Decision Procedures for Verification

Instructor:
  • Viorica Sofronie-Stokkermans <sofronie@uni-koblenz.de>
  • For questions: e-mail to sofronie@uni-koblenz.de

  • You can also ask questions in the Forum.

  • Time and place:
  • Lecture: Mo, 10:00 c.t.-12:00, B 016
  • Exercise: Thu, 12:00-14:00, C 206

  • Slides
  • Exercise Sheets

  • OLAT Course
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  • Audio-commented slides are available in Panopto

  • News

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  • Lectures on 19.12.2022 and 22.12.2022.
  • Lectures on 24.10.2022, 27.10.2022 and 31.10.2022.
  • The first exercise sheet will be available on 27.10.2022.
  • The first exercise session will take place on 3.11.2022

  • Exam:

    Registration in KLIPS is possible until 1.03.2023

  • Question/Answer Session: Fri, 3.03.2023, 13:00-15:00, BBB room in OLAT
  • List of topics: [summary.pdf]

  • 2. Termin: Friday, 14.04.2023, B 227, Oral exam.

  • Contents

    The goal of this lecture is to present the recent results in automated reasoning, especially decision procedures, and their applications in verification.

    Motivation

    One of the most important research objectives in mathematics and computer science is to obtain means of reasoning in and about complex systems.

    Proving properties of such systems is extremely important. In safety-critical systems even small mistakes can provoke disasters. Since the amount of data which has to be handled in all the application domains mentioned above is usually huge, computer support is necessary. General-purpose programs for solving all types of problems mentioned above do not exist. However, for concrete application domains automatic procedures exist.

    The goal of this lecture is to present specific domains in computer science (with an emphasis on verification) for which efficient methods for automated reasoning exist.