IVOIRE Workshop 2024

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 is 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, benchmarking, case studies, etc.

The IVOIRE workshop was co-located with ABZ 2024 at the University of Bergamo, Italy and took place on 25th of June 2024.

Schedule

Conference Room: Room 5

• 14:00–15:30 Session 1 — Session Chair: Fabian Vu
  • 14:00–14:30 Validation of Domain and Meta Models: From Event-B Theories to Practice — Michael Leuschel, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
  • 14:30–15:00 IVOIRE Project: Results and Insights — Atif Mashkoor, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
  • 15:00–15:30 An Exercise in Multi-modeling — Jean-Pierre Jacquot, University of Lorraine, France
• 15:30–16:00 Coffee break
• 16:00–18:00 Session 2 — Session Chair: Atif Mashkoor
  • 16:00–16:30 Validation Obligations in Practice — Fabian Vu, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
  • 16:30–17:00 Validation Obligations Manager — David Geleßus, Fabian Vu, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
  • 17:00–17:30 What Should I Verify? — Marie Farrell, University of Manchester, UK
  • 17:30–18:00 Discussion and conclusion

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)