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The first DeepSpec Summer School on Verified Systems will be held in
Philadelphia from July 17 to 28, 2017, preceded by an introductory Coq
Intensive from July 13 to 15.
The second week is currently full, but there are a few places left for
self-funded participants in the first week (Leroy, Pierce, Weirich, and
Zdancewic) and the preceding Coq Intensive.
The deadline for registration and hotel booking is next Monday, June 12th.
Overview
Can critical systems be built with no bugs in hardware, operating systems,
compilers, crypto, or other key components? It may seem a pipe dream, but the
past decade has seen explosive advances in the technology required to realize
it. This summer school aims to give participants a wide-ranging overview of
several ambitious projects currently underway in this space.
Participants will complete the summer school with a thorough understanding of
the conceptual underpinnings of these projects plus considerable hands-on
experience with state-of-the-art tools for building verified systems.
Dates
The summer school will open with a three-day intensive course on Coq
fundamentals, for participants who are new to Coq. The main lectures take place
during the weeks of July 17 and 24.
July 13-15 (Thu-Sat) Coq intensive
July 17-21 Week 1
July 24-28 Week 2
Lecturers and Topics
Andrew Appel Verified functional algorithms
Adam Chlipala Program-specific proof automation
Frans Kaashoek & Nickolai Zeldovich Certifying software with crashes
Xavier Leroy The structure of a verified compiler
Benjamin Pierce Property-based random testing with QuickChick
Zhong Shao CertiKOS: Certified kit operating systems
Stephanie Weirich Language specification and variable binding
Steve Zdancewic Vellvm: Verifying the LLVM
Prerequisites
The DeepSpec summer school is aimed at a wide range of participants, including
graduate students, academics, and industrial engineers and researchers.
The Coq proof assistant will serve as a lingua franca for all the lectures.
Participants who are not already familiar with Coq at the level of Software
Foundations <https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/sf/current/index.html> should
plan on attending the Coq Intensive before the summer school.
Details
Please see https://deepspec.org/event/dsss17/announcement.html
<https://deepspec.org/event/dsss17/announcement.html> for further information
and a link to the registration form.
