(Apologies for multiple copies) ********************************************************************** Call for Papers 14th Automated Verification of Critical Systems (AVoCS) 2014 Workshop http://www.utwente.nl/avocs2014 24-26th September, 2014 University of Twente, Netherlands ********************************************************************** Call for Papers The aim of Automated Verification of Critical Systems (AVoCS) 2014 is to contribute to the interaction and exchange of ideas among members of the international research community on tools and techniques for the verification of critical systems. The subject is to be interpreted broadly and inclusively. It covers all aspects of automated verification, including model checking, theorem proving, SAT/SMT constraint solving, abstract interpretation, and refinement pertaining to various types of critical systems which need to meet stringent dependability requirements (safety-critical, business-critical, performance-critical, etc.). Contributions that describe different techniques, or industrial case studies are encouraged. The technical programme will consist of invited and contributed talks and also allow for short presentations of research ideas. The workshop will be relatively informal, with an emphasis on discussion. There are several studentships available in order to support PhD students who wish to participate in the workshop. Topics include (but are not limited to) Model Checking Automatic and Interactive Theorem Proving SAT, SMT or Constraint Solving for Verification Abstract Interpretation Specification and Refinement Requirements Capture and Analysis Verification of Software and Hardware Specification and Verification of Fault Tolerance and Resilience Probabilistic and Real-Time Systems Dependable Systems Verified System Development Industrial Applications The workshop will have three invited speakers: Laura Kovacs (Chalmers, Sweden) will speak about automated assertion generation. Alastair Donaldson (Imperial College, UK) will speak about verification of OpenCL kernels. A third speaker will be announced soon. Important Dates Submission (abstract for full paper): 16th June 2014 Submission (full papers): 23rd June 2014 Notification (full papers): 30th July 2014 Submission (research ideas): 7th August 2014 Notification (research ideas): 14th August 2014 Submission of final versions: 1st September 2014 Workshop: 24-26th September 2014 Submission Details Full Papers: Submissions of full papers to the workshop must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be peer-reviewed and judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the workshop. Final versions of the papers must be written in English and not exceed 15 pages. Formatting details are provided on the website. Research ideas: AVoCS'14 encourages the submissions of research ideas in order to stimulate discussions at the workshop. Reports on ongoing work or surveys on work published elsewhere are welcome. The Programme Committee will select research ideas on the basis of submitted abstracts according to significance and general interest. Research ideas must be written in English and not exceed 2 pages. Conference Proceedings & Special Journal Issue At the workshop, pre-proceedings will be available in the form of a University of Twente Technical Report; this report will also include the research ideas. After the workshop, the authors of accepted full papers will have about one month in order to revise their papers for publication in the workshop post-proceedings which will appear in the Electronic Communications of the EASST Open Access Journal. Research ideas will not be part of the proceedings in the Open Access Journal. We will invite authors of a selection of the best papers presented at the workshop to submit extended versions of their work for publication in a special issue of Elsevier's journal Science of Computer Programming. Program Committee (under construction) John Derrick, University of Sheffield, U.K. Mike Dodds, University of York, U.K. Wan Fokkink, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands Michael Goldsmith, University of Oxford, U.K. Jan Friso Groote, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands Keijo Heljanko, Aalto University, Finland Marieke Huisman, University of Twente, Netherlands (co-chair) Temesghen Kahsai, University of Iowa, U.S.A. Gerald Luettgen, University of Bamberg, Germany Radu Mateescu, INRIA Grenoble - Rhône-Alpes, France Stephan Merz, INRIA Nancy & LORIA, France Markus Roggenbach, Swansea University, U.K. Marco Roveri, FBK-first, Italy Jan Strejcek, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic Tayssir Touili, LIAFA, CNRS & University Paris Diderot, France Jaco van de Pol, University of Twente, Netherlands (co-chair) Kirsten Winter, University of Queensland, Australia Anne Haxthausen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Jun Sun, Singapore University of Technology, Singapore Steering Committee Michael Goldsmith, University of Oxford, U.K. Stephan Merz, INRIA Nancy & LORIA, France Markus Roggenbach, Swansea University, U.K. Organization Committee Marieke Huisman Wojciech Mostowski (publicity chair) Jaco van de Pol -- Wojciech Mostowski University of Twente Formal Methods and Tools, EWI EWI-FMT, P.O. 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