Call for position papers

Established in 1979 by the European Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems, Technical Committee 7 on Reliability, Safety and Security (EWICS TC7), SafeComp has contributed to the progress of the state-of-the-art in dependable application of computers in safety-related and safety-critical systems.

SafeComp is an annual event covering the state-of-the-art, experience and new trends in the areas of safety, security and reliability of critical computer applications. SafeComp provides ample opportunity to exchange insights and experience on emerging methods, approaches, and practical solutions. It is a single-track conference allowing easy networking.

This 44th edition of SAFECOMP is a unique occasion to explore and debate hot topics of current challenges and solutions for future safety critical systems.

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Scope

Position Papers at SAFECOMP are intended to provide an opportunity for authors to briefly present new ideas or work in progress, or opinion pieces that can address any issue relevant to dependable application of computers in safety-related and safety-critical systems. Authors of accepted Position Papers will have a time slot in a dedicated session during the conference, during which they will present their paper and receive early feedback from the community.

Because they are brief and have a later deadline, Position Papers enable their authors to:

Summarise work that is not yet complete
Put forward novel or challenging ideas
State positions on controversial issues
Suggest new approaches to the solution of open problems

Contributions are particularly solicited from industrial practitioners and academics that may not have been able to prepare full papers due to time and work pressure but nevertheless seek an opportunity to engage with the SAFECOMP community.

Submission guidelines

Position Papers should be at most 2 pages in length, must be formatted using standard A4 two-column IEEE Conference Proceedings format (look on the IEEE website for Word and LaTeX templates) and must be submitted by the deadline of July 09t, 2025 (AoE). Since there is no revision cycle, the submitted paper must be in PDF format and completely ready for printing.

Position Papers will be submitted through EasyChair on the track “Position papers” :

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Selection and Notification

Position Papers will not be refereed. Instead, the Position Papers Chair and the Conference Program Chairs will lightly screen the submissions. The criteria for acceptance will be:

Relevance and interest to the community
Capacity to stimulate and intrigue the reader
Arrival time (if the number of submissions is too high)

Therefore, authors are encouraged to send their submission in advance before the final deadline. By submitting a Position Paper, you are committing yourself or one of your colleagues to register and to present the paper at the conference, if it is accepted.

Accepted contributions will be published in the HAL repository (https://laas.hal.science/SAFECOMP2025/), and an author will be expected to deliver a short talk in the Position Papers session.

CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT

Meetx is the conference bureau handling the secretariat for the SafeComp 2025 conference.

E-mail: safecomp2025@meetx.se
Tel: +46 31 708 86 90

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