**************************************************** * * 8th International Conference * on * TESTS AND PROOFS (TAP 2014) * * http://www.tap2014.org * Co-located with STAF, York, UK, July 24-25, 2014 * **************************************************** * * Call for Paper * * Abstract submission: February 25, 2014 * Paper submission: March 1, 2014 * ****************************************************
Scope ===== The TAP conference is devoted to the synergy of proofs and tests, to the application of techniques from both sides and their combination for the advancement of software quality. Testing and proving seem to be orthogonal techniques: once a program has been proven to be correct then additional testing seems pointless; however, when such a proof in not feasible, then testing the program seems to be the only option. This view has dominated the research community for a long time, and has resulted in distinct communities pursuing the different research areas. The development of both approaches has led to the discovery of common issues and to the realization of potential synergy. Perhaps, the use of model checking in testing was one of the first signs that a counterexample to a proof may be interpreted as a test case. Recent breakthroughs in deductive techniques such as satisfiability modulo theories, abstract interpretation, and interactive theorem proving, have paved the way for new and practically effective methods of powering testing techniques. Moreover, since formal, proof-based verification is costly, testing invariants and background theories can be helpful to detect errors early and to improve cost effectiveness. Summing up, in the past few years an increasing number of research efforts have encountered the need for combining proofs and tests, dropping earlier dogmatic views of incompatibility and taking instead the best of what each of these software engineering domains has to offer. The TAP conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working in the converging fields of testing and proving by offering a generous forum for the presentation of ongoing research, for tutorials on established technologies and for informal discussions. Topics of Interest ================== Topics of interest cover theory definitions, tool constructions and experimentations, and include (other topics related to TAP are welcome): - Bridging the gap between concrete and symbolic techniques, e.g. using proof search in satisfiability modulo theories solvers to enhance various testing techniques - Transfer of concepts from testing to proving (e.g., coverage criteria) and from proving to testing - Program proving with the aid of testing techniques - Verification and testing techniques combining proofs and tests - Generation of test data, oracles, or preambles by deductive techniques such as: theorem proving, model checking, symbolic execution, constraint logic programming - Model-based testing and verification - Generation of specifications by deduction - Automatic bug finding - Debugging of programs combining static and dynamic analysis - Case studies combining tests and proofs - Domain specific applications of testing and proving to new application domains such as validating security protocols, vulnerability detection of programs, security - Testing of verification environments and reasoning engines like solvers and theorem provers - New approaches such as crowd-sourcing and serious games to infer intended semantics and assess correctness - Formal frameworks - Tool descriptions and experience reports Important Dates: ================ Abstract submission: February 25, 2014 Paper submission: March 1, 2014 Notification: April 28, 2014 Camera ready version: May 12, 2014 TAP conference: July 24-25, 2014 Program Chairs: =============== Martina Seidl (JKU Linz/TU Wien, Austria) Nikolai Tillmann (Microsoft Research, USA) Program Committee: ================== Arnaud Gotlieb Dirk Beyer Achim D. Brucker Robert Clarisó Marco Comini Catherine Dubois Juhan Ernits Gordon Fraser Angelo Gargantini Christoph Gladisch Martin Gogolla Reiner Hähnle Bart Jacobs Thierry Jéron Jacques Julliand Gregory Kapfhammer Nikolai Kosmatov Victor Kuliamin Karl Meinke Alexandre Petrenko Martina Seidl Nikolai Tillmann T.H. Tse Margus Veanes Luca Viganò Burkhart Wolff Fatiha Zaidi Submission: =========== Please submit your papers via easychair https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tap2014 (submission page to be opened in due time) TAP 2014 will accept two types of papers and also tutorials: - Research papers: full papers with at most 16 pages in LNCS format (pdf), which have to be original, unpublished and not submitted elsewhere. Research papers should clearly describe the addressed problem, the relevant state-of-the-art, the scientifically-founded solution, and the benefits of the presented approach. - Short contributions: work in progress, (industrial) experience reports or tool demonstrations, position statements; an extended abstract with at most 6 pages in LNCS format (pdf) is expected. The same evaluation criteria apply to short papers as to full research papers. Short papers will be reviewed to the same standards of quality as full research papers. - Tutorials: TAP 2014 further invites one-hour tutorial presentation surveying the state-of-the-art of any research field related to the topics of TAP. Tutorial proposals shall have a maximum length of 3 pages in LNCS format (pdf) and provide information about the content, a short outline, and information about the speakers. Accepted full and short papers will be published in the Springer LNCS series and will be available at the conference. Accepted tutorials will be assigned a slot of 60 minutes during the conference. The contents of previous TAP proceedings is available at: http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/tap/tap2013.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ hol-info mailing list hol-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hol-info
