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Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
The 28. International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems (TACAS) 2022
Topics
- specification and verification techniques;
- software and hardware verification;
- analytical techniques for real-time, hybrid, or stochastic systems;
- analytical techniques for safety, security, or dependability;
- SAT and SMT solving;
- theorem proving;
- model checking;
- static and dynamic program analysis;
- testing;
- abstraction techniques for modeling and verification;
- compositional and refinement-based methodologies;
- system construction and transformation techniques;
- machine-learning techniques for synthesis and verification;
- tool environments and tool architectures;
- applications and case studies.
Submissions
Paper submission and review:
The four conferences of ETAPS 2022 solicit contributions of the following types. All page limits are given excluding the bibliography.
- ESOP: regular research papers of max 25 pp
- FASE: regular research papers and empirical evaluation of max 18 pp, new ideas and emerging results (NIER) papers of max 8 pp, tool demonstration papers of max 6 pp + mandatory appendix of max 6 pp
- FoSSaCS: regular research papers of max 18 pp
- TACAS: regular research papers, case study papers and regular tool papers of max 16 pp, tool demonstration papers of max 6 pp
For definitions of the different paper types and specific instructions, where they are present, see the webpages of the individual conferences.
The rationale for exempting the bibliography from the page limit is to remove the possibility to win space for the body of paper by cutting the bibliography, a practice that has a negative effect on our competitiveness as a community.
All accepted papers will appear in the proceedings and have presentations during the conference. A condition of submission is that, if the submission is accepted, one of the authors attends the conference to give the presentation. We plan ETAPS 2022 as a hybrid conference; remote attendance and presentation will be possible.
Submitted papers must be in English presenting original research. They must be unpublished and not submitted for publication elsewhere. In particular, simultaneous submission of the same contribution to multiple ETAPS conferences is also forbidden.
Submissions must follow the formatting guidelines of Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science and be submitted electronically in pdf through the Easychair author interface of the respective conference. Submissions not adhering to the specified format and length may be rejected immediately.
ESOP and FASE will use double-blind reviewing. Authors are asked to omit their names and institutions; refer to prior work in the third person, just as prior work by others; not to include acknowledgements that might identify them.
ESOP and FoSSaCS will use an author rebuttal phase. TACAS will use rebuttal for selected submissions (those in the gray zone).
Artifact submission and evaluation:
Regular tool paper and tool demonstration paper submissions to TACAS must be accompanied by an artifact registered by the paper submission deadline and submitted by the specific deadline shortly after. The artifact will be evaluated and the outcome will be taken into account in the acceptance decision of the paper.
For research paper and case study paper submissions, pre-paper-acceptance submission of an artifact is optional; if an artifact is submitted at this point, it will be handled like described in the previous sentence.
Alternatively, authors of papers of these categories may submit an artifact for evaluation after the paper has been accepted. The outcome of the artifact evaluation will then not change the paper acceptance decision.
ESOP and FASE will also have artifact evaluation, but participation in this is voluntary; the artifact submission deadline is after the paper notification deadline. The outcome will not alter the paper acceptance decision.
For specific instructions regarding artifacts, see the webpages of the individual conferences.
Important Dates
Paper submission deadline (also, pre-paper-acceptance artifact registration deadline (TACAS)): 14 October 2021 23:59 AoE (=GMT-12)
Pre-paper-acceptance artifact submission deadline (TACAS): 4 November 2021 23:59 AoE
Rebuttal (ESOP, FoSSaCS and, partially, TACAS): 7 December 2021 00:01 AoE - 9 December 2021 23:59 AoE
Paper notification: 23 December 2021
Post-paper-acceptance artifact submission deadline (ESOP, FASE, TACAS): 5 January 2022 23:59 AoE
Paper final versions: 26 January 2022
Artifact notification: 16 February 2022
