TACAS 2010 - TACAS 2010 Sixteenth International Conference on TOOLS AND ALGORITHMS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND ANALYSIS OF SYSTEMS

TACAS 2010

Sixteenth International Conference on
TOOLS AND ALGORITHMS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
AND ANALYSIS OF SYSTEMS


A member conference of the European Joint Conferences
on Theory and Practice of Software
(ETAPS 2010)

20-28, 2010, Paphos, Cyprus
CALL FOR PAPERS

Tool descriptions and case studies with a conceptual message, as well as theoretical papers with clear relevance for tool construction are all encouraged. The specific topics covered by the conference include, but are not limited to, the following:

Specification and verification techniques for finite and infinite-state systems
Software and hardware verification
Theorem-proving and model-checking
System construction and transformation techniques
Static and run-time analysis
Abstraction techniques for modeling and validation
Compositional and refinement-based methodologies
Testing and test-case generation
Analytical techniques for safety, security, or dependability
Analytical techniques for real-time, hybrid, or stochastic systems
Integration of formal methods and static analysis in high-level hardware design or software environments
Tool environments and tool architectures
SAT and SMT solvers
Applications and case studies
As TACAS addresses a heterogeneous audience, potential authors are strongly encouraged to write about their ideas and findings in general and jargon-independent, rather than in application- and domain-specific, terms. Authors reporting on tools or case studies are strongly encouraged to indicate how their experimental results can be reproduced and confirmed independently.
IMPORTANT DATES

ETAPS 2010 conferences and other satellite events will be held 20-28 March, 2010.

As a part of ETAPS, TACAS adheres to ETAPS submission and notification deadlines:

Thursday, October 1, 2009
Submission of abstracts
Thursday, October 8, 2009 (Samoa time, GMT-11)
Strict deadline for submission of full versions.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Notification of acceptance
Monday, January 4, 2010
Camera-ready paper versions due
March 22-28, 2010
TACAS 2010 Conference
The paper submission deadline is STRICT. Making the deadline for submission of abstracts a week early allows the programme committee to start work before full versions are available. Obviously, there is no need to wait with submission of the full version until the final deadline.

Submission of an abstract implies no obligation to submit a full version; abstracts with no corresponding full versions by the final deadline will be treated as withdrawn, but authors are strongly encouraged, in this case, to explicitly withdraw their submission by sending e-mail to the chairman.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Papers should be submitted using the TACAS 2010 Conference Service on Easychair, which is now operative.

As with other ETAPS conferences, TACAS accepts two types of contributions: research papers and tool demonstration papers. Both types of contributions will appear in the proceedings and have oral presentations during the conference.

Research papers

Research papers cover one or more of the topics above, including tool development and case studies from a perspective of scientific research. Research papers are evaluated by the TACAS Program Committee. Research papers may contain an appendix with ancillary material (e.g. proofs) or a reference to a webpage but referees will decide whether or not to look at such material or webpages. Submitted research papers must:
be in English and have a maximum of 15 pages (including figures and bibliography; but excluding an optional appendix or URL containing ancillary material such as proofs, both at the discretion of referees),
present original research which is unpublished and not submitted elsewhere (conferences or journals) -- in particular, simultaneous submission of the same contribution to multiple ETAPS conferences is forbidden,
use the Springer-Verlag LNCS style
be submitted electronically in Postscript or PDF form via the TACAS 2010 Conference Service.
Submissions deviating from these instructions may be rejected without review. Any questions regarding this policy should be directed to the Program Committee Co-Chairs Javier Esparza or Rupak Majumdar prior to submitting.
Tool demonstration papers

Tool demonstration papers present tools based on aforementioned technologies (e.g., theorem-proving, model-checking, static analysis, or other formal methods) or fall into the above application areas (e.g., system construction and transformation, testing, analysis of real-time, hybrid or biological systems, etc.). Tool demonstration papers are evaluated by the TACAS Tool Chair with the help of the Programme Committee. Submitted tool demonstration papers must:
be in English and have a maximum of 4 pages,
have an appendix (not included in the 4 page count) that provides a detailed description of:
how the oral presentation will be conducted, e.g. illustrated by a number of snapshots,
the availability of the tool, the number and types of users, other information which may illustrate the maturity and robustness of the tool,
if applicable, a link to a web-page for the tool
(The appendix will not be included in the proceedings, but during the evaluation of the tool demonstration papers it will be equally important as the pages submitted for publication in the proceedings.)
use the Springer-Verlag LNCS style
clearly describe the enhancements and novel features of the tool in case that one of its previous versions has already been presented at meetings or published in some form
be submitted electronically in Postscript or PDF form via the TACAS 2010 Conference Service
Submissions deviating from these instructions may be rejected without review. Any questions regarding this policy should be directed to the Tool Chair Armin Biere.

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS

Javier Esparza, Technische Universität München, Munich (Germany)
Rupak Majumdar, University of California, Los Angeles (USA)
TOOL CHAIR

Armin Biere, Johannes Kepler University, Linz (Austria)
INVITED SPEAKER

Jean-Francois Raskin, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)


PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Parosh Abdulla
Uppsala University (Sweden)
Josh Berdine
Microsoft Research Cambridge (UK)
Armin Biere (tool chair)
Johannes Kepler University, Linz (Austria)
Bruno Blanchet
ENS, Paris (France)
Bernard Boigelot
University of Liege (Belgium)
Rance Cleaveland
University of Maryland &
Fraunhofer USA Inc., College Park, Maryland (USA)
Giorgio Delzanno
University of Genova (Italy)
Leonardo de Moura
Microsoft Research Redmond (USA)
Javier Esparza (co-chair)
Technische Universität München, Munich (Germany)
Susanne Graf
VERIMAG, Grenoble - Gières (France)
Vineet Kahlon
NEC Labs, Princeton (USA)
Joost-Pieter Katoen
RWTH Aachen (Germany)
Stefan Kowalewski
RWTH Aachen (Germany)
Daniel Kroening
Oxford University (UK)
Orna Kupferman
Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Israel)
Kim G. Larsen
Aalborg University (Denmark)
Rupak Majumdar (co-chair)
UC Los Angeles (USA)
Ken McMillan
Cadence Berkeley Labs (USA)
Madhavan Mukund
Chennai Mathematical Institute (India)
Anca Muscholl
LABRI, Bordeaux (France)
Doron Peled
Bar-Ilan University (Israel)
C. R. Ramakrishnan
SUNY Stony Brook (USA)
S. Ramesh
GM India Science Laboratory, Bangalore (India)
Sanjit Seshia
UC Berkeley (USA)
Oleg Sokolsky
University of Pennsylvania (USA)
Bernhard Steffen
Technical University Dortmund (Germany)
Tayssir Touili
LIAFA Paris 7 (France)
Lenore Zuck
University of Illinois, Chicago (USA)


TACAS STEERING COMMITTEE

Ed Brinksma, ESI and University of Twente (The Netherlands)
Rance Cleaveland, University of Maryland & Fraunhofer USA Inc. (USA)
Kim Larsen, Aalborg University (Denmark)
Bernhard Steffen, Technical University Dortmund (Germany)
Lenore Zuck , University of Illinois (USA)