The 2nd Special Session on
High Performance Mission Critical System Development
(HiPMiC 2019)

*** EXTENDED DEADLINE ***

CALL FOR PAPERS & PARTICIPATION


As part of
The 17th International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2019)
http://hpcs2019.cisedu.info/ or http://conf.cisedu.info/rp/hpcs19

July 15 – 19, 2019
Dublin, Ireland


Paper Submission Deadline: 20 March 2019

Submissions could be for full papers, short papers, poster papers, or posters



SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES

High Performance Mission Critical systems are becoming increasingly relevant in many applications and domains. Flight control systems, power systems, Infrastructure, medical systems and command and control systems are just a few examples of hardware and software systems requiring real-time or near real-time control, high precision and accuracy, and a high degree of fault tolerance/resilience.

This special session aims to be a forum to discuss the most pressing issues and to present the latest advances in the development of high performance mission critical and cyber-physical systems.

The HiPMiC track topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:

Critical Infrastructure Resilience
Formal Development Methods
Agile Development for Mission Critical Systems
Fault Tolerance and Resilience in Cyber-Physical and Critical Systems
Round-trip Engineering and Traceability
Multi-core Development for Mission Critical Systems
Life-cycle Management in Mission Critical Systems
Critical Infrastructures for Cyber-Physical Systems
Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies
Smart Building Security
Smart Household Appliances
Multi-physics Simulation for Critical Systems Driven Product Development
Embedded Security in Critical Infrastructures
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems
Critical Infrastructure IoT based Security
Critical Infrastructure Surveillance, Interception, Blocking and Sovereignty
MCS Quality Assessment and Maintenance
Standards and Certification
Domains (Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste; Healthcare and Public Health; Water, Dams, and Wastewater Systems; Food and Agricultural Systems; Financial Services; etc.)


INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS

You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to high performance mission critical and cyber-physical development and systems. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere until it appears in HPCS proceedings, in the case of acceptance, or notified otherwise. Submission can be for
- Regular papers, please submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript, not to exceed 8 double-column formatted pages per template, and include up to 6 keywords and an abstract of no more than 400 words. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and all authors email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author(s) although all authors are equally responsible for the manuscript.
- Short papers (up to 4 pages), please submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript, not to exceed 4 double-column formatted pages per template, and include up to 6 keywords and an abstract of no more than 400 words. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and all authors email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author(s) although all authors are equally responsible for the manuscript.
- Poster papers and Posters (please refer to http://hpcs2019.cisedu.info/1-call-for-papers-and-participation/call-for-posters for posters submission details) will also be considered.

Please specify the type of submission you have. Please include page numbers on all preliminary submissions to make it easier for reviewers to provide helpful comments.

Submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript to the special session paper submission site at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hpcs19hipmic . Acknowledgement will be sent within 48 hours of submission.

Conference Policies
Only PDF files will be accepted, uploaded to the submission link above. Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected based on their originality, relevance, significance, technical clarity and presentation, language, and references. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper will have to register and attend the HPCS 2019 conference to present the paper at the special session as scheduled. By submitting the paper to the HPCS conference, all authors agree to abide by all HPCS conference paper submission, publication and presentation policies as well as following ethical and professional codes of conduct, including those of the professional co-sponsoring organizations. For more information, please refer to the Authors Info and Registration Info pages.

Proceedings
Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings. Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the HPCS 2019 Conference web site. It is our intent to have the proceedings formally published in hard and soft copies and be available at the time of the conference. The proceedings is projected to be included in the IEEE or ACM Digital Library and indexed in all major indexing services accordingly.

SPECIAL ISSUE
Plans are underway to have the best papers, in extended version, selected for possible publication in a reputable journal as special issue. Detailed information will soon be announced and will be made available on the conference website.

If you have any questions about paper submission or the special session, please contact the special session organizers.

IMPORTANT DATES


Paper Submissions: ------------------------------------------ 10 April 2019
Acceptance Notification: ------------------------------------- 24 April 2019
Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due by: ---------- 8 May 2019
Conference Dates: ------------------------------------------- 15–19 July 2019



SPECIAL SESSION ORGANIZERS

Frédéric Petit
Decision and Infrastructure Sciences Division
Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA
Phone: +1 630 252 8718
Fax: +1 630 252 6675
Email: fpetit@anl.gov

Steffen Wendzel
information Security and Computer Networks
Worms University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 6241 509 213
Fax: +49 (0) 6241 509 280
Email: wendzel@hs-worms.de

Roland Varriale
Risk and Infrastructure Sciences Division
Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA
Phone: +1 (630) 252 5506
Fax: +1 (630) 252 6675
Email: rvarriale@anl.gov

International Program Committee*:

All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the special session technical program committee members following similar criteria used in HPCS 2019 and will be published as part of the HPCS 2019 Proceedings.

Krzysztof Cabaj, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Luca Caviglione, ISSIA/CNR, Italy
Mehdi Chourib, University of Hagen, Germany
Bernhard Fechner, University of Hagen, Germany
Ron Fisher, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, USA
Alexander Ganin, University of Virginia, Virginia, USA
Bela Genge, Petru Maior University of Tg Mures, Romania
Alec Hay, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aleksandar Jovanovic, European Virtual Institute for Integrated Risk Management (EU-VRi), Germany
Hanno Langweg, Konstanz University of Applied Sciences, HTWG Konstanz, Germany
Wojciech Mazurczyk, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Aleksandra Mileva, University Goce Delcev, Macedonia
Knut Øien, SINTEF - Stiftelsen for industriell og teknisk forskning, Trondheim, Norway
Marius Stan, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA
Jernej Tonejc, University of Bonn, Germany
Simon Vrhovec, University of Maribor, Slovenia
more TPC members t.b.a.

(* Committee formation is pending and will be finalized shortly.)

For information or questions about Conference's paper submission, tutorials, posters, workshops, special sessions, exhibits, demos, panels and forums organization, doctoral colloquium, and any other information about the conference location, registration, paper formatting, etc., please consult the Conference’s web site at URL: http://hpcs2019.cisedu.info/ or http://conf.cisedu.info/rp/hpcs19 or contact one of the Conference's organizers.