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MBT 2017: Model-Based Testing

23 Apr 2017
Uppsala, Sweden

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MBT'17 - 11th International Workshop on Model-Based Testing
April 23, 2017, Uppsala, Sweden
http://mbt-workshop.org/
co-located with ETAPS 2017, http://www.etaps.org/
Submission deadline: Jan 31, 2017
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Aims and Scope
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The workshop MBT 2017 is devoted to model-based testing of computational 
systems. Model-based testing uses models describing the required behavior of 
the system under consideration to guide such efforts as test selection and test 
evaluation. Testing validates the real system behavior against models and 
checks that the implementation conforms to them, but is capable also to find 
errors in the models themselves.

Model-based testing has gained attention with the popularization of models in 
systems design and development. Of particular importance are formal models with 
precise semantics, such as state-based formalisms, algebraic specifications, or 
other formal descriptions of possible system behavior. Testing with such models 
allows to detect subtle bugs and at the same time to measure the degree of the 
product's conformance with the model. Model-based testing has particular 
importance in areas such as testing of cyber-physical systems and security 
testing due to their inherent complexity. Application domains are communicating 
systems, mobile and web applications, industry 4.0, medical and industrial 
devices, and others.

Techniques to support model-based testing are drawn from various areas, like 
deductive verification, model checking, constraint solving, control and data 
flow analysis, grammar analysis, Markov processes, etc.

The intent of this workshop is to bring together researchers and users of 
model-based testing techniques and tools to discuss the state of the art in 
theory, applications, tools, and industrialization of model-based testing and 
related domains. MBT 2017 in particular addresses also industrial participants 
to exchange their ideas about applicability and experiences with model-based 
testing.

Workshop History
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MBT 2017 is the eleventh event in a series of ETAPS satellite workshops.

  MBT 2004, historically the first meeting to focus on model-based testing, was 
held March 27-28, 2004, in Barcelona, Spain.
  MBT 2006 was held March 25-26, 2006, in Vienna, Austria.
  MBT 2007 on March 31 - April 1, 2007, in Braga, Portugal.
  MBT 2008 on March 30, 2008, in Budapest, Hungary.
  MBT 2009 on March 22, 2009, in York, UK.
  MBT 2010 on March 21, 2010, in Paphos, Cyprus.
  MBT 2012 on March 25, 2012, in Tallinn, Estonia.
  MBT 2013 on March 17, 2013, in Rome, Italy.
  MBT 2014 on April 6, 2014, in Grenoble, France.
  MBT 2015 on April 18, 2015, in London, UK.

The proceedings have appeared in ENTCS (volumes 111, 164, 190, 220, 253) and in 
EPTCS (volumes 80, 111, 141, 180).

Submission Topics
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Original submissions are solicited from representatives of both industry and 
academia. They are invited to present their work, plans, and views related to 
model-based testing. The topics of interest include but are not limited to:

  - Online and offline test sequence generation methods and tools
  - Test data selection methods and tools
  - Model-based test coverage metrics
  - Automatic domain/partition analysis
  - Combination of formal verification and testing
  - Test oracle construction techniques
  - Scenario based test generation
  - Language/technology support for testing, domain-specific testing languages
  - Formalisms and theories of model-based testing
  - Using high-level models (in SysML, AADL, etc.) for testing
  - Runtime verification and model-based testing
  - Application of model checking techniques in testing
  - Use of constraint solving and constraint inference in testing
  - Game-theoretic and probabilistic approaches to test selection
  - Model-based security testing, testing of other non-functional requirements
  - Model-based testing of hybrid and cyber-physical systems
  - Model-based testing of product lines
  - Problems and achievements of model-based testing in industry

Important Dates
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  Paper submissions ? Jan 31, 2017
  Notification of acceptance ? Feb 21, 2017
  Final versions ? February 28, 2017
  Workshop ? April 23, 2017

Paper Submission
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RESEARCH PAPERS should be limited to 15 pages in EPTCS format (eptcsstyle.zip), 
describing significant research results based on sound theory or experimental 
assessment.

We also solicit INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE PAPERS and PRESENTATIONS on the use of 
model-based testing in industrial environments and analysis of results 
obtained. Industrial papers should be limited to 15 pages. Industrial 
presentations may be submitted as annotations only.

Paper submission is now open at
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mbt17

Program Committee Co-chairs
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  Holger Schlingloff (Fraunhofer FOKUS and Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, 
Germany)
  Stephan Weißleder (Thales Transportation Systems GmbH, Berlin, Germany)
  Florian Prester (sepp.med, Röttenbach, Germany)

Program Committee
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  Bernhard Aichernig (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
  Martin Beisser (sepp.med, Germany) (invited)
  Jonathan Bowen (London South Bank University, UK)
  John Derrick (University of Sheffield, UK)
  Lars Frantzen (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands)
  Juergen Großmann (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany)
  Philipp Helle (EADS, Germany)
  Alexander S. Kossatchev (ISP RAS, Russia)
  Anne Kramer (sepp.med, Germany)
  Victor Kuliamin (ISP RAS, Russia)
  Hartmut Lackner (Model Engineering Solutions, Germany)
  Bruno Legeard (Smartesting, France)
  Bruno Marre (CEA LIST, France)
  Armin Metzger (ASQF, Germany) (invited)
  Roman Nagy (BMW, Germany) (invited)
  Nikolay Pakulin (ISP RAS, Russia)
  Jan Peleska (University of Bremen, Germany)
  Alexandre Petrenko (Computer Research Institute of Montreal, Canada)
  Fabien Peureux (University of Franche-Comté, France)
  Julien Schmaltz (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
  Mark-Florian Wendland (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany)
  Nina Yevtushenko (Tomsk State University, Russia)

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Prof. Dr. Holger Schlingloff
HU Berlin - Informatik, Rudower Chaussee 25, D-12489 Berlin
Fraunhofer FOKUS, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31, D-10589 Berlin
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