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VerifyThis Verification Competition 2020

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION -- TRAVEL GRANTS

Competition to be held at ETAPS 2020

http://verifythis.ethz.ch

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IMPORTANT DATES

Grant application deadline: March 11, 2020 Competition: April 25 and 26, 2020

ABOUT THE COMPETITION

VerifyThis 2020 is a program verification competition taking place as part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software (ETAPS 2020) on 25 and 26 April 2020. It is the 9th event in the VerifyThis competition series. Information on previous events and participants can be found at http://verifythis.ethz.ch.

The aims of the competition are: - to bring together those interested in formal verification, and to provide an engaging, hands-on, and fun opportunity for discussion, and - to evaluate the usability of logic-based program verification tools in a controlled experiment that could be easily repeated by others.

The competition will offer a number of challenges presented in natural language and pseudo code. Participants have to formalize the requirements, implement a solution, and formally verify the implementation for adherence to the specification.

There are no restrictions on the programming language and verification technology used. The correctness properties posed in problems will have the input-output behaviour of programs in focus. Solutions will be judged for correctness, completeness and elegance.

PARTICIPATION

Participation is open for anybody interested. Teams of up to two people are allowed. Registration for ETAPS workshops and physical presence on site is required.

We particularly encourage participation of: - student teams (this includes PhD students) - non-developer teams using a tool someone else developed - several teams using the same tool

To facilitate planning, please also send an email to verifythis@googlegroups.com stating your planned team composition and verification system(s) you plan to use. Informal inquiries are welcome at the same address.

TRAVEL GRANTS

The competition is trying to obtain funds for a limited number of travel grants. A grant covers the incurred travel and accommodation costs up to a certain limit. We will announce more details at http://verifythis.ethz.ch shortly.

To apply for a travel grant, send an email to verifythis@googlegroups.com by March 11, 2020. The application should include: - your name - your affiliation - the verification system(s) you plan to use at the competition - the planned composition of your team (and whether you are developers of the tools you'll be using) - a short letter of motivation explaining your involvement with formal verification so far - if you are a student, please state the academic degree you are seeking and have your supervisor send a brief letter of support to verifythis@googlegroups.com

ORGANIZERS * Siddharth Krishna, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK * Wytse Oortwijn, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

STEERING COMMITTEE * Marieke Huisman, University of Twente, the Netherlands * Rosemary Monahan, Maynooth University, Ireland * Peter Müller, ETH Zurich, Switzerland * Mattias Ulbrich, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

CONTACT Email: verifythis@googlegroups.com Web: http://verifythis.ethz.ch