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The symposium specifically focuses on concurrent software, but does not exclude analysis of sequential software. Submissions are solicited on theoretical results, novel algorithms, tool development, empirical evaluation, and education. History: The SPIN symposium originated as a workshop focusing on explicit state model checking, specifically as related to the Spin model checker. However, over the years it has evolved to a broadly scoped symposium for software analysis using any automated techniques, including model checking, automated theorem proving, and symbolic execution. An overview of the previous SPIN symposia (and early workshops) can be found at: http://spinroot.com/spin/symposia. SPIN 2017 will be organized as an ACM SIGSOFT event, collocated with the International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA 2017): http://conf.researchr.org/home/issta-2017. The RERS Verification Challenge In addition there will be a one-day Rigorous Examination of Reactive Systems verification challenge Workshop (RERS 2017): http://www.rers-challenge.org/2017. ------------------------------ SPIN 2017 Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Formal verification techniques for automated analysis of software - Formal analysis for modeling languages, such as UML/state charts - Formal specification languages, temporal logic, design-by-contract - Model checking - Automated theorem proving, including SAT and SMT - Verifying compilers - Abstraction and symbolic execution techniques - Static analysis and abstract interpretation - Combination of verification techniques - Modular and compositional verification techniques - Verification of timed and probabilistic systems - Automated testing using advanced analysis techniques - Combination of static and dynamic analyses - Derivation of specifications, test cases, or other useful material via formal analysis - Case studies of interesting systems or with interesting results - Engineering and implementation of software verification and analysis tools - Benchmark and comparative studies for formal verification and analysis tools - Formal methods education and training - Insightful surveys or historical accounts on topics of relevance to the symposium ------------------------------ Keynote Speakers ------------------------------ - *Domagoj Babic*, Google, Inc. - *Byron Cook*, Amazon Web Services - *Gerard Holzmann*, Nimble Research ------------------------------ Submission Guidelines ------------------------------ The contributions to SPIN 2017 will be published as ACM Proceedings, and should be submitted in the ACM Conference Format: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this symposium. Authors are required to adhere to the ACM Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism and the ACM Policy on Prior Publication and Simultaneous Submissions. We are soliciting two categories of papers: - *Full Research Papers* describing fully developed work and complete results (10 pages); - *Short Papers* presenting tools, technology, experiences with lessons learned, new ideas, work in progress with preliminary results, and novel contributions to formal methods education (4 pages). Papers should be submitted via the EasyChair SPIN 2017 submission website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Dspin2017. *Best Paper* awards will be given and announced at the conference. A selection of papers will be invited to a special issue of the *Internatio= nal Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer* (STTT). ------------------------------ Important Dates ------------------------------ - Paper Submission: February 10, 2017 (23:59:59 Anywhere on Earth) - Author Notification: April 15, 2017 - Camera-Ready Paper: May 20, 2017 - Symposium: July 13-14, 2017 ------------------------------ Organization ------------------------------ - Hakan Erdogmus, *Program Co-Chair*, Carnegie Mellon University, USA - Klaus Havelund, *Program Co-Chair*, NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA - Corina Pasareanu, *Awards Chair*, NASA Ames Research Center, USA - Yli=C3=A8s Falcone, *Publicity Chair*, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Inria, Fr= ance ------------------------------ Program Committee ------------------------------ - Erika Abraham, RWTH Aachen University, Germany - Christel Baier, Technical University of Dresden, Germany - Tom Ball, Microsoft Research, USA - Ezio Bartocci, Vienna University of Technology, Austria - Dirk Beyer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit=C3=A4t M=C3=BCnchen (LMU Muni= ch), Germany - Armin Biere, Johannes Kepler University, Austria - Dragan Bosnacki, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands - Zmago Brezocnik, University of Maribor, Slovenia - Sagar Chaki, Software Engineering Institute CMU, USA - Alessandro Cimatti, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy - Lucas Cordeiro, University of Oxford, UK - Patrice Godefroid, Microsoft Research, USA - Susanne Graf, VERIMAG Laboratory, France - Radu Grosu, Vienna University of Technology, Austria - Arie Gurfinkel, University of Waterloo, USA - Gerard Holzmann, NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA - Rajeev Joshi, NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA - Sarfraz Khurshid, The University of Texas at Austin, USA - Kim Larsen, Aalborg University, Denmark - Stefan Leue, University of Konstanz, Germany - Alice Miller, University of Glasgow, Scotland - Corina Pasareanu, NASA Ames Research Center, USA - Doron Peled, Bar Ilan University, Israel - Neha Rungta, Amazon Web Services, USA - Theo Ruys, RUwise, Netherlands - Scott Smolka, Stony Brook University, USA - Scott Stoller, Stony Brook University, United States - Jun Sun, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore - Oksana Tkachuk, NASA Ames Research Center, USA - Stavros Tripakis, University of California, Berkeley, USA - Willem Visser, Stellenbosch University, South Africa - Farn Wang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan - Michael Whalen, University of Minnesota, USA - Anton Wijs, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands --f403045f1aec066aca05471340dd Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

SPIN 2017

24th International Symposium on Model Checking of Software=

Santa Barbara, CA, U= SA, July 13-14, 2017

http= ://conf.researchr.org/home/spin-2017

Collocated with ISSTA=C2=A0

The SPIN symposium aims at bringing together researchers and practiti= oners interested in automated tool-based techniques for the analysis of sof= tware as well as models of software, for the purpose of verification and va= lidation. The symposium specifically focuses on concurrent software, but do= es not exclude analysis of sequential software. Submissions are solicited o= n theoretical results, novel algorithms, tool development, empirical evalua= tion, and education.

History: The SPIN symposium originated as a wor= kshop focusing on explicit state model checking, specifically as related to= the Spin model checker. However, over the years it has evolved to a broadl= y scoped symposium for software analysis using any automated techniques, in= cluding model checking, automated theorem proving, and symbolic execution.<= /p>

An overview of the previous SPIN symposia (and early workshops) can = be found at:=C2=A0http://spinroot.com/spin/symposia.

SPIN 2017 w= ill be organized as an ACM SIGSOFT event, collocated with the International= Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA 2017):=C2=A0http= ://conf.researchr.org/home/issta-2017.=C2=A0


Th= e RERS Verification Challenge

In addition there will be a one-day R= igorous Examination of Reactive Systems verification challenge Workshop (RE= RS 2017):=C2=A0http://www.rers-challenge.org/2017.


SPIN 2017 Topics of interest includ= e, but are not limited to:

  • Formal verification techniques for automated analysis of software=
  • Formal analysis for modeling langu= ages, such as UML/state charts
  • Form= al specification languages, temporal logic, design-by-contract
  • Model checking
  • Automated theorem proving, including SAT and SMT
  • Verifying compilers
  • Abstraction and symbolic execution techniques
  • Static analysis and abstract interpretation
  • Combination of verification techniques
  • Modular and compositional verification techn= iques
  • Verification of timed and pro= babilistic systems
  • Automated testin= g using advanced analysis techniques
  • Combination of static and dynamic analyses
  • Derivation of specifications, test cases, or other useful materia= l via formal analysis
  • Case studies = of interesting systems or with interesting results
  • Engineering and implementation of software verification and= analysis tools
  • Benchmark and compa= rative studies for formal verification and analysis tools
  • Formal methods education and training
  • Insightful surveys or historical accounts on top= ics of relevance to the symposium
Keynote Speakers
  • Domagoj Babic, Google, Inc.
  • Byron Cook, Ama= zon Web Services
  • Gerard Holzmann, Nimble Research
<= center style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'= helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">
Submission= Guidelines

The contributions to SPIN 2017 will be= published as ACM Proceedings, and should be submitted in the ACM Conferenc= e Format:=C2=A0https://www.acm.org/publications/proceed= ings-template.

Submissions must be original and should not have = been published previously or be under consideration for publication while b= eing evaluated for this symposium. Authors are required to adhere to the AC= M Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism and the ACM Policy on Prior Publicati= on and Simultaneous Submissions.

We are soliciting two categories of= papers:

  • Full Research Papers=C2=A0describi= ng fully developed work and complete results (10 pages);
  • Short Papers<= /strong>=C2=A0presenting tools, technology, experiences with lessons learne= d, new ideas, work in progress with preliminary results, and novel contribu= tions to formal methods education (4 pages).

Papers should be = submitted via the EasyChair SPIN 2017 submission website:=C2=A0https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Dspin2017.

Best Paper=C2=A0awards will be gi= ven and announced at the conference.=C2=A0

A selection of papers wil= l be invited to a special issue of the=C2=A0International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer= =C2=A0(STTT).

Important Dates
    Paper Submission: February 10, 2017 (23:59= :59 Anywhere on Earth)
  • Author Notif= ication: April 15, 2017
  • Camera-Read= y Paper: May 20, 2017
  • Symposium: Ju= ly 13-14, 2017
Organization
  • Hakan Erdogmus,=C2=A0Program Co-Chair, Carnegie Mellon Universit= y, USA
  • Klaus Havelund,=C2=A0Program Co-Chair, NASA/Caltech Je= t Propulsion Laboratory, USA
  • Corina= Pasareanu,=C2=A0Awards Chair, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
  • Yli=C3=A8s Falcone,=C2=A0Publicity= Chair, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Inria, France
Program Commit= tee
  • Erika Abraham, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
  • Christel Baier, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
  • Tom Ball, Microsoft Research, USA
  • Ezio Bartocci, Vienna University of T= echnology, Austria
  • Dirk Beyer, Ludw= ig-Maximilians-Universit=C3=A4t M=C3=BCnchen (LMU Munich), Germany
  • Armin Biere, Johannes Kepler University, Au= stria
  • Dragan Bosnacki, Eindhoven Un= iversity of Technology, Netherlands
  • Zmago Brezocnik, University of Maribor, Slovenia
  • Sagar Chaki, Software Engineering Institute CMU, USA
    • Alessandro Cimatti, Fondazione Bruno Kessl= er, Italy
  • Lucas Cordeiro, Universit= y of Oxford, UK
  • Patrice Godefroid, = Microsoft Research, USA
  • Susanne Gra= f, VERIMAG Laboratory, France
  • Radu = Grosu, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • Arie Gurfinkel, University of Waterloo, USA
  • Gerard Holzmann, NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laborato= ry, USA
  • Rajeev Joshi, NASA/Caltech = Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
  • Sarf= raz Khurshid, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • Kim Larsen, Aalborg University, Denmark
  • Stefan Leue, University of Konstanz, Germany
    • Alice Miller, University of Glasgow, Scotl= and
  • Corina Pasareanu, NASA Ames Res= earch Center, USA
  • Doron Peled, Bar = Ilan University, Israel
  • Neha Rungta= , Amazon Web Services, USA
  • Theo Ruy= s, RUwise, Netherlands
  • Scott Smolka= , Stony Brook University, USA
  • Scott= Stoller, Stony Brook University, United States
  • Jun Sun, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singap= ore
  • Oksana Tkachuk, NASA Ames Resea= rch Center, USA
  • Stavros Tripakis, U= niversity of California, Berkeley, USA
  • Willem Visser, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  • Farn Wang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
    • Michael Whalen, University of Minnesota, U= SA
  • Anton Wijs, Eindhoven University= of Technology, Netherlands

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