FMICS 2024
29th International Conference on Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems
Co-located with FM 2024 in Milan, September 9-11, 2024
The aim of the FMICS conference series is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners who are interested in the development and application of formal methods in industry.
FMICS brings together scientists and engineers who are active in the area of formal methods and interested in exchanging their experiences in the industrial usage of these methods.
The FMICS conference series also strives to promote research and development for the improvement of formal methods and tools for industrial applications.
PROGRAMME
(downloadable Progamme as a PDF file)
The proceedings are accessible on https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-68150-9 (for conference participants, access is free until October 15, 2024).
Monday September 9
- 9:00 – 10:20
FM plenary keynote, invited by FACS
- Comparing Reactive Models and Cyclic Components of Robotic Systems: The RoboStar Approach to Model-Based Testing
Ana Cavalcanti
- 10:20 – 10:50
Coffee Break
- 10:50 – 12:30
Real-Time Systems / Robotics
(Chair: Alessandro Cimatti)
- Welcome
Anne Haxthausen and Wendelin Serwe
- Safe Linear Encoding of Vehicle Dynamics for the Instantiation of Abstract Scenarios
Jan Steffen Becker
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Digital Twins through Statistical Model Checking with Feedbacks and Perturbations
Valentina Castiglioni, Ruggero Lanotte, Michele Loreti and Simone Tini
- UPPAAL-based Modeling and Verification of ROS 2 Multi-threaded Execution and Operating System Reservations
Lukas Dust, Rong Gu, Cristina Seceleanu, Mikael Ekström and Saad Mubeen
- 12:30 – 14:00
Lunch
- 14:00 – 15:20
FM plenary keynote, invited by TAP
- Formalising Requirements for Systems Verification
Rosemary Monahan
- 15:20 – 15:50
Coffee Break
- 15:50 – 17:20
Semantics and Verification
(Chair: Laura Titolo)
- Formalising the Industrial Language SMMT in mCRL2
Jordi E. P. M. van Laarhoven, Olav Bunte, Louis C. M. van Gool and Tim A. C. Willemse
- Fault Tree inference using Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms and Confusion Matrix-based Metrics
Lisandro Arturo Jimenez-Roa, Nicolae Rusnac, Matthias Volk and Mariëlle Stoelinga
- Logika: The Sireum Verification Framework
Robby, John Hatcliff and Jason Belt
Tuesday September 10
- 9:00 – 10:20
FM plenary keynote, invited by LOPSTR/PPDP
- Safe and Easy Compile-Time Generative Programming
Ningning Xie
- 10:20 – 10:50
Coffee Break
- 10:50 – 12:20
Case Studies 1
(Chair: Thierry Lecomte)
- Fuzzing an Industrial Proprietary Protocol
Eduard Baranov, Axel Legay and Martin Vivian
- Modelling and Analysis of DTLS: Power Consumption and Attacks
Lise Bech Gehlert, Malthe Peter Højen Jørgensen, Christoffer Brejnholm Koch, Tobias Møller, Signe Kirstine Rusbjerg, Tobias Worm Bøgedal, Danny Bøgsted Poulsen, René Rydhof Hansen and Daniel Lux
- Verifying a Radio Telescope Pipeline using HaliVer: Solving Nonlinear and Quantifier Challenges
Lars B. van den Haak, Anton Wijs, Marieke Huisman and Mark van den Brand
- 12:30 – 14:00
Lunch
- 14:00 – 15:20
FM plenary keynote, invited by FMICS
- B+ or how to model system properties in a formal software model
Thierry Lecomte
- 15:20 – 15:50
Coffee Break
- 15:50 – 16:50
Case Studies 2
(Chair: Alessandro Fantechi)
- Reconstructing the high-level structure of legacy code via software model checking: an experience report
Roberto Cavada, Alessandro Cimatti, Alberto Griggio, Stefano Tonetta, Federico Bonafini, Matteo Campidelli and Andrea Zasa
- Formal analysis and monitoring of legacy safety-critical interlocking systems with the use of certified industrial tools
Dalay Almeida, Florian Jamain and Thierry Lecomte
- 19:00 – 22:00
Reception buffet
Wednesday September 11
- 9:00 – 10:20
FM opening and plenary keynote
- Adversarial Robustness Certification for Bayesian Neural Networks
Marta Kwiatkowska
- 10:20 – 10:50
Coffee Break
- 10:50 – 12:20
Neural Networks
(Chair: Maurice ter Beek)
- Unifying Syntactic and Semantic Abstractions for Deep Neural Networks
Sanaa Siddiqui, Diganta Mukhopadhyay, Mohammad Afzal, Hrishikesh Karmarkar and Kumar Madhukar
- Multimodal Model Predictive Runtime Verification for Safety of Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems
Alexis Aurandt, Phillip H. Jones, Kristin Yvonne Rozier and Tichakorn Wongpiromsarn
- Surrogate Neural Networks Local Stability for Aircraft Predictive Maintenance
Mélanie Ducoffe, Guillaume Povéda, Audrey Galametz, Ryma Boumazouza, Marion-Cécile Martin, Julien Baris, Derk Daverschot and Eugene O'Higgins
- 12:30 – 14:00
Lunch
- 14:00 – 15:20
Plenary keynotes, invited by FMICS/FM Industry Day
- The Business of Proof
Byron Cook
- Industry partner pitches
- 15:20 – 15:50
Coffee Break
- 15:50 – 17:50
FM Industry Day Presentations
IMPORTANT DATES (AoE)
- Abstract submission:
25 April 2024 4 May 2024
- Paper submission:
1 May 2024 8 May 2024
- Notification: 10 June 2024
- Camera-ready version: 23 June 2024
- Early bird registration: 30 July 2024
- Conference: 9-11 September 2024
INVITED SPEAKERS
- Byron Cook (University College London, Amazon Web Services):
The Business of Proof
- Thierry Lecomte (CLEARSY):
B+ or how to model system properties in a formal software model
More information about the invited speakers is given on a separate page.
AWARDS
During the reception buffet on Tuesday September 10, 2024, the following Springer-sponsored awards were handed out:
- Best Methodology Paper:
Safe Linear Encoding of Vehicle Dynamics for the Instantiation of Abstract Scenarios
Jan Steffen Becker
- Best Tool Paper:
Logika: The Sireum Verification Framework
Robby, John Hatcliff, and Jason Belt
TOPICS
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
- Case studies and experience reports on industrial applications of formal methods, focusing on lessons learned or identification of new research directions.
- Methods, techniques, and tools to support automated analysis, certification, debugging, learning, optimization, and transformation of complex, distributed, real-time, embedded, mobile, and autonomous systems.
- Verification and validation methods (model checking, theorem proving, SAT/SMT constraint solving, abstract interpretation, etc.) that address shortcomings of existing methods with respect to their industrial applicability (e.g., scalability and usability issues, tool qualification, and certification).
- Transfer to industry and impact of adoption of formal methods on the development process and associated costs in industry.
- Application of formal methods in standardization and industrial forums.
SUBMISSION
Papers must describe original research work and results.
Submitted papers must not have previously appeared in a journal or conference with published proceedings and must not be concurrently submitted to any other peer-reviewed workshop, symposium, conference, or archival journal.
Any partial overlap with any such published or concurrently submitted paper must be clearly indicated.
Submissions should clearly motivate relevance to industrial applications.
Case study papers should identify lessons learned, validate theoretical results (such as scalability of methods) or provide specific motivation for further research and development.
Papers should not exceed 15 pages (excluding references) formatted according to the Springer author guidelines LNCS style.
Any appendices (beyond the above page limit) might not be considered in the review process.
All submissions will be reviewed by at least three members of the Programme Committee, which will make a selection among the submissions based on the novelty, soundness, and applicability of the presented ideas and results.
Papers must be written in English and should be submitted as PDF files using the EasyChair submission site (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fmics2024).
PROCEEDINGS
The conference proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series.
Previous FMICS proceedings can be found on SpringerLink.
At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to present the paper at the conference as a registered participant.
Authors should consult Springer's authors' guidelines and use their proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for Word, for the preparation of their papers.
Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers.
BEST PAPER AWARD
An monetary award sponsored by Springer will be given to the authors of the submission selected by the Program Committee as the best paper of FMICS 2024.
SPECIAL ISSUE
The Programme Committee of FMICS 2024 will invite a selection of accepted papers to submit extended versions to a special issue of the International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer.
COMMITTEES
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE CHAIRS
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
- Bernhard Aichernig (TU Graz, Austria)
- Davide Basile (ISTI CNR, Pisa, Italy)
- Alessandro Cimatti (Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy)
- Pedro R. D'Argenio (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba - CONICET, Argentina)
- Jennifer Davis (Collins Aerospace, USA)
- Luca di Stefano (University of Gothenburg and Chalmers, Sweden)
- Hugues Evrard (Google, France)
- Alessandro Fantechi (DINFO - Universitá di Firenze, Italy)
- Wan Fokkink (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Martin Fränzle (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany)
- Pierre-Loïc Garoche (ENAC, France)
- Matthias Güdemann (UAS Munich, Germany)
- Klaus Havelund (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA)
- Anne Haxthausen (Technical University of Denmark, co-chair)
- Holger Hermanns (Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany)
- Peter Höfner (Australian National University)
- Bertrand Jeannet (Dassault Systèmes, France)
- Joseph Kiniry (Galois, Inc., USA)
- Jan Křetínský (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic)
- Kim Guldstrand Larsen (Computer Science, Aalborg University, Denmark)
- Thierry Lecomte (CLEARSY, France)
- David Monniaux (CNRS, Verimag, France)
- Tiziana Margaria (University of Limerick and LERO, Ireland)
- Lina Marsso (University of Toronto, Canada)
- Stephan Merz (Inria Nancy, France)
- Stefan Mitsch (DePaul University, Chicago, USA)
- Charles Pecheur (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
- Cristina Seceleanu (Mälardalen University, Sweden)
- Wendelin Serwe (INRIA Grenoble, France, co-chair)
- Laura Titolo (AMA Inc/NASA LaRC, USA)
- Jaco van de Pol (Aarhus University, Denmark)
- Virginie Wiels (ONERA, France)
- Anton Wijs (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
- Jim Woodcock (University of York, United Kingdom)
- Zhen Zhang (Utah State University, USA)
FMICS STEERING COMMITTEE
- Maurice ter Beek (ISTI-CNR, IT)
- Alessandro Fantechi (University of Florence, IT)
- Hubert Garavel (INRIA, FR)
- Tiziana Margaria (University of Limerick and LERO, IE)
- Radu Mateescu (INRIA, FR)
- Jaco van de Pol (Aarhus University, DK)
VENUE
FMICS 2024 is co-located with FM 2024 and will be held at Politecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy.
Last updated on 2024/09/23 10:49:58