On Teaching Formal Methods: Behavior Models and Code Analysis

  • Authors:
  • Jan Kofroň;Pavel Parízek;Ondřej Šerý

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Software Engineering Malostranské náměstí 25, Charles University in Prague, Prague 1, Czech Republic 118 00 and Institute of Computer Science Pod Vodárenskou ...;Department of Software Engineering Malostranské náměstí 25, Charles University in Prague, Prague 1, Czech Republic 118 00;Department of Software Engineering Malostranské náměstí 25, Charles University in Prague, Prague 1, Czech Republic 118 00

  • Venue:
  • TFM '09 Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Teaching Formal Methods
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Teaching formal methods is a challenging task for several reasons. First, both the state-of-the-art knowledge and the tools are rapidly evolving. Second, there are no comprehensive textbooks covering certain topics, especially code analysis. In this paper, we share our experience with teaching two courses. The first is focused on classics of modeling and verification of software and hardware systems (LTS, LTL, equivalences, etc.), while the other one involves topics related to automated analysis of program code. We hope that other lecturers can benefit from our experience to improve their courses.