======================================================================= |** AVoCS 2015: Joint Call for Research Idea Papers & Participation **| ======================================================================= The 15th International Workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems 1-4 September 2015, Edinburgh, UK https://sites.google.com/site/avocs15/ avocs2015@easychair.org -----------------------|*** HIGHLIGHTS ***|---------------------------- + *NEW* Registration is now open! + *NEW* Special research ideas session: short papers due 10th August + *NEW* Several student grants available: application due 10th August + Invited talks by Colin O'Halloran (D-RisQ/Oxford) Don Sannella (Contemplate/Edinburgh) + AI4FM workshop including invited talk by J Strother Moore (Univerity of Texas at Austin) + Proceedings to be published by EASST + Special issues of Science of Computer Programming ======================================================================= REGISTRATION Registration for AVoCS is available from https://sites.google.com/site/avocs15/registration Early registration ends 18 August. SPONSORS Altran D-RisQ Software Systems Formal Methods Europe (FME) The Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) BACKGROUND The aim of Automated Verification of Critical Systems (AVoCS) 2015 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. SCOPE We encourage 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. The subject of the ideas 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. 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 IMPORTANT DATES Submission of research idea papers: 10th August 2015 Submission of student grant application: 10th August 2015 Notification (research idea): 14th August 2015 Early registration: 18th August 2015 Submissions of final versions: 21st August 2015 INVITED SPEAKERS Colin O'Halloran (D-RisQ & the University of Oxford) Don Sannella (Contemplate & the University of Edinburgh) WORKSHOPS AI4FM 2015: 1 September 2015 -- www.ai4fm.org/ai4fm-2015/ including invited talk by J Strother Moore (Univerity of Texas at Austin) VENUE The event will be held in the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS) in the centre of the historic old town of Edinburgh - an UNESCO world heritage site. SUBMISSION DETAILS Research ideas must be written in English and not exceed 2 pages using the dedicated AVoCS 2015 EASST template available from the the following link (for LaTeX and Word): http://journal.ub.tu-berlin.de/public/template/ The presentation of these ideas will be organised around discussions, where the presenter should also prepare a set of question in which the audience will discuss. Submissions are handled via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=avocs2015 The research ideas will be included in the pre-proceedings, which will be available in the form of a Heriot-Watt University Technical Report and will be available at the workhsop. STUDENT GRANTS Thanks to sponsorships from Altran, FME and SICSA we can offer financial support for a limited number of students registering for AVoCS in the form of a registration fee waiver (full or partial). As this is limited, we ask the students that would like to take the advantage of this support to submit a short application. The details on how to apply is available from AVoCS webpage. SPECIAL SCP JOURNAL ISSUE Authors of a selection of the best papers presented at the workshop will be invited to submit extended versions of their work for publication in a special issue of Elsevier's journal Science of Computer Programming. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Ernie Cohen, University of Pennsylvania, USA Ewen Denney, NASA Ames, USA Jean-Christophe Filliatre, CNRS, France Michael Goldsmith, University of Oxford, UK Gudmund Grov, Heriot-Watt University, UK (co-chair) Keijo Heljanko, Aalto University, Finland Mike Hinchey, University of Limerick, Ireland Marieke Huisman, University of Twente, Netherlands Andrew Ireland, Heriot-Watt University, UK (co-chair) Gerwin Klein, NICTA/UNSW, Australia Thierry Lecomte, ClearSy, France Yuhui Lin, Heriot-Watt University, UK Peter Gorm Larsen, Aarhus University, Denmark Panagiotis (Pete) Manolios, Northeastern University, USA Stephan Merz, INRIA Nancy & LORIA, France Jaco van de Pol, University of Twente, Netherlands Markus Roggenbach, Swansea University, UK Marco Roveri, FBK, Italy Thomas Santen, Microsoft Research, Germany Bernard Steffen, Technical University Dortmund, Germany Jan Strejček, Masaryk University, Czech Republic Jun Sun, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore Tayssir Touili, LIAFA, CNRS & University Paris Diderot, France Helen Treharne, University of Surrey, UK Laurent Voisin, Systerel, France Angela Wallenburg, Altran, UK John Wickerson, Imperial College London, UK Peter Ölveczky, University of Oslo, Norway ORGANISERS Gudmund Grov, Heriot-Watt University, UK Andrew Ireland, Heriot-Watt University, UK Yuhui Lin, Heriot-Watt University, UK (local arrangements and publicity chair) STEERING COMMITTEE Michael Goldsmith, University of Oxford, UK Stephan Merz, INRIA Nancy & LORIA, France Markus Roggenbach, Swansea University, UK ----- We invite research leaders and ambitious early career researchers to join us in leading and driving research in key inter-disciplinary themes. Please see www.hw.ac.uk/researchleaders for further information and how to apply. Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278.