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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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