9th International Summer School on Training And Research On Testing SIAF center, Volterra, Italy 9-13 July, 2013

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9TH INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON
TRAINING AND RESEARCH ON TESTING
SIAF CENTER , VOLTERRA, ITALY
9-13 JULY, 2013 (IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ISSTA 2013 DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM)
TAROT 2013 School Director:
Henry Muccini, University of L’Aquila, Italy
henry.muccini@univaq.it
www.henrymuccini.com
TAROT Steering committee:
Ana Cavalli – Telecom&Management SudParis, France
Rob Hierons – Brunel University, United Kingdom
Manuel Núñez – Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
Spain
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Volterra, Tuscany, Italy
close to Pisa,
Florence, and
Siena
Founded by the Etruscans in the
heart of Tuscany three thousand
years ago
Spectacular panoramic view of
the Cecina valley and the Era
valley.
A haven of Etruscan, Roman,
Medieval and Renaissance art and
architecture, Volterra is famous
throughout the world for its age-
old tradition of alabaster carving.
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SIAF learning village
brand-new
accommodation for
130 guests providing
with satellite TV,
telephone, internet
(wireless or Adsl)
and air conditioning.
7 multifunctional
lecture rooms, a staff
room, 2 spacious
meeting halls, a
recording room and
cloakroom
SIAF Facilities:
Ping pong table
Soccer field
Swimming pool
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From the Pisa airport:
It takes 1h 30 minutes
From the Florence airport
Shuttle service provided by the SIAF (cost to be
negotiated)
Organized in collaboration with the ISSTA 2013 Doctoral
Symposium;
special price to attend both;
easy connection from Volterra to Lugano;
common activities.
Half day working meetings, where students will have the
possibility to share opinions with worldwide researchers on
software testing;
Presentations of international research projects, tool
demos, posters
Motto: work hard, socialize hard
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Social Activities:
- soccer tournament
- tennis table tournament
- swimming pool poster sessions
- wine taste
Monday night: hello! -tarot cards
Tell us your preference through the
Tue: lectures on Topic 1 + tool demos facebook group
Wed: lectures on Topic 2 + Social Activities
Thurs: M: lectures on Topic 3 Working Groups:
Students with the same research
A: social event interests + lecturers discuss challenges
and future research directions on the
Friday: M: working groups topic
A: lectures on Topic 4 + Social Activities
Saturday: M: lectures on Topic 5 + Tarot 2014
The school closes at 2:00
Sunday: A: trip to Florence + reach Lugano [for those going to the ISSTA DS]
Presentations:
- Tutorial oriented
presententations with live
Training on Software Testing: discussion
how to do research on software testing
talk by industries on software testing research in practice
Product-line testing
Automation in software testing
Search-based software testing
Extra-Functional testing
Empirical software testing
Testing evolving software
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