20th International Conference on

Computer Aided Verification (CAV) 2008

July 7 – 14, 2008
Princeton, USA

Call for Papers

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:

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

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.

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).

There are two categories of submissions:

• A. Regular papers Submissions, not exceeding thirteen (13) pages using Springer's LNCS format, should contain original research, and sufficient detail to assess the merits and relevance of the contribution. For papers reporting experimental results, authors are strongly encouraged to make their data available with their submission. Submissions reporting on case studies in an industrial context are strongly invited, and should describe details, weaknesses and strength in sufficient depth. Simultaneous submission to other conferences with proceedings or submission of material that has already been published elsewhere is not allowed.
• B . Tool presentations Submissions, not exceeding four (4) pages using Springer's LNCS format, should describe the implemented tool and its novel features. A demonstration is expected to accompany a tool presentation. Papers describing tools that have already been presented in this conference before will be accepted only if significant and clear enhancements to the tool are reported and implemented.

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.

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