20th International Conference on

Computer Aided Verification (CAV) 2008

July 7 – 14, 2008
Princeton, USA

Call for Papers

Aims and Scope

CAV 2008 is the 20th in a series dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practice of computer-aided formal analysis methods for hardware and software systems. CAV considers it vital to continue its leadership in hardware verification, maintain its recent momentum in software verification, and consider new domains such as biological systems. The conference covers the spectrum from theoretical results to concrete applications, with an emphasis on practical verification tools and the algorithms and techniques that are needed for their implementation. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. A selection of papers will be invited to a special issue of the International Journal on Formal Methods in System Design.

Topics of interest include:

CAV Award

An annual award, called the CAV Award, has been established

"For a specific fundamental contribution

or a series of outstanding contributions

to the field of Computer-Aided Verification."

The cited contribution(s) must have been made not more recently than five years ago and not over twenty years ago. In addition, the contribution(s) should not yet have received recognition via a major award, such as the ACM Turing or Kanellakis Awards. (The nominee may have received such an award for other contributions.)

The award of $10,000 will be granted to an individual or a group of individuals chosen by the Award Committee from a list of nominations.

The Award Committee may choose to make no award in a given year.

The CAV Award will be presented in an award ceremony at the Computer-Aided Verification Conference and a citation will be published in a journal of record (currently, Formal Methods in System Design).

Anyone, with the exception of members of the Award Committee, is eligible to receive the Award.

Please see the Call for Nominations for the CAV Award.


Events

There will be pre-conference workshops on July 7 and July 8, and post-conference workshops on July 14. Please see Workshops for more details

There will be tutorials on July 9 (first day of the conference).


Paper Submission

There are two categories of submissions:

NEW: Since many people have asked, the page limits apply to all material including references, but not to any appendices (please be reasonable in the total page count). We will provide the appendices to reviewers, but do not require them to read it.

Papers can be submitted in PDF or PS format. Submission is done with EasyChair. Please follow guidelines posted in Paper Submission.

Papers exceeding the stated maximum length (or that do not follow the recommended Springer LNCS format) run the risk of rejection without review.

The review process will include a feedback/rebuttal period where authors will have the option to respond to reviewer comments.

Important Dates

Paper submission (firm):23:59 Samoa Time, GMT –11 hours
Author feedback/rebuttal period: March 9-11, 2008
Notification of acceptance/rejection: March 26, 2008
Final version due: April 21, 2008

Program Chairs

Program Committee

 

 

Steering Committee