Welcome to the website of the 27th International Conference on Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation (VMCAI 2026).

Call for Papers

VMCAI provides a forum for researchers from the communities of Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation, facilitating interaction, cross-fertilization, and advancement of hybrid methods that combine these and related areas. VMCAI 2026 will be the 27th edition in the series. VMCAI 2026 will take place during January 12-13, 2026 as a physical (in-person) event in Rennes, France, co-located with POPL 2026. For each accepted paper, at least one author is required to register for the conference and present the paper in person.

List of Topics

The program will consist of refereed research papers as well as invited talks. Research contributions can report new results as well as experimental evaluations and comparisons of existing techniques. Topics include, but are not limited to:

• program verification
• model checking
• abstract interpretation
• abstract domains
• program synthesis
• static analysis
• type systems
• deductive methods
• program logics
• first-order theories
• decision procedures
• interpolation
• Horn clause solving
• program certification
• separation logic
• probabilistic programming and analysis
• error diagnosis
• detection of bugs and security vulnerabilities
• program transformations
• hybrid and cyber-physical systems
• concurrent and distributed systems
• verification for quantum computation
• analysis of numerical properties
• analysis of smart contracts
• analysis of neural networks
• case studies on all of the above topics

Submission Guidelines

Submissions are required to follow Springer’s LNCS format. The page limit depends on the paper’s category (see below). Submission will be via EasyChair.

Submissions will undergo a single-blind review process. There will be three categories of papers: regular papers, tool papers, and case studies. Papers in each category have a different page limit and will be evaluated differently.

Regular papers clearly identify and justify an advance to the field of verification, abstract interpretation, or model checking. Where applicable, they are supported by experimental validation. Regular papers are restricted to 20 pages in LNCS format, not counting references.

Tool papers present a new tool, a new tool component, or novel extensions to an existing tool. They should provide a short description of the theoretical foundations with relevant citations, and emphasize the design and implementation concerns, including software architecture and core data structures. Tool papers are restricted to 12 pages in LNCS format, not counting references.

Case studies are expected to describe the use of verification, model checking, and abstract interpretation techniques in new application domains or industrial settings. Case study papers are restricted to 20 pages in LNCS format, not counting references. (Shorter case study papers are also welcome.)

Sponsorship

VMCAI is welcoming diamond, silver and bronze sponsors.

Call for Artifacts

VMCAI 2026 makes available the option to submit an artifact along with a paper. Artifacts are any additional material that substantiates the claims made in the paper, and ideally makes them fully replicable.