Call for Papers

The IMBSA Approach

IMBSA is looking back at a rich tradition of successfully combining research with a high number of industrial contributions. It shows that bridging the gap between basic research and industrial practice can be done effectively through interactive presentation of tools and methods. To take this into account, the conference will – in contrast to solely scientific events – be split into three main parts:

• A scientific part, where newest findings are presented
• A tools and tutorials parts, in which consolidated research achievements are interactively demonstrated
• One part reporting on experiences and hot challenges in industrial practice of safety critical systems

This way, participants from the industry learn about new tools and techniques, while research groups and spin-off companies can present their achievements to an interested audience. Also industrial contributors and young spin-offs can convince future customers of their tools in this mixed environment. We believe that this mixture of conventional talks about newest achievements, presentation of practical experiences and interactive learning allows for fruitful discussions, exchange of information as well as future cooperation.  

 Topics of Interest

We solicit contributions concerning the design and verification of safety critical systems and applications using model-based methods. Conference topics include, but are not limited to:

• System Dependability Modelling and Assessment
• Domain Specific Modelling Formalisms
• Model-Driven Engineering Methodologies
• Specification, Traceability and Verification of Safety Requirements
• System Architecture and Optimization
• System Modelling Tools with Safety Assessment Capabilities
• Certification and Standardization of and with Model-Based Methods
• Integration in Interdisciplinary Processes
• Models used at system Runtime, e.g. for Safety Monitoring
• Safety of Machine Learning and Deep Learning
• Safety of Autonomous, Cooperative Cyber-physical Systems.
• Run-time system adaptation and Dynamic Safety Assurance
• AI techniques for Model Synthesis and Safety Analysis
• Cyber-security Modelling and Analysis
• Case Studies and Practical Experiences

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. IMBSA solicits two types of contributions:

1. Regular submissions should present significant (theoretical or practical) novel results to the model-based safety assessment community, and discuss advances with respect to the state-of-the-art. Possible contributions include, but are not limited to:

• research papers focusing on the theoretical foundations or implementation of model-based technology; 
• case study papers reporting on industrial-size applications of these methods; 
• tool papers focusing on the theoretical foundations, design, implementation and usage of model-based tools; 
• industrial experience papers reporting on practical use of model-based methodology and technology in industry. 

Regular submissions should be between 12 and 15 pages (including references and appendix), and they will be presented orally at the conference. 

2. Short submissions may report on ongoing research works, industrial applications and experiences, describe tools and their usage and/or introduce tool demonstrations. Short submissions should aim at:

• introducing new, usable methods and tools to the model-based safety assessment community, 
• raise new challenges and/or evaluate existing approaches on the basis of practical experiences. 

Short submissions should be between 4 and 6 pages and they will be presented either orally or as a poster/demo at the conference, at the discretion of the Program Committee.

All the authors of accepted tool papers and demonstrations will be given the opportunity to present their tools live in an interactive session.

Regular and short papers must be submitted by April 13, 2025, using the easychair.org platform.

All papers will be subjected to a full review by the Program Committee. It is planned to publish regular contributions as a proceedings volume in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Computer Science. To be considered for the proceedings, at least one author of each accepted paper has to participate at the conference.

Regular and short paper submissions must be formatted according to the LNCS templates provided by Springer.

Important Dates

Submission of Abstracts: April 1, 2025

Full Paper submission: April 13, 2025

Notification of acceptance: May 18, 2025

Camera-ready submission: June 25, 2025

Conference: September 24 - 26, 2025

Committees

Program Committee

• Panagiotis Katsaros, Aristotle Un. of Thessaloniki (GR), IPC Chair

Organizing committee

• Kai Höfig, Technische Hochschule Rosenheim (DE), General Chair

Tools & Tutorials Chair

• Yiannis Papadopoulos, University of Hull (UK)

Industrial Chair

• Christel Seguin, ONERA (FR)

Steering committee

• Yiannis I Papadopoulos, University of Hull (UK)

• Panagiotis Katsaros, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)

• Marco Bozzano, FBK (IT)

• Leila Kloul, Université de Versailles (FR)

• Frank Ortmeier, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (DE)

• Antoine Rauzy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)

• Christel Seguin, ONERA (FR)

• Marc Zeller, SIEMENS (DE)