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Call for papers — ENTROPY 2019
ENabling TRust through Os Proofs … and beYond
Second International workshop on the use of theorem provers for
modelling and verification at the hardware-software interface
Co-located with EuroS&P'19, KTH, Stockholm, June 2019
AIM AND SCOPE
Low level software such as kernels and drivers, along with the hardware
this software runs on, is critical for application security. In contrast
with user applications, OS kernel software runs in privileged CPU mode
and is thus highly critical. Large projects such as seL4, VeriSoft,
CertiKoS and Prosper have invested considerable resources in developing
formally verified systems such as hypervisors and microkernels,
supplying proofs that they satisfy critical properties. Such proofs are
delicate in terms of the scale and complexity of real systems, the
models used in performing the proof search, and the relations between
the two, which recent vulnerabilities such as Spectre and Meltdown have
shown to be a highly non-trivial issue.
The purpose of this workshop is to share, compare and disseminate best
practices, tools and methodologies to verify OS kernels, also setting
the stage for future steps in the direction of fully verified systems,
dealing with issues related to modelling, model validation, and large
proof maintenance through system evolution. On one hand, we need to make
low-level proofs more scalable, modular and cost-effective. On the other
hand, once certified systems are available, preservation and maintenance
of their proofs of validity become key questions.
The goal of the ENTROPY workshop is to provide a forum for researchers
and practitioners in this space, linking operating systems, formal
methods, and hardware architecture, interested in system design as well
as machine verified mathematical proofs using proof assistants such as
Coq, Isabelle and HOL4.
This will be the second edition of the ENTROPY workshop series. The
first workshop was organised by the Pip Development Team at University
of Lille in 2018.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Specific topics include, but are not limited to:
Theorem prover based tools and frameworks for verification
of low level code
Combinations of static analysis and theorem proving
The aim of the workshop is to stimulate innovation and active exchange
of ideas, so position papers, work-in-progress and industrial
experience submissions are welcome.
INVITED SPEAKERS (to be extended)
Frank Piessens, KU Leuven
Peter Sewell, Univ. Cambridge
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission: March 11 2019
Author notification: April 10, 2019
Camera-ready versions: April 22, 2019 (strict)
Workshop: 16 June 2019
SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION
There are two categories of submissions:
Regular papers describing fully developed work and complete results
(8 pages, references included, IEEE format)
Short papers, position papers, industry experience reports,
work-in-progress submissions: (4 pages, references included, IEEE
format)
All papers should be in English and describe original work that has not
been published or submitted elsewhere. The submission category should
be clearly indicated. All submissions will be fully reviewed by members
of the Programme Committee. Papers will appear in IEEE Xplore in a
companion volume to the regular EuroS&P proceedings. For formatting and
submission instructions see https://entropy2019.sciencesconf.org.
PROGRAM CHAIRS
Mads Dam, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
David Nowak, CNRS and University of Lille
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Christoph Baumann, Ericsson AB
Gustavo Betarte, Univ. de la República, Uruguay
David Cock, ETH Zurich
Mads Dam, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (chair)
Anthony Fox, ARM
Deepak Garg, MPI Saarbrucken
Ronghui Gu, Columbia University
Samuel Hym, Univ. Lille
Thomas Jensen, INRIA and Univ. Rennes
Toby Murray, Univ. Melbourne
David Nowak, CNRS & Univ. Lille (chair)
Vicente Sanchez-Leighton, Orange Labs
Thomas Sewell, Chalmers
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Toby Murray, DPhil (University of Oxford)
Senior Lecturer, School of Computing and Information Systems
University of Melbourne
http://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/tobym/
toby.murray@unimelb.edu.au
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Toby Murray, DPhil (University of Oxford)
Senior Lecturer, School of Computing and Information Systems
University of Melbourne
http://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/tobym/
toby.murray@unimelb.edu.au
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