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Applications are now invited for participation in the Third DeepSpec Summer School (DSSS'20) New Haven, CT, July 13-24, 2020 https://deepspec.org/event/dsss20 Overview -------- Can critical systems be built according to functionally precise specifications of of their constituent components (processor, operating system, crypto library,..) and development tools (compilers, synthesis tools)? This may seem a pipe dream, but the past decade has seen remarkable advances in the technology required to realize it. The DeepSpec summer school will provide students with knowledge and experience necessary for understanding the state of the art and for contributing to ongoing research efforts, based on the interactive proof assistant Coq. The school is supported by generous funding from the National Science Foundation. DSSS'20 will consist of two parts with the first week being devoted to introductory topics and the second week covering current research efforts. July 13-15 (Mon-Wed) Coq intensive; CertiKOS design & spec July 16-17 (Thu-Fri) Fundamental proof techniques and project overviews July 20-24 (week 2) Advanced topics in system verification - Week 1 begins with a Coq Intensive, introducing our favorite proof assistant (used in almost all other lectures), with no assumption of formal-methods experience. A mix of lecturers (who will also present research lectures later in the program) will cover this material. - For participants who already know the Coq Intensive material, we will offer a Week 1 parallel track taught by Zhong Shao, on the CertiKOS operating-system framework, focused on the compositional specification and implementation of C modules, setting up to learn how to prove these modules in Week 2. - Week 1 ends with lectures by Andrew Appel, on verified functional algorithms; and Joe Tassarotti, on theory and computer-systems applications of the Iris verification framework for concurrency. - Week 2 includes lectures by Adam Chlipala, on connecting proofs of hardware and software components for embedded systems; Benjamin Pierce, on random testing and an application to web servers; Zhong Shao, on operating-system verification; Matthieu Sozeau, on the MetaCoq framework and (as a representative of the Coq team at Inria) recent improvements in and latest roadmap for Coq; Stephanie Weirich, on verifying functional algorithms written in Haskell; and Steve Zdancewic, on the Interaction Trees formalism and its applications to compilers and testing. - There will be ample opportunity for self-study/homework, student presentations, and other activities. Prerequisites ------------- DSSS'20 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 familiar with Coq at the level of Software Foundations (Volume 1) should plan on attending the Coq Intensive. Participants unfamiliar with volumes 2 and 3 may benefit from attending the last 3 days of week 1. Participants of DSSS'17 and DSSS'18 are likely to be admitted for participation in week 2 only. Application and participation ----------------------------- Participation in DSSS'20 is by invitation only, based on an application process that is open to anybody. To apply, please fill this application form https://cvent.me/xqlq0G preferably no later than March 27, 2020. Accepted participants will be notified shortly thereafter, and will be invited to confirm their participation by registering. Thanks to the generosity of NSF, we will be able to provide substantial financial assistance to all participants. We will not charge a registration fee, and will offer free dorm accommodation on the campus of Yale University. In addition, we expect to subsidize travel expenses for the majority of participants, based on their geographic origin, qualification, and financial needs. To help us allocating these funds, the application form includes the option to enter estimated travel costs etc. Late applications will be handled on a case-by-case basis. For additional information on the DeepSpec project, please see https://deepspec.org