SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

Workshop on Covering Arrays: Constructions, Applications and Generalizations Carleton University May 14-16, 2006 Organizers: Eric Mendelsohn (Toronto), Lucia Moura (Ottawa), Brett Stevens (Carleton)

Covering arrays are a generalization of orthogonal arrays, which are classical combinatorial designs extensively used in statistics and coding theory. Covering arrays have applications in software testing, hardware testing and several other fields in which the following problem arises: select test scenarios that specify the level of various factors in such a way that interactions among factors are identified. Several new generalizations of covering arrays address different requirements of applications.

The three plenary talks will present surveys on constructions of covering arrays, applications to software testing and recent generalizations. The tutorials will provide an insight on the related theory of orthogonal arrays, on computational methods for constructing covering arrays, and on the relationship between graph homomorphisms and covering arrays on graphs. Contributed talks will highlight recent research on various aspects of this interesting problem.

Invited participants:

• Richard Brewster
  School of Advanced Technology and Mathematics, Thompson Rivers University
  tutorial on Graph Homomorphisms
• Charlie Colbourn
  Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Arizona State University
  talk on Survey of Covering Array Constructions
• Peter Gibbons
  Department of Computer Science, The University of Auckland
  tutorial on Computational Constructions of Combinatorial Structures
• Alan Hartman
  Manager, Model Driven Engineering Technologies, IBM Haifa Research Laboratory
  talk on Applications of Covering Arrays to Testing
• Doug R. Stinson
  David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
  tutorial on Orthogonal arrays
  

Contributed Talks:

The title and the abstract of contributed talks should be sent to Lucia Moura at lucia@site.uottawa.ca by April 26, 2006.

Open Problem Submission:

Your submission should be sent electronically as simple LaTeX or plain TeX. You may also use features from the amsmath, amsfonts, or amssymb packages; all other macros should be defined, please do not redefine standard macros. Send only body of your submission, this is the portion found between the \begin{document} and \end{document} statement.

Please indicate your name SEPARATELY. If you are sending an e-mail you should clearly distinguish this information.

**PLEASE NOTE If the submission is from multiple submitters you can list the remaining people by putting a sentence like "Joint with ..." somewhere in your submission.

Please forward your submissions to gensci(PUT_AT_SIGN_HERE)fields.utoronto.ca by April 14.

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Accommodation Resources

Participants are asked to make their own accommodation reservations. We are happy to provide the information below to assist in your selection.

On campus housing see the Carleton Tour & Conference Centre http://www.carleton.ca/housing/tourandconf/
or fax
Carleton University Residence Accommodation Reservation Form

There is a list of hotels and B&Bs at http://www.carleton.ca/housing/tourandconf/overnights.html

B&Bs in the Glebe:

A Rose on Colonel By 9 Rosedale Ave., Ottawa (At canal, close to Carleton) Tel: (613) 291-7831 Site: www.rosebandb.com Rates: From $95.00 single, $110 double/ night	By the Way 310 First Ave., Ottawa Tel: (613) 232-6840 Email: bytheway@magma.ca Site: www.magma.ca/~bytheway Rates: $70.00 single, $85.00 double/ night
Alanbury House Bed & Breakfast 119 Strathcona Ave., Ottawa Tel: (613) 234-8378 Email: alanbury@magma.ca Site: www.magma.ca/~alanbury Rates: From $109.00 to $159.00	Echo Bank House 700 Echo Dr., Ottawa Tel: (613) 730-0254 Rates: $85.00/night

Hotels (none within walking distance)

Monterey Inn Resort 2259 Prince of Wales Dr., Ottawa Tel: (613) 226-5813, 1-800-565-1311 (CAN/USA) E-mail: info@montrereyinn.cominfo@montrereyinn.com Rates: From $125.00/ night	Lord Elgin Hotel 100 Elgin Street Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5K8 Tel: 613-235-3333, toll-free: 1-800-267-4298 Fax: 613-235-3223 Rates: $ 113, single/double occupancy Blackout: Wnterlude in February, Jun 29/03 - Jul 02/03
Delta Ottawa 361 Queen Street Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 7S9 Tel: 613-238-6000, toll-free: 1-800-268-1133 Fax: 613-238-2290 Rates: $ 135, single/double occupancy	Crowne Plaza Ottawa 101 Lyon Street Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 5T9 Tel: 613-237-3600, toll-free: 1-1-800-227-6963 Fax: 613-237-2351 Rates: $ 132, single/double occupancy
The Westin Ottawa 11 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1N 9H4 Tel: 613-560-7000, toll-free: 1-800-937-8461 Fax: 613-560-2707 Website: http://www.crowneottawa.ca Rates: $ 179, single/double occupancy Blackout: December 31	Les Suites Hotel Ottawa 130 Besserer Street Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 9M9 Tel: 613-232-2000, toll-free: 1-800-267-1989 Fax: 613-232-1242 Rates: $ 134, single/double occupancy Blackout: July 1
Arc The Hotel 140 Slater Street Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H6 Tel: 613-238-2888, toll-free: 1-800-699-2516 Fax: 613-235-8421 Rates: $ 135, single/double occupancy	Extended Stay Deluxe Hotel 141 Cooper St (East of Elgin St, Downtown) Phone 800/563-5634, 613/236-7500 Fax 613/563-2836 210 units Prices C$99-C$159 (US$71-US$114) double Credit Cards AE, DC, MC, V In Room Amenities A/C, TV w/pay movies, dataport, kitchen facilities, coffeemaker, hair dryer, iron Parking Parking C$10 (US$7.20)
Cartier Place Suite Hotel 180 Cooper St (East of Elgin St, Downtown) Ottawa, Ontario, From Canada and U.S.: 1-800-236-8399 In Ottawa: (613) 236-5000 Fax: (613) 238-3842 E-Mail: reservations@suitedreams.com sales@suitedreams.com generalmanager@suitedreams.com	The Albert on Bay Suites 435 rue Albert Street Corner of Albert Street and Bay Street Ottawa ON K1R 7X4

For additonal inforamtion contact: gensci(PUT_AT_SIGN_HERE)fields.utoronto.ca

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