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Organization profile
Introduction / mission
Formal System Analysis focuses on theories, techniques and tools for modeling and analyzing the behaviors of software-controlled systems.
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Formal analysis is essential for cost-effective, highly reliable software-controlled systems
Organisational profile
The FSA group studies the foundations of software-controlled systems and develops languages and techniques for modelling and analyzing real-world, industrial-scale applications. Expertise in the group includes process algebras for reasoning about concurrent, timed and probabilistic system behavior, SAT- and SMT-solvers, rewriting, and model checking technology. Research focusses on scalability of the technology, which is required for its use in the development of software controlled-systems. The group offers courses in Logic, Formal Methods, Model Checking, Micro-processor Verification, and Automated Reasoning.
Much of the group’s research is consolidated in tools. Prominent examples include mCRL2 and MaDL. mCRL2 is a process-algebraic language with an award-winning tool set for modeling and analyzing concurrent systems. MaDL is a language with associated verification techniques for scalable liveness verification of micro-architectures of computer processors.
Current areas of application include protocols, hardware designs and industrial control systems. Recent examples include the formalization of the commercial industrial modelling and code generation language Dezyne, which relies on mCRL2 for analyzing the system behaviors. Past examples include verification of the control systems of the four large experiments in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, using model checking and satisfiability solving to improve the control system reliability, and the analysis of the software architecture of the first award-winning Stella Solar Car.
Recent research projects in which FSA is involved include:
- AVVA: Accelerated Verification and Verification Accelerated (NWO TOP grant)
- MERITS: Model extraction for re-engineering traditional software (NWO Big Software, with Philips Healthcare)
- Formal verification of cache coherent multi-core architectures (NWO TOP grant)
- DEWI: Dependable Embedded Wireless Infrastructure (Artemis project)
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Profiles
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Rodin Aarssen, MSc
- Mathematics and Computer Science, Software Engineering and Technology - Doctoral Candidate
- Mathematics and Computer Science, Formal System Analysis - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
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Roel Bloo
- Mathematics and Computer Science, Formal System Analysis - University Lecturer
Person: OWP : University Teacher / Researcher
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Mark S. Bouwman
- Mathematics and Computer Science, Formal System Analysis - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
Projects
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Composable Embedded Systems for Healthcare
Groote, J. F., Groote, J. F. & Vlasiou, M.
1/05/11 → 30/06/17
Project: Research direct
Research output
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Aligning observed and modelled behaviour by maximizing synchronous moves and using milestones
Bloemen, V., van Zelst, S., van der Aalst, W., van Dongen, B. & van de Pol, J., Jan 2022, In: Information Systems. 103, 13 p., 101456.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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On-The-Fly Solving for Symbolic Parity Games
Laveaux, M., Wesselink, W. & Willemse, T. A. C., 2022, In: CoRR. abs/2201.09607Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic
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On-The-Fly Solving for Symbolic Parity Games
Laveaux, M., Wesselink, W. & Willemse, T. A. C., 2022, Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems - 28th International Conference, TACAS 2022, Held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2022, Proceedings. Fisman, D. & Rosu, G. (eds.). Springer, p. 137-155 19 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 13244 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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Prizes
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Best Paper award
Groote, Jan Friso (Recipient), Wesselink, J.W. (Wieger) (Recipient) & Willemse, Tim A.C. (Recipient), 20 Sep 2017
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Best Paper award
Luttik, S.P. (Bas) (Recipient) & Willemse, Tim A.C. (Recipient), 4 Sep 2018
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Best Paper Award FACS 2018
Neele, Thomas (Recipient), Willemse, Tim A.C. (Recipient) & Groote, Jan Friso (Recipient), 11 Oct 2018
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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2020 ICAB Conference
Anne A.A. Limburg (Organiser), Rick H.S. Budé (Organiser), Henk J.M. Swagten (Organiser), K.A.H. (Ton) van Leeuwen (Organiser), Erik P. de Vink (Organiser), Sonia M. Gómez Puente (Organiser) & Gerrit M.W. Kroesen (Organiser)
5 Nov 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Conference › Scientific
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IPA Herfstdagen on Security (November 21-25,2005), Zwartsluis, The Netherlands
Erik de Vink (Speaker)
22 Nov 2005Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
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VVSS 2004 (Verification and Validation of Software Systems), LaQuSo, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Judi Romijn (Speaker)
24 Nov 2004Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
Press / Media
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Smart bug-checking for software
Tim A.C. Willemse, Jan Friso Groote & Thomas Neele
14/09/20
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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EIT Digital launches three additional IoT MOOCs on Coursera
28/11/16 → 30/11/16
38 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Student theses
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Abstracting real-valued parameters in parameterised boolean equation systems
Author: Laveaux, M., 26 Feb 2018Supervisor: Willemse, T. A. C. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
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A complete axiomatisation for probabilistic trace equivalence
Author: Timmers, F., 26 Nov 2018Supervisor: Groote, J. F. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
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Adding sequential composition and termination to the linear time: branching time spectrum
Author: Nijland, L., 31 Aug 2018Supervisor: Luttik, S. P. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
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