[FM-India] A PhD position in LIAFA, Paris, France: Software verification

[Madhavan Mukund]

 From: Tayssir Touili <touili at liafa.univ-paris-diderot.fr>
 Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 11:10:36 +0200
 Subject: A PhD position in LIAFA, Paris, France: Software verification

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 A PhD position in LIAFA 
 <http://www.liafa.univ-paris-diderot.fr/index_en.php>
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 Contact: Tayssir TOUILI <http://www.liafa.jussieu.fr/%7Etouili/> 
 (touili at liafa.univ-paris-diderot.fr)

 A PhD position is available in the "Verification" team in LIAFA, Paris.

 *Subject: Software  verification**
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 The subject of the thesis is about concurrent programs verification.  The
 PhD student is expected to investigate and develop novel techniques,
 algorithms and tools for the analysis of software.

 Indeed, nowadays, software is everywhere: in telecommunication, in
 navigation, in nuclear plants, etc.  The tasks that software deal with are
 becoming more and more complex and critical, in the sense that any small
 error can cause huge human and/or economical damages. Therefore, it is
 crucial to be sure that a software does not contain any error before using
 it.  Programmers need then to have rigorous formal mathematical techniques
 that allow to verify and check their programs.  Unfortunately, programs
 present several complex features that make their analysis very complex:
 concurrency, synchronisation, recursion, procedure calls, pointers,
 manipulation of integer and real variables, etc.  Thus, the objective of
 this thesis is to develop new techniques for software model-checking that
 can deal with all these complex features.


 *How to apply:**
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 The position is available immediately. Candidates must have a master in
 computer science.

 The candidate must send a CV, university grades, recommendation letters, 
 and a motivation letter to 

     Tayssir TOUILI (touili at liafa.univ-paris-diderot.fr)