Formal Aspects of Component Software (FACS 2010) 7th International Workshop on Formal Aspects of Component Software October 14-16, 2010 Centro Cultural Vila Flor --- Guimaraes, Portugal Doctoral Track: Call for Contributions www.di.uminho.pt/facs2010/ FACS'10 is the 7th event in a series of workshops, founded by the International Institute for Software Technology of the United Nations University (UNU-IIST) in order to promote a deeper understanding of the component-based paradigm and working out challenging issues such as mathematical models for components, composition and adaptation, or rigorous approaches to verification, deployment, testing, and certification. The objective of FACS 2010 Doctoral Track is to give the opportunity to PhD students and young researchers to share their work-in-progress and innovative ideas in a supportive yet questioning setting. Students will be able to discuss their goals, methods, and results at an early stage in their research, receiving useful feedback from established researchers and the other student attendees. To submit to FACS 2010 Doctoral Track please prepare an extended abstract of your talk (2 pages, Springer LNCS format) concisely referring your thesis theme, context, research questions, envisaged contributions, and partial results. Submission is made via EasyChair from FACS website (www.di.uminho.pt/facs2010/) Important dates: Doctoral Track submission: September 12, 2010 Doctoral Track acceptance notification: September 20, 2010