IVOIRE Workshop 2023

Historically, formal methods and supported environments have focused more on only one-half of the quality-assurance process: verification (are we building the software right?). The other half, validation (are we building the right software?) has been given much less attention, i.e., we have fewer automated/push-button tools available for validation, unlike verification.

The IVOIRE project focuses on developing an enhanced formal paradigm based on an extension of the refinement framework that includes a comprehensive validation process and toolchain to perform validation obligations. The main goal of this workshop was to provide a platform for formal methods practitioners, researchers, and academics to discuss various issues associated with validation for formal methods, including but not limited to:

• Validation obligations or other systematic approaches to validation
• Relation between refinement and validation, and the interplay between verification and validation
• Environments and tools to manage the validation process
• Evaluations, benchmarkings, case studies, etc.

The IVOIRE workshop will be co-located with ABZ 2023 in Nancy, France, and will take place on 30th of May 2023.

The workshop from 2022 can was held in Lugano, Switzerland.

Schedule

To be announced.

Registration

to be announced.

Organizers

Workshop chairs:

• Atif Mashkoor (JKU Linz, Austria)
• Michael Leuschel (HHU Düsseldorf, Germany)

Workshop organizing committee:

• Sebastian Stock (JKU Linz, Austria)
• Fabian Vu (HHU Düsseldorf, Germany)
• David Geleßus (HHU Düsseldorf, Germany)