[TYPES/announce] VerifyThis @ ETAPS 2019: Travel Grants + Call for Participation

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VerifyThis Verification Competition 2019

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION  --  TRAVEL GRANTS

Competition to be held at ETAPS 2019

http://verifythis.ethz.ch 

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IMPORTANT DATES
Grant application deadline: March 7, 2019
Competition: April 6 and 7, 2019

ABOUT
VerifyThis 2019 is a program verification competition taking place as part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software (ETAPS 2019) on April 6-7, 2019 in Prague, Czech Republic.
It is the 8th event in the VerifyThis competition series.

The competition will offer a number of challenges presented in natural language and pseudo code.
Participants have to formalize the requirements, implement a solution, and formally verify the implementation for adherence to the specification.

There are no restrictions on the programming language and verification technology used.
The correctness properties posed in problems will have the input-output behaviour of programs in focus. Solutions will be judged for correctness, completeness, and elegance.

PARTICIPATION
Participation is open for anybody interested.
Teams of up to two people are allowed.
Registration for ETAPS workshops and physical presence on site is required. 

We particularly encourage participation of:
    - student teams (this includes PhD students)
    - non-developer teams using a tool someone else developed
    - several teams using the same tool

TRAVEL GRANTS
The competition has funds for a limited number of travel grants.
A grant covers the incurred travel and accommodation costs up to a certain limit.
The expected limit is EUR 350 for those coming from Europe and EUR 600 for those coming from outside Europe.

To apply for a travel grant, send an email to verifythis at cs.nuim.ie by March 7, 2019. The application should include:
    - your name
    - your affiliation
    - the verification system(s) you plan to use at the competition
    - the planned composition of your team (and whether you are developers of the tools you'll be using)
    - a short letter of motivation explaining your involvement with formal verification so far
    - if you are a student, please state the academic degree you are seeking and have your supervisor send a brief letter of support to verifythis at cs.nuim.ie  

ORGANIZERS
* Marieke Huisman, University of Twente, the Netherlands
* Rosemary Monahan, Maynooth University, Ireland
* Peter Müller, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
* Claire Dross, Adacore, France
* Carlo A. Furia, USI Lugano, Switzerland

CONTACT
Email: verifythis at cs.nuim.ie
Web: http://verifythis.ethz.ch