JLAMP special issue on Programming Language Approaches to Concurrency and Communication-cEntric Software

by Vasco Vasconcelos, June 6, 2014

This special issue of the Journal of Logical and Algebraic Methods in
Programming is devoted to the topics of the 7th International Workshop
on Programming Language Approaches to Concurrency and
Communication-cEntric Software. This is however an open call for
papers, therefore both participants of the workshop and other authors
are encouraged to submit their contributions.

                                                        Call for Papers

                   JOURNAL OF LOGICAL AND ALGEBRAIC METHODS IN PROGRAMMING

                                                       Special Issue on

Programming Language Approaches to Concurrency and Communication-cEntric Software

_ IMPORTANT DATES

Submission of papers: August 1, 2014

First review decision: October 31, 2014

Revision due: December 1, 2014

Acceptance notification: January 31, 2015

Final manuscript due:  February 28, 2015

Expected publication: Spring 2015

_ AIMS AND SCOPE

This special issue of the Journal of Logical and Algebraic Methods in Programming

(JLAMP,

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-logical-and-algebraic-methods-in-programming)

is devoted to the topics of the 7th International Workshop on

Programming Language Approaches to Concurrency and

Communication-cEntric Software (PLACES 2014,

http://places14.di.fc.ul.pt), which took place on April 2014 in

Grenoble, as part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and

Practice of Software (ETAPS). This is however an open call for papers,

therefore both participants of the workshop and other authors are

encouraged to submit their contributions.

Submissions are invited in the general area of programming language

approaches to concurrency, communication and distribution, ranging

from foundational issues, through language implementations, to

applications and case studies. Specific topics include, but are not

limited to:

- Design and implementation of programming languages with first class

support for concurrency and communication

- Behavioural types, including session types

- Concurrent data types, objects and actors

- Verification and program analysis methods for concurrent and

distributed software

- Runtime systems for scalable management of concurrency and resource

allocation

- High-level programming abstractions addressing security concerns in

concurrent and distributed programming

- Multi- and many-core programming models, including methods for

harnessing GPUs and other accelerators

- Memory models for concurrent programming on relaxed-memory

architectures

- Integration of sequential and concurrent programming techniques

- Use of message passing in systems software

- Interface languages for communication and distribution 

- Novel programming methodologies for sensor networks

- Programming language approaches to web services

- Concurrency and communication in event processing and business

process management

_ SUBMISSION

We expect original articles (20-30 pages) that present high-quality

contributions that have not been previously published in another

journal and that must not be simultaneously submitted for publication

elsewhere.  Longer papers will be considered if there is a clear

justification for why additional pages are necessary; authors should

contact the guest editors to discuss this. Each paper will undergo a

thorough evaluation by at least two reviewers.  The authors will have

about one month to incorporate the comments of the reviewers and

submit a revised version of their papers, which will be evaluated

again by the reviewers to make a final decision.

Contributions should be typeset in PDF format and must comply with

JLAMP's author guidelines, which can be retrieved from

http://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-logical-and-algebraic-methods-in-programming/2352-2208/guide-for-authors.

Submissions are handled by the Elsevier Editorial System and can be

uploaded from the JLAMP web page.

_ GUEST EDITORS

Alastair Donaldson, Imperial College London, UK, [email protected]

Vasco T. Vasconcelos, University of Lisbon, PT, [email protected]