5th Summer School on Security Testing and Verification (ST&V 2026)
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel and KU Leuven are pleased to announce their 5th Summer School on Security Testing and Verification. The 4-day program is taught in English and is organised on the Vrije Universiteit Brussel campus, in Brussels (Belgium).
in Other events by Coen De Roover on May 18, 2026

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel and KU Leuven are pleased to announce their 5th Summer School on Security Testing and Verification. 

It is aimed at researchers and PhD students who are interested in the fields of:
- security testing 
- software verification
- static program analysis
- dynamic program analysis
- fuzz testing
- automated penetration testing
and more.

The 4-day program is taught in English and is organised on the Vrije Universiteit Brussel campus, in Brussels (Belgium).
Participants will receive a certificate of attendance.

The following lecturers have confirmed: 
* Jürgen Cito - TU Wien - Language Models as Penetration Testing Agents
* Marco Guarnieri - IMDEA Software Institute - Hardware-Software Leakage Contracts: a Foundation for Principled Microarchitectural Security
* Philippa Gardner - Imperial College London - Gillian: a Multi-language Platform for Compositional Symbolic Analysis
* Flavio Toffalini - Ruhr-Universität Bochum - Advanced Automatic Testing
* Xavier Rival - INRIA Paris - Abstract Interpretation for Security
* Bas Spitter - Aarhus University - Tools for High-assurance Cryptographic Software

More information is available on the website:
https://cybersecurity-research.be/summer-school-on-security-testing-and-verification-2026/
 

TUITION FEE
350€ : early bird fee, register before July 1
450€ : register as of July 1

The tuition fee includes all the classes and course materials, lunches, coffee breaks, reception, and social dinner. 
Accommodation is not included.

REGISTRATION PROCESS
To apply for the summer school, please send summerschool-stv@cs.kuleuven.be a cover letter with your motivation and background details (500 words max), as well as your resume and a recommendation letter (PDFs only).
If your application is accepted, you’ll receive instructions on how to proceed with the payment.

CO-CHAIRS
Prof. Dr. Coen De Roover, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Prof. Dr. Dominique Devriese, KU Leuven, Belgium

For more information:
summerschool-stv@cs.kuleuven.be
https://cybersecurity-research.be/summer-school-on-security-testing-and-verification-2026/