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Save the date: D-Con 2025 March 06 and 07 in Augsburg
by Kirstin Peters 25 Nov '24

25 Nov '24

Dear all, D-Con 2025 will take place *March 06 and 07 at Augsburg University* (with the usual in-official dinner March 05). The D-Con was founded as a forum of German researchers on Concurrency Theory to meet, collaborate, and exchange ideas. One of its main tasks is to connect the younger researchers in the field. Therefore, the meeting consists of several talks mostly from younger scientists that can talk about their research agenda, new ideas on ongoing work, or recent research results. The programme is enhanced with talks and tutorials from experienced researchers as well as invited talks. In 2025 we will have an *Invited Talk by Jorge A. Perez* from the University of Groningen (https://www.jperez.nl/). More details on the workshop, the registration, and the call for contributions will follow. Of course, we already *welcome proposals for talks*. We favour standard student talks (20min + questions and answers) but are open to other formats (talks by groups, tutorials, etc.). To propose a talk please send an email to kirstin.peters(a)uni-a.de. Best wishes, Kirstin

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SPIN 2025: Call for Papers
by Rozier, Kristin-Yvonne [AER E] 18 Nov '24

18 Nov '24

********************************************************** SPIN 31st International Symposium on Model Checking Software https://spin-web.github.io/SPIN2025/ 7 - 8 May 2025 co-located with ETAPS 2025, Hamilton, Canada ********************************************************* Theme of the Symposium: ----------------------- The SPIN symposium aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners interested in automated tool-based techniques for the analysis of software as well as models of software, for the purpose of verification and validation. The symposium specifically focuses on concurrent software but does not exclude the analysis of sequential software. Submissions are solicited on theoretical results, novel algorithms, tool development, and empirical evaluation. 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: https://spinroot.com/spin/Workshops/. Topics of Interest: ------------------- Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Formal verification techniques for automated analysis of (concurrent) software/hardware, including: -- Model checking -- Deductive verification -- Automated theorem proving, including SAT and SMT -- Abstraction and symbolic execution techniques -- Static analysis and abstract interpretation -- Modular and compositional verification techniques -- Verification of timed and probabilistic systems -- Automated testing using advanced analysis techniques -- Program synthesis -- Derivation of specifications, test cases etc. via formal analysis -- Formal specification languages, temporal logic, design-by-contract -- Formal analysis of learned systems -- Any combination of the above * Application and/or engineering of verification tools, including: -- Case studies of interesting systems or with interesting results -- Implementation of novel verification tools -- Benchmarks and comparative studies for verification tools -- Verification tools using modern hardware, e.g.: multi-core CPU, GPU, TPU, cloud, and quantum Important Dates: ---------------- Paper Submission: 13 Feb 2025 Artifact Submission (Tool Papers): 27 Feb 2025 Paper/Artifact Notifications: 24 Mar 2025 Artifact Submission (Other Papers): 12 Mar 2025 Non-tool Paper Artifact Notification: 1 May 2025 Symposium: 7-8 May 2025 Submission Details: ------------------- We are soliciting three categories of papers: * Full Research Papers describing fully developed work and complete results (16 pages, excluding bibliography and appendices); * Full Tool Papers, accompanied by a *Mandatory Artifact*, describing work that is closely-related to the development or the evaluation of a verification tool or similar (16 pages, excluding bibliography and appendices); * Short Papers presenting tools, technology, experiences with lessons learned, new ideas, work in progress with preliminary results, and novel contributions to formal methods (6 pages, excluding bibliography and appendices). Note: Artifact evaluation is optional for short papers but highly recommended for those with a focus on tools. If you want to have the accompanying artifact of your short paper evaluated, please submit it to the mandatory AE on February 27. Papers submission website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=spin2025 -- in the track Research Papers, select the respective paper category. All papers that conform to submission guidelines will be peer-reviewed by members of the program committee. Submissions will be evaluated on the basis of originality, the importance of contribution, soundness, evaluation, quality of presentation, and appropriate comparison to related work. The proceedings of SPIN 2025 will be published as part of post-conference proceedings in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Submissions should adhere to the LNCS format; see https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…. Please take into account Springer’s Book authors code of conduct when preparing submissions: https://www.springernature.com/gp/authors/book-authors-code-of-conduct. Artifact Evaluation: -------------------- SPIN 2025 will feature artifact evaluation, performed by an Artifact Evaluation Committee (AEC). The AEC evaluates artifacts based on documentation, availability, reproducibility of results, and tool reusability (if applicable). Artifact submission is mandatory for Full Tool Papers. While artifact submission is optional for papers in other categories, we highly encourage authors of papers involving tool development and empirical evaluation to submit an artifact for evaluation. Papers with an accompanying artifact may be awarded one or more badges from the EAPLS artifact badging scheme (https://eapls.org/pages/artifact_badges/). More details can be found at: https://spin-web.github.io/SPIN2025/artifacts Keynote Speakers: ----------------- Alexandre Duret-Lutz (EPITA Research Laboratory (LRE)) Orna Grumberg (Technion, Israel) PC Chairs: ---------- Gidon Ernst (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) Kristin Yvonne Rozier (Iowa State University) Artifact Evaluation Chairs: --------------------------- Julie Cailler (University of Lorraine & Inria, France) Nian-Ze Lee (LMU Munich / National Taiwan University) ***************** This edition of SPIN will include artifact evaluation, cf. https://spin-web.github.io/SPIN2025/artifacts. We are now forming an Artifact Evaluation Committee headed by our artifact evaluation chairs: Julie Cailler, University of Lorraine & Inria, France (julie.cailler(a)loria.fr) Nian-Ze Lee, LMU Munich / National Taiwan University (nian-ze.lee(a)sosy.ifi.lmu.de) If you have experience in artifact creation and evaluation or a passion for tools and empirical experiments, you are welcome to nominate yourself via an email to the AEC chairs. ***************** -- ____________________________________________________________ __ /\ \ \_____ / \ ###[==_____> / \ /_/ __ / __ \ \ \_____ | ( ) | ###[==_____> /| /\/\ |\ /_/ / | | | | \ / |=|==|=| \ Kristin Yvonne Rozier, Ph.D. / | | | | \ Associate Professor, Iowa State Univ / USA | ~||~ |NASA \ Departments of Aerospace Engineering, |______| ~~ |______| Computer Science, Mathematics, and (__||__) Electrical and Computer Engineering /_\ /_\ !!! !!! laboratory.temporallogic.org

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Ursula Goltz
by Kirstin Peters 04 Nov '24

04 Nov '24

*** English version below *** Liebe Fachgruppe, mit großer Bestürzung und Trauer informiere ich Euch über den Tot von unserer geschätzten Kollegin Ursula Goltz. Wie sicher bereits einige von Euch auf den Mailing-Listen erfahren haben, ist sie am vergangen Mittwoch in Hildesheim verstorben. Ulla hat Ihre Forschung leidenschaftlich und außerordentlich erfolgreich dem Thema Concurrency Theory gewidmet. Sie war in der Community nicht nur fachlich anerkannt, sondern aufgrund ihrer herzlichen, zugewandten Art auch außerordentlich beliebt. Sie war maßgeblich an der Gründung und Gestaltung der GI-Fachgruppe beteiligt. Mit ihrer Lebendigkeit war sie eine wichtige Gestalterin der Community in Deutschland und darüber hinaus. Menschen zusammen zu bringen und zu fördern, war ihr immer ein Herzensanliegen, das sie so intuitiv gemeistert hat, wie das Zusammenspiel ihres Familien- und Berufslebens. Sie hat sich immer für die Förderung des Nachwuchs eingesetzt und wird daher unsere Fachgruppe und das Forschungsgebiet Concurrency Theory noch auf lange Sicht hin prägen. Wir werden sie schmerzlich vermissen. ****************************************************************************** Dear Fachgruppe, It is with great dismay and sadness that I inform you of the death of our esteemed colleague Ursula Goltz. As I am sure some of you have already heard on the mailing lists, she passed away last Wednesday in Hildesheim. Ulla dedicated her research passionately and extraordinarily successfully to the topic of concurrency theory. She was not only professionally recognized in the community, but also extremely popular due to her warm, approachable nature. She was instrumental in founding and shaping the GI-Fachgruppe. With her vitality, she was an important shaper of the community in Germany and beyond. Bringing people together and promoting them was always a matter close to her heart, which she mastered as intuitively as the interplay of her family and professional life. She was always committed to promoting young talent and will therefore continue to shape our group and the research field of Concurrency Theory for a long time to come. We will sorely miss her.

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Professorship for "Verification of Complex Systems" at the
by Barbara König 10 Oct '24

10 Oct '24

The University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany, currently has an open professor position for "Verification of Complex Systems" (salary level W3): https://www.uni-due.de/karriere/stelle.php?kennziffer=41031-%2024 The newly established Faculty of Computer Science at UDE, formed by merging and strengthening the Duisburg and Essen computer science departments, has just turned one year old and continues to grow. We are therefore looking for new colleagues in several areas, and in particular for this attractive full professorship at the intersection of theory and application. More information about the scope and affiliations of this professorship, as well as the composition and vision of the faculty, can be found in the profile paper for this position: https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/informatik/profilpapier_verifikat… More information on how to apply is available from the first link above. The deadline is 7th November 2024.

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SAC-SVT 2025 Final Call for Papers: Software Verification and Testing
by Wijs, Anton 04 Oct '24

04 Oct '24

> 40th Annual ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing > Software Verification and Testing Track > Sicily, Italy, March 31 - April 4, 2025 > Submission deadline : October 13, 2024 > > SAC 2025 website: https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/ > SAC-SVT 2025 website: https://sac-svt.github.io/sac-svt-2025/ > > ==== Important dates ==== > > Oct 13, 2024 - Deadline submission of regular papers and SRC research abstracts > Nov 20, 2024 - Paper notification > Nov 29, 2024 - Camera-ready and author registration > Mar 31 - Apr 4, 2025 - ACM Symposium on Applied Computing > > ==== ACM Symposium on Applied Computing ==== > > The ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) has gathered scientists > from different areas of computing over the last thirty years. The forum > gives participants an opportunity to interact with different communities sharing > an interest in applied computing. > > SAC 2025 is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Applied > Computing (SIGAPP), and will take place on March 31 - Apr 4, 2025, Sicily, Italy. > > ==== Software Verification and Testing Track (SVT) ==== > > The Software Verification and Testing track aims to contribute to the > challenge of improving the usability of formal methods in software > engineering. The track covers areas such as formal methods for > verification and testing, based on theorem proving, model checking, > static analysis, and run-time verification. We invite authors to submit > new results in formal verification and testing, as well as development > of technologies to improve the usability of formal methods in software > engineering. We also welcome detailed descriptions of applications of > mechanical verification to large scale software. > > ==== Topics ==== > > Possible topics include, but are not limited to: > * model checking > * theorem proving > * correct by construction development > * model-based testing > * software testing > * symbolic execution > * static and dynamic analysis > * abstract interpretation > * analysis methods for dependable systems > * software certification and proof carrying code > * fault diagnosis and debugging > * verification and validation of large scale software systems > * real-world applications and case studies applying software testing and verification > * benchmarks and data sets for software testing and verification > > ==== Submission Guidelines ==== > > Paper submissions must report on original, unpublished work. Submitted > papers will undergo a double-blind review process. Author(s) name(s) and > address(es) must not appear in the body of the paper, and self-reference > should be avoided and made in the third person. We welcome research > papers and posters. Research papers should have at most 8 two-column > pages in ACM format (further two pages, to a total of 10 pages, may be > available at a charge). The length of a poster is limited to 2 pages (one > extra page may be available at a charge). Please comply to this page limit > already at submission time. > > Furthermore, in the context of the Student Research Competition (SRC) > program to provide graduate students the opportunity to meet and exchange > ideas with researchers and practitioners in their areas of interest, graduate > students are invited to submit research abstracts (single author, maximum > of 3 pages in ACM camera-ready format) following the instructions published > at the SAC 2025 website. Submission of the same abstract to multiple tracks > is not allowed. > > Accepted papers will be published in the ACM SAC 2025 proceedings in the > ACM digital library. Paper registration is required, allowing the inclusion of > the paper/poster in the conference proceedings. An author or a proxy attending > SAC MUST present the paper. This is a requirement for the paper/poster to be > included in the ACM digital library. No-show of registered papers and posters > will result in excluding them from the ACM digital library. > > The submission system for regular papers: > https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=sac-2025 > The submission system for SRC (Student Research Competition) abstracts: > https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=sacsrc-2025 > > ==== Track Chairs ==== > > Justyna Petke, University College London, United Kingdom > Anton Wijs, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

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SAC-SVT 2025 CFP: Software Verification and Testing Track at SAC
by Wijs, Anton 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

40th Annual ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing Software Verification and Testing Track Sicily, Italy, March 31 - April 4, 2025 Submission deadline : September, 20, 2024 SAC 2025 website: https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/ SAC-SVT 2025 website: https://sac-svt.github.io/sac-svt-2025/ ==== Important dates ==== Sep 20, 2024 - Deadline submission of regular papers and SRC research abstracts Oct 30, 2024 - Paper notification Nov 29, 2024 - Camera-ready and author registration Mar 31 - Apr 4, 2025 - ACM Symposium on Applied Computing ==== ACM Symposium on Applied Computing ==== The ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) has gathered scientists from different areas of computing over the last thirty years. The forum gives participants an opportunity to interact with different communities sharing an interest in applied computing. SAC 2025 is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing (SIGAPP), and will take place on March 31 - Apr 4, 2025, Sicily, Italy. ==== Software Verification and Testing Track (SVT) ==== The Software Verification and Testing track aims to contribute to the challenge of improving the usability of formal methods in software engineering. The track covers areas such as formal methods for verification and testing, based on theorem proving, model checking, static analysis, and run-time verification. We invite authors to submit new results in formal verification and testing, as well as development of technologies to improve the usability of formal methods in software engineering. We also welcome detailed descriptions of applications of mechanical verification to large scale software. ==== Topics ==== Possible topics include, but are not limited to: * model checking * theorem proving * correct by construction development * model-based testing * software testing * symbolic execution * static and dynamic analysis * abstract interpretation * analysis methods for dependable systems * software certification and proof carrying code * fault diagnosis and debugging * verification and validation of large scale software systems * real-world applications and case studies applying software testing and verification * benchmarks and data sets for software testing and verification ==== Submission Guidelines ==== Paper submissions must report on original, unpublished work. Submitted papers will undergo a double-blind review process. Author(s) name(s) and address(es) must not appear in the body of the paper, and self-reference should be avoided and made in the third person. We welcome research papers and posters. Research papers should have at most 8 two-column pages in ACM format (further two pages, to a total of 10 pages, may be available at a charge). The length of a poster is limited to 2 pages (one extra page may be available at a charge). Please comply to this page limit already at submission time. Furthermore, in the context of the Student Research Competition (SRC) program to provide graduate students the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with researchers and practitioners in their areas of interest, graduate students are invited to submit research abstracts (single author, maximum of 3 pages in ACM camera-ready format) following the instructions published at the SAC 2025 website. Submission of the same abstract to multiple tracks is not allowed. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM SAC 2025 proceedings in the ACM digital library. Paper registration is required, allowing the inclusion of the paper/poster in the conference proceedings. An author or a proxy attending SAC MUST present the paper. This is a requirement for the paper/poster to be included in the ACM digital library. No-show of registered papers and posters will result in excluding them from the ACM digital library. The submission system for regular papers: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=sac-2025 The submission system for SRC (Student Research Competition) abstracts: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=sacsrc-2025 ==== Track Chairs ==== Justyna Petke, University College London, United Kingdom Anton Wijs, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

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DisCoTec 2024 Final Call for Participation
by Bas van den Heuvel 09 Jun '24

09 Jun '24

[Apologies for multiple postings] ********************************* Final Call for Participation 19th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques DisCoTec 2024 Groningen, The Netherlands, June 17-21, 2024 https://www.discotec.org/2024/ ********************************* DisCoTec is one of the major events sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and the European Association for Programming Languages and Systems (EAPLS). DisCoTec 2024 will take place in Groningen, The Netherlands, between June 17-21, 2024, hosted by the University of Groningen. * Registration * Detailed information about registration can be found at https://www.discotec.org/2024/registration. Deadline June 12, 2024 (23:59 CEST). * Keynote Speakers * - Marieke Huisman (University of Twente, NL) VerCors: Inclusive Software Verification - Laura Kovács (Vienna University of Technology, AT) Automated Reasoning in BlockChain Security - Paulo Veríssimo (KAUST, SA) Platform Resilience? Beware of Threats from the “basement” See https://www.discotec.org/2024/invited for further details. * Main Conferences (June 18 - June 20) * - COORDINATION 2024 (https://www.discotec.org/2024/coordination) 26th International Conference on Coordination Models and Languages PC Chairs: Ilaria Castellani (INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France) and Francesco Tiezzi (University of Florence, Italy) - DAIS 2024 (https://www.discotec.org/2024/dais) 24th International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems PC Chairs: Rolando Martins (University of Porto, Portugal) and Mennan Selimi (South East European University, North Macedonia) - FORTE 2024 (https://www.discotec.org/2024/forte) 44th International Conference on Formal Techniques for Distributed Objects, Components, and Systems PC Chairs: Valentina Castiglioni (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands) and Adrian Francalanza (University of Malta, Malta) * Programme * The full programme can be found at https://www.discotec.org/2024/programme * Accepted Papers * See https://www.discotec.org/2024/accepted-papers <http://www.discotec.org/2024/accepted-papers> for details. * Satellite Events (June 17 and June 21) * - DiDiT 2024 (https://distributeddigitaltwins.github.io/2024/) 1st International Workshop on Distributed Digital Twins - ICE 2024 (https://www.discotec.org/2024/ice) 17th Interaction and Concurrency Experience - PLNL 2024 (https://conf.researchr.org/home/plnl-2024) 4th VERSEN Workshop on Programming Languages in The Netherlands To receive live, up-to-date information, follow us on X @DisCoTecConf ( https://twitter.com/DisCoTecConf).

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PostDoc/PhD position in Formal Methods at the University of Konstanz
by Emanuele D'Osualdo 28 May '24

28 May '24

Please distribute (apologies for multiple postings): ===================================== PostDoc/PhD position in Formal Methods at the University of Konstanz https://stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/1de6846cd08fd19408180654ed1d2131… ===================================== The newly established research group in Formal Methods for Software Engineering at the University of Konstanz, led by TT-Prof. Emanuele D’Osualdo, is inviting applications for a PhD position or a Postdoctoral position in Formal Methods, Verification and Programming Languages: * PhD position: Full time (4 years) * Postdoc position: Full time (2 years + extensions) Closing date: June 30th (not strict) Starting date: as soon as possible Application link: https://stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/1de6846cd08fd19408180654ed1d2131… Doctoral and Postdoctoral researchers have a status as employee with a salary according to the German federal employee scale TV-L E13. The focus of the group is: * Verification of concurrent systems (e.g. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3477082 and https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3571219), * Foundations of logics and types (e.g. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3563298 and https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3563318), and * Verification of probabilistic programs (e.g. https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.18708). Outstanding people, even with only a partial match to these topics, are encouraged to apply. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to state-of-the-art research and interact with high-profile international collaborators (e.g. from Uni. Toronto, Cornell, MPI-SWS, Imperial, Groningen). The working language is English. The University of Konstanz is one of the eleven Universities of Excellence in Germany, and is located in the beautiful city of Constance, by Lake Constance. Please reach out to Prof. Emanuele D’Osualdo at emanuele.dosualdo(a)uni-konstanz.de for any questions. For more info: https://stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/1de6846cd08fd19408180654ed1d2131…

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Available PhD/Postdoc position at the University of Bamberg
by Gerald Lüttgen 06 May '24

06 May '24

Hallo zusammen, ich habe an meinem Lehrstuhl eine wissMA-Stelle (Doktorand/in, Post-Doc, Akademische Rätin auf Zeit/Akademischer Rat auf Zeit) zu besetzen und würde mich freuen, wenn die Stellenausschreibung https://www.uni-bamberg.de/fileadmin/abt-personal/Homepage_ab_2016-03/10_St… an alle Interessenten verbreitet werden könnte. Vielen Dank und beste Grüße Gerald Lüttgen -- Prof. Dr. Gerald Lüttgen Lehrstuhl Softwaretechnik und Programmiersprachen, Fakultät WIAI, Universität Bamberg, 96045 Bamberg Mail: gerald.luettgen(a)uni-bamberg.de | Web: https://www.swt-bamberg.de/ | Tel.: 0951 863-3850

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D-CON Leitungsgremium
by Roland Meyer 11 Mar '24

11 Mar '24

Liebe D-CON Gemeinschaft, wie bei unserem Treffen besprochen, steht die Wahl für das Leitungsgremium unserer GI-Fachgruppe an. Bitte meldet Euch bis zum 29. März per Mail bei Kirstin und mir, wenn Ihr im Leitungsgremium mitwirken möchtet. Im Anschluss geben wir die Kandidaturen an die GI weiter, die dann eine Online-Wahl organisieren wird. Vielen Dank und beste Grüße Roland — Prof. Dr. Roland Meyer TU Braunschweig Institut für Theoretische Informatik Mühlenpfordtstr. 23, 346 38106 Braunschweig Phone: +49 (0)531 391 9524 Fax: +49 (0)531 391 9529

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