Call for Position Papers

Up until the 9th of June, 2025, SAFECOMP is accepting submission for the Position Paper track.

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.

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 pressures, but nevertheless seek an opportunity to engage with the SAFECOMP community.

Paper 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 at the 9th of July, 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 "Postion papers" track.

Selection

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/).

Venue

The conference will be held at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, one of Europe’s leading technical universities. KTH conducts research and education in engineering and architecture, and ranks among the top universities in the world in several technical fields. The conference will take place in KTH’s beautiful main Campus located in the northern part of Stockholm city center, easily accessible by public transportation.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to safecomp2025 (at) easychair (dot) org.