12th International Conference on Tests & Proofs
Toulouse, June 27 - 29, 2018
Part of the STAF Event 2018(parallel ECMFA, ICGT, ICMT, SEFM, TAP, TTC)
Purpose and scope
The TAP conference promotes research in verification and formal methods that targets the interplay of proofs and testing: the advancement of techniques of each kind and their combination, with the ultimate goal of improving software and system dependability.
Research in verification has recently seen a steady convergence of heterogeneous techniques and a synergy between the traditionally distinct areas of testing (and dynamic analysis) and of proving (and static analysis). Formal techniques for counter-example generation based on, for example, symbolic execution, SAT/SMT-solving or model checking, furnish evidence for the potential of a combination of test and proof. The combination of predicate abstraction with testing-like techniques based on exhaustive enumeration opens the perspective for novel techniques of proving correctness. On the practical side, testing offers cost-effective debugging techniques of specifications or crucial parts of program proofs (such as invariants). Last but not least, testing is indispensable when it comes to the validation of the underlying assumptions of complex system models involving hardware and/or system environments. Over the years, there is growing acceptance in research communities that testing and proving are complementary rather than mutually exclusive techniques.
The TAP conference aims to promote research in the intersection of testing and proving by bringing together researchers and practitioners from both areas of verification.
Proceedings
Accepted papers will be published in the Springer LNCS series (details to be confirmed) and will be available at the conference.
The contents of previous TAP proceedings are available at: http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/tap/
Previous TAPs
- TAP 2007, the First International Conference on Tests and Proofs, Zurich, Switzerland, February 12-14, 2007
- TAP 2008, the Second International Conference on Tests and Proofs, Prato, Italy, April 9-11, 2008
- TAP 2009, the Third International Conference on Tests and Proofs, Zurich, Switzerland, July 2-3, 2009
- TAP 2010, the 4th International Conference on Tests and Proofs, Malaga, Spain, July 1-2, 2010
- TAP 2011, the 5th International Conference on Tests and Proofs, Bremen, Germany, July 1-2, 2011
- TAP 2012, the 6th International Conference on Tests and Proofs, Besancon, France, July 1-2, 2012
- TAP 2013, the 7th International Conference on Tests and Proofs, Budapest, Hungary, June 18-19, 2013
- TAP 2014, the 8th International Conference on Tests and Proofs, Budapest, Hungary, June 18-19, 2014
- TAP 2015, the 9th International Conference on Tests and Proofs, L'Aquila, Italy, July 22-24, 2015
- TAP 2016, the 10th International Conference on Tests and Proofs, Vienna, Austria, July 5-7, 2016
- TAP 2017, the 11th International Conference on Tests and Proofs, Marburg, Germany, July 19-20, 2017
