Main Goal
The main goal of the WAFERS workshop is to discuss novel dependability assessment approaches for complex CPSs and to promote their adoption in real-world systems through industrial and academic research. The aim of the WAFERS workshop is to promote and foster discussion on novel ideas, constituting a forum where researchers can share both real problems and innovative solutions for the assessment of complex systems.
Topics of the Workshop
The workshop aims at discussing current state of the art, emerging challenges and trends, as well as novel solutions for cyber-physical and critical systems validation. Workshop topics include, but are not limited to:
- Software Assessment to cope with increasing System Complexity
- Assessment of integrated systems including software OTS and legacy software
- Agile development in critical systems: assessment challenges and approaches
- Architectures for Complex Cyber-Physical Systems-of-Systems
- Automated verification and validation of critical systems
- Certification of Complex and integrated Systems
- Dynamic and evolving systems: new needs for verification, validation and certification
- Model-driven approaches for the assessment of dependable and secure systems
- Dependable and secure cloud systems and virtualized environments
- Secure data communication in cyber-physical networks
- Experimental assessment of dependability and security
- Tools and demos for the assessment of complex systems
- Practical experiences and testbeds related to safety and security of cyber-physical systems
- Industrial experiences and best practices relevant to safety and security of cyber-physical systems
- Open issues, practical experiences and real-world case studies
Submission Guidelines
The workshop will consider the following kinds of submissions:
- Regular Papers (up to 8 pages), which should present complete contributions or the presentation of consolidated ongoing work;
- Short papers (4 pages), which should present new research ideas and initial contributions that do not have to be fully mature or consolidated;
- Emerging Ideas (2 pages), which should present new research ideas and directions within the topics of the workshop, with a stronger focus on sparking discussion at the event.
Submissions must be written in English, following the IEEE two-column format for conference proceedings. The category of the paper should be clearly marked on the first page at the time of initial submission, but should be removed from the camera ready version. Authors are requested to first register their submissions and then submit their manuscripts in PDF format at the JEMS webpage. JEMS limits to a maximum of 8 authors per paper. More than 8 authors is allowed, but must be indicated to the TPC chairs after acceptance notification. Accepted papers, in all categories, shall be presented by the authors at the event, and will be published in the IEEE proceedings.
For Accepted Papers
Accepted papers must upload a video of the presentation before the workshop. LADC 2021 (including WAFERS) will use a redundant online model, with presentations being recorded as videos and uploaded in advance, and the authors attending a scheduled session in which the video will be played through a video conferencing system, with authors synchronously answering questions from the audience. Each work will also be assigned a chat room, where the video will be posted in advance, so the audience can also asynchronously interact with authors.
Videos must be uploaded to any repository (e.g. unlinked YouTube, Dropbox, Google Drive) from which the organization will be able to download them without any authentication procedures. The link must be submitted via the SBC's submission system (JEMS) before November 12, 2021. The videos will be played according to the Program. All papers must be presented in English. Full papers' videos must not exceed 15 minutes. They will be presented in 20 minutes slots, with 5 minutes for discussions. Before preparing your video, please check a tutorial like this to ensure its quality.