This presentation opened the 9th International Summer School on Training And Research On Testing, run at the SIAF center, Volterra, Italy, on July 9-13, 2013

1. 9TH INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON TRAINING
AND RESEARCH ON TESTING
SIAF CENTER , VOLTERRA, ITALY
9-13 JULY, 2013

2. TAROT 2013 School Director:
Henry Muccini, University of L’Aquila, Italy
TAROT 2013 Web Master and social :
Ivano Malavolta, University of L’Aquila, Italy
Administration:
Giada Ragoni, SIAF center, Italy
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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4. Volterra, Tuscany, Italy

5. 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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• Theme 1: Search Based Testing for the Future Internet
Tuesday
July 09
• Theme 2: Training and teaching software testing: What a
good software tester shall know
Wednesday
July 10
• Theme 3: Security Testing
Thursday
July 11
• Theme 4: Software Product Line TestingFriday
July 12
• Theme 5: Mining software models for analysis and
testing
Saturday
July 13

8. Theme 1: Search Based Testing for the Future Internet
Paolo Tonella. Academic developments in search based testing for the Future Internet.
Peter M. Kruse. Industrial applications of search based testing for the Future Internet.
Tanja Vos. Mayor European initiatives in search based testing where academia and industry get
together.
Theme 2: Training and teaching software testing: What a good software tester shall know
Tao Xie. How to do research on software testing?
Theme 3: Security Testing
Antonia Bertolino. XML-based approaches for security testing.
Yves Le Traon. Security testing: a key challenge for software engineering of web apps.
Wissam Mallouli. Network Monitoring for Security Checking Using MMT.
Theme 4: Software Product Line Testing
Myra Cohen. Sampling, Re-use and Incremental Testing in Software Product Lines.
Gille Perrouin. Feature-based Testing of SPLs: Pairwise and Beyond.
Theme 5: Mining software models for analysis and testing + TAROT 2014
Leonardo Mariani. Automated Failure Analysis in Absence of Specification.
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• Working Groups
Wednesday
July 10
• Posters and Demos
Thursday
July 11
• Presenting the TAROT 2014
(Rui Abreu)Saturday
July 13

10. For speakers:
 Sessions of about 1h 30 minutes + 15 minutes
 A few students have to make an exam
 Policy for slides publication (to be discussed)
For posters and demos:
 Six of you are interested on presenting a poster
For working groups:
 Please prepare 5 slides (to be presented in 5 minutes) pointing out:
 Name/Affiliation
 Context of your research
 Importance of your research
 Contribution of your research
 Open Challenges
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• Lunch: 1:00 – 2:30 pm
• Dinner: 8:30 pm
Tuesday
July 09
• Lunch: 1:00 – 2:30 pm
• Dinner: 8:30 pm
Wednesday
July 10
• Lunch: 1:00 – 2:30 pm
• Dinner: 7:30 pm
Thursday
July 11
• Lunch: 1:00 – 2:30 pm
• Social Dinner
Friday
July 12
• Lunch: 1:00 – 2:30 pm
• Dinner: 8:30 pm
Saturday
July 13
Coffee
break:
Immediately
after the
lecture, at
the bar

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• Soccer match (7:00 pm)
Tuesday
July 09
• Soccer match (7:00 pm)
Wednesday
July 10
• Open Bar and Music (9:30 pm)
Thursday
July 11
• Guided visit to San Gimignagno and dinner in
Volterra
Friday
July 12
• Bus to Florence (to go to Lugano)
Sunday
July 14
• Visit to
Volterra
• Swimming
Pool
• Gym
• …

14. Gym:
• To get in, please ask for the keys at the reception
Swimming pool:
 Towels
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15. @tarot2013
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/tarot2013/

16. A big thank to the speakers!!
A huge thank to the participants!!
Grazie, sponsors and supporters
Grazie, Giada @SIAF!
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