(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement) ***************************************************************** *** Second Call for Participation -- Early Registration ends this week! *** Third International Conference on Verified Software: Theories, Tools, and Experiments Edinburgh, Scotland August 16th-19th, 2010 http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/vstte10 SPONSORS: NSF, EPSRC, Microsoft Research, SICSA, Altran Praxis, SSEI, FME, Contemplate, Heriot-Watt University ****************************************************************** The Third International Conference on Verified Software: Theories, Tools, and Experiments follows a successful inaugural working conference at Zurich (2005) and a successful conference in Toronto (2008). This conference is part of the Verified Software Initiative (VSI), a fifteen-year, cooperative, international project directed at the scientific challenges of large-scale software verification. VSI also includes UKCRC's Grand Challenge 6, i.e. Dependable Systems Evolution. PROGRAMME The programme includes - Keynote presentations by Tom Ball (Microsoft), Gerwin Klein (National ICT Australia), and Matthew Parkinson (University of Cambridge); - Invited Tool Demo Presentations by Colin O’Halloran (ClawZ/Circus) , Bart Jacobs (VeriFast), Michael Jastram (ProB) and Joe Kinry (BONc/Beetlz); - A Verification Competition; - Industrial Tool Vendors; - Two workshops: Theory WS and Tools & Experiments WS; - A Summer School -- lectures given by Robert Atkey/Ewen Maclean, Alan Bundy/Lucas Dixon, Jane Hillston, Cliff Jones, Gerwin Klein, J Strother Moore, Natarajan Shankar and Graham Steel. A provisional programme is available at: http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/vstte10/Programme.html VENUE VSTTE 2010 is being hosted by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. The conference dates coincide with the 2010 Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe -- collectively the largest annual arts festival on the planet! The technical programme will take place in the Edinburgh Conference Centre (Heriot-Watt University campus), where accommodation will be available at very competitive rates for festival time. Social events will be arranged within the city centre, making VSTTE an unique cultural and scholarly event for 2010! SOCIAL EVENTS As well as a welcome reception and conference banquet, SICSA are sponsoring a special drinks reception in the Informatics Forum at the heart of the Festival on August 17th. STUDENT SUPPORT Support for students wishing to attend VSTTE 2010 is available. Please contact vstte10@macs.hw.ac.uk for more details. REGISTRATION Online registration is available from http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/vstte10_reg/Registration.php Early registration ends on July 31st. -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.