Dear Prof. Viktor Kuncak,
Your proposal oc-2008-2-2705 Rich-Model Toolkit: An Infrastructure for Reliable Computer Systems has been assessed by the Domain Committee on Information and Communication Technologies.
We are pleased to inform you that your proposal has been selected for submission of a Full Proposal (The results of the assessment are available via your login).
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