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Fifth Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems (FMAS 2023)
Leiden, The Netherlands 15th and 16th of November 2023
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Extended Deadline: 31st of August 2023
We are applying for a special issue with Science of Computer Programming to
accompany FMAS 2023.
FMAS 2023 is a two-day peer-reviewed international workshop that brings
together researchers working on a range of techniques for the formal
verification of autonomous systems, to present recent work in the area, discuss
key challenges, and stimulate collaboration between autonomous systems and
formal methods researchers. Previous editions are listed on DBLP:
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More details can be found on our website:
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Our twitter account is:
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and posts about this year's workshop use the tag #FMAS2023
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Important Dates
Extended Submission: 31st of August 2023 (Anywhere on Earth
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Extended Notification: 29th September 2023
Final Version: 20th October 2023
Workshop: 15th and 16th of November 2023
Scope
Autonomous systems present unique challenges for formal methods. They are often
embodied in robotic systems that can interact with the real world, and they
make independent decisions. Amongst other categories, they can be viewed as
safety-critical, cyber-physical, hybrid, and real-time systems.
Key challenges for applying formal methods to autonomous systems include:
the system's dynamic deployment environment;
verifying the system's decision making capabilities -- including planning,
ethical, and reconfiguration choices; and
using formal methods results as evidence given to certification or regulatory
organisations.
FMAS welcomes submissions that use formal methods to specify, model, or verify
autonomous systems; in whole or in part. We are especially interested in work
using integrated formal methods, where multiple (formal or non-formal) methods
are combined during the software engineering process. We encourage submissions
that are advancing the applicability of formal methods for autonomous systems,
for example improving integration or explainability, automation or knowledge
transfer of these technique; a wider discussion of these principles can be
found in 'A Manifesto for Applicable Formal Methods'
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Autonomous systems are often embedded in robotic or cyber-physical systems, and
they share many features (and verification challenges) with automated systems.
FMAS welcomes submissions with applications to:
automated systems,
semi-autonomous systems, or
fully-autonomous systems.
Topics
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
Applicable, tool-supported Formal Methods that are suited to Autonomous Systems
Runtime Verification or other formal approaches to deal with the reality gap
(the gap between models/simulations and the real world),
Verification against safety assurance arguments or standards documents,
Formal specification and requirements engineering approaches for autonomous
systems,
Case Studies that identify challenges when applying formal methods to
autonomous systems,
Experience Reports that provide guidance for tackling challenges with formal
methods or tools, or
Discussions of the future directions of the field.
Because the above list is not exhaustive, if you are unsure if your paper is in
scope for FMAS please feel free to email us (addresses below) to discuss it.
Submission and Publication
There are four categories of submission:
Vision papers 6 pages (excluding references) describe directions for research
into Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems;
Research previews 6 pages (excluding references) describe well-defined research
ideas that are in their early stages, and my not be fully developed yet. Work
from PhD students is particularly welcome;
Experience report papers 15 pages (excluding references) report on practical
experiences in applying Formal Methods to Autonomous Systems, focussing on the
experience and lessons to be learnt;
Regular papers 15 pages (excluding references) describe completed applications
of Formal Methods to an Autonomous System, new or improved approaches,
evaluations of existing approaches, and so on.
These categories are intended to help you show your intent for your paper, and
to allow a fairer comparison of papers. For example, a Research Preview won't
be judged as not developed enough for acceptance, purely because it is compared
to a Standard Paper. The category descriptions are not exhaustive and should be
interpreted broadly. If you are unsure if your paper clearly fits into one of
these categories, please feel free to email us (details below) to discuss it.
We are applying for a special issue with Science of Computer Programming to
accompany FMAS 2023.
Submission details
Submission Link:
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please select one of the four submission categories during submission.
Submissions must be prepared using the EPTCS LaTeX style
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Each submission will receive at least three, single-blind reviews. If a paper
is accepted, at least one of the authors must register for, and attend, the
workshop to present their work. We intend that accepted papers will be
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Venue
FMAS 2023 will be held on the 15th and 16th of November 2023, co-located with
the International Conference on Integrated Formal Methods (iFM) 2023
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>, hosted by Leiden University, The Netherlands.
We will accept participation in-person and remotely, details are being
finalised.
Organising Committee
Matt Luckcuck [email protected], University of Derby, UK
Marie Farrell [email protected], University of Manchester, UK
Mario Gleirscher [email protected], University of Bremen, Germany
Maike Schwammberger [email protected], Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,
Germany
