FOAL: Foundations of Aspect-Oriented Languages

A one day workshop affiliated with AOSD 2006 in Bonn, Germany, on March 21, 2006.

Themes and Goals

FOAL is a forum for research in foundations of aspect-oriented programming languages. Areas of interest include but are not limited to:

The workshop aims to foster work in foundations, including formal studies, promote the exchange of ideas, and encourage workers in the semantics and formal methods communities to do research in the area of aspect-oriented programming languages. All theoretical and foundational studies of this topic are welcome.

The goals of FOAL are to:

Workshop Format

The planned workshop format is primarily presentation of papers and group discussion. Talks will come in three categories: long (30 minutes plus 15 minutes of discussion), short (20 minutes plus 5 minutes of discussion) and very short (7 minutes plus 3 minutes of discussion). The very short talks will allow for short presentations of topics for which results are not yet available, perhaps for researchers who are seeking feedback on ideas or seek collaborations.

We also plan to ensure sufficient time for discussion of each presentation by limiting the number of long talks and having only a few short talks.

Submissions

Invitation to the workshop will be based on papers selected by the program committee; those wishing to attend but not having a paper to submit should contact the organizers directly to see if there is sufficient space in the workshop.

FOAL solicits full-length, short, and very short papers on all areas of formal foundations of AOP languages. Submissions will be read by the program committee and designated reviewers. Papers will be selected for long, short, and very short presentation at the workshop based on their length, scientific merit, innovation, readability, and relevance. Papers previously published or already being reviewed by another conference are not eligible. Some papers may not be selected for presentation, and some may be selected for presentation in shorter talks than their paper length would otherwise command. We will limit the length of paper presentations and the number of papers presented to make sure that there is enough time for discussion.

Papers presented at the workshop will be included in a technical report (from Iowa State University). Authors will retain their own copyright to the papers. Publication of papers at other venues will thus remain possible. We will also investigate having a special issue of a journal for revisions of selected papers after the workshop.

Authors should note the following details:

We will notify the corresponding author of papers that are selected for presentation at the workshop by 10 February 2006. The early registration deadline for AOSD will be 17 February 2006. FOAL attendees must be registered for AOSD. Final versions of papers for the proceedings will be due on 7 March 2006.

For more information, visit the FOAL Workshop home page at http://www.cs.iastate.edu/FOAL.

Important Dates

Submission Deadline23:00 GMT, 27 January 2006
Notification of Acceptance10 February 2006
AOSD Early Registration Deadline17 February 2006
Final Versions of Papers Due7 March 2006
Workshop21 March 2006

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