ICST 2010 - The IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation (ICST 2010)

Validation, testing, and verification activities are already flourishing areas with an active participation of a large community of researchers, experts, and industrials. This community is highly aware of the importance and impact of testing on the future deployment and use of software and software intensive systems. As illustrated during the two previous successful ICST editions, intensive research activities are being carried out in software testing, verification, and validation areas. Many new important issues and challenges are constantly being raised leading to new research and industrial projects. The IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation (ICST) is the premier conference in these areas.



ICST welcomes research papers, as well as, industrial experience reports from software development and testing practitioners. Two tracks will be organised to select the accepted papers. For the research papers, we are looking for high quality papers presenting original work. Industrial papers should address practical software testing and quality improvement challenges and implementations, presenting empirical results or reporting on open problems/challenges. All papers should discuss broader implications and usage of the topics addressed.

Authors of best papers from the conference will be invited to revise and submit extended versions of their papers for a special issue of Software Testing, Verification, and Reliability, a Wiley journal.



Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Â? Software testing theory and practice

Â? Model-based testing

Â? Domain specific testing including, but not limited to, security testing, web services testing, database testing, and OO software testing

Â? Verification & validation

Â? Quality assurance

Â? Model checking

Â? Empirical studies

Â? Metrics

Â? Fuzz testing

Â? Inspections

Â? Tools

Â? Testability and diagnosability

Â? Design for testability

Â? Testing education

Â? Testing in multidisciplinary applications

Â? Technology transfer

Â? Model-Driven Testing

Â? Agile/iterative/incremental testing processes

Â? Open source software/3rd party software testing

Â? Novel approaches to software reliability assessment