CS453 Formal Software Verification Techniques, Fall 09

Announcement


  • Aug 30: no class on Sep 1st
  • Sep 7: Bulletin board is open. Questions and comments can be written here and will be answered within 48 hours.
  • Sep 22: We will have a quiz on Sep 24th
  • Sep 23: "MODEL-driven test design: tutorial" by Prof. J.Offutt (the author of "Intro. to SW Testing") @ sogang univ, Oct 14
  • Mid-term exam on Oct 22nd 10:30-12:00 AM (CLOSED BOOK)
  • No class on Nov 3 and Nov 5 due to FM 2007 intl. conf.
  • Problem 2-2 in HW6 is removed. You do not need to modify flash_read() function.
  • Visit TA's office(CS Bldg. #2438) and bring back your homeworks during 14th, December(Monday) 1pm to 3pm, and 7pm to 10pm
  • Finam exam on Dec 15 10:30-12:00 AM (CLOSED BOOK)
  • Bring back your final exam answer sheets and and HW7 until this Tuesday(29th Dec.).

Administrative Information


  • Instructor: Moonzoo Kim

    Office: 2434 (located at the east wing)
    Phone: 042-350-3543
    E-mail: moonzoo@cs.kaist.ac.kr
    Office hour: Tues 4:30-6:30 pm
    (reservation e-mail would be preferred)

  • Teaching assistants: Yunho Kim

    Office: 2438 (located at the east wing)
    E-mail: kimyunho@kaist.ac.kr
    Phone: 042-350-3583
    Office hour: Tues 7:00-9:00 pm
    (reservation e-mail would be preferred)

  • Lecture hours: Tue & Thr 10:30 - 12:00
  • Lecture room: 2444 (a.k.a lecture room 3)
  • Prerequisite: CS204 Discrete mathematics
  • Grading: attendance and quiz: 20%, HW: 50%, midterm exam: 15%, final exam:15%
    • Late HW is accepted with 20% penalty in 1 day, 40% penalty in 3 days. HW will not be accepted after then.
    • 10% penalty for missing hardcopy or softcopy
  • Note: The official language in the class is English. All students should submit homeworks in English.

Syllabus


This class covers software verification techniques based on formal methods with reagrd to practical applications, not sophiscated theories. These automated verification techniques can provide high reliability for complex embedded software compared to traditional testing methods in a more productive way. This class utilizes various software verification tools and learn about their underlying mechanisms to achieve useful verification results for the target software.

Course Material


Textbook

Reading list

Related tool list

Course Schedule


Homeworks


  • HW1: Due Sep 22
  • HW2: Due Oct 6th (see gnu gcov)
  • HW3: Due Oct 15th
  • HW4: Due Oct 29th
  • HW5: Due Nov 26th
  • HW6: Due Dec 8th
  • HW7: Due Dec 20th (No late submissions are allowed)