IWFM'98

 

  2nd. Irish Workshop in Formal Methods.

 
 

   Organized by IFMSIG.

 This material organised into several linked pages.
 

   National University of Ireland, Cork.

   2nd. - 3rd. July 1998.

 

The second Irish Workshop in formal methods (IWFM'98) takes place at
National University of Ireland, Cork in July '98.

Thursday a.m., 2nd. July 1998 Registration and Main meeting.
Friday a.m. 3rd. July 1998 Main meeting.

The following invited speakers will give presentations at the workshop.

 Prof. Dines Bjorner (Technical University of Denmark)
 Dr. Jan Rutten (Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, Netherlands)

Pre-prints of the proceedings will be available as part of the registration
pack. To attend, please complete and return the booking form with the
appropriate fee. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

The workshop is being organised by the Irish Formal Methods Special
Interest Group (IFMSIG) . The first workshop was held in Dublin Ireland in
July  1997, and the proceedings are available as part
of the electronic Workshops in Computing series, published by Springer.
 

Programme Co-Chair: Andrew Butterfield (Trinity College, Dublin)
Programme Co-Chair: Sharon Flynn (National University of Ireland, Galway)

Organisation Co-Chair: Anthony Seda  (NUI, Cork)
Organisation Co-Chair: Claus Pahl  (NUI, Cork)
Programme Committee:

         Andrew Butterfield (TCD)
         Andy S. Evans (Bradford)
         Sharon Flynn (NUI, Galway)
         Rotan Hanrahan (Tallaght IT)
         Michael Hinchey (NJIT,UL)
         Richard Lawlor (DIT)
         Henry McLoughlin (NUI, Dublin)
         Peter Kilpatrick (QUB)
         Gerard O'Regan (Motorola, Cork)
         Claus Pahl (NUI, Cork)
         Norah Power (UL)
         Anthony Seda (NUI, Cork)

 

IWFM'98: Local Information

 

Travel to Cork

The city is served by Cork International airport which has regular flights
to Dublin, the UK and several European cities.

There is a frequent ferry service between the UK (Swansea) and Cork, and
a weekly ferry between France (Brittany) and Cork.

Cork also has good rail connections to Dublin, Ireland's capital city.

Useful information about Cork, including travel can be found at
   http://www.aardvark.ie/cork/ .

 
 

Local Info

Cork is Ireland's second city (after Dublin) and has always been an
important sea port. It began on an island in the swampy estuary of the River
Lee (the name Corcaigh means a marsh), and gradually climbed up the steep
banks on either side. Today the river flows through the city in two main
channels.

The voices of the citizens have a characteristic sing-song cadence which
is in harmony with the hilly up and down topography of the city. Corkonians
are among the most talkative of the Irish and take a special pride in their
city. The city has a tradition of welcoming visitors due to its rich maritime
history.

The city was founded by St. Finbarr in the seventh century, and its history
includes Viking and Anglo Norman influences. Cork has a reputation for
independence and stubborn resistance, and is known as "Rebel Cork".

The best way to see the city and to sample its way of life is by walking. The
city centre is quite small and many of the sights are within walking
distance. Among these is St. Finbarr's Cathedral, which is an excellent example
of Gothic architecture. The university and grounds are very beautiful
with one channel of the river Lee flowing through the grounds. The Honan
chapel is modelled on Cormac's in Cashel and includes stained glass windows
by Harry Clarke.

The city is dominated by Shandon Tower and its famous bells. The historical
Butter Market is adjacent to Shandon and St. Mary's Cathedral is nearby.
Also worth visiting is the city hall, the English Market, and the Crawford
Art Gallery. There are two Breweries in Cork namely Murphy's Brewery and
Beamish and Crawfords. Visitors may wish to sample the local brew of Murphy
stout and Beamish Stout.

There are many places to visit close to Cork including Blarney Castle and
the Blarney Stone, the Queenstown Heritage Centre in Cobh (the last port of
call of the Titanic), Fota Wildlife Park and arboreteum, the Middleton
Distillery and Heritage Centre, the international gourmet town of Kinsale,
etc. All in all, visitors will find a visit to Cork to be quite an enjoyable
and memorable experience.

 

Booking Information

ACCOMMODATION:
Accommodation is available at Castlewhite Appartments, UCC.
 The cost is 20.00 IEP per person per night bed and continental
 breakfast, or 23.00 IEP per person per night and full Irish breakfast.

Booking for accommodation should be made directly with Castlewhite,
whose booking form is reproduced at the end of this announcement.

 

WORKSHOP

 

Please send the workshop booking form  (below) and specific queries concerning bookings to:

 Mary O'Regan,
 Administrator,
 School of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics,
 National University of Ireland, Cork

 Tel: +353-21-902537   Fax: +353-21-903106
 Email: "Mary O'Regan" <m.oregan@ucc.ie>

Please note that payment for the workshop is to be made via a bank
draft in Irish pounds (punts).

**** Payment cannot be taken by credit card.

 
 

IWFM'98: Contact Information

Andrew Butterfield,                          Sharon Flynn
Programme Co-Chair, IWFM'98,    Programme Co-Chair, IWFM'98,
Dept. of Computer Science,.            Information Technology Centre,
Trinity College,                                National University of Ireland, Galway
Dublin 2, Ireland.                             Ireland.
-                               -
Tel: +353-1-6082517                      Tel: +353-91-750382
Fax: +353-1-6772204                     Fax: +353-91-750501
Andrew.Butterfield@cs.tcd.ie    Sharon.Flynn@ucg.ie
 

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

Thursday, 2nd. July 1998.
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9:00 - 9:30  Registration/Coffee.

9:30 - 9:35  Welcome & Open (President, UCC)

9:35 - 10:30 INVITED SPEAKER
   Prof. Dines Bjorner (Technical University of Denmark).
   (Introduced by: Micheal Mac an Airchinnigh)

10:30 - 11:00  Coffee

11:00 - 12:30   Session #1

 11:00 - 11:30  Anthony Karel Seda and Pascal Hitzler
                "Strictly Level-Decreasing Logic Programs"
 11:30 - 12:00  Arthur Hughes
                "Constructive Mathematics in Topoi"
 12:00 - 12:30 Claus Pahl
               "Facilitating Modular Property-Preserving Extensions
                of Programming Languages"
 

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:30   Session #2

 14:00 - 14:30 Richard Shore
               "A Use Case Interpretation of B AMN"
 14:30 - 15:00 Brian Matthews and Elvira Locuratolo
               "Translating Structured Database Schemas
                into Abstract Machines"
 15:00 - 15:30 Raphael Couturier
               "Formal engineering of the bitonic sort using PVS"

15:30 - 16:00  Coffee

 16:00 - 17:00   Session #3

 16:00 - 16:30 T.J.Harmer, P.J.McParland and J.M.Boyle
               "Applications of the TAMPR Transformation System"
 16:30 - 17:00 Stephen Fitpatrick, M.Clint and P. Kilpatrick
               "A Case Study on Proving Transformations Correct:
                Data-Parallel Conversion"

17:00  Close

19:00 Coach for dinner

20:00 Dinner in Ballymaloe House, Co. Cork.
 

Friday, 3rd. July 1998.
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9:30 - 10:30 INVITED SPEAKER
  Dr. Jan Rutten (Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, Netherlands)
  (Introduced by Anthony Seda)

10:30 - 11:00  Coffee

11:00 - 12:30   Session #4

 11:00 - 11:30 Hugh Gibbons
               "Declarative View of Imperative Programs"
 11:30 - 12:00 Luming Lai
               "An Unbounded Nondeterministic Model for CSP-like Languages"
 12:00 - 12:30 Mark A. Changizi
               "A New Semantics for Vagueness"

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:00   Session #5

 14:00 - 14:30 Paul Gibson and Dominique Mery
               "Teaching Formal Methods: Lessons to learn"
 14:30 - 15:00 Micheal Mac an Airchinnigh
               "Mathematics for Formal Methods, a proposal for education reform"

15:00 - 16:00  --- to be decided

16:00 - 16:15   Prizes & Close.
 
 

 

WORKSHOP BOOKING FORM:

__________________________________________________________________________
 

IWFM'98 Booking Form, 2nd. Irish Workshop in Formal Methods,
  University College Cork, 2-3rd. July, 1998.
 

NAME:________________________________________ TITLE:_____________
 

ORGANIZATION:____________________________________________________
 

ADDRESS:_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________
 

COUNTRY:_____________________ POSTCODE:__________________________
 

TELEPHONE:___________________ FAX:_______________________________
 

EMAIL:___________________________________________________________
 

ARRIVAL DATE:___________________ DEPARTURE DATE:_________________
 

SPECIAL DIETS:___________________________________________________
 

WORKSHOP FEE:
 Includes lunch on both Thursday and Friday, dinner on Thursday,
 and pre-prints of the proceedings.
 

Cost (before 8/6/98)
 Earner:  110.00 IEP (Irish pounds)      ________
 Student:  55.00 IEP (Irish pounds)      ________
 

Cost (after 8/6/98)
 Earner:  125.00 IEP (Irish pounds)      ________
 Student:  62.500 IEP (Irish pounds)     ________
 
 

WORKSHOP FEE DUE:      ________
 

- Please note that payment must be made via a bank draft in Irish pounds
(punts) made out to IWFM'98.

- The draft (in punts) must be forwarded with the registration form to:

 Mary O'Regan,
 Administrator,
 School of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics,
 UCC.

 Tel: +353-21-902537   Fax: +353-21-903106
 Email: "Mary O'Regan" <m.oregan@ucc.ie>
 

ACCOMMODATION BOOKING

THE FOLLOWING FORM COVERS PERIOD 1st-4th JULY - it can be used for any
subset of that period --- if you wish to stay longer than that, then
you need to negotiate with Castlewhite on rates.

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                         ACCOMMODATION BOOKING FORM

                         UCC CASTLEWHITE APARTMENTS

                                  IWFM'98

                           JULY 1st -- 4th, 1998

    Name:................................................................
 
    Address:............................................................

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    Telephone Number:...........................................
 

    Arrival time on 1st July:.........................(after 3.00 pm)
 

    Departure time on 4th July:....................(before 10.00 am)

Rates

    B & B per person per night (continental breakfast) = IR\pounds 20.00.

    B & B per person per night (full Irish breakfast)  = IR\pounds 23.00.

PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM CLEARLY, ENCLOSE APPROPRIATE
PAYMENT AND RETURN NO LATER THAN 27th JUNE TO:

    UCC CASTLEWHITE APARTMENTS
    WESTERN ROAD,
    CORK.
    IRELAND.

    Phone: +353 21 902867/341473,
    Fax:   +353 21 344099
    E-mail: castlewhite@ucc.ie,
 
 

Andrew.Butterfield@cs.tcd.ie