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Liyi LiView profile

Assistant Professor

• Formal Methods
• Programming Languages
• Software Engineering
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Liyi Li is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Iowa State University. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where his research focused on compiler verification and formal methods. After completing his postdoctoral work at the University of Maryland, he expanded his research to include quantum computing, software engineering, and compiler optimization. Education: B.S. in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012) M.S. in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2014) Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2020) Research Interests: Liyi Li’s work bridges formal methods, programming languages, and quantum computing. Key areas include quantum program verification, compiler correctness, memory-safe dialects (e.g., Checked C), and distributed quantum systems. He emphasizes applying formal techniques to ensure software reliability and security. Awards: 2020 UMD Victor Basili Postdoctoral Fellowship 2019 UIUC Spring Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award 2012 UIUC University Honor (Bronze Tablet) Grants & Advising: Co-PI for NSF Grant NQVL:QSTD (2024–2025) focusing on quantum analog pathways PI for NSF Grant CCF-2422127 (2024–2027) on Just-in-Time Verification Advises over 13 students, including PhD candidates at Iowa State, University of Maryland, and William & Mary Collaborations: Liyi Li collaborates with institutions such as the University of Maryland and works with researchers like Mingwei Zhu and Xiaodi Wu on quantum verification and compiler optimization tools.

Pengyu NieView profile

Assistant Professor

• Software Engineering
• Machine Learning
• Program Analysis
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Dr. Pengyu Nie is an Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo's Cheriton School of Computer Science. His research enhances developer productivity through machine learning techniques for software testing, code maintenance, and program analysis. Specific interests include execution-guided test completion, code-comment co-evolution, and multilingual programming systems. Current projects investigate LLM-based code editing in computational notebooks, multilingual code co-evolution, and test generation for exceptional behaviors. Research outputs include tools like pytest-inline for Python testing and Roosterize for Coq lemma suggestions. Awards include the Margarida Jacome Dissertation Award (2023) and ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Awards (2023, 2019). He leads the UW-SWaG research group and advises PhD/master's students on software engineering and ML projects.

• Program verification
• Software Reliability
• Formal methods
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Professor Marieke Huisman is a leading figure in software reliability at the University of Twente, where she chairs the Computer Science department within the Faculty EEMCS and leads the Formal Methods and Tools (FMT) Group. She serves as President and Steering Committee chair of the ETAPS association, Member of the board of IPN (ICT-Research Platform Netherlands), and Fellow of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering (NAE). Her research focuses on program verification, reliability of concurrent, parallel and distributed applications, software specification, and formal methods. She develops verification techniques through the VerCors verifier, with applications spanning concurrent data structures, GPGPU programming, and distributed systems. Her work bridges theoretical formal methods with industrial applications, particularly in safety-critical domains. Professor Huisman's recent publications demonstrate strong activity in deductive verification, with particular emphasis on verification of concurrent and parallel systems, memory models, and practical applications of formal methods. Her research shows consistent evolution from theoretical foundations toward practical industrial applications, with increasing focus on GPU programming verification and automated invariant generation. Netherlands Prize for ICT Research 2013 (50,000 euros) 2023 Athena Award for female researchers who stand out as role models She leads multiple significant research projects including NWO OC M Pallas, WWU Münster - UT collaboration Saves, NWO TTW OTP Cheops, NWO VICI Mercedes, and Interreg North Sea Storm_Safe. Her leadership extends to editorial roles including Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Software Track of Science in Computer Programming and executive board membership of VERSEN, the Dutch National Association for Software Engineering. Professor Huisman directs the FMT Group which develops the VerCors verification toolset for concurrent and parallel software. The group collaborates internationally with institutions including WWU Münster, TU Eindhoven, and NlNet Labs, focusing on making formal verification accessible and practical for real-world software development challenges.

Ravi SethiView profile

Professor

• Software technologies
• communications systems
• compilers
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Ravi Sethi serves as a Laureate Professor in the Department of Computer Science within the College of Engineering at the University of Arizona. His office is located in GS 842, and he can be contacted via email at rsethi@cs.arizona.edu or by phone at 520-621-0689. His primary research interests include: Software technologies Communications systems Compilers Programming languages Algorithms Professor Sethi is renowned for his foundational contributions to compiler design, particularly as co-author of the seminal textbook "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools". His publication record spans over four decades with works translated into multiple languages, reflecting global influence in computer science education. Analysis of his recent articles reveals persistent focus on compiler construction, programming language semantics, and software engineering methodologies. Key trends include modern compiler optimizations, formal language theory, and enterprise communication systems, demonstrating sustained relevance in evolving technical landscapes. No scientific awards, student advising details, grant information, or laboratory affiliations were mentioned in the provided text.

• Programming Languages
• Abstract Interpretation
• Program Analysis
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Salah Sadou is a researcher affiliated with IRISA (Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires) and CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) at University of South Brittany, France. His research focuses on advancing program analysis techniques through innovative applications of machine learning. His primary research interests include: Abstract Interpretation methodologies Program analysis and verification Compiler optimization techniques Machine learning applications in static analysis Loop transformation heuristics Salah Sadou's recent work demonstrates a significant trend toward integrating deep learning approaches with traditional abstract interpretation frameworks. His research on loop unrolling heuristics represents an important contribution to improving the precision and efficiency of static program analysis tools, with potential applications across software verification and compiler optimization domains. As a member of IRISA, Salah Sadou contributes to one of France's leading computer science research institutes, which maintains strong connections with both academic and industrial partners in the software engineering community.

Mae MilanoView profile

Assistant Professor

• Programming Languages
• Distributed Systems
• Systems & Networking
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Mae Milano is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University. She joined in 2024 after earning her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2020. Her research focuses on designing programming languages to address challenges in distributed systems, with particular emphasis on concurrency safety, language interoperability, and formal verification. Education: Ph.D. in Programming Languages and Systems, Cornell University, 2020 Research Interests: Milano's work bridges programming languages and distributed systems. She develops type systems for safe concurrency (e.g., fearless concurrency ), designs languages for distributed state management (e.g., Gallifrey, Hydro), and explores compiler techniques for interoperability between systems. Her projects include: Fearless Concurrency – Safe shared-memory programming Gallifrey – Language for geographically distributed applications Hydro – Cloud-native programming models Grants & Collaborations: Milano collaborates with researchers like Alvin Cheung (University of Washington) and Joseph M. Hellerstein (UC Berkeley). Her work has been supported by projects such as the Hydro Framework and the Gallifrey language initiative. Labs & Teams: She leads the Princeton Systems Group and collaborates with the Programming Languages Group , fostering interdisciplinary research between PL and distributed systems.

• Programming Languages
• Formal Methods
• Software Engineering
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Elsa Gunter is a Research Professor and Senior Lecturer at the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, part of the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin (1987). Her research focuses on programming languages, formal methods, software engineering, and interdisciplinary computing education. Key research areas include the semantics of programming languages, compiler optimization, formal verification frameworks, and integrating computing into interdisciplinary education. She teaches courses like CS 421 (Programming Languages & Compilers), CS 431 (Embedded Systems), and CS 477 (Formal Software Development Methods). Her work emphasizes practical applications of formal methods in software development and pedagogical innovations in computing education. Recent projects explore challenges in interdisciplinary computing curricula and the formal semantics of programming languages. Elsa’s academic contributions span over four decades, with notable work on theorem proving tools (e.g., HOL90), compiler correctness frameworks, and educational technologies for programming courses.

Eijiro SumiiView profile

Professor

• Programming Languages
• Type Systems
• Process Calculi
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Eijiro Sumii is a Professor at the Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, where he has been employed since May 2014. Previously, he served as an Associate Professor at the same institution from May 2005 to March 2014, and as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Tokyo from April 2001 to March 2003. He has also held research positions at the University of Pennsylvania under Professor Benjamin C. Pierce. Dr. Sumii's research focuses on the theoretical foundations and practical applications of programming languages and type systems. His work spans multiple domains including process calculi, partial evaluation, security foundations, and functional programming. He has made significant contributions to the field through his development of MinCaml, an educational compiler, and his Japanese translation of the seminal work "Types and Programming Languages" by Benjamin Pierce. His recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on programming language theory, with particular emphasis on type systems for security applications, partial evaluation techniques, and functional programming paradigms. The publications reveal a trajectory moving from foundational theoretical work toward more applied security and distributed systems research. Dr. Sumii is highly active in the academic community, having served on program committees for major conferences including ICFP, POPL, PLAS, and ESOP. He has organized numerous workshops and conferences, including serving as program chair for ICFP 2016 and FLOPS 2014. He is the organizer of the PEPT (Partial Evaluation and Program Transformation) mailing list, which serves as an important forum for researchers in this specialized area. His leadership extends to membership in the Global Young Academy since May 2015 and the Young Academy of Japan since November 2010, where he served as Secretary from February 2015.

Jan VitekView profile

Professor

• Programming Languages
• Real-time embedded systems
• Concurrent and distributed systems
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Jan Vitek is a Professor of Computer Science at Northeastern University's Khoury College of Computer Sciences. He also holds an appointment at Charles University in Prague supported by an ERC.CZ grant. With a background rooted in Czechoslovakia (birth) and Switzerland (education), Prof. Vitek has established himself as a leading researcher in programming languages and systems. Prof. Vitek's research spans programming language design, implementation, and application across multiple domains. His work has significantly impacted real-time embedded systems, concurrent and distributed systems, and more recently, scalable data analytics. He has published extensively in top venues including Programming Languages, Virtual Machines, Compilers, Software Engineering, Real-time Computing, and Bioinformatics. His publication record shows a clear evolution from foundational work on programming language theory to practical implementations and modern data science applications. Early work focused on ownership types and real-time Java systems, while recent publications center on dynamic languages (particularly R and Julia), compiler optimizations, and large-scale code analysis. His research demonstrates consistent innovation in bridging theoretical foundations with practical implementations. Selected Awards: Dahl-Nygaard Senior Prize (2020) ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Service Award (2019) ECOOP Test of Time Award (2018) ISSTA Distinguished Artifact Award (2018) OOPSLA Distinguished Artifact Award (2017) As an advisor, Prof. Vitek has mentored numerous PhD students through successful thesis defenses on topics ranging from type stability in Julia to analyzing large code repositories. He has also been deeply involved in the research community through conference organization, having chaired major events including SPLASH, PLDI, ECOOP, ISMM and LCTES. Currently serving as Editor in Chief of TOPLAS, he continues to shape the field while actively conducting research with his team at the PRL lab. His research group, the PRL (Programming Research Laboratory) and PRL-PRG, focuses on creating beautiful code that solves real-world problems, with particular emphasis on making software development more efficient, reliable, and accessible.

• Language Teaching
• Educational Technology
• German Romanticism
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Federica Claudia Abramo serves as Research Fellow in Modern Language Teaching and Lecturer in German Literature at the University of Catania's Department of Humanities, actively contributing to the Erasmus+ ENID-Teach project under Scientific Director Prof. Renata Gambino for developing digital teaching environments. Her academic formation includes: PhD in German Literature, University of Trento (2021) Research Fellowship, Free University of Berlin/DINE Lab (2017) Her research integrates Language Teaching with Educational Technology through blended literature-based courses, while exploring German Romanticism's intersections with Medical Humanities and Fantasy Literature. She pioneers innovative methodologies for L2/LS acquisition using digital tools, examining Romantic-era medical discourse and late 18th-century fantastical writings through neurocognitive frameworks. Publication analysis (2012-2025) reveals consistent interdisciplinary scholarship connecting cognitive literary studies with historical medical contexts, teacher collaboration models, and biopolitical analyses of canonical texts. Key trends include digital adaptation of fairy tales, mind-body representations in Hoffmann, and Büchner's theatrical animal symbolism. As web content manager for NEWHUMS (Neurocognitive and Humanistic Studies) research center and editorial board member for Mimesis' Wunderkammer series, she bridges academic research with digital humanities infrastructure.

Delphine DemangeView profile

Associate Professor

• Programming languages implementation
• Compiler verification
• Formal semantics
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Delphine Demange is an Associate Professor in Computer Science at the University of Rennes, affiliated with Inria, CNRS, and IRISA. She works in the Epicure research group (formerly Celtique) and focuses on formal semantics, compiler verification, program transformations, static analysis, computer-aided verification, and language-based security. Her career spans roles at the University of Pennsylvania as a postdoctoral researcher and a PhD at ENS Cachan-Brittany Extension under Thomas Jensen and David Pichardie. Her research interests center on formal methods for programming languages , particularly through compiler verification , static analysis , and language-based security . She has mechanized semantics for dataflow circuits and SSA-based optimizations, bridging theoretical rigor with practical compiler correctness. Her work often leverages interactive theorem provers like Coq to ensure robustness. Delphine’s recent publications (2025–2010) highlight her expertise in formal verification of compilers, dataflow analysis , and concurrent systems . Notable trends include mechanized semantics for gated SSA and dataflow circuits , verified intermittent computing models, and concurrent garbage collectors using rely-guarantee methodologies. Scientific Awards: EAPLS Best PhD Dissertation Award (2012) Gilles Kahn PhD Thesis Award (2013) Teaching: She has taught undergraduate and master’s courses including Java programming, algorithmics, deductive verification with Why3, compilation, and software security. Her pedagogical contributions span functional programming, semantics, and logic. Professional Service: Delphine has served on steering committees for CC (2021–2024), co-chaired JFLA 2024 and 2023, and participated in program committees for conferences like CGO, OOPSLA, and POPL.

Marieke HuismanView profile

Professor

• Program verification
• Reliability of concurrent and distributed applications
• Software specification
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Marieke Huisman is a Professor in Software Reliability at the University of Twente, where she leads the Formal Methods and Tools (FMT) Group within the Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science faculty. She serves as the Chair of the Computer Science department and holds several significant leadership positions including President and Steering Committee chair of the ETAPS association, which runs the ETAPS conferences. As a Fellow of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering (NAE), she contributes to national and international research initiatives including serving on the board of the ICT-Research Platform Netherlands (IPN) and the NWO advisory table for Computer Science. Her research focuses on program verification, reliability of concurrent and distributed applications, software specification, and formal methods. She has pioneered work in the verification of concurrent data structures and parallel programming models, with a particular emphasis on developing practical verification techniques that can be applied to real-world software systems. Her research has led to the development of the VerCors verification toolset, which is designed to verify concurrent and distributed software. Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong focus on practical applications of formal verification techniques, with significant work on GPU programming verification, embedded systems verification, and the development of tools that bridge the gap between theoretical verification methods and industrial practice. Her work spans multiple subdomains including memory safety for concurrent programs, verification of heterogeneous systems, and automated invariant generation. Netherlands Prize for ICT Research 2013 - A prestigious award worth 50,000 euros for innovative research in ICT 2023 Athena Award - Recognizing female researchers who stand out as role models for others Professor Huisman has secured substantial research funding through multiple NWO projects including the ERC Starting Grant for the VerCors project, the NWO VICI project Mercedes (Maximal reliability of concurrent and distributed software), and the NWO OC M project Pallas. She actively supervises PhD students and master's projects, with a focus on practical verification techniques. Her leadership extends to major collaborative efforts such as the VerifyThis verification competition series and the development of the VerCors verification infrastructure. She also co-initiated the Alice & Eve project, which celebrates women in computing and promotes diversity in computer science.

• Programming Languages
• Static Analysis
• Abstract Interpretation
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Florian Kübler is a researcher at Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany, specializing in Programming Languages and Static Analysis . He has contributed to major conferences including PLDI, ISSTA, ESEC/FSE, and SOAP, focusing on topics like abstract interpretation, call graph construction, and modular program analysis. His work addresses challenges in code optimization, soundness evaluation, and runtime reusability in static analysis frameworks. Research Interests: Florian's research spans Abstract Interpretation for static analysis Modularization techniques in program analysis Call graph algorithms for Java Parallelization of static analyses Intermediate representation design Compiler and toolchain optimization Conference Contributions: His publications highlight expertise in static analysis frameworks (OPAL, SootKeeper), semi-implicit parallelization, and systematic evaluation of analysis soundness. Recent work (2022) explores collaborative program analysis, while earlier studies (2018-2020) focus on lattice-based modularization and call graph algorithms.

Kristin Yvonne RozierView profile

Associate Professor

• Formal Methods
• Verification and Validation
• Safety-Critical Systems
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Kristin Yvonne Rozier is the Dennis and Rebecca Muilenburg Associate Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Computer Science at Iowa State University, joining the faculty in Fall 2016 after 14 years as a NASA Research Scientist and a brief tenure at the University of Cincinnati. She is an NSF CAREER Award winner and recipient of the Women in Aerospace Initiative-Inspiration-Impact Award, with affiliations including Associate Fellow of AIAA and Senior Member of IEEE/SWE. Her educational background includes a PhD from Rice University and MS/BS degrees from the College of William and Mary. PhD, Rice University MS, College of William and Mary BS, College of William and Mary Rozier's research centers on formal methods for safety-critical systems, specializing in verification and validation techniques for aerospace applications. Her work spans design-time checking of system logic, runtime monitoring, and safety analysis for autonomous systems, with specific focus on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), mission-time linear temporal logic (MLTL), and specification debugging. She develops theoretical frameworks for model checking, property-based design, and linear temporal logic satisfiability, addressing challenges in biomedical privacy, secure protocols, and automated control systems. Her recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate a concentrated effort on advancing mission-time logic verification, neurosymbolic AI applications, and hardware-verified runtime monitors. Key themes include MLTL validation through regular expressions, multimodal verification for cyber-physical systems, and practical tool development like R2U2 and MoXI, all targeting real-world deployment in aerospace and autonomous systems where safety guarantees are non-negotiable. Major recognitions include: NSF CAREER Award for theoretical foundations of UAS in the National Airspace Women in Aerospace Initiative-Inspiration-Impact Award (2013) Distinguished AIAA Award Elevation to Associate Fellow of AIAA As Principal Investigator, she leads significant grants including an ARMD Seedling project for UAS safety management and NSF-funded initiatives like CCRI for open-source model checking and CPS for resource-aware runtime verification. Her NASA work involved critical contributions to NextGen Air Traffic Management and CubeSat health monitoring, with R2U2 deployed on CySat-I and sounding rockets. She actively shapes the field through the NASA Formal Methods Symposium Steering Committee (since 2008) and promotes ethical research dissemination through reproducibility principles. Rozier directs the R2U2 research group developing runtime verification tools for embedded aerospace systems, with current projects integrating formal methods into UAS traffic management and autonomous space systems. Her team collaborates with NASA centers on safety-critical applications, maintaining strong industry ties through AIAA and IEEE forums while mentoring next-generation researchers in formal methods.

• Software Security
• Static Analysis
• Program Analysis
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Dr. Dominik Helm is an interim professor for Software Engineering at the University of Duisburg-Essen . His research focuses on modularization and automatic parallelization of collaborative static analyses, particularly through the OPAL framework for Java VM bytecode. He is the lead maintainer of OPAL, which aims to enhance precision, soundness, and scalability in static analysis for bug and security vulnerability detection. Helm has also received the Ernst Denert Software-Engineering-Preis (2024) for his contributions. Education : Helm earned his PhD in Computer Science from Technische Universität Darmstadt in 2023, with his thesis titled Modular Collaborative Program Analysis . His academic background includes extensive work on purity analysis, call graphs, and modular static analysis techniques. Research Interests : Helm's work bridges theoretical advancements in program analysis with practical tools. His key areas include cross-language analysis (e.g., AXA framework), modular call-graph algorithms (Unimocg), and soundness theory for analysis architectures. He emphasizes improving static analysis tools to handle complex language features and ensure robust software quality. Publications & Awards : Helm has authored/co-authored over 15 papers in top-tier conferences like ASE, ISSTA, and ESOP. His 2024 work on AXA and Unimocg showcases cross-language interoperability and modular consistency. The Ernst Denert Preis recognizes his impactful contributions to software engineering research. Technical Leadership : As OPAL's lead maintainer, Helm drives collaborative research in static analysis frameworks. His projects often involve interdisciplinary teams, reflecting his commitment to practical software engineering solutions.