History of ICTSS

Initially, this series had the name: the International Workshop for Protocol Test Systems (IWPTS). Nine workshops took place:

• • IWPTS'88: Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • IWPTS'89: Berlin, Germany, Oct. 1989

  • IWPTS'90: McLean, Virginia, U.S.A., Oct. 1990

  • IWPTS'91: Leidschendam, Netherlands, Oct. 1991

  • IWPTS'92: Montréal, Canada, Sept. 1992

  • IWPTS'93: Pau, France, Sept. 1993

  • IWPTS'94: Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 1994

  • IWPTS'95: Evry, France, Sept.1995

  • IWPTS'96: Darmstadt, Germany, Sept. 1996

In 1997 it became the International Workshop on Testing of Communicating Systems (IWTCS). There were three workshops:

• • IWTCS'97: Cheju Island, Korea, Sept. 1997

  • IWTCS'98: Tomsk, Russia, Aug.-Sept. 1998

  • IWTCS'99: Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 1999

From 2000 the conference was called the International Conference on Testing of Communicating Systems (TESTCOM). The conference locations have been as follows:

• • TESTCOM'00: Ottawa, Canada, Aug.-Sep. 2000

  • TESTCOM'02: Berlin, Germany, March 2002

  • TESTCOM'03: Sophia Antipolis, France, May 2003

  • TESTCOM'04: Oxford, UK, 2004

  • TESTCOM'05: Montreal, PQ, Canada, 2005

  • TESTCOM'06: New York City, USA, 2006

  • TESTCOM/FATES'07: Tallinn, Estonia, 2007

  • TESTCOM/FATES'08: Tokyo, Japan, 2008

  • TESTCOM/FATES'09: Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 2009

From 2010 the conference (the combination of TestCom and FATES) was called ICTSS and the following events have taken place:

• • ICTSS 2010: Natal, Brazil

  • ICTSS 2011: Paris, France

  • ICTSS 2012: Aalborg, Denmark

  • ICTSS 2013: Istanbul, Turkey

  • ICTSS 2014: Madrid, Spain

  • ICTSS 2015: Dubai, United Arab Emirates 

  • ICTSS 2016: Graz, Austria

  • ICTSS 2017: St Petersburg, Russia

  • ICTSS 2018: Cadiz, Spain

  • ICTSS 2019: Paris, France

  • ICTSS 2020: Naples, Italy

Before 2007, Formal Approaches to Testing (FATES) was a separate event:

• • The 1st FATES was held in affiliation with CONCUR 2001 in Aalborg, Denmark

  • The 2nd FATES in affiliation with CONCUR 2002 in Brno, Czech Republic

  • In 2003, FATES was held in affiliation with ASE in Montreal, Canada

  • In 2004 with ASE in Linz, Austria

  • In 2005 in conjunction with CAV 2005, Edinburgh, Scotland.

  • In 2006 again with CAV and together with the Workshop on Runtime Verification as FATES/RV