods and discuss
how they might be addressed. Topics to be covered include:
+ how to motivate the study of formal methods;
+ techniques for teaching formal methods;
+ handling students with limited mathematics backgrounds;
+ linking formal methods and software development;
+ tools for teaching formal methods;
+ how to assess formal methods.
Papers (4-6 sides A4) are invited outlining experience from which
others could benefit; a selection will be chosen by the Programme
Committee for presentation (ca. 20 mins) and inclusion in the
proceedings to be published in the BCS Electronic Workshops in
Computing (eWiC) series after the event. Paper copies of the
proceedings will be made available to delegates. Papers should be
prepared according to the eWiC guidelines. Style files are
available for Latex, Word and HTML. Authors of accepted papers will
be required to sign a licence to publish. All these documents are
available at http://ewic.bcs.org/organisers/index.htm.
Papers should be submitted as PDF files and sent by email to
daduce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Organisations and vendors wishing to display literature or
demonstrate tools and products are asked to contact the organisers
(email: daduce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
DEADLINES
20 October: Submission of papers; send by email
to daduce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, in PDF format
17 November: Notification of selection for presentation/ inclusion
in proceedings
24 November: Final versions of papers for proceedings
6 December: Registration closes
15 December: Workshop [registration to 10.30 am, close approx. 5.00
pm]
CO-CHAIRS:
David Duce (Oxford Brookes University), Paul Boca (BCS-FACS and
Programming Research Ltd)
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:
Ian Bayley (OBU), Raymond Boute (Ghent University, Belgium),
Jonathan Bowen (London South Bank University), Sharon Curtis (OBU),
David Duce (OBU), Ian East (OBU), Mark Green (OBU), Henri Habrias
(University of Nantes, France), David Lightfoot (OBU), Clare Martin
(OBU), Steve Schneider (University of Surrey), Andrew Simpson
(Oxford University), Dyke Stiles (Utah State University, USA),
Muhammad Younas (OBU), Hong Zhu (OBU)
COST
The cost of the workshop will be £60 for paid up BCS-FACS members
and students, and £85 for non-FACS members. The cost includes lunch
and refreshments, and a printed copy of the proceedings.
All delegates will receive free membership to the FACS Specialist
Group for 2007.
FURTHER DETAILS
Please see the web site http://www.bcs-facs.org/events/xmas2006.html
2003 WORKSHOP
Proceedings of the Teaching Formal Methods 2003 workshop, held at
Oxford Brookes University in December 2003 are available at http://
cms.brookes.ac.uk/tfm2003/