B.U.G. Logo 15-398 Bug Catching: Automated Program Verification and Testing
Fall 2002 Semester
Computer Science Department 

Course Description

This course is about finding and preventing logical errors in concurrent systems, e.g., programs, hardware devices,controllers.  Though formal analysis requires understanding of many theoretical issues, the focus of this course will be on using practical verification tools to analyze interesting examples.  We will cover just enough theory to use the tools effectively and understand the examples.  The assignments will involve using some type of verification tool to find bugs in interesting designs.  We do not assume any prior knowledge of computer hardware, however, students who know hardware will find these techniques to be very useful.


Announcements

I posted the grades for homeworks 5 and 6 (the optional final project).
See the assignment page for details.
Please check that all the homeworks you handed in received a grade and contact me as soon as possible if any homework is missing a grade.


Contact Information

Classes
T, Th 12:00 - 1:20 pm
Wean Hall Rm 5409

Professor: Edmund M. Clarke
Office: Wean Hall Rm 7117
E-mail: emc@cs.cmu.edu
Phone: (412) 268-2628    Fax: (412) 268-5576 
Office hours:
Tuesdays: 1:20 - 2:00 (after class)
Thurdays: 1:20 - 2:30 (after class)
or by appointments through phone
Teaching Assistant: Flavio Lerda
Office: WeH 4112
E-mail: flerda@andrew.cmu.edu
Phone: (412) 268-3047
Office hours: Friday 12:45-1:45
or by appointment through phone or email
Course Secretary: Maurelle Copeland
Office: Wean Hall Rm 7116
E-mail: chansen@cs.cmu.edu
Phone: (412) 268-7660 Fax: (412) 268-5576