The FSA group is a cluster in the department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Eindhoven University of Technology. Research in the FSA group focusses on theories, techniques and tools for modelling and analysing the behaviours of (concurrent) systems. Among others, we study process algebras, semantics, concurrency theory, model checking, logics, rewriting and satisfiability solving.
Applications
Application areas include protocols, hardware designs and industrial control systems. Examples include the verification of the control systems of the four large experiments in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN; analysis of networks-on-chips; formalisation of the industrial modelling and code generation language Dezyne; the analysis of the software architecture of the winning Stella Solar Car.
Tools
Tools developed by the group include mCRL2 (/ˈmak(ə)r(ə)l 2/ according to some) and MaDL. mCRL2 is a process-algebraic language with an award winning tool set for modelling and analysing concurrent systems. MaDL is a language with associated verification techniques for micro-architectures. The techniques focus on scalable liveness verification.
Research Projects
- Programming and Validating Software Restructurings (NWO MasCot Partnership, with TU Delft and Philips Healthcare)
- Verification Based Remote & Secure Maintenance Solutions (OPZuid, with Compumatica, CORDIS and Additive Industries)
- MACHINAIDE: Knowledge based services for and optimization of machines (ITEA3, with CORDIS, TNO ESI, KE-works and Lely industries)
- Arrowhead Tools: project aims for digitalisation and automation solutions for the European industry (ECSEL)
- FormaSig: Formal Methods in Railway Signalling Infrastructure Standardisation Projects (joint project with DB Netze A.G., ProRail, and the University of Twente; fully funded by DB Netze A.G. and ProRail)
- VOICE-B: Verification of OIL Interfaces and Components for Engineers (funded by Océ-Technologies B.V.)
- AVVA: Accelerated Verification and Verification Accelerated (NWO TOP grant)
- ASOME² (TU/e and ASML, IMPULS II)
- MERITS: Model extraction for re-engineering traditional software (NWO Big Software, with Philips Healthcare)
- VICTORIA: Verification In the Cloud TO Radically Improve Analyses (EU-FP7)
- Formal verification of cache coherent multi-core architectures (NWO TOP grant)
- DEWI: Dependable Embedded Wireless Infrastructure (Artemis project)
- ELVeN: Effective Layered Verification of Networks-on-Chips (NWO Open Competition)
- EURO-MILS: Secure European virtualisation for trustworthy applications in critical domains (EU-FP7)
- VOCHS: Verification of Complex Hierarchical Systems (NWO Open Competition)
- Allegio: All lifecycles and legacy entities guaranteed in operation! (NWO Commit)
- Functional Correctness of Communication Fabrics (Intel Corporation)
- Verified: Verified, Economical and Robust Integrated Functionality for In-vehicle Embedded Development (Senter-Novem)
- FVDAM: Formal Verification of Deadlock Avoidance Mechanisms (NWO Open Competition)
- VALICHIP: Validatie van cell-libraries en IP in chip design (Point One, with Fenix and NXP)
- TWINS: Optimizing HW-SW Co-design flow for software intensive system development (ITEA)
- COMFORTS: A Common Framework for Reactive and Timed Systems (NWO BRICS-FOCUS)
Research Events
Two papers accepted at IJCAI 2023
We are happy to have two papers accepted at IJCAI 2023: “More for Less: Safe Policy Improvement With Stronger Performance Guarantees” together with TU Dresden and Radboud University Nijmegen and “A Unifying Formal Approach to …continue reading
Paper accepted at NASA formal methods
The paper “Strategy Synthesis in Markov Decision Processes Under Limited Sampling Access” by C. Dubslaff from FSA and a collaboration with TU Dresden (P. Wienhöft, C. Baier, and S. J. Kiebel) has been accepted for …continue reading
New book: ‘Spelen met oneindigheid’
Hans Zantema has published a book (‘Spelen met oneindigheid, verrassende figuren en patronen’, in Dutch—English translation is work in progress) about infinite sequences and their visualisations, see this link. An interview with Hans can be …continue reading
Visitor: Maurice ter Beek
Maurice ter Beek (ISTI, CNR, Pisa) will be visiting us from 1-6 March. He’ll be working on variability parity games, together with Erik de Vink and Tim Willemse.
New book on mCRL2
The book ‘Understanding behaviour of distributed systems using mCRL2‘, written by Muhammad Atif and Jan Friso Groote has appeared in the Systems, Decision and Control series of Springer. It gives an introduction into mCRL2 with …continue reading