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                          16th Workshop on 
      Quantitative Aspects of Programming Languages and Systems

                             QAPL 2019

  Affiliated with ETAPS 2019 Prague, Czech Republic, 6+7 April 2019

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SCOPE:

The scope of the QAPL workshop is to discuss new developments on the
quantitative evaluation of systems, with an emphasis on quantitative
aspects of computation, broadly construed.

We solicit papers on theory, engineering methodologies, tools, case
studies, and experience reports where quantitative properties such as
bandwidth, cost, energy, memory, performance, probability,
reliability, security, and time are first-class citizens.

TOPICS:

Topics of interest include (but are by no means not limited to):

* The design of probabilistic, deterministic, hybrid, real-time, and
  quantum languages, and the definition of their semantical models.

* Quantitative analysis techniques such as simulation, numerical
  solution, symbolic approaches, optimisation methods.

* Specification of quantitative properties such as probabilistic
  model checking and reward structures as well as verification and/or
  synthesis of systems in relation to quantitative aspects.

* Methodologies and frameworks for the engineering of systems based
  on quantitative information, such as reliability engineering and
  software performance engineering.

* Software tools to support the quantitative specification, analysis,
  verification, and synthesis of systems.

* Case studies and applications, for instance about coordination
  models, cyber-physical systems, security, self-adaptive systems,
  smart grids, systems of systems as well as natural/physical domains
  such as chemistry and systems biology.

SUBMISSIONS:

In order to encourage participation and discussion, this workshop
solicits two types of submissions - extended abstracts and presentations:

1. Extended Abstracts: Submissions must be original work, and must not 
  have been previously published, nor be under consideration for
  publication elsewhere. Regular paper submission must not exceed 6
  pages (excluding the bibliography), additional technical material,
  proofs etc. can be provided in a clearly marked appendix which will
  be read by reviewers at their discretion. Regular papers will be
  reviewed by the PC.

2. Presentation Reports concern recent or ongoing work on relevant
  topics and ideas, for timely discussion and feedback at the
  workshop. There is no restriction as for previous/future
  publication of the contents of a presentation. Typically, a
  presentation is based on a paper which recently appeared (or which
  is going to appear) in the proceedings of another recognised
  conference, or which has not yet been submitted. The (extended)
  abstract of presentation submissions should not exceed 3
  pages. Presentation reports will be selected by the PC Chairs (based
  on the availability of presentation time).

All submissions must be in PDF format and use the EPTCS LaTeX style,
see http://style.eptcs.org/. Submissions can be made on the following
website:

        https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=qapl2019

The workshop PC will review all regular paper submissions based on
their relevance, merit, originality, and technical content.
Presentation reports will receive a lightweight review to establish
their relevance for the workshop. The authors of accepted submissions
of both types are expected to present and discuss their work at the
workshop. Accepted regular papers (allowing for minor corrections) will 
be published electronically in the pre-proceedings available during 
the workshop and (extended versions of up to 12-15 pages) after the 
workshop and a second review round in the Electronic Proceedings in 
Theoretical Computer Science (EPTCS) as post-proceedings. 

IMPORTANT DATES:

For extended abstracts:

  Submission:   10 February 2019 (AoE)
  Notification: 27 February 2019
  Corrections (pre-proceedings): 28 February 2019 (AoE)
  Final extended versions (EPTCS proceedings): 7 May 2019

For presentation reports:

  Submission:   25 February 2019 (AoE)
  Notification: 28 February 2019

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:

Vincenzo Ciancia	CNR-ISTI, Italy
Pedro D'Argenio		Univ. Cordoba, Argentina
Erik De Vink		TU/e, Netherlands
Josee Desharnais	Univ. Laval, Belgium
Alessandra Di Pierro	Univ. Verona, Italy
Christoph Haase		Univ. Oxford, UK
Jan Kretinsky		TU Munich, Germany
Michele Loreti		Univ. Camerino, Italy
Mieke Massink		CNR-ISTI, Italy
Mohammadreza Mousavi	Univ. Leicester, UK
Ana Sokolova		Univ. Salzburg, Austria
Jeremy Sproston		Univ. Torino, Italy
Mirco Tribastone	IMT Lucca, Italy
Wang Yi			Univ. Uppsala, Sweden
David Safranek		Univ. Masaryk, Czech Republic

ORGANISATION and PC CHAIRS:

Alessandro Aldini, University of Urbino, Italy
Herbert Wiklicky, Imperial College London, UK