AVoCS09

The aim of AVoCS 2009 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, abstract interpretation, and refinement pertaining to various types of critical systems (safety-critical, security-critical, business-critical, performance-critical, etc.). Contributions that describe different techniques, or industrial case studies are encouraged.

The technical programme will consist of invited talks and contributed talks and will also allow for short presentations of ongoing work. The workshop will be relatively informal, with an emphasis on discussion.

Previous AVoCS workshops were held at the University of Oxford (2001 and 2007), the University of Birmingham (2002), the University of Southampton (2003), the Royal Society in London (2004), the University of Warwick (2005), LORIA, Nancy (2006) and the University of Glasgow (2008).

Topics of Interest
Typical, but not exclusive topics of interest are:


 * Model Checking,
 * Automatic and Interactive Theorem Proving,
 * Abstract Interpretation,
 * Specification and Refinement,
 * Requirements Capture and Analysis,
 * Verification of Software and Hardware,
 * Verification of Security-Critical Systems,
 * Probabilistic and Real-Time Systems,
 * Verified System Development, and
 * Industrial Applications.

Publications
At the workshop, a draft of the workshop proceedings will be available in the form of a

Technical Report

of Swansea University; this report will also include the short contributions.

After the workshop, the authors of accepted papers will have about one month in order to revise their papers for publication in the workshop proceedings which will appear in the

Electronic Communications of the EASST http://eceasst.cs.tu-berlin.de/index.php/eceasst.

The 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

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505623/description

(Guest editor: Markus Roggenbach).

Submission of 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. Papers must be written in English and not exceed 15 pages in the EASST format.

Submission will be organized via easychair. The links to the web-interface as well as to the EASST latex style will be announced in due course.

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Location and accomodation
AVoCS 2009 will be organised by Swansea University and held at the conference centre Gregynog. Gregynog is situated six miles north of Newtown in Mid Wales. It is surrounded by the beautiful Montgomeryshire countryside and Gregynog Hall is set in fabulously landscaped gardens that provide extensive grounds for peace and relaxation. The conference centre will host all participants of the workshop and will provide all catering.

The workshop will start on Wednesday 23/09/2009 with lunch and conclude on Friday 25/09/2009 with lunch.

Important Dates

 * 26 June 2009 Deadline for submission of full papers
 * 24 July 2000 Author notification for full papers
 * 27 July 2009 Deadline for submission of short contributions
 * 31 July 2009 Author notification for short contributions
 * 28 August 2009 Deadline for final version of full papers & short contributions
 * 23-25 September 2009 Workshop

Programm Committee

 * David Aspinall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
 * Muffy Calder, Glasgow, United Kingdom
 * Michael Goldsmith, Warwick, United Kingdom
 * Constance Heitmeyer, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States
 * Gerald Luettgen, York, United Kingdom
 * Eric Mercer, Brigham Young University, Utah, United States
 * Stephan Merz, INRIA, Nancy, France
 * Alice Miller, Glasgow, United Kingdom
 * Paritosh Pandya, IIT Mumbai, India
 * Silvio Ranise, Verona, Italy
 * Mark Ryan, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
 * Markus Roggenbach (Chair), Swansea, United Kingdom
 * Helen Treharne, Surrey, United Kingdom
 * Markus Wenzel, TU Muenchen, Germany
 * Sergio Yovine, Verimag, France

Organization
The local organisers are:


 * Erwin R. Catesbeiana (Jr)
 * Phillip James
 * Temesghen Kahsai
 * Liam O'Reilly
 * Markus Roggenbach