Verification Seminar, Summer Semester 2009/2010

Department of Computer Sciences, University of Salzburg

Lecturer:      Prof. C. Kirsch and Dr. A. Sokolova

Schedule:      Thursdays 10am-12pm in T06

First meeting:    Wednesday, March 10 at 3:30pm in T03

Language:      English

The seminar may also be taken by PhD students

Seminar description: Verification of finite state concurrent systems such as sequential circuit designs and communication protocols has been a vivid research topic in computer science for the past 30 years. The main objective is obtaining a formal proof of correctness of a system. Via verification techniques, practically oriented computer scientists learn the need of abstraction and formal reasoning. Students interested in theory will get an introduction to formal methods research for specification and verification. In this seminar, students will be assigned research papers or broader verification topics, which they need to study, understand, and present in class.

Literature: t.b.a.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of basics of theoretical computer science like logic for computer science or automata theory is an asset.

Exam: Continuous assessment.

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