One of the most promising avenues in #formalmethods applications is test-case generation: take a specification and generate a suite of tests to check against the codebase. This is infinitely easier than generating the *codebase* from the spec, while still guaranteeing some degree of consistency.
April 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
One of the most promising avenues in #formalmethods applications is test-case generation: take a specification and generate a suite of tests to check against the codebase. This is infinitely easier than generating the *codebase* from the spec, while still guaranteeing some degree of consistency.
I recently graduated with a BSc in Computer Science and I’m interested in getting into formal methods and formal verification.
For those working or studying in the field, what books, courses, or other resources would you recommend to get started?
#FormalMethods #FormalVerification #TheoremProving
For those working or studying in the field, what books, courses, or other resources would you recommend to get started?
#FormalMethods #FormalVerification #TheoremProving
September 25, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I recently graduated with a BSc in Computer Science and I’m interested in getting into formal methods and formal verification.
For those working or studying in the field, what books, courses, or other resources would you recommend to get started?
#FormalMethods #FormalVerification #TheoremProving
For those working or studying in the field, what books, courses, or other resources would you recommend to get started?
#FormalMethods #FormalVerification #TheoremProving
Incredibly grateful to @sigplan.bsky.social and @sigplan-pldi.bsky.social for awarding #LeanLang the Programming Languages Software Award 2025 at #PLDI2025!
#LeanProver #FormalMethods #ProgrammingLanguages #Mathematics #SoftwareVerification
#LeanProver #FormalMethods #ProgrammingLanguages #Mathematics #SoftwareVerification
June 20, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Incredibly grateful to @sigplan.bsky.social and @sigplan-pldi.bsky.social for awarding #LeanLang the Programming Languages Software Award 2025 at #PLDI2025!
#LeanProver #FormalMethods #ProgrammingLanguages #Mathematics #SoftwareVerification
#LeanProver #FormalMethods #ProgrammingLanguages #Mathematics #SoftwareVerification
Show HN: Spivak's Calculus formalized in Lean 4 – every theorem, every problem
Discussion | hackernews | Author: jsLavaGoat
#FormalMethods
Discussion | hackernews | Author: jsLavaGoat
#FormalMethods
Show HN: Spivak's Calculus formalized in Lean 4 – every theorem, every problem
Michael Spivak's Calculus formalized in Lean 4: every theorem and every problem of all 30 chapters and 9 appendices, in both the 3rd and 4th editions - stormj-UH/spivak-lean
github.com
September 26, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Show HN: Spivak's Calculus formalized in Lean 4 – every theorem, every problem
Discussion | hackernews | Author: jsLavaGoat
#FormalMethods
Discussion | hackernews | Author: jsLavaGoat
#FormalMethods
🆕 A blueprint for formal verification of Apple corecrypto
Learn more about the formal verification methods used for ensuring the mathematical correctness of corecrypto's post-quantum ML-KEM and ML-DSA implementations.
security.apple.com/blog/formal-...
#FormalMethods #PostQuantum #Security
Learn more about the formal verification methods used for ensuring the mathematical correctness of corecrypto's post-quantum ML-KEM and ML-DSA implementations.
security.apple.com/blog/formal-...
#FormalMethods #PostQuantum #Security
May 22, 2026 at 5:42 PM
🆕 A blueprint for formal verification of Apple corecrypto
Learn more about the formal verification methods used for ensuring the mathematical correctness of corecrypto's post-quantum ML-KEM and ML-DSA implementations.
security.apple.com/blog/formal-...
#FormalMethods #PostQuantum #Security
Learn more about the formal verification methods used for ensuring the mathematical correctness of corecrypto's post-quantum ML-KEM and ML-DSA implementations.
security.apple.com/blog/formal-...
#FormalMethods #PostQuantum #Security
What works and doesn't selling formal methods in industry. ~ Mike Dodds. youtu.be/Z2bTpsO4fcc #FormalMethods
[Berkeley Seminar] Mike Dodds (Galois) | What works and doesn't selling formal methods in industry
YouTube video by Topos Institute
youtu.be
April 25, 2026 at 8:26 AM
What works and doesn't selling formal methods in industry. ~ Mike Dodds. youtu.be/Z2bTpsO4fcc #FormalMethods
We are Formal Methods Europe, an association promoting research and practice in #FormalMethods mathematical #SoftwareEngineering approaches that support the rigorous specification, design and verification of systems.
Find out more here:
Find out more here:
Formal Methods Europe
FME’s Teaching Committee has recently organised a special issue of Formal Aspects of Computing that puts forward different perspectives on why and how Formal Methods should be represented in Computer…
www.fmeurope.org
December 6, 2024 at 6:41 PM
We are Formal Methods Europe, an association promoting research and practice in #FormalMethods mathematical #SoftwareEngineering approaches that support the rigorous specification, design and verification of systems.
Find out more here:
Find out more here:
New interview with @hillelwayne.com! -->
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXxm...
🎉 This commemorates the Year of #FormalMethods on #CraftVsCruft. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXxm...
🎉 This commemorates the Year of #FormalMethods on #CraftVsCruft. Enjoy!
Year of Formal Methods Finale with Hillel Wayne
YouTube video by Craft vs Cruft
www.youtube.com
December 31, 2024 at 4:21 PM
New interview with @hillelwayne.com! -->
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXxm...
🎉 This commemorates the Year of #FormalMethods on #CraftVsCruft. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXxm...
🎉 This commemorates the Year of #FormalMethods on #CraftVsCruft. Enjoy!
DogWood: Monitoring Policies using First Order Temporal Logic https://lobste.rs/s/69mmo0 ##programming ##formalmethods
Introducing Dogwood: runtime verification for AI agents | Amazon Web Services
Part of what makes AI agents so useful is their ability to interact with the external world by running tools. But these tool calls are also the source of the biggest risks when it comes to making agents safe to use. The best way to address these risks in a dependable and reliable manner is […]
aws.amazon.com
September 28, 2026 at 4:40 AM
DogWood: Monitoring Policies using First Order Temporal Logic https://lobste.rs/s/69mmo0 ##programming ##formalmethods
29 September, 09:00–10:30 — DIAS Auditorium, Odense
#HybridThreats #Europe #FormalMethods #DIAS #Lean #FORM #CSLib
7/7
#HybridThreats #Europe #FormalMethods #DIAS #Lean #FORM #CSLib
7/7
September 22, 2026 at 6:30 AM
29 September, 09:00–10:30 — DIAS Auditorium, Odense
#HybridThreats #Europe #FormalMethods #DIAS #Lean #FORM #CSLib
7/7
#HybridThreats #Europe #FormalMethods #DIAS #Lean #FORM #CSLib
7/7
Can we have reachability properties in TLA⁺? https://lobste.rs/s/8pjbtj ##formalmethods
Can we have reachability properties in TLA⁺?
I was reading Hillel Wayne’s new post TLA+ Won’t Solve Everything and became fixated on one of the things he says cannot be expressed in TLA⁺:
Possibility and reachability properties: that it’s always possible to make P true, even if you don’t actually decide to. Things like “I can always shut down the computer” or “A user can always change their password”. These can’t be expressed with <>P because that’s “for all behaviors, P happens at least once”, we actually want “for all behavior prefixes, there is at least one behavior where P happens at least once”.
ahelwer.ca
September 26, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Can we have reachability properties in TLA⁺? https://lobste.rs/s/8pjbtj ##formalmethods
Happy to announce another confirmed talk for the #fpindia #bangalore June #meetup!
Srijan will talk about Formalising #machinelearning for Functional Languages!
https://hasgeek.com/fpindia/bangalore-fp-june-2026-meetup/
#haskell #purescript #typescript #rust #erlang #scala #ocaml […]
Srijan will talk about Formalising #machinelearning for Functional Languages!
https://hasgeek.com/fpindia/bangalore-fp-june-2026-meetup/
#haskell #purescript #typescript #rust #erlang #scala #ocaml […]
Original post on functional.cafe
functional.cafe
June 16, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Happy to announce another confirmed talk for the #fpindia #bangalore June #meetup!
Srijan will talk about Formalising #machinelearning for Functional Languages!
https://hasgeek.com/fpindia/bangalore-fp-june-2026-meetup/
#haskell #purescript #typescript #rust #erlang #scala #ocaml […]
Srijan will talk about Formalising #machinelearning for Functional Languages!
https://hasgeek.com/fpindia/bangalore-fp-june-2026-meetup/
#haskell #purescript #typescript #rust #erlang #scala #ocaml […]
📢 CAV 2025 Call for Papers is out!
🗓 Deadline: Jan 31, 2025
🔗 Details: conferences.i-cav.org/2025
Looking forward to your submissions! 📝✨
#CAV2025 #CallForPapers #FormalMethods #Verification
🗓 Deadline: Jan 31, 2025
🔗 Details: conferences.i-cav.org/2025
Looking forward to your submissions! 📝✨
#CAV2025 #CallForPapers #FormalMethods #Verification
CAV 2025 call for papers is out!
The submission deadline is January 31, 2025. For more details, see: conferences.i-cav.org/2025/
Looking forward to your submissions!
The submission deadline is January 31, 2025. For more details, see: conferences.i-cav.org/2025/
Looking forward to your submissions!
CAV 2025
37th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification
conferences.i-cav.org
January 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
📢 CAV 2025 Call for Papers is out!
🗓 Deadline: Jan 31, 2025
🔗 Details: conferences.i-cav.org/2025
Looking forward to your submissions! 📝✨
#CAV2025 #CallForPapers #FormalMethods #Verification
🗓 Deadline: Jan 31, 2025
🔗 Details: conferences.i-cav.org/2025
Looking forward to your submissions! 📝✨
#CAV2025 #CallForPapers #FormalMethods #Verification
"With mathematics, we can predict the behavior of systems before a single line of code is written." - Marc Brooker, VP/Distinguished Engineer at AWS
#TLAPlusConf #FormalMethods #OpenSource
#TLAPlusConf #FormalMethods #OpenSource
April 15, 2024 at 4:21 PM
"With mathematics, we can predict the behavior of systems before a single line of code is written." - Marc Brooker, VP/Distinguished Engineer at AWS
#TLAPlusConf #FormalMethods #OpenSource
#TLAPlusConf #FormalMethods #OpenSource
Our Chief Research Scientist, Karthikeyan Bhargavan, was invited to speak at Crypto, the world's leading cryptography conference. He shared insights on using formal methods to enhance the security of protocols like PQXDH, TLS, and MLS.
cryspen.com/post/crypto2...
#cryptography #formalmethods
cryspen.com/post/crypto2...
#cryptography #formalmethods
Cryspen @ Crypto 2024
Karthik gave an invited talk on Formal Methods for Cryptography at Crypto 2024.
cryspen.com
August 21, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Our Chief Research Scientist, Karthikeyan Bhargavan, was invited to speak at Crypto, the world's leading cryptography conference. He shared insights on using formal methods to enhance the security of protocols like PQXDH, TLS, and MLS.
cryspen.com/post/crypto2...
#cryptography #formalmethods
cryspen.com/post/crypto2...
#cryptography #formalmethods
Heads-up: Mon Apr 13 (one week away): "FP Launchpad" kickoff-event at IIT Madras
FP Launchpad is a new research center at IITM focusing on all aspects of functional programming.
Schedule, abstracts: fplaunchpad.org/2026/03/30/f...
#OCaml #OxCaml #Haskell #FormalMethods #HardCaml #Bluespec
FP Launchpad is a new research center at IITM focusing on all aspects of functional programming.
Schedule, abstracts: fplaunchpad.org/2026/03/30/f...
#OCaml #OxCaml #Haskell #FormalMethods #HardCaml #Bluespec
FP Launchpad Kickoff
Centre for Functional Systems Research and Education at IIT Madras
fplaunchpad.org
April 6, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Heads-up: Mon Apr 13 (one week away): "FP Launchpad" kickoff-event at IIT Madras
FP Launchpad is a new research center at IITM focusing on all aspects of functional programming.
Schedule, abstracts: fplaunchpad.org/2026/03/30/f...
#OCaml #OxCaml #Haskell #FormalMethods #HardCaml #Bluespec
FP Launchpad is a new research center at IITM focusing on all aspects of functional programming.
Schedule, abstracts: fplaunchpad.org/2026/03/30/f...
#OCaml #OxCaml #Haskell #FormalMethods #HardCaml #Bluespec
While we wait for #FMAS2026...
Why not revisit FMAS 2025?
The recordings are available on YouTube, so you can catch up on last year’s talks before we meet again in November:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzsw...
#FormalMethods #AutonomousSystems
Why not revisit FMAS 2025?
The recordings are available on YouTube, so you can catch up on last year’s talks before we meet again in November:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzsw...
#FormalMethods #AutonomousSystems
FMAS 2025 | Prof. Paula Herber - Integrated Formal Methods for the Verification of CPS and AS
This is a recording of an invited talk at the Seventh Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems (FMAS 2025).
FMAS brings together researchers working on a range of techniques for the formal…
www.youtube.com
September 25, 2026 at 8:01 AM
While we wait for #FMAS2026...
Why not revisit FMAS 2025?
The recordings are available on YouTube, so you can catch up on last year’s talks before we meet again in November:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzsw...
#FormalMethods #AutonomousSystems
Why not revisit FMAS 2025?
The recordings are available on YouTube, so you can catch up on last year’s talks before we meet again in November:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzsw...
#FormalMethods #AutonomousSystems
Quint specification language is making #FormalMethods more accessible.
Learn how AI is lowering the barrier to formal specification and model-based testing - and why defining correct system behavior remains essential human work.
🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/4fbSXjc
#AIEngineering #Testing #Culture #Agile
Learn how AI is lowering the barrier to formal specification and model-based testing - and why defining correct system behavior remains essential human work.
🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/4fbSXjc
#AIEngineering #Testing #Culture #Agile
Formal Methods for Every Engineer in an AI-Powered Future
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Gabriela Moreira about making formal methods accessible through the Quint specification language, how AI is dramatically loweri...
bit.ly
July 13, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Quint specification language is making #FormalMethods more accessible.
Learn how AI is lowering the barrier to formal specification and model-based testing - and why defining correct system behavior remains essential human work.
🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/4fbSXjc
#AIEngineering #Testing #Culture #Agile
Learn how AI is lowering the barrier to formal specification and model-based testing - and why defining correct system behavior remains essential human work.
🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/4fbSXjc
#AIEngineering #Testing #Culture #Agile
I am hiring!
I have a fully funded PhD position available for someone with an interest in logic and statistics, at Delft University of Technology (Netherlands).
Application deadline: 31 August 2025 […]
I have a fully funded PhD position available for someone with an interest in logic and statistics, at Delft University of Technology (Netherlands).
Application deadline: 31 August 2025 […]
Original post on mathstodon.xyz
mathstodon.xyz
July 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I am hiring!
I have a fully funded PhD position available for someone with an interest in logic and statistics, at Delft University of Technology (Netherlands).
Application deadline: 31 August 2025 […]
I have a fully funded PhD position available for someone with an interest in logic and statistics, at Delft University of Technology (Netherlands).
Application deadline: 31 August 2025 […]
📼 Throwback to FLoC 1996
30 years ago, the very first #FLoC brought together
CAV, CADE, LICS, and RTA (now FSCD).
Three decades later, the same core vision.
📍 Next chapter: Lisbon, 2026 🇵🇹
🔗 www.floc26.org
#FLoC2026 #LogicInCS #FormalMethods #Lisbon
30 years ago, the very first #FLoC brought together
CAV, CADE, LICS, and RTA (now FSCD).
Three decades later, the same core vision.
📍 Next chapter: Lisbon, 2026 🇵🇹
🔗 www.floc26.org
#FLoC2026 #LogicInCS #FormalMethods #Lisbon
January 31, 2026 at 9:46 AM
📼 Throwback to FLoC 1996
30 years ago, the very first #FLoC brought together
CAV, CADE, LICS, and RTA (now FSCD).
Three decades later, the same core vision.
📍 Next chapter: Lisbon, 2026 🇵🇹
🔗 www.floc26.org
#FLoC2026 #LogicInCS #FormalMethods #Lisbon
30 years ago, the very first #FLoC brought together
CAV, CADE, LICS, and RTA (now FSCD).
Three decades later, the same core vision.
📍 Next chapter: Lisbon, 2026 🇵🇹
🔗 www.floc26.org
#FLoC2026 #LogicInCS #FormalMethods #Lisbon
[New Blog Post] "Verified" "Compilation" of "Python" with Knuckledragger, GCC, and Ghidra #compiler #formalmethods #ghidra www.philipzucker.com/knuckle_C_pc...
“Verified” “Compilation” of “Python” with Knuckledragger, GCC, and Ghidra
I’ve been building out some interesting facilities for knuckledragger:
www.philipzucker.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
[New Blog Post] "Verified" "Compilation" of "Python" with Knuckledragger, GCC, and Ghidra #compiler #formalmethods #ghidra www.philipzucker.com/knuckle_C_pc...
Systems correctness practices at AWS: Leveraging formal and semi-formal methods. ~ Marc Brooker, Ankush Desai. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... #FormalMethods #ITP #LeanProver
Systems Correctness Practices at AWS: Leveraging Formal and Semi-formal Methods: Queue: Vol 22, No 6
Building reliable and secure software requires a range of approaches to reason about
systems correctness. Alongside industry-standard testing methods (such as unit and
integration testing), AWS has ad...
dl.acm.org
February 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Systems correctness practices at AWS: Leveraging formal and semi-formal methods. ~ Marc Brooker, Ankush Desai. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... #FormalMethods #ITP #LeanProver
The role of formal methods in computer science education. ~ Maurice ter Beek, Manfred Broy, Brijesh Dongol. dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... #FormalMethods #CompSci #Education
November 14, 2024 at 10:15 AM
The role of formal methods in computer science education. ~ Maurice ter Beek, Manfred Broy, Brijesh Dongol. dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... #FormalMethods #CompSci #Education