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4th International Workshop on Systems Software Verification (SSV 09) Real Software, Real Problems, Real Solutions June 22-24 2009, Aachen, Germany http://www.embedded.rwth-aachen.de/ssv09/ Industrial-strength software analysis and verification has advanced in recent years through the introduction of model checking, automated and interactive theorem proving, and static analysis techniques as well as correctness by design, correctness by contract, and model-driven development. However, many techniques are working under restrictive assumptions which are invalidated by complex (embedded) system software such as operating system kernels, low-level device drivers or microcontroller code. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers and developers from both academia and industry, who are facing real software and real problems to find real, applicable solutions. By "real" we mean problems such as time-to-market or reliability that the industry is facing and is trying to fix in software that is deployed in the market place. A real solution is one that is applicable to the problem in industry and not one that only applies to an abstract, academic toy version of it. This forum will discuss software analysis/development techniques and tools; it will also serve as a platform to discuss open problems and future challenges in dealing with existing and upcoming systems level code. Topics include (but are not limited to): * model checking * automated and interactive theorem proving * static analysis * automated testing * model-driven development * embedded systems development * programming languages * verifying compilers * software certification * software tools * experience reports Interested speakers should submit their paper (max 15 pages, ENTCS style) to http://www.easychair.org/SSV09/ by Feb 06 2008, 23:59h Samoan time. All papers will be subject to peer review under normal conference standards. Experience reports and papers on work in progress are welcome as long as there is a clear contribution. Accepted submissions are planned to be published in ENTCS. Submissions must be in pdf format and follow the ENTCS style instructions at http://www.entcs.org/prelim.html. Important dates Feb 06 2009 Submission Deadline Apr 06 2009 Notification of accepted papers May 06 2009 Final version May 06 2009 Registration deadline (early) Jun 06 2009 Registration deadline (normal) Jun 22-24 2009 Workshop The workshop is organized as a three-day workshop (Jun 22-24 2009). Location The workshop will be held in Aachen, Germany on the campus of the RWTH Aachen University. Program Chair Ralf Huuck (NICTA, Australia) Gerwin Klein (NICTA, Australia) Bastian Schlich (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) Program Committee June Andronick (NICTA, Australia) Kai Baukus (BMW Car IT, Germany) Cristina Cifuentes (Sun Microsystems Labs, Australia) Kim Larsen (Aalborg University, Denmark) John Matthews (Galois Inc., USA) Michael McDougall (Grammatech, USA) Thomas Noll (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) Wolfgang Paul (University of Saarbruecken, Germany) Jan Peleska (University of Bremen, Germany) John Regehr (University of Utah, USA) Wolfgang Reif (University of Augsburg, Germany) Wolfram Schulte (Microsoft Research, USA) Zhong Shao (Yale University, USA) Hendrik Tews (University of Nijmegen, Netherlands) Chao Wang (NEC Laboratories America, USA) Carsten Weise (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) Thank you for the sponsorship by European Microsoft Innovation Center (EMIC) http://www.microsoft.com/EMIC