The Essence of Program Semantics Visualizers: A Three-Axis Model
Josh Pollock, Grace Oh, Eunice Jun, Philip J. Guo, Zachary Tatlock
Workshop on Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools (PLATEAU) 2020
abstract paper bib
A program semantics visualizer (PSV) helps illuminate a language’s semantics by explaining the runtime execution of programs. PSVs are often used in introductory programming (CS1) courses to help introduce a notional machine, an abstraction of the computer that executes the language. But what information should PSVs present to fully explain such notional machines?
In this paper we propose a three-axis model to assess the design of PSVs that visualize execution traces. PSVs should help users by clearly answering three questions: What is the machine’s configuration at each execution step? Why did an execution step take place? How did an execution step change the machine’s configuration? We demonstrate our model’s utility for assessing PSVs by explaining why, in actual classroom use, instructors have resorted to manually extending Python Tutor’s visualizations.
See also:
Towards Numerical Assistants
Pavel Panchekha, Zachary Tatlock
Numerical Software Verification (NSV) 2020
abstract paper talk slides Herbie FPBench bib
The last few years have seen an explosion of work on tools that address numerical error in scientific, mathematical, and engineering software. The resulting tools can provide essential guidance to expert non-experts: scientists, mathematicians, and engineers for whom mathematical computation is essential but who may have little formal training in numerical methods. It is now time for these tools to move into practice.
Practitioners need a “numerical workbench” that not only succeeds as a research artifact but as a daily tool. We describe our experience adapting Herbie, a tool for numerical error repair, from a research prototype to a reliable workhorse for daily use. In particular, we focus on how we worked to increase user trust and use internal measurement to polish the tool. Looking more broadly, we show that community development and an investment in the generality of our tools, such as through the FPBench project, will better support users and strengthen our research community.
@inproceedings{2016-nsv-fpbench,
author = {Pavel Panchekha and
Zachary Tatlock},
title = {Towards Numerical Assistants},
booktitle = {Numerical Software Verification - 13th International Workshop, {NSV} 2020,
Los Angeles, CA, USA, July 20-21, 2020, [collocated with {CAV} 2020],
Revised Selected Papers},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
}Synthesizing Structured CAD Models with Equality Saturation and Inverse Transformations
Chandrakana Nandi, Max Willsey, Adam Anderson, James R. Wilcox,
Eva Darulova, Dan Grossman, Zachary Tatlock
Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI) 2020
paper teaser talk slides poster code project bib
@inproceedings{2020-pldi-szalinski-cad-eqsat,
author = {Chandrakana Nandi and
Max Willsey and
Adam Anderson and
James R. Wilcox and
Eva Darulova and
Dan Grossman and
Zachary Tatlock},
editor = {Alastair F. Donaldson and
Emina Torlak},
title = {Synthesizing Structured {CAD} Models with Equality Saturation and
Inverse Transformations},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 41st {ACM} {SIGPLAN} International Conference on
Programming Language Design and Implementation, {PLDI} 2020,
London, UK, June 15-20, 2020},
pages = {31--44},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2020},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3385412.3386012},
doi = {10.1145/3385412.3386012},
}Carpentry Compiler
Chenming Wu, Haisen Zhao, Chandrakana Nandi,
Jeffrey I. Lipton, Zachary Tatlock, Adriana Schulz
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH ASIA) 2019
abstract paper appendix teaser slides code project bib
Traditional manufacturing workflows strongly decouple design and fabrication phases. As a result, fabrication-related objectives such as manufacturing time and precision are difficult to optimize in the design space, and vice versa.
This paper presents HL-HELM, a high-level, domain-specific language for expressing abstract, parametric fabrication plans; it also introduces LL-HELM, a low-level language for expressing concrete fabrication plans that take into account the physical constraints of available manufacturing processes. We present a new compiler that supports the real-time, unoptimized translation of high-level, geometric fabrication operations into concrete, tool-specific fabrication instructions; this gives users immediate feedback on the physical feasibility of plans as they design them.
HELM offers novel optimizations to improve accuracy and reduce fabrication time as well as material costs. Optimized low-level plans can be interpreted as step-by-step instructions for users to actually fabricate a physical product. We provide a variety of example fabrication plans in the carpentry domain that are designed using our high-level language, show how the compiler translates and optimizes these plans to generate concrete low-level instructions, and present the final physical products fabricated in wood.
Press:
@article{2019-siga-carpentry-compiler,
author = {Chenming Wu and
Haisen Zhao and
Chandrakana Nandi and
Jeffrey I. Lipton and
Zachary Tatlock and
Adriana Schulz},
title = {Carpentry compiler},
journal = {{ACM} Transactions on Graphics},
volume = {38},
number = {6},
pages = {195:1--195:14},
year = {2019},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3355089.3356518},
doi = {10.1145/3355089.3356518},
}Modular Verification of Web Page Layout
Pavel Panchekha, Michael D. Ernst, Zachary Tatlock, Shoaib Kamil
Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages & Applications (OOPSLA) 2019
paper talk slides code project bib
@article{2019-oopsla-troika-modular-layout-verification,
author = {Pavel Panchekha and
Michael D. Ernst and
Zachary Tatlock and
Shoaib Kamil},
title = {Modular Verification of Web Page Layout},
journal = {Proceedings of the {ACM} on Programming Languages},
volume = {3},
number = {{OOPSLA}},
pages = {151:1--151:26},
year = {2019},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3360577},
doi = {10.1145/3360577},
}Theia: Automatically Generating Correct Program State Visualizations
Josh Pollock, Jared Roesch, Doug Woos, Zachary Tatlock
ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on SPLASH-E 2019
abstract paper code bib
Program state visualizations (PSVs) help programmers understand hidden program state like objects, references, and closures. Unfortunately, existing PSV tools do not support custom language semantics, which educators often use to introduce programming languages gradually. They also fail to visualize key pieces of program state, which can lead to incorrect and confusing visualizations.
Theia, a generic PSV framework, uses formal abstract machine definitions to produce complete, continuous, and consistent (CCC) PSVs.
To produce CCC visualizations with Theia, an educator only needs to specify an abstract machine and optionally customize the resulting web page, allowing her to visualize custom language semantics without developing a language specific tool.
See also:
QED at Large: A Survey of Engineering of Formally Verified Software
Talia Ringer, Karl Palmskog, Ilya Sergey, Milos Gligoric, Zachary Tatlock
Foundations and Trends in Programming Languages (FTPL) 2019
paper errata project bib
@article{2019-ftpl-qed-at-large,
author = {Talia Ringer and
Karl Palmskog and
Ilya Sergey and
Milos Gligoric and
Zachary Tatlock},
title = {{QED} at Large: {A} Survey of Engineering of Formally Verified Software},
journal = {Foundations and Trends in Programming Languages},
volume = {5},
number = {2-3},
pages = {102--281},
year = {2019},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1561/2500000045},
doi = {10.1561/2500000045},
}Toward Multi-Precision, Multi-Format Numerics
David Thien, Bill Zorn, Pavel Panchekha, Zachary Tatlock
Software Correctness for HPC Applications (CORRECTNESS) 2019
paper slides FPBench Titanic Herbie bib
@inproceedings{2019-correctness-mpmf,
author = {David Thien and
Bill Zorn and
Pavel Panchekha and
Zachary Tatlock},
editor = {Ignacio Laguna and
Cindy Rubio{-}Gonz{\'{a}}lez},
title = {Toward Multi-Precision, Multi-Format Numerics},
booktitle = {2019 {IEEE/ACM} 3rd International Workshop on
Software Correctness for {HPC} Applications (Correctness),
Denver, CO, {USA},
November 18, 2019},
pages = {19--26},
publisher = {{IEEE}},
year = {2019},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/Correctness49594.2019.00008},
doi = {10.1109/Correctness49594.2019.00008},
}Icing: Supporting Fast-Math Style Optimizations in a Verified Compiler
Heiko Becker, Eva Darulova, Magnus O. Myreen, Zachary Tatlock
Computer-Aided Verification (CAV) 2019
paper slides code project bib
@inproceedings{2019-cav-icing-verified-fastmath,
author = {Heiko Becker and
Eva Darulova and
Magnus O. Myreen and
Zachary Tatlock},
editor = {Isil Dillig and
Serdar Tasiran},
title = {Icing: Supporting Fast-Math Style Optimizations in a Verified Compiler},
booktitle = {Computer Aided Verification - 31st International Conference,
{CAV} 2019,
New York City, NY, USA,
July 15-18, 2019,
Proceedings, Part {II}},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
volume = {11562},
pages = {155--173},
publisher = {Springer},
year = {2019},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25543-5\_10},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-25543-5\_10},
}Teaching Rigorous Distributed Systems With Efficient Model Checking
Ellis Michael, Doug Woos, Thomas E. Anderson, Michael D. Ernst, Zachary Tatlock
European Conference on Computer Systems (EuroSys) 2019
paper talk slides code bib
@inproceedings{2019-eurosys-dslabs,
author = {Ellis Michael and
Doug Woos and
Thomas E. Anderson and
Michael D. Ernst and
Zachary Tatlock},
editor = {George Candea and
Robbert van Renesse and
Christof Fetzer},
title = {Teaching Rigorous Distributed Systems
with Efficient Model Checking},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Fourteenth EuroSys Conference 2019,
Dresden, Germany,
March 25-28, 2019},
pages = {32:1--32:15},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2019},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3302424.3303947},
doi = {10.1145/3302424.3303947},
}Sinking Point: Dynamic Precision Tracking for Floating-Point
Bill Zorn, Dan Grossman, Zachary Tatlock
Conference for Next Generation Arithmetic (CoNGA) 2019
abstract paper talk slides code project bib
We present sinking-point, a floating-point-like number system that tracks precision dynamically though computations. With existing floating-point number systems, such as the venerable IEEE 754 standard, numerical results do not inherently contain any information about their precision or accuracy; to determine if a result is numerically accurate, a separate analysis must be performed. By contrast, sinking-point records the precision of each intermediate value and result computed, so highly imprecise results can be identified immediately. Compared to IEEE 754 floating-point, sinking-point’s representation requires only a few additional bits of storage, and computations require only a few additional bitwise operations. Sinking-point is fully generalizable, and can be extended to provide dynamic error tracking for nearly any digital number system, including posits.
@inproceedings{2019-conga-sinking-point,
author = {Bill Zorn and
Dan Grossman and
Zachary Tatlock},
title = {Sinking Point: Dynamic Precision Tracking for Floating-Point},
year = {2019},
isbn = {9781450371391},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3316279.3316283},
doi = {10.1145/3316279.3316283},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Conference for Next Generation Arithmetic 2019},
articleno = {4},
numpages = {8},
keywords = {Floating point, numerical analysis},
location = {Singapore, Singapore},
series = {CoNGA'19}
}Functional Programming for Compiling and Decompiling Computer-aided Design
Chandrakana Nandi, James R. Wilcox, Pavel Panchekha, Taylor Blau,
Dan Grossman, Zachary Tatlock
International Conference on Functional Programming (ICFP) 2018
paper talk slides poster code project I Am CSE bib
@article{2018-icfp-reincarnate-cad-decompiler,
author = {Chandrakana Nandi and
James R. Wilcox and
Pavel Panchekha and
Taylor Blau and
Dan Grossman and
Zachary Tatlock},
title = {Functional Programming for Compiling and Decompiling Computer-aided Design},
journal = {Proceedings of the {ACM} on Programming Languages},
volume = {2},
number = {{ICFP}},
pages = {99:1--99:31},
year = {2018},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3236794},
doi = {10.1145/3236794},
}Combining Tools for Optimization and Analysis of Floating-Point Computations
Heiko Becker, Pavel Panchekha, Eva Darulova, Zachary Tatlock
Formal Methods (FM) 2018
short paper slides Daisy Herbie FPBench bib
@inproceedings{2018-fm-combining-fp-tools,
author = {Heiko Becker and
Pavel Panchekha and
Eva Darulova and
Zachary Tatlock},
editor = {Klaus Havelund and
Jan Peleska and
Bill Roscoe and
Erik P. de Vink},
title = {Combining Tools for Optimization and Analysis of Floating-Point Computations},
booktitle = {Formal Methods - 22nd International Symposium, {FM} 2018,
Held as Part of the Federated Logic Conference, FloC 2018, Oxford, UK,
July 15-17, 2018, Proceedings},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
volume = {10951},
pages = {355--363},
publisher = {Springer},
year = {2018},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95582-7\_21},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-95582-7\_21},
}Software Verification with ITPs Should Use Binary Code Extraction to Reduce the TCB
Ramana Kumar, Eric Mullen, Zachary Tatlock, Magnus O. Myreen
Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP) 2018
short paper slides CakeML Oeuf bib
@inproceedings{2018-itp-binary-code-extraction,
author = {Ramana Kumar and
Eric Mullen and
Zachary Tatlock and
Magnus O. Myreen},
editor = {Jeremy Avigad and
Assia Mahboubi},
title = {Software Verification with ITPs Should Use Binary Code Extraction
to Reduce the {TCB} - (Short Paper)},
booktitle = {Interactive Theorem Proving - 9th International Conference, {ITP} 2018,
Held as Part of the Federated Logic Conference, FloC 2018,
Oxford, UK, July 9-12, 2018, Proceedings},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
volume = {10895},
pages = {362--369},
publisher = {Springer},
year = {2018},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94821-8\_21},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-94821-8\_21},
}Verifying that Web Pages have Accessible Layout
Pavel Panchekha, Adam T. Geller, Michael D. Ernst, Zachary Tatlock, Shoaib Kamil
Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI) 2018
paper talk slides code project bib
@inproceedings{2018-pldi-vizassert-web-layout,
author = {Pavel Panchekha and
Adam T. Geller and
Michael D. Ernst and
Zachary Tatlock and
Shoaib Kamil},
editor = {Jeffrey S. Foster and
Dan Grossman},
title = {Verifying that Web Pages have Accessible Layout},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 39th {ACM} {SIGPLAN} Conference on
Programming Language Design and Implementation, {PLDI} 2018,
Philadelphia, PA, USA,
June 18-22, 2018},
pages = {1--14},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2018},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3192366.3192407},
doi = {10.1145/3192366.3192407},
}Finding Root Causes of Floating Point Error
Alex Sanchez-Stern, Pavel Panchekha, Sorin Lerner, Zachary Tatlock
Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI) 2018
paper talk slides code project bib
@inproceedings{2018-pldi-herbgrind-fp-error,
author = {Alex Sanchez{-}Stern and
Pavel Panchekha and
Sorin Lerner and
Zachary Tatlock},
editor = {Jeffrey S. Foster and
Dan Grossman},
title = {Finding root causes of floating point error},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 39th {ACM} {SIGPLAN} Conference on
Programming Language Design and Implementation, {PLDI} 2018,
Philadelphia, PA, USA,
June 18-22, 2018},
pages = {256--269},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2018},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3192366.3192411},
doi = {10.1145/3192366.3192411},
}Relay: a New IR for Machine Learning Frameworks
Jared Roesch, Steven Lyubomirsky, Logan Weber, Josh Pollock, Marisa Kirisame,
Tianqi Chen, Zachary Tatlock
Machine Learning and Programming Languages (MAPL) 2018
paper slides code project bib
@inproceedings{2018-mapl-relay-ir,
author = {Jared Roesch and
Steven Lyubomirsky and
Logan Weber and
Josh Pollock and
Marisa Kirisame and
Tianqi Chen and
Zachary Tatlock},
editor = {Justin Gottschlich and
Alvin Cheung},
title = {Relay: a New {IR} for Machine Learning Frameworks},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2nd {ACM} {SIGPLAN} International Workshop on
Machine Learning and Programming Languages, MAPL@PLDI 2018,
Philadelphia, PA, USA,
June 18-22, 2018},
pages = {58--68},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2018},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3211346.3211348},
doi = {10.1145/3211346.3211348},
}Programming and Proving with Distributed Protocols
Ilya Sergey, James R. Wilcox, Zachary Tatlock
Principles of Programming Languages (POPL) 2018
paper talk slides code project bib
@article{2018-popl-disel,
author = {Ilya Sergey and
James R. Wilcox and
Zachary Tatlock},
title = {Programming and Proving with Distributed Protocols},
journal = {Proceedings of the {ACM} on Programming Languages},
volume = {2},
number = {{POPL}},
pages = {28:1--28:30},
year = {2018},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3158116},
doi = {10.1145/3158116},
}Œuf: Minimizing the Coq Extraction TCB
Eric Mullen, Stuart Pernsteiner, James R. Wilcox, Zachary Tatlock, Dan Grossman
Certified Programs and Proofs (CPP) 2018
paper slides code project bib
@inproceedings{2018-cpp-oeuf-coq-compiler,
author = {Eric Mullen and
Stuart Pernsteiner and
James R. Wilcox and
Zachary Tatlock and
Dan Grossman},
editor = {June Andronick and
Amy P. Felty},
title = {{\OE}uf: Minimizing the Coq Extraction {TCB}},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 7th {ACM} {SIGPLAN} International Conference on
Certified Programs and Proofs, {CPP} 2018,
Los Angeles, CA, USA,
January 8-9, 2018},
pages = {172--185},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2018},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3167089},
doi = {10.1145/3167089},
}Automatic Formal Verification for EPICS
Jonathan Jacky, Stefani Banerian, Michael D. Ernst, Calvin Loncaric,
Stuart Pernsteiner, Zachary Tatlock, Emina Torlak
International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Control Systems (ICALEPCS) 2017
abstract paper talk slides code project publisher bib
We built an EPICS-based radiation therapy machine control system, and are using it to treat patients at our hospital. To help ensure safety, we use a restricted subset of EPICS constructs and programming techniques, and developed several new automated formal verification tools for them. The Symbolic Evaluator checks properties of EPICS database programs (applications), using symbolic evaluation and satisfiability checking. It found serious errors in our control program that were missed by reviews and testing. Other tools are based on a formal semantics for database records, derived from EPICS documentation and expressed in the specification language of an automated theorem prover. The Verified Interpreter is a re-implementation of the parts of the database engine we use, which is proved correct against the formal semantics. We used it to check those parts of EPICS core by differential testing. It found no significant errors (differences between EPICS behavior and the formal semantics). A Verified Compiler is in development. It will compile a database to a standalone program that does not use EPICS core, where the machine code is verified to conform to the formal semantics.
@inproceedings{2017-icalepcs-epics-verification,
author = {Jonathan Jacky and
Stefani Banerian and
Michael D. Ernst and
Calvin Loncaric and
Stuart Pernsteiner and
Zachary Tatlock and
Emina Torlak},
title = {{A}utomatic {F}ormal {V}erification for {EPICS}},
booktitle = {Proc. of International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Control Systems (ICALEPCS'17),
Barcelona, Spain, 8-13 October 2017},
pages = {285--291},
paper = {TUDPL02},
language = {english},
keywords = {ion, EPICS, controls, database, operation},
venue = {Barcelona, Spain},
series = {International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Control Systems},
number = {16},
publisher = {JACoW},
address = {Geneva, Switzerland},
month = {January},
year = {2018},
isbn = {978-3-95450-193-9},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2017-TUDPL02},
url = {http://jacow.org/icalepcs2017/papers/tudpl02.pdf},
note = {https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2017-TUDPL02},
}SpaceSearch: A Library for Building and Verifying Solver-aided Tools
Konstantin Weitz, Steven Lyubomirsky, Stefan Heule,
Emina Torlak, Michael D. Ernst, Zachary Tatlock
International Conference on Functional Programming (ICFP) 2017
paper talk slides code project bib
@article{2017-icfp-spacesearch-verifying-solver-aided-tools,
author = {Konstantin Weitz and
Steven Lyubomirsky and
Stefan Heule and
Emina Torlak and
Michael D. Ernst and
Zachary Tatlock},
title = {SpaceSearch: A Library for Building and Verifying Solver-aided Tools},
journal = {Proceedings of the {ACM} on Programming Languages},
volume = {1},
number = {{ICFP}},
pages = {25:1--25:28},
year = {2017},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3110269},
doi = {10.1145/3110269},
}Programming Language Tools and Techniques for 3D Printing
Chandrakana Nandi, Anat Caspi, Dan Grossman, Zachary Tatlock
Summit oN Advances in Programming Languages (SNAPL) 2017
paper slides project bib
@inproceedings{2017-snapl-incarnate-pl-for-3d-printing,
author = {Chandrakana Nandi and
Anat Caspi and
Dan Grossman and
Zachary Tatlock},
editor = {Benjamin S. Lerner and
Rastislav Bod{\'{\i}}k and
Shriram Krishnamurthi},
title = {Programming Language Tools and Techniques for 3D Printing},
booktitle = {2nd Summit on Advances in Programming Languages, {SNAPL} 2017,
May 7-10, 2017, Asilomar, CA, {USA}},
series = {LIPIcs},
volume = {71},
pages = {10:1--10:12},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"{u}}r Informatik},
year = {2017},
url = {https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.SNAPL.2017.10},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.SNAPL.2017.10},
}Programming Language Abstractions for Modularly Verified Distributed Systems
James R. Wilcox, Ilya Sergey, Zachary Tatlock
Summit oN Advances in Programming Languages (SNAPL) 2017
paper slides project bib
@inproceedings{2017-snapl-disel-pl-for-distributed-systems,
author = {James R. Wilcox and
Ilya Sergey and
Zachary Tatlock},
editor = {Benjamin S. Lerner and
Rastislav Bod{\'{\i}}k and
Shriram Krishnamurthi},
title = {Programming Language Abstractions for
Modularly Verified Distributed Systems},
booktitle = {2nd Summit on Advances in Programming Languages, {SNAPL} 2017,
May 7-10, 2017, Asilomar, CA, {USA}},
series = {LIPIcs},
volume = {71},
pages = {19:1--19:12},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"{u}}r Informatik},
year = {2017},
url = {https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.SNAPL.2017.19},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.SNAPL.2017.19},
}Verification of Implementations of Distributed Systems Under Churn
Ryan Doenges, James R. Wilcox, Doug Woos, Zachary Tatlock, Karl Palmskog
Workshop on Coq for Programming Languages (CoqPL) 2017
paper slides code project bib
Scalable Verification of Border Gateway Protocol Configurations with an SMT Solver
Konstantin Weitz, Doug Woos, Emina Torlak, Michael D. Ernst, Arvind Krishnamurthy, Zachary Tatlock
Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages & Applications (OOPSLA) 2016
paper talk slides code project bib
@inproceedings{2016-oopsla-bagpipe-scalable-bgp-verification-smt,
author = {Konstantin Weitz and
Doug Woos and
Emina Torlak and
Michael D. Ernst and
Arvind Krishnamurthy and
Zachary Tatlock},
editor = {Eelco Visser and
Yannis Smaragdakis},
title = {Scalable Verification of Border Gateway Protocol Configurations
with an {SMT} Solver},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2016 {ACM} {SIGPLAN} International Conference on
Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications,
{OOPSLA} 2016, part of {SPLASH} 2016,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
October 30 - November 4, 2016},
pages = {765--780},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2016},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/2983990.2984012},
doi = {10.1145/2983990.2984012},
}Formal Semantics and Automated Verification for the Border Gateway Protocol
Konstantin Weitz, Doug Woos, Emina Torlak,
Michael D. Ernst, Arvind Krishnamurthy, Zachary Tatlock
ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Networking and Programming Languages (NetPL) 2016
abstract paper slides code project bib
We present the first mechanized formal semantics of BGP (implemented in the Coq proof assistant) that models all required features of the BGP specification RFC-4271 modulo low-level details. We demonstrate our semantic’s correctness and usefulness by: 1) extending and formalizing the pen-and-paper proof by Gao & Rexford on the convergence of BGP, revealing necessary extensions to their original configuration guidelines; 2) building the Bagpipe tool which automatically checks that BGP configurations adhere to given policy specifications, revealing 19 apparent errors in three ASes with over 240,000 lines of BGP configuration; and 3) testing the BGP simulator C-BGP, revealing one bug.
@inproceedings{2016-netpl-bagpipe-bgp-verification,
author = {Konstantin Weitz and
Doug Woos and
Emina Torlak and
Michael D. Ernst and
Arvind Krishnamurthy and
Zachary Tatlock},
title = {Formal Semantics and Automated Verification for the Border Gateway Protocol},
year = {2016},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
url = {https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2016/netpl.php},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM 2016 Workshop on Networking and Programming Languages},
keywords = {network verification, network simulation, control plane modelling},
location = {Florianopolis, Brazil},
series = {NetPL'16}
}Investigating Safety of a Radiotherapy Machine Using System Models with Pluggable Checkers
Stuart Pernsteiner, Calvin Loncaric, Emina Torlak, Zachary Tatlock,
Xi Wang, Michael D. Ernst, Jonathan Jacky
Computer-Aided Verification (CAV) 2016
paper slides code project I Am CSE bib
@inproceedings{2016-cav-neutrons-radiotherapy-safety,
author = {Stuart Pernsteiner and
Calvin Loncaric and
Emina Torlak and
Zachary Tatlock and
Xi Wang and
Michael D. Ernst and
Jonathan Jacky},
editor = {Swarat Chaudhuri and
Azadeh Farzan},
title = {Investigating Safety of a Radiotherapy Machine Using System Models
with Pluggable Checkers},
booktitle = {Computer Aided Verification - 28th International Conference,
{CAV} 2016,
Toronto, ON, Canada,
July 17-23, 2016,
Proceedings, Part {II}},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
volume = {9780},
pages = {23--41},
publisher = {Springer},
year = {2016},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41540-6\_2},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-41540-6\_2},
}Toward a Standard Benchmark Format and Suite for Floating-Point Analysis
Nasrine Damouche, Matthieu Martel, Pavel Panchekha,
Chen Qiu, Alex Sanchez-Stern, Zachary Tatlock
Numerical Software Verification (NSV) 2016
paper talk slides code project bib
@inproceedings{2016-nsv-fpbench,
author = {Nasrine Damouche and
Matthieu Martel and
Pavel Panchekha and
Chen Qiu and
Alex Sanchez{-}Stern and
Zachary Tatlock},
editor = {Sergiy Bogomolov and
Matthieu Martel and
Pavithra Prabhakar},
title = {Toward a Standard Benchmark Format and Suite for Floating-Point Analysis},
booktitle = {Numerical Software Verification - 9th International Workshop, {NSV} 2016,
Toronto, ON, Canada, July 17-18, 2016, [collocated with {CAV} 2016],
Revised Selected Papers},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
volume = {10152},
pages = {63--77},
year = {2016},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54292-8\_6},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-54292-8\_6},
}Verified Peephole Optimizations for CompCert
Eric Mullen, Daryl Zuniga, Zachary Tatlock, Dan Grossman
Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI) 2016
paper talk code project bib
@inproceedings{2016-pldi-peek-verified-peepholes-compcert,
author = {Eric Mullen and
Daryl Zuniga and
Zachary Tatlock and
Dan Grossman},
editor = {Chandra Krintz and
Emery Berger},
title = {Verified peephole optimizations for CompCert},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 37th {ACM} {SIGPLAN} Conference on
Programming Language Design and Implementation, {PLDI} 2016,
Santa Barbara, CA,
USA, June 13-17, 2016},
pages = {448--461},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2016},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/2908080.2908109},
doi = {10.1145/2908080.2908109},
}Planning for Change in a Formal Verification of the Raft Consensus Protocol
Doug Woos, James R. Wilcox, Steve Anton, Zachary Tatlock, Michael D. Ernst, Thomas E. Anderson
Certified Programs and Proofs (CPP) 2016
paper slides code Verdi Proof Engineering bib
@inproceedings{2016-cpp-verdi-raft-proof-engineering,
author = {Doug Woos and
James R. Wilcox and
Steve Anton and
Zachary Tatlock and
Michael D. Ernst and
Thomas E. Anderson},
editor = {Jeremy Avigad and
Adam Chlipala},
title = {Planning for Change in a Formal Verification
of the Raft Consensus Protocol},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 5th {ACM} {SIGPLAN} Conference on
Certified Programs and Proofs, {CPP} 2016,
Saint Petersburg, FL, USA,
January 20-22, 2016},
pages = {154--165},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2016},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/2854065.2854081},
doi = {10.1145/2854065.2854081},
}Automatically Improving Accuracy for Floating Point Expressions
Pavel Panchekha, Alex Sanchez-Stern, James R. Wilcox, Zachary Tatlock
Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI) 2015
paper teaser talk slides code project bib
Distinguished Paper Award
@inproceedings{2015-pldi-herbie-floating-point-accuracy,
author = {Pavel Panchekha and
Alex Sanchez{-}Stern and
James R. Wilcox and
Zachary Tatlock},
editor = {David Grove and
Steve Blackburn},
title = {Automatically improving accuracy for floating point expressions},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 36th {ACM} {SIGPLAN} Conference on
Programming Language Design and Implementation,
Portland, OR, USA,
June 15-17, 2015},
pages = {1--11},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2015},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/2737924.2737959},
doi = {10.1145/2737924.2737959},
}Verdi: A Framework for Implementing and Formally Verifying Distributed Systems
James R. Wilcox, Doug Woos, Pavel Panchekha, Zachary Tatlock,
Xi Wang, Michael D. Ernst, Thomas E. Anderson
Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI) 2015
paper teaser slides poster code project bib
@inproceedings{2015-pldi-verdi-verifying-distributed-systems,
author = {James R. Wilcox and
Doug Woos and
Pavel Panchekha and
Zachary Tatlock and
Xi Wang and
Michael D. Ernst and
Thomas E. Anderson},
editor = {David Grove and
Steve Blackburn},
title = {Verdi: a Framework for Implementing and Formally Verifying Distributed Systems},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 36th {ACM} {SIGPLAN} Conference on
Programming Language Design and Implementation,
Portland, OR, USA,
June 15-17, 2015},
pages = {357--368},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2015},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/2737924.2737958},
doi = {10.1145/2737924.2737958},
}Toward a Dependability Case Language and Workflow for a Radiation Therapy System
Michael D. Ernst, Dan Grossman, Jonathan Jacky, Calvin Loncaric,
Stuart Pernsteiner, Zachary Tatlock, Emina Torlak, Xi Wang
Summit oN Advances in Programming Languages (SNAPL) 2015
paper slides project I Am CSE bib
@inproceedings{2015-snapl-neutrons-radiotherapy-safety,
author = {Michael D. Ernst and
Dan Grossman and
Jonathan Jacky and
Calvin Loncaric and
Stuart Pernsteiner and
Zachary Tatlock and
Emina Torlak and
Xi Wang},
editor = {Thomas Ball and
Rastislav Bod{\'{\i}}k and
Shriram Krishnamurthi and
Benjamin S. Lerner and
Greg Morrisett},
title = {Toward a Dependability Case Language and Workflow
for a Radiation Therapy System},
booktitle = {1st Summit on Advances in Programming Languages, {SNAPL} 2015,
May 3-6, 2015,
Asilomar, California, {USA}},
series = {LIPIcs},
volume = {32},
pages = {103--112},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"{u}}r Informatik},
year = {2015},
url = {https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.SNAPL.2015.103},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.SNAPL.2015.103},
}RoboFlow: A Flow-based Visual Programming Language for Mobile Manipulation Tasks
Sonya Alexandrova, Zachary Tatlock, Maya Cakmak
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2015
paper teaser web GUI code project bib
@inproceedings{2015-icra-roboflow-visual-robot-programming-language,
author = {Sonya Alexandrova and
Zachary Tatlock and
Maya Cakmak},
title = {RoboFlow: {A} Flow-based Visual Programming Language
for Mobile Manipulation Tasks},
booktitle = {{IEEE} International Conference on Robotics and Automation, {ICRA}
2015, Seattle, WA, USA,
26-30 May, 2015},
pages = {5537--5544},
publisher = {{IEEE}},
year = {2015},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139973},
doi = {10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139973},
}Visual Robot Programming for Generalizable Mobile Manipulation Tasks (Extended Abstract)
Sonya Alexandrova, Zachary Tatlock, Maya Cakmak
Human Robot Interaction (HRI) 2015
paper teaser web GUI code project bib
@inproceedings{2015-hri-roboflow-visual-robot-programming-language,
author = {Sonya Alexandrova and
Zachary Tatlock and
Maya Cakmak},
editor = {Julie A. Adams and
William D. Smart and
Bilge Mutlu and
Leila Takayama},
title = {Visual Robot Programming for Generalizable Mobile Manipulation Tasks},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Tenth Annual {ACM/IEEE} International Conference on
Human-Robot Interaction, {HRI} 2015 Extended Abstracts,
Portland, OR, USA,
March 02 - 05, 2015},
pages = {163--164},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2015},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/2701973.2702052},
doi = {10.1145/2701973.2702052},
}Peek: A Formally Verified Peephole Optimization Framework for x86
Eric Mullen, Zachary Tatlock, Dan Grossman
Workshop on Coq for Programming Languages (CoqPL) 2015
paper slides code project bib
Jitk: A Trustworthy In-Kernel Interpreter Infrastructure
Xi Wang, David Lazar, Nickolai Zeldovich, Adam Chlipala, Zachary Tatlock
Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI) 2014
paper talk slides code project bib
@inproceedings{bib-2014-osdi-jitk-verified-bpf,
author = {Xi Wang and
David Lazar and
Nickolai Zeldovich and
Adam Chlipala and
Zachary Tatlock},
editor = {Jason Flinn and
Hank Levy},
title = {Jitk: {A} Trustworthy In-Kernel Interpreter Infrastructure},
booktitle = {11th {USENIX} Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation,
{OSDI} '14,
Broomfield, CO, {USA},
October 6-8, 2014},
pages = {33--47},
publisher = {{USENIX} Association},
year = {2014},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/osdi14/technical-sessions/presentation/wang\_xi},
}Automating Formal Proofs for Reactive Systems
Daniel Ricketts, Valentin Robert, Dongseok Jang, Zachary Tatlock, Sorin Lerner
Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI) 2014
paper talk slides code project bib
@inproceedings{2014-pldi-reflex-reactive-systems-coq,
author = {Daniel Ricketts and
Valentin Robert and
Dongseok Jang and
Zachary Tatlock and
Sorin Lerner},
editor = {Michael F. P. O'Boyle and
Keshav Pingali},
title = {Automating Formal Proofs for Reactive Systems},
booktitle = {{ACM} {SIGPLAN} Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation,
{PLDI} '14,
Edinburgh, United Kingdom -
June 09 - 11, 2014},
pages = {452--462},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2014},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/2594291.2594338},
doi = {10.1145/2594291.2594338},
}SafeDispatch: Securing C++ Virtual Calls from Memory Corruption Attacks
Dongseok Jang, Zachary Tatlock, Sorin Lerner
Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) 2014
paper slides project bib
@inproceedings{2014-ndss-safe-dispatch-vtable-hijacking-defense,
author = {Dongseok Jang and
Zachary Tatlock and
Sorin Lerner},
title = {SafeDispatch: Securing {C++} Virtual Calls from Memory Corruption
Attacks},
booktitle = {21st Annual Network and Distributed System Security Symposium,
{NDSS} 2014,
San Diego, California, {USA},
February 23-26, 2014},
publisher = {The Internet Society},
year = {2014},
url = {https://www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss2014/safedispatch-securing-c-virtual-calls-memory-corruption-attacks},
}Establishing Browser Security Guarantees through Formal Shim Verification
Dongseok Jang, Zachary Tatlock, Sorin Lerner
USENIX Security Symposium 2012
paper extended talk slides poster code project bib
@inproceedings{2012-usenix-security-quark-formal-shim-verifiction-web-browser,
author = {Dongseok Jang and
Zachary Tatlock and
Sorin Lerner},
editor = {Tadayoshi Kohno},
title = {Establishing Browser Security Guarantees through Formal Shim Verification},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 21th {USENIX} Security Symposium,
Bellevue, WA,
{USA}, August 8-10, 2012},
pages = {113--128},
publisher = {{USENIX} Association},
year = {2012},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity12/technical-sessions/presentation/jang},
}Equality Saturation: A New Approach to Optimization
Ross Tate, Michael Stepp, Zachary Tatlock, Sorin Lerner
Logical Methods in Computer Science (LMCS) 2011
paper project bib
@article{2011-lmcs-equality-saturation-optimizations-egraphs,
author = {Ross Tate and
Michael Stepp and
Zachary Tatlock and
Sorin Lerner},
title = {Equality Saturation: {A} New Approach to Optimization},
journal = {Logical Methods in Computer Science},
volume = {7},
number = {1},
year = {2011},
url = {https://doi.org/10.2168/LMCS-7(1:10)2011},
doi = {10.2168/LMCS-7(1:10)2011},
}Bringing Extensibility to Verified Compilers
Zachary Tatlock, Sorin Lerner
Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI) 2010
paper slides project bib
@inproceedings{2010-pldi-xcert-extensible-verified-compilers,
author = {Zachary Tatlock and
Sorin Lerner},
editor = {Benjamin G. Zorn and
Alexander Aiken},
title = {Bringing Extensibility to Verified Compilers},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2010 {ACM} {SIGPLAN} Conference on
Programming Language Design and Implementation,
{PLDI} 2010,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
June 5-10, 2010},
pages = {111--121},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2010},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/1806596.1806611},
doi = {10.1145/1806596.1806611},
}Proving Optimizations Correct using Parameterized Program Equivalence
Sudipta Kundu, Zachary Tatlock, Sorin Lerner
Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI) 2009
paper talk slides code project bib
@inproceedings{2009-pldi-pec-compiler-optimization-verification,
author = {Sudipta Kundu and
Zachary Tatlock and
Sorin Lerner},
editor = {Michael Hind and
Amer Diwan},
title = {Proving Optimizations Correct using
Parameterized Program Equivalence},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2009 {ACM} {SIGPLAN} Conference on
Programming Language Design and Implementation,
{PLDI} 2009,
Dublin, Ireland,
June 15-21, 2009},
pages = {327--337},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2009},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/1542476.1542513},
doi = {10.1145/1542476.1542513},
}
Equality Saturation: A New Approach to Optimization
Ross Tate, Michael Stepp, Zachary Tatlock, Sorin Lerner
Principles of Programming Languages (POPL) 2009
paper talk slides code project bib
@inproceedings{,
author = {Ross Tate and
Michael Stepp and
Zachary Tatlock and
Sorin Lerner},
editor = {Zhong Shao and
Benjamin C. Pierce},
title = {Equality Saturation: A New Approach to Optimization},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 36th {ACM} {SIGPLAN-SIGACT} Symposium on
Principles of Programming Languages,
{POPL} 2009,
Savannah, GA, {USA},
January 21-23, 2009},
pages = {264--276},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2009},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/1480881.1480915},
doi = {10.1145/1480881.1480915},
}Deep Typechecking and Refactoring
Zachary Tatlock, Chris Tucker, David Shuffelton, Ranjit Jhala, Sorin Lerner
Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages & Applications (OOPSLA) 2008
paper slides poster project bib
@inproceedings{2008-oopsla-quail-deep-typechecking-and-refactoring,
author = {Zachary Tatlock and
Chris Tucker and
David Shuffelton and
Ranjit Jhala and
Sorin Lerner},
editor = {Gail E. Harris},
title = {Deep Typechecking and Refactoring},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 23rd Annual {ACM} {SIGPLAN} Conference on
Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications,
{OOPSLA} 2008,
Nashville, TN, {USA},
October 19-23, 2008},
pages = {37--52},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2008},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/1449764.1449768},
doi = {10.1145/1449764.1449768},
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