Conference and Workshop Organization

Current Steering Committee Roles

  • Steering committee member for the RV (Runtime Verification) conference, which I started with Grigore Rosu in 2001 as a workshop. In 2010 it became a conference.
  • Steering committee member for the NFM (NASA Formal Methods) conference.
  • On the advisory board for FME (Formal Methods Europe).

Former Steering Committee Roles

  • Industrial Committee chair for the FME (Formal Methods Europe) conference organization. See the industry committee website.
  • Chair of the steering committee for the RV (Runtime Verification) conference during 2010-2017.
    I co-started this as a workshop with Grigore Rosu in 2001. It became a conference in 2010.
  • Chair of the steering committee for the NFM (NASA Formal methods) conference during 2011-2017.
  • Steering committee member for the ETAPS conference series during 2014-2015.
  • Steering committee member for the SPIN symposium during 2009.

Direct involvement in organization

2026

AISoLA 2026 — Track co-organizerKos, Greece, October 27-31, 2026.

AISoLA 2026
14th International Symposium On Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation - with focus on AI.
Special track titled: AI Assisted Programming.

Kos, Greece, October 27-31, 2026.

(my role: Co-organizer of special track together with Wolfgang Ahrendt and Bernhard Aichernig).

NFM 2026 — PC chairLos Angeles, California, USA, May 5-7, 2026.

NFM 2026

The 18th NASA Formal Methods Symposium.

Los Angeles, California, USA, May 5-7, 2026.

(my role: PC chair together with Jyo Deshmukh and Alessandro Pinto).

2025

RVCase 2025 — Co-organizerGraz, Austria, September 15, 2025.

RVCase 2025
Runtime Verification Case-Studies Workshop.

Graz, Austria, September 15, 2025.

(my role: Co-organizer together with Sean Kauffman).

AISoLA 2025 — Track co-organizerRhodes, Greece, November 1-5, 2025.

AISoLA 2025
13th International Symposium On Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation - with focus on AI.
Special track titled: AI Assisted Programming.

Rhodes, Greece, November 1-5, 2025.

(my role: Co-organizer of special track together with Wolfgang Ahrendt and Bernhard Aichernig).

2024

AISoLA 2024 — Track co-organizerCrete, Greece, October 30 - Novemmber 3, 2024.

AISoLA 2024
12th International Symposium On Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation - with focus on AI.
Special track titled: AI Assisted Programming.

Crete, Greece, October 30 - Novemmber 3, 2024.

(my role: Co-organizer of special track together with Wolfgang Ahrendt and Bernhard Aichernig).

2023

AISoLA 2023 — Track co-organizerCrete, Greece, October 23-28, 2023.

AISoLA 2023
11th International Symposium On Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation - with focus on AI.
Special track titled: AI Assisted Programming.

Crete, Greece, October 23-28, 2023.

(my role: Co-organizer of special track together with Wolfgang Ahrendt).

2022

NFM 2022 — PC chairPasadena, California, USA, May 24-27, 2022.

NFM 2022

The 13th NASA Formal Methods Symposium.

Pasadena, California, USA, May 24-27, 2022.

(my role: PC chair, main organizers out of JPL).

ISoLA 2022 — Track co-organizerRhodes, Greece, October 24 - 28, 2022.

ISoLA 2022
10th International Symposium On Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation.
Special track titled: Programming - What is Next, The Role of Documentation.

Rhodes, Greece, October 24 - 28, 2022.

(my role: Co-organizer of special track together with Bernhard Steffen).

2021

ISoLA 2021 — Track co-organizerRhodes, Crete, October 25 - 29, 2021.

ISoLA 2021
9th International Symposium On Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation.
Special track titled: Programming - What is Next?.

Rhodes, Crete, October 25 - 29, 2021.

(my role: Co-organizer of special track together with Bernhard Steffen).

2018

ISoLA 2018 — Track co-organizerLimassol, Cyprus, October 30 - November 13, 2018.

ISoLA 2018
7th International Symposium On Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation.
Special track titled: Towards a Unified View of Modeling and Programming.

Limassol, Cyprus, October 30 - November 13, 2018.

(my role: Co-organizer of special track together with Manfred Broy, Rahul Kumar, and Bernhard Steffen).

FM 2018 I-Day - Industry day — co-chair22nd International Symposium on Formal Methods, Oxford, UK, July 15-17, 2018.

FM 2018 I-Day - Industry day
22nd International Symposium on Formal Methods, Oxford, UK, July 15-17, 2018. (my role: co-chair).

2017

Dagstuhl — Behavioural Specification 2017 — Co-organizerSchloss Dagstuhl, Saarland, Germany, November 12-15, 2017

Dagstuhl Seminar on A Shared Challenge in Behavioural Specification
Schloss Dagstuhl, Saarland, Germany, November 12-15, 2017 (my role: Co-organizer together with Martin Leucker, Giles Reger, and Volker Stolz).

RV-CuBES 2017 — PC chairSeattle, Washington State, USA, September 15, 2017.

RV-CuBES 2017
An International Workshop on Competitions, Usability, Benchmarks, Evaluation, and Standardisation for Runtime Verification Tools.
Seattle, Washington State, USA, September 15, 2017.
(my role: PC chair).

RV 2017 — General chairSeattle, Washington State, USA, September 13-16, 2017.

RV 2017
The 16th International Conference on Runtime Verification.
Seattle, Washington State, USA, September 13-16, 2017.
(my role: General chair).

SPIN 2017 — Co-program chairSanta Barbara, California, USA, April, 2017.

SPIN 2017
The 24th International SPIN Symposium on Model Checking of Software.
Santa Barbara, California, USA, April, 2017.
(role: Co Program chair)

2016

ISoLA 2016 — Track co-organizerCorfu, Greece, October 6-14, 2016.

ISoLA 2016
6th International Symposium On Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation.
Special track titled: Towards a Unified View of Modeling and Programming.

Corfu, Greece, October 6-14, 2016.

(my role: Co-organizer of special track together with Manfred Broy, Rahul Kumar, and Bernhard Steffen).

ISoLA 2016 — Track co-organizerCorfu, Greece, October 6-14, 2016.

ISoLA 2016
6th International Symposium On Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation.
Special track titled: Static and Runtime Verification: Competitors or Friends?

Corfu, Greece, October 6-14, 2016.

(my role: Co-organizer of special track together with Dilian Gurov, Marieke Huisman, and Rosemary Monahan).

RV 2016 — Tool chairMadrid, Spain, September 23-30, 2016.

RV 2016
The 16th International Conference on Runtime Verification.

Madrid, Spain, September 23-30, 2016.

(my role: Tool chair).

2015

NFM 2015 — Program chairPasadena, California, USA, April 27-29, 2015.

NFM 2015
The 7th NASA Formal Methods Symposium.

Pasadena, California, USA, April 27-29, 2015.

(my role: Program chair).

2014

RV 2014 — Publicity committee memberWaterloo, Canada, September, 2014.

RV 2014

The 5th International Conference on Runtime Verification.

Waterloo, Canada, September, 2014.

(my role: Publicity committee member).

Dagstuhl — Static Analysis Tools 2014 — Co-organizerSchloss Dagstuhl, Saarland, Germany, August 25-29, 2014

Dagstuhl Seminar on Next Generation Static Software Analysis Tools
Schloss Dagstuhl, Saarland, Germany, August 25-29, 2014 (my role: Co-organizer together with Patrick Cousot, Daniel Kroning, Carsten Sinz, and Mana Taghdiri).

CPS SCHOOL 2014 — Co-organizerGrenoble, France, July 7-11, 2014.

CPS SCHOOL 2014

Summer School on Cyber-Physical Systems - 2014 Edition. Organized by PERSYVAL-Lab and NASA-JPL. Grenoble, France, July 7-11, 2014.

(my role: Co-organizer together with Saddek Bensalem and Ylies Falcone).

TACAS 2014 — Program chairGrenoble, France, April 6-13, 2014.

TACAS 2014

20th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems.

Grenoble, France, April 6-13, 2014.

(my role: Programmee Chair together with Erika Abraham).

2011

RV 2011 — Financial support (unofficial)San Francisco, USA, September 27-30, 2011.

RV 2011
The 2nd International Conference on Runtime Verification.

San Francisco, USA, September 27-30, 2011.

(my role: Unofficially providing finanical guarantees).

VVPS'11 2011 — Co-chairFreiburg, Germany, June 13, 2011.

VVPS'11

The 3rd International Workshop on Verification and Validation for Planning and Scheduling Systems.

Freiburg, Germany, June 13, 2011.

Satellite event of ICAPS'11, the 21st International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling.

(my role: Co-chair).

NFM 2011 — Program chairPasadena, California, USA, April 18-20, 2011.

NFM 2011
The 3rd NASA Formal Methods Symposium.

Pasadena, California, USA, April 18-20, 2011.

(my role: Program chair).

2010

RV 2010 — General chairMalta, November 1-4, 2010.

RV 2010
The 1st International Conference on Runtime Verification.

Malta, November 1-4, 2010.

(my role: General chair).

Dagstuhl — Runtime Verification 2010 — Co-organizerSecond Dagstuhl event on Runtime Verification, Schloss Dagstuhl, Saarland, Germany, November 7-12, 2010

Dagstuhl Seminar on Runtime Verification
Second Dagstuhl event on Runtime Verification, Schloss Dagstuhl, Saarland, Germany, November 7-12, 2010 (my role: Co-organizer).

2009

VVPS'09 2009 — Co-chairThessaloniki, Greece, September 19-23, 2009.

VVPS'09

The 2nd International Workshop on Verification and Validation of Planning and Scheduling Systems.

Thessaloniki, Greece, September 19-23, 2009.

Satellite event of ICAPS'09, the 19th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling.

(my role: Co-chair).

2008

SPIN 2008 — Co-chairUniversity of California - Los Angeles, August 10-12, 2008.

SPIN 2008

The 15th International SPIN Workshop on Model Checking Software
University of California - Los Angeles, August 10-12, 2008. (role: Co-chair)

2007

Dagstuhl — Runtime Verification 2007 — Co-organizerFirst Dagstuhl event on Runtime Verification, Schloss Dagstuhl, Saarland, Germany, January 3-6, 2007

Dagstuhl Seminar on Runtime Verification
First Dagstuhl event on Runtime Verification, Schloss Dagstuhl, Saarland, Germany, January 3-6, 2007 (my role: Co-organizer).

2006

FATES/RV 2006 — Co-chair

FATES/RV 2006
The 1st Joint International Workshop on Formal Aspects of Testing and Runtime Verification. (my role: Co-chair).

2005

VVPS'05 — Co-chair

VVPS'05
The 1st International Workshop on Verification and Validation of Model-Based Planning and Scheduling Systems. (my role: Co-chair).

2004

RV 2004 — Co-chair

RV 2004
The 4th International Workshop on Runtime Verification. (my role: Co-chair).

2002

RV 2002 — Co-chair

RV 2002
The 2nd International Workshop on Runtime Verification. (my role: Co-chair).

2001

RV 2001 — Co-chair

RV 2001
The 1st International Workshop on Runtime Verification (my role: Co-chair).

2000

SPIN 2000 — Chair and main organizer

SPIN 2000
The 7th International SPIN Workshop on Model Checking of Software
(my role: chair and main organizer; together with G. Holzmann, J. Penix, and W. Visser).