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About André Platzer

I have received a Diploma degree (equiv. to MSc.) in computer science from the University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany, in 2004, with mathematics as my subsidiary subject. During my studies, I specialised in compiler construction and software engineering, as well as logic, theoretical fundamentals and abstract algebra. Over and above, I participated very actively in advanced topics of other areas like theorem proving, verification, computer algebra, algebraic geometry, non-linear optimisation, machine learning, and algorithm engineering.

Since 2004, I am a PhD student working in the area of hybrid system verification at the University of Oldenburg.

Research Interests

verification of hybrid dynamic systems, dynamic logic, modal logic, hybrid logic, theorem proving and model checking, computer algebra, differential equations, model theory, component technology, verification of object-oriented systems

Publications

List of publications
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Curriculum Vitae (short cv)

10/2007 visiting PhD student of Prof. Edmund M. Clarke at Carnegie Mellon University
04/2006-09/2006 visiting PhD student of Prof. Edmund M. Clarke at Carnegie Mellon University
since 12/2005 PhD student in the Graduate School on Trustworthy Software Systems
since 10/2004 Research assistant of Prof. Ernst-Rüdiger Olderog at the University of Oldenburg
9/2004 Graduated with distinction, Diploma degree (equiv. to MSc.) in computer science from the University of Karlsruhe (TH)
10/2001-09/2004 Studies of computer science and mathematics at the University of Karlsruhe (TH)
10/1999-09/2001 Undergraduate studies of computer science and mathematics at the University of Karlsruhe (TH)

Research Projects and Activities

AVACS
As a research assistant in the Correct System Design group of Prof. Ernst-Rüdiger Olderog at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, my research ambitions are placed in the SFB/Transregio project AVACS. The project AVACS (Automatic Verification and Analysis of Complex Systems) addresses the rigorous mathematical analysis of models of complex safety critical computerized systems, such as aircrafts, trains, cars, or other artifacts, whose failure can endanger human life. The aim is to raise the state of the art in automatic verification and analysis techniques from its current level, where it is applicable only to isolated facets (concurrency, time, continuous control, stability, dependability, mobility, data structures, hardware constraints, modularity, levels of refinement), to a level allowing a comprehensive and holistic verification of such systems. In this project, I primarily focus on challenges related to the verification of hybrid dynamic systems.
CMU
I've been a visiting PhD student of Prof. Edmund M. Clarke at Carnegie Mellon University. During this period of my stay, I focused on hybrid system verification in air traffic management scenarios.
KeY
Both, my minor thesis and my diploma thesis have been supervised by Prof. Peter Schmitt and Prof. Bernhard Beckert in the context of the KeY project. The goal of this joint research project is to develop a comprehensive tool supporting formal specification and verification of object-oriented Java Card programs within a commercial platform for UML/JML-based software development. This approach is based on the design-by-contract paradigm. In KeY, contracts are verified statically using a semi-automatic, interactive theorem prover on the basis of a dynamic logic.

Further Information

Although André Platzer is the proper French spelling, my name can be spelled as Andre Platzer.

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