Call for papers : first International Workshop on Worst-case Traversal Time (WCTT) 2012

2d International Workshop on Worst-case Traversal Time (WCTT’2012) San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dec. 4, 2012 co-located with the 33nd IEEE Real-time Systems Symposium (RTSS) website : http://www.wctt.info info : wctt at cng1 dot iet dot unipi dot it

Following the success of the first editions, the WCTT workshop will gather together scientists and practitioners from both academia and industry to discuss methods for analysis of bounds on the traversal time in networked systems. Multi-hop, network-like traversal will be a mandatory requirement. Contributions that describe software tools for computing worst-case bounds and/or assess the scalability and accuracy of the performance methods will be given particular attention. The workshop values both theoretical and practical research. Experiences with real-life case studies (e.g., industrial networks of practical relevance, fieldbuses, embedded networks and network-on-chip) will also be appreciated, as well as those on the integration of applicative scheduling and network.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to :

Methods :
 Network Calculus (both deterministic and stochastic),
 Real-time Calculus
 Trajectory Approach
 Event-based methods
 Formal methods

Areas of applications :
 Embedded systems
 Computer networks
 Network-on-Chip
 Industrial networks

We solicit submission of manuscripts that present original research results, neither previously published nor currently under review by another conference or journal. Submitted papers must be formatted according to the ACM conference proceedings format. Only PDF files will be accepted. Papers must be up to eight pages long, including references and title. Please note that the camera-ready version will conform to the same guidelines as the submission for review. All submitted papers will go through a rigorous peer review process. Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, interest, clarity, relevance, and correctness. Submission implies the willingness of at least one author to attend the workshop and present the paper. Accepted papers will be printed in the workshop proceedings. Distinguished papers, after further revisions, may be considered for a journal special issue.

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline : Sep 30th, 2012 Paper decision deadline : Oct 21th, 2012 Camera-ready deadline : Nov 9th, 2012 Workshop date : Dec 4th, 2012

Workshop organizers

 Marc Boyer (ONERA, Toulouse, FR)
 Christian Fraboul (Univ. de Toulouse, FR)
 Giovanni Stea (University of Pisa, IT)