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      Call For Papers<br>
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      Science of Computer Programming<br>
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      Special Issue on Automated Verification of Critical Systems<br>
      Guest editors: Jens Bendispoto, Michael Leuschel, Markus
      Roggenbach<br>
      <br>
      Submission deadline: 9.9.2011<br>
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      This special issue is devoted to the scope of the international<br>
      workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems (AVoCS 2010
      -<br>
      see&nbsp;<a href="http://www.formal-methods.de/avocs2010/%29">http://www.formal-methods.de/avocs2010/)</a><br>
      which Duesseldorf University hosted in September 2010. AVoCS is
      devoted to tools<br>
      and techniques for the verification of critical systems. These
      topics<br>
      are to be interpreted broadly and inclusively.<br>
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      Typical, but not exclusive topics of interest are:<br>
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      - Model Checking,<br>
      - Automatic and Interactive Theorem Proving,<br>
      - Abstract Interpretation,<br>
      - Specification and Refinement,<br>
      - Requirements Capture and Analysis,<br>
      - Verification of Software and Hardware,<br>
      - Verification of Security-Critical Systems,<br>
      - Probabilistic and Real-Time Systems,<br>
      - Verified System Development, and<br>
      - Industrial Applications.<br>
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      Submission to this special issue is completely open. We expect<br>
      original articles (typically 20-30 pages) that present
      high-quality<br>
      contributions that have not been previously published in an
      archival<br>
      venue and that must not be simultaneously submitted for
      publication<br>
      elsewhere.<br>
      <br>
      Submissions must comply with SCP's author guidelines (see<br>
      <a
href="http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505623/authorinstructions%29">http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505623/authorinstructions)</a>&nbsp;and<br>
      be written in English.<br>
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      Submission website will be announced in due course.<br>
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      AVoCS<br>
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