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The First International Conference on Advances in System Testing and Validation Lifecycle (VALID 2009)

Robust design methodologies
Designing methodologies for robust systems
Secure software techniques
Industrial real-time software
Defect avoidance
Cost models for robust systems
Design for testability
Design for reliability and variability
Design for adaptation and resilience
Design for fault-tolerance and fast recovery
Design for manufacturability, yield and reliability
Design for testability in the context of model-driven engineering

Vulnerability discovery and resolution
Vulnerability assessment
On-line error detection
Vulnerabilities in hardware security
Self-calibration
Alternative inspections
Non-intrusive vulnerability discovery methods
Embedded malware detection

Defects and Debugging
Debugging techniques
Component debug
System debug
Software debug
Hardware debug
System debug
Power-ground defects
Full-open defects in interconnecting lines
Physical defects in memories and microprocessors
Zero-defect principles

Diagnosis
Diagnosis techniques
Advances in silicon debug and diagnosis
Error diagnosis
History-based diagnosis
Multiple-defect diagnosis
Optical diagnostics
Testability and diagnosability
Diagnosis and testing in mo bile environments

System and feature testing
Test strategy for systems-in-package
Testing embedded systems
Testing high-speed systems
Testing delay and performance
Testing communication traffic and QoS/SLA metrics
Testing robustness
Software testing
Hardware testing
Supply-chain testing
Memory testing
Microprocessor testing
Mixed-signal production test
Testing multi-voltage domains
Interconnection and compatibility testing

Testing techniques and mechanisms
Fundamentals for digital and analog testing
Emerging testing methodologies
Engineering test coverage
Designing testing suites
Statistical testing
Functional testing
Parametric testing
Defect- and data-driven testing
Automated testing
Embedded testing
Autonomous self-testing
Low cost testing
Optimized testing
Testing systems and devices
Test standards

Software verification and validation
High-speed interface verification and fault-analysis
Software testing theory and practice
Model-based testing
Verification metrics
Service/application specific testing
Model checking
OO software testing
Testing embedded software
Quality assurance
Empirical studies for verification and validation
Software inspection techniques
Software testing tools
New approaches for software reliability verification and validation

Testing and validation of run-time evolving systems
Automated testing for run-time evolving systems
Testing and validation of evolving systems
Testing and validation of self-controlled systems
Testing compile-time versus run-time dependency for evolving systems
On-line validation and testing of evolving at run-time systems
Modeling for testability of evolving at run-time systems
Near real-time and real-time monitoring of run-time evolving systems
Verification and validation of reflective models for testing
Verification and validation of fault tolerance in run-time evolving systems

Feature-oriented testing
Testing user interfaces and user-driven features
Privacy testing
Ontology accuracy testing
Testing semantic matching
Testing certification processes
Testing authentication mechanisms
Testing biometrics methodologies and mechanisms
Testing cross-nation systems
Testing system interoperability
Testing system safety
Testing system robustness
Testing temporal constraints
Testing transaction-based properties
Directed energy test capabilities /microwave, laser, etc./
Testing delay and latency metrics;

Domain-oriented testing
Testing autonomic and autonomous systems
Testing intrusion prevention systems
Firewall testing
Information assurance testing
Testing social network systems
Testing recommender systems
Testing biometric systems
Testing diagnostic systems
Testing on-line systems
Testing financial systems
Testing life threatening systems
Testing emergency systems
Testing satellite and wireless systems
Testing mobile environments
Testing RFID systems
Testing sensor-based systems
Testing testing systems;