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                 * *   FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON   * *
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                               July 1-5, 1996

                        Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit"at

                             Munich,  Germany.


                            Preliminary Program

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MONDAY, JULY 1st, 1996

10.00 - 18.00

An experience with MEC in a real industrial project
Andre Arnold
University of Bordeaux, France
      
Industrial Applications of ASF+SDF
Arie van Deursen
Techn. Univ. Eindhoven, The Netherlands
       
Industrial Trials of Formal Specification
John Fitzgerald
University Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Using Heterogeneous Formal Methods in Distributed Software Engineering Education
Bernd Kramer
Fern-Universitat Hagen, Germany

Applying Research Results in the Industrial Environment: The Case of the
TRIO Specification Language       
Dino Mandrioli
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
        
Introducing Formal Methods to Software Engineers Through 
OMG's CORBA Environment and Interface Definition Language
Sriram Sankar 
Sun Microsystems Laboratories, USA




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TUESDAY, JULY 2nd, 1996
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08.00-8.45    Registration

08.45-9.00    Opening 

09:00-10:00   Invited Talk
 	     
                Classification Approach to Design
                Douglas Smith
                Kestrel Institute, Palo Alto, USA


10:00-10:15   Discussion


10:15-10:45   Coffee Break


10:45-12:15   Session 1: Theorem Proving
	      
	        Semantic Foundations for Embedding HOL in Nuprl
                D. J. Howe 
	        AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
                
   	        Free Variable Tableaux for a Many Sorted Logic with Preorders
                A. Gavilanes, J. Leach, S. Nieva
	        Univ. Complutense Madrid

	        Automating Induction over Mutually Recursive Functions
	        D. Kapur, M. Subramaniam 
                University at Albany, New York
                

12:15-13:45   Lunch


13:45-15:15   Session 2: Algebraic Specification

                Pushouts of Order-Sorted Algebraic Specifications
                A. E. Haxthausen and F. Nickl
                The Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby
                and sd&m, M"unchen

                A Formal Framework for Modules with State
                D. Ancona and E. Zucca 
                UniversitaB

                Object-Oriented Implementation of Abstract Data Type  
                Specifications
                R. Hennicker and C. Schmitz 
                Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit"at M"unchen and 
                Universit"at T"ubingen


15:15-15:30   Coffee Break


15:30-16:30   	System Demo Presentations

	        SPECWARE: an Advanced Environment for the Formal Development 
                of Complex Software Systems
                R. Juellig, Y. Srinivas, J. Liu
                Kestrel Institute, Palo Alto

		ASSPEGIQUE: An Integrated Specification Environment Providing
 		Inter-Operability of Tools
		M. Bidoit*, C. Choppy** and F. Voisin***		
                LIENS, C.N.R.S. & Ecole Normale Supe'rieure,Paris*,
                IRIN, Universite' de Nantes & Ecole Centrale, Nantes**,  
                LRI, C.N.R.S. & Universite' de Paris-Sud, Orsay***
                
		Towards Integrating Algebraic Specification and Functional  
		Programming: the Opal System
		K. Didrich, C. Gerke, W. Grieskamp, C. Maeder, P. Pepper 
                Technische Universit"at Berlin

		InterACT: An Interactive Theorem Prover for Algebraic 
                Specifications
		R. Geisler, M. Klar, F. Cornelius 
                Technische Universit"at Berlin

		A new Proof-Manager and Graphic Interface for the Larch Prover
		F. Voisin 
                LRI, C.N.R.S. & Universite' de Paris-Sud, Orsay

		TERSE: A Visual Environment for Supporting Analysis, 
                Verification and Transformation of Term Rewriting Systems
		N. Kawaguchi, T. Sakabe, Y. Inagaki 
                Nagoya University
 

16:30-16:45   Coffee Break


16:45-18:15   Session 3: Concurrent and Reactive Systems

                On the Completeness of the Equations for the Kleene Star in 
                Bisimulation 
                Wan Fokkink 
                Utrecht University

                An Equational Axiomatization of Observation Congruence for                
                Prefix Iteration
                L. Aceto and A. Ingolfsdottir
                Alborg University

                Finite Axiom Systems for Testing Preorder and
                De Simone Process Languages
                I. Ulidowski 
                Kyoto University



WEDNESDAY, JULY 3rd, 1996
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08:30-09:30   Invited Talk

                Constructive Semantics of Esterel: From Theory to Practice
                Gerard Berry
                Centre de Math. Appl., Sophia Antipolis, France
  

09:30-09:45   Discussion


09:45-10:15   Coffee Break


10.15-12:15   Session 4: Program Verification

                Using Ghost Variables to Prove Refinement
                M. Marcus and A. Pnueli 
                Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

                Tracing the Origins of Verification Conditions
                R. Fraer	
                INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France

                Preprocessing for Invariant Validation
                E. P. Gribomont 
                University of Lie`ge

                Formal Verification of SIGNAL Programs:
                Application to a Power Transformer Station Controller
                M. Le Borgne*, H. Marchand*, E. Rutten*, M. Samaan**
                IRISA/INRIA,Rennes*, EDF/DER, EP, dept. CCC, Chatou**
              


12:15-13:45   Lunch


13:45-14:45   Invited Talk

                The Discrete Time Toolbus
                J.A. Bergstra and P. Klint
                CWI Amsterdam, The Netherlands


14:45-15:00   Discussion


15:00-15:15   Coffee Break


15:15-16:15   System Demo Presentations

		The TOOLBUS Coordination Architecture
		P. Klint 
                University of Amsterdam					

 		A Demonstration of ASD: The Action Semantic Description Tools
		A. van Deursen and P. D. Mosses 	
                Eindhoven University of Technology and Aarhus University

		Using Occurrence and Evolving Algebras for the 
		Specification of Language-Based Programming Tools
		Arnd Poetzsch-Heffter 
                Technische Universit"at M"unchen		

		ECHIDNA: A System for Manipulating Explicit Choice
		Higher Dimensional Automata
		R. Buckland and M. Johnson
        	Macquarie University
								
		Verification using PEP
		S. Melzer, S. Romer, J. Esparza 
                Technische Universit"at M"unchen

		The FC2TOOLS Set
		A. Bouali, A. Ressouche, V. Roy, R. de Simone 
                INRIA Sophia-Antipolis & Ecole des Mines de Paris


16:15-16:30   Coffee Break


16:30-18:00   Session 5: Concurrent and Reactive Systems

                A Study on the Specification and Verification of 
                Performance Properties
                Xiao Jun Chen*, F. Corradini**, R. Gorrieri***
                Universita` "La Sapienza", Roma*, University of Sussex,
                Brighton**, Universita` di Bologna***

                Symbolic Bisimulation for Timed Processes
                M. Boreale 
                Istituto per L'Elaborazione dell'Informazione-C.N.R.,Pisa

                Approximative Analysis by Process Algebra with
                Graded Spatial Actions
                Y. Isobe, Y. Sato, K. Ohmaki 
                Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba





THURSDAY, JULY 4th, 1996
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08:30-09:30   Invited Talk

                Boolean Formalism and Explanations
                Eric C. R. Hehner
                University of Toronto, Canada
  

09:30-09:45   Discussion


09:45-10:15   Coffee Break


10.15-11:45   Session 6: Logic Programming and Term Rewriting

                Proving Existential Termination of Normal Logic Programs
                M. Marchiori 
	        University of Padova 
             
                Programming in Lygon: An Overview             
                J. Harland*, D. Pym**, M. Winikoff***
                Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne*,
                University of London**, University of Melbourne***

                Some Characteristics of Strong Innermost Normalization
                M. R. K. Krishna Rao 
                Max-Planck-Institut fB

11.45-12.15   System Demo Presentations
		
                Programming in LYGON: A System Demonstration
		J. Harland*, D. Pym**, M. Winikoff***
                Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne*,
                University of London**, University of Melbourne***
		
                CtCoq: a System Presentation
		J. Bertot and Y. Bertot 
                INRIA Sophia-Antipolis		

		The TYPELAB Specification and Verification Environment 
		F. W. von Henke, M. Luther, M. Strecker, M. Wagner	
                Universit"at Ulm							


12:15-13:45   Lunch


13:45-14:45   Invited Talk

                On the Emergence of Properties in Component-Based Systems
	        J. L. Fiadeiro
                University of Lisbon, Portugal

14:45-15:00   Discussion


15:00-15:15   Coffee Break


15:15-16:15   System Demo Presentations
		
                Incremental Formalization
		B. Steffen, T. Margaria, A. Classen, V. Braun 
                Universit"at Passau

		PROPLANE: A Specification Development Environment
		Jeanine Souquieres and Nicole Levy 
                Universite' de Nancy

		A Logic-Based Technology to Mechanize Software Components Reuse
		Patrick Parot 
               	INRIA Le Chesnay				

		TkGofer: A Functional GUI Library
		W. Schulte, T. Schwinn, T. Vullinghs 
                Universit"at Ulm

		Object-oriented Design of a Class Library for a
		Metamodel based on Algebraic Graph Theory
 		S. Erdmann and I. Classen 
                Technische Universit"at Berlin							 				


16:15-16:30   Coffee Break


16:30-18:00   Session 7: Algebraic and Logical Foundations

                Algebraic View Specification
                B. Paech
                Technische UniversitB

                Towards Heterogeneous Formal Specifications
                G. Bernot, S. Coudert, P. Le Gall 
                Universite' d'Evry

                A Categorical Characterization of Consistency Results
                C. Baier and M. Majster-Cederbaum 
                Universit"at Mannheim




FRIDAY, JULY 5th, 1996
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08:30-09:30   Invited Talk

                Algebraic Specification of Reactive Systems
                Manfred Broy
                Technische UniversitB
  

09:30-09:45   Discussion


09:45-10:15   Coffee Break


10.15-11:45   Session 8: Concurrent and Reactive Systems

                A Model for Mobile Point-To-Point Data-Flow
	        Networks without Channel Sharing
                R. Grosu and K.Stolen 
	        Technische Universit"at M"unchen 
             
                Coalgebraic Specifications and Models of 
                Deterministic Hybrid Systems             
                B. Jacobs
                CWI, Amsterdam

                A Bounded Retransmission Protocol for Large Data Packets
                J.F. Groote and J. van de Pol 
                Utrecht University

11.45-12.15   System Demo Presentations
		
                Resolution of Goals with the Functional and Logic programming
                Language LPG: Impact of Abstract Interpretation
		Didier Bert, Kamel Adi, Rachid Echahed 
                IMAG-LSR,CNRS, Grenoble									

		Combining Reductions and Computations in ReDuX
		R. B"undgen and W. Lauterbach 
                Universit"at T"ubingen

		Conditional Directed Narrowing
		S. Limet and P. Rety 
                LIFO-Universite' d'Orleans				



12:15-13:45   Lunch

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The registration forms will be sent soon.

A word-wide-web page containing information about the conference is
reachable by URL: http://www.pst.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/amast96 .
e-mail:  amast96-info@informatik.uni-muenchen.de