CAV 2025: Call for Papers

The 37th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification
July 21-25, 2025
Zagreb, Croatia

CAV 2025 is dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practice of computer-aided formal analysis methods for hardware and software systems.

Important Dates

• Full papers due: January 31, 2025 (AoE) Firm
• Author Response Period: March 11 - 14, 2025
• Author notification: April 2, 2025
• Main Conference: July 21-25, 2025

Submission Site

https://cav2025.hotcrp.com/

Scope

CAV 2025 covers the spectrum from theoretical results to concrete applications, with an emphasis on practical verification tools and the algorithms and techniques that are needed for their implementation. CAV considers it vital to continue spurring advances in hardware and software verification while expanding to new domains such as machine learning, autonomous systems, and computer security.

The proceedings of the conference will be published in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. A selection of papers is expected to be invited to a special issue of Formal Methods in System Design and the Journal of the ACM.

Topics of Interest

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Algorithms and tools for verifying models and implementations
• Algorithms and tools for system synthesis
• Algorithms and tools that combine verification and learning
• Mathematical and logical foundations of verification and synthesis
• Specifications and correctness criteria for programs and systems
• Deductive verification using proof assistants
• Hardware verification techniques
• Program analysis and software verification
• Software synthesis
• Hybrid systems and embedded systems verification
• Formal methods for cyber-physical systems
• Compositional and abstraction-based techniques for verification
• Probabilistic and statistical approaches to verification
• Verification methods for parallel and concurrent systems
• Testing and run-time analysis based on verification technology
• Decision procedures and solvers for verification and synthesis
• Applications and case studies in verification and synthesis
• Verification in industrial practice
• New application areas for algorithmic verification and synthesis
• Formal models and methods for security
• Formal models and methods for biological systems
• AI safety and explainability using formal methods

Submissions on a wide range of topics are sought, particularly ones that identify new research directions. Authors concerned about the appropriateness of a topic may communicate with the conference chairs prior to submission.

CAV Award

The CAV award is given annually at the CAV conference for fundamental contributions to the field of Computer-Aided Verification.

CAV Award Nomination Deadline: March 1, 2025

For previous winners of the award, please see the main CAV award page.

Nominations should be submitted by e-mail to a member of the committee. For details, please see https://conferences.i-cav.org/2025/award/.

Paper Submission

Paper submissions in CAV fall into one of the following three categories:

• Regular Papers (18 pages max, must be anonymized)
• Tool Papers (10 pages max, not anonymized)
• Industrial Experience Reports & Case Studies (10 pages max, not anonymized)

Papers in all three categories must be submitted by January 31, 2025 AoE, and should be in LNCS format. Simultaneous submission to other conferences with proceedings or submission of material that has already been published elsewhere is not allowed.

Regular Papers

Regular papers should not exceed 18 pages in LNCS format, not counting references and appendices.

Regular papers at CAV 2025 will follow a full double-blind review process, which means that author names and affiliations must be omitted from the submission. Additionally, if a submission refers to prior work done by the authors, the reference should be made in the third person.

We do not discourage authors to put their submission on arXiv, but we strongly encourage authors to not put the work on arXiv around (within 1 week) or shortly after (within 1 month) the submission deadline, because potential reviewers may be subscribed to receive updates on recently posted papers.

Authors can include a clearly marked appendix at the end of their submissions that is exempt from the page limit restrictions. However, the reviewers are not obliged to read the contents of these appendices. Regular papers should contain original research and sufficient detail to assess the merits and relevance of the contribution.

Tool Papers

Tool papers should not exceed 10 pages, not counting references.

Tool papers should describe system and implementation aspects of a tool with a large (potential) user base (experiments not required, rehash of theory strongly discouraged). Papers describing tools that have already been presented (in any conference) will be accepted only if significant and clear enhancements to the tool are reported and implemented.

Tool papers will follow a single-blind review process. They do NOT need to be anonymized.

Authors of provisionally accepted tool papers must submit an artifact for evaluation by the artifact evaluation committee: final acceptance is conditional on successful artifact evaluation at the “functional” level.

Industrial Experience Reports and Case Studies

Industrial Experience Reports and Case Studies should not exceed 10 pages, not counting references.

These papers are expected to describe the use of formal methods techniques in industrial settings or in new application domains. Papers in this category do not necessarily need to present original research results but are expected to contain novel applications of formal methods techniques as well as an evaluation of these techniques in the chosen application domain.

Industrial Experience Reports and Case Studies will follow a single-blind review process. They do NOT need to be anonymized.

Contact

For any questions please contact the PC chairs:

Ruzica Piskac (ruzica.piskac@yale.edu)
Zvonimir Rakamaric (zrakamar@gmail.com)