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UPDATED Call for Contributions

29th Ada-Europe International Conference on
Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2025)

10-13 June 2025, Paris, France

www.ada-europe.org/conference2025

*** Journal-track submissions by 20 January 2025 ***
*** Other submissions by 24 February 2025 ***

Organized by Ada-Europe and Ada-France

#AEiC2025 #AdaEurope #AdaProgramming

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*** General Information

The 29th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software
Technologies (AEiC 2025 aka Ada-Europe 2025) will take place in
Paris, France. The conference schedule comprises keynote talks,
a journal track, an industrial track, a work-in-progress track,
a vendor exhibition, parallel tutorials, and satellite workshops.

- Journal track papers present research advances supported by solid
theoretical foundation and thorough evaluation.
- Industrial track contributions highlight the practitioners' side
of a challenging case study or industrial project.
- Work-in-progress track papers illustrate novel research ideas still
at an initial stage, between conception and first prototype.
- Tutorials guide attenders through a hands-on familiarization with
innovative developments or with useful features related to reliable
software.
- Workshops provide discussion forums on themes related to the
conference topics.
- Vendor presentations and exhibitions allow for companies to showcase
their latest products and services.

*** Schedule

20 January 2025: Deadline for submission of journal track papers
24 February 2025: Deadline for submission of industrial track papers,
work-in-progress papers, and tutorial and workshop
proposals
28 March 2025: First round notification for journal track papers,
and notification of acceptance for all other types
of submissions
10-13 June 2025: Conference

*** Scope and Topics

The conference is a leading international forum for providers,
practitioners, and researchers in reliable software technologies.
The conference presentations will illustrate current work in the
theory and practice of the design, development, and maintenance of
long-lived, high-quality software systems for a challenging variety of
application domains. The program will allow ample time for keynotes,
Q&A sessions, discussions, and social events. Participants include
practitioners and researchers from industry, academia, and government
organizations active in the promotion and development of reliable
software technologies.

The topics of interest for the conference include but are not limited
to (more specific topics are described on the conference web page):
- Formal and Model-Based Engineering of Critical Systems;
- High-Integrity Systems and Reliability;
- AI for High-Integrity Systems Engineering;
- Real-Time Systems;
- Ada Language;
- Applications in relevant domains.

More specific topics are described on the conference web page,
at www.ada-europe.org/conference2025.

*** Call for Journal Track Submissions

Following a journal-first model, this edition of the conference
includes a journal track, which seeks original and high-quality
papers that describe mature research work on the conference topics.
Accepted journal track papers will be published in a Special Issue
of Elsevier JSA - the Journal of Systems Architecture (Q1 ranked,
CiteScore 8.5, impact factor 3.7). Contributions must be submitted
by 20 January 2025. For details see conference web site.

JSA has adopted the Virtual Special Issue model to speed up the
publication process, where Special Issue (SI) papers are published
in regular issues, but marked as SI papers. Acceptance decisions
are made on a rolling basis. Therefore, authors are encouraged to
submit papers early, and need not wait until the submission deadline.
Authors who have successfully passed the first round of review will
be invited to present their work at the conference. The abstract of
the accepted contributions will be included in the conference booklet.

Please note that the Ada-Europe organization will waive the Open
Access fees for the first four accepted papers, which do not already
enjoy OA from other agreements with the Publisher. Subsequent papers
will follow JSA regular publishing track. Prospective authors may
direct all enquiries regarding this track to the corresponding chairs,
Laurent Pautet and Sara Royuela.

*** Call for Industrial Track Submissions

The conference seeks industrial-practitioner presentations that deliver
insight on the challenges of developing reliable software. Especially
welcome kinds of submissions are listed on the conference web site.
Given their applied nature, such contributions will be subject to a
dedicated practitioner peer-review process. Interested authors shall
submit a 1-to-2 pages abstract, by 24 February 2025, via EasyChair
at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aeic2025, selecting the
"Industrial track". The format for submission is strictly in PDF,
following the Ada User Journal style; templates are available at
http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/guide.

The abstracts of the accepted contributions will be included in the
conference booklet. The corresponding authors will get a presentation
slot in the prime-time technical program of the conference and will
also be invited to expand their contributions into full-fledged
articles for publication in the Ada User Journal, which will form
the proceedings of the industrial track of the Conference.

Prospective authors may direct all enquiries regarding this track to
its chairs, Daniela Cancila and Laurent Gouzenes.

*** Call for Work-in-progress Track Submissions

The work-in-progress (WiP) track seeks two kinds of submissions:
(a) ongoing research and (b) early-stage ideas. Ongoing research
submissions are 4-page papers describing research results that are
not mature enough to be submitted to the journal track. Early-stage
ideas are 1-page papers that pitch new research directions that fall
within the scope of the conference. Both kinds of submissions must
be original and shall undergo anonymous peer review. Submissions
by recent MSc graduates and PhD students are especially sought.
Authors shall submit their work by 24 February 2025, via EasyChair
at https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=aeic2025, selecting the
"Work-in-progress track". The format for submission is strictly in
PDF, following the Ada User Journal style; templates are available
at http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/guide.

The abstracts of the accepted contributions will be included in the
conference booklet. The corresponding authors will get a presentation
slot in the prime-time technical program of the conference and will
also be offered the opportunity to expand their contributions into
4-page articles for publication in the Ada User Journal, which will
form the proceedings of the WiP track of the conference.

Prospective authors may direct all enquiries regarding this track to
the corresponding chairs, Hai Nam Tran and Anish Bhobe.

*** Award

The Ada-Europe organization will offer an honorary award for the
best technical presentation, to be announced in the closing session
of the conference.

*** Call for Tutorials

The conference seeks tutorials in the form of educational
seminars on themes falling within the conference scope, with an
academic-for-practitioner slant, including hands-on or practical
elements.

Tutorial proposals shall include a title, an abstract, a description
of the topic, an outline of the presentation, the proposed
duration (half-day or full-day), the intended level of the contents
(introductory, intermediate, or advanced), and a statement motivating
attendance. Tutorial proposals shall be submitted at any time but
no later than 24 February 2025, by e-mail to the respective chair,
Robert Cholay, with subject line: "[AEiC 2025: tutorial proposal]".

The authors of accepted full-day tutorials will receive a complimentary
conference registration, halved for half-day tutorials. The Ada
User Journal will offer space for the publication of summaries of
the accepted tutorials.

*** Call for Workshops

The conference welcomes satellite workshops centred on themes that
fall within the conference scope. Proposals may be submitted for
half- or full-day events, to be scheduled on the Friday of the AEiC
conference. Workshop organizers shall also commit to producing the
proceedings of the event, for publication in the Ada User Journal.
Workshop proposals shall be submitted at any time but no later than
24 February 2025, by e-mail to the respective chair, Anish Bhobe,
with subject line: "[AEiC 2025: workshop proposal]". Once submitted,
each workshop proposal will be evaluated by the conference organizers
as soon as possible.

*** Academic Listing

The Journal of Systems Architecture, publication venue of the journal-
track proceedings of the conference, is Q1 ranked, with CiteScore
8.5 and Impact Factor 3.7. The Ada User Journal, venue of all other
technical proceedings of the conference, is indexed by Scopus and by
EBSCOhost in the Academic Search Ultimate database.