CSE814 (Fall 2009) Reading schedule (tentative)

Lecture slides for first 2/3 of course available here.

Lecture slides for last 1/3 available here.

I recommend that you read the material associated with each lecture before attending the class.

  Overview
9/2 [We] Introduction Barnes § 1, Eiffel Software     
     
  Programming using Design by Contract, SPARK Approach
9/7 [Mo] HOLIDAY - MSU CLOSED
  [We] Language Principles Barnes § 2 and King et.al.    
9/14 [Mo] SPARK Analysis tools Barnes § 3    
  [We] SPARK structure, type model, control & data flow Barnes § 4-6    
9/21 [Mo] Packages and visibility  Barnes § 6-7    
  [We] SPARK tools and information flow analysis Barnes § 9    
9/28 [Mo] Information flow analysis Barnes § 10 or Bergeretti & Carre    
  [We] Verification Barnes § 11    
10/5 [Mo] CLASS CANCELLED    
[We] Generating and proving verification conditions  Barnes § 11    
  Analytical modeling of software designs, Part 1: Sequential systems
10/12 [Mo] Alloy: A notation for representing pure abstractions Jackson § 1-2    
  [We] Logical models of the states/operations of a sequential system Jackson § 3    
10/19 [Mo] Assertions and assertion checking Jackson § 4    
  [We] Modeling program executions    
10/26 [Mo] CLASS CANCELLED    
[We] Analysis: Methods and tools for probing abstractions Jackson § 5
  
  Analytical modeling of software designs, Part 2: Concurrent systems
 11/2 [Mo] Concurrent programs Magee and Kramer § 1    
  [We] FSP: A notation for specifying processes Magee and Kramer § 2    
11/9 [Mo] Parallel composition and process labeling Magee and Kramer § 3 - 3.1.3    
  [We] Static combinators and structure diagrams Magee and Kramer § 3    
11/16 [Mo] Shared objects and mutual exclusion Magee and Kramer § 4    
  [We] Monitors and condition synchronization Magee and Kramer § 5    
11/23 [Mo] Deadlock Magee and Kramer § 6    
  [We] Safety and liveness properties Magee and Kramer § 7    
11/30 [Mo] Model-based design Magee and Kramer § 8    
  [We] Temporal logic TBD    
12/7 [Mo] Temporal logic, model checking TBD
  Project presentations
12/9 [We] Project presentations    
12/14 [Mo] Project presentations and pizzza