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  Formal Methods for Open Object-based Distributed Systems, FMOODS'96
                   First IFIP International Workshop
                    Paris, France, March 4-6, 1996

   The _First Announcement and Call for Papers_ is available at URL:
   http://www.cs.utwente.nl/data/amast/links/v02/i06/full/AC0206C7.txt
   The _original announcement_ is also available, at URL:
   http://www.res.enst.fr/fmoods/fmoods96
  Object-based Distributed Computing are being established as the most
pertinent basis for the support of large, heterogeneous computing and 
telecommunications systems. The advent of Open Object-based Distributed
Systems, OODS, brings new challenges and opportunities for the use and
development of formal methods. 
  The objective of FMOODS is to provide an integrated forum for the 
presentation of research in several related fields, and the exchange of
ideas and experiences in the topics concerned with the formal methods 
support for Open Object-based Distributed Systems.
  *Topics* of interest include but are not limited to: formal models
for object-based distributed computing; semantics of object-based
distributed systems and programming languages; formal techniques in
object-based and object-oriented specification, analysis and design;
refinement and transformation of specifications; multiple viewpoint 
modelling and consistency between different models; formal techniques 
in distributed systems verification and testing; types, service types 
and subtyping; specification, verification and testing of quality of 
service constraints; formal methods and object life cycle.
  *Submission.*  Please send 5 copies of your manuscript to:
   Elie NAJM, ENST, Networks Department              
   46, Rue Barrault, 75013 Paris, France  
   E-mail: najm@res.enst.fr                 
Prospective authors should consult the detailed submission information 
in the full version of this announcement.
  *Important Dates*
   10 November 1995     Submission deadline
   10 January  1996     Notification of acceptance
   30 January  1996     Camera ready copy due
  *Inquiries* can be sent to: fmoods96-request@res.enst.fr