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Mads Dam is a Professor in Teleinformatics at the School of Computer Science and Communication at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), where he heads the Department of Theoretical Computer Science. His research focuses on computer security, formal methods, and program logics, with particular emphasis on the formal modeling and verification of low-level hardware and software execution platforms for security and application isolation. His educational background includes: PhD in Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh (1990) MSc in Computer Engineering from Aalborg University, Denmark BSc in Information Technology from Aalborg University, Denmark Mads Dam's research interests center on computer security, formal methods, and program logics. His current work focuses on the formal modeling and verification of low-level hardware and software execution platforms such as hypervisors and OS kernels and their underlying hardware. He has made significant contributions to information flow security, verification of microarchitectural systems, and network programming language security. His research bridges theoretical foundations with practical security applications. His recent publications show a strong trend toward verifying low-level systems, with a focus on information flow security for processors, network programming languages (particularly P4), and microarchitectural vulnerabilities. His work combines formal methods with practical security concerns, developing verification techniques that address real-world security challenges in hardware and software systems. The research spans theoretical foundations in temporal and epistemic logics to practical applications in network security and processor verification. His scientific awards and recognition include: Two framework grants from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research A junior individual grant from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research Project grants and a five-year research fellowship from the Swedish Research Council (VR) Project grants from Ericsson, Microsoft Research, US Air Force, and Vinnova (the Swedish Innovation Agency) Mads Dam has been a principal investigator on numerous research projects and has supervised many graduate students. He has been a partner in several European projects including HATS, S3MS, VerifiCard, LOMAPS, and UaESMC. His research has been supported by substantial grants from major funding bodies, reflecting the significance and impact of his work in computer security and formal methods. He is a founding member of several research centers at KTH, including Access, the CASTOR software research center, and the CDIS center for cyber defense and information security. These centers bring together researchers from multiple disciplines to address complex challenges in cybersecurity and software engineering.

• computer security
• formal methods
• program logics
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Karl Palmskog is a Lecturer at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in the Division of Theoretical Computer Science and the STEP research group. His work focuses on program verification and proof engineering, with particular emphasis on developing techniques and tools based on proof assistants for constructing functionally correct and secure software systems. Palmskog received his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2014 from KTH, advised by Mads Dam, and his M.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from KTH in 2007. Prior to his current position, he was a postdoc at The University of Texas at Austin and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests span programming languages, software engineering, and formal verification, with a particular focus on developing techniques and tools based on proof assistants. He is an avid user of the Coq proof assistant for both proving and programming, often complemented by OCaml, and also utilizes HOL4 and other ML family dialects. His work bridges theoretical foundations with practical applications, particularly in the domains of blockchain systems, distributed systems, and automotive software verification. Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong focus on Coq-based verification, with significant contributions to proof engineering tools and methodologies. His work includes developing tools for regression proving, change impact analysis, mutation testing for Coq projects, and lemma name suggestion using deep learning. There's also a growing trend toward applying formal methods to real-world systems like blockchain protocols and automotive software. Palmskog has been involved in several research projects, including Coq-community Proof Engineering and Distributed Components. His past projects include Trustfull (SSF), Model-based Event Driven Scalable Programming for the Mobile Cloud (NSF), Highly Adaptable and Trustworthy Software (EU FP7), and 4WARD Future Internet (EU FP7). As an educator, Palmskog has served as examiner, course responsible, teacher, and assistant for various courses including Algorithms, Data Structures and Complexity; Degree Projects; Game Theory; Parallel and Distributed Computing; and Programming Paradigms. His work on Chip, a Coq formalization of change impact analysis, demonstrates his commitment to creating practical, certified tools that bridge formal methods with software engineering practice.

• Program Verification
• Proof Engineering
• Formal Methods
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Didrik Lundberg is a Researcher at the Department of Theoretical Computer Science within the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Royal Institute of Technology . His work focuses on system security and formal methods , particularly in mechanized reasoning for the P4 programming language. Key research areas include formal verification , network security , and program logic , as evidenced by his publications on HOL4P4 , symbolic execution , and unstructured program logics . He has presented at international conferences such as SEFM 2020 , OOPSLA 2024 , and VSTTE 2024 . His peer-reviewed articles and conference contributions span topics like P4 semantics, data plane verification, and Hoare-style logic for unstructured programs. He also authored a master's thesis titled Provably Sound and Secure Automatic Proving and Generation of Verification Conditions (2018).

• System Security
• Formal Methods
• P4 Programming Language
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Per Bostrom is an Associate Professor and Director of Studies at Umeå University's Department of Language Studies (Swedish and Scandinavian Studies). He holds dual roles as Director of Studies for undergraduate/graduate programs and doctoral education since 2023. His research focuses on cognitive linguistics, metaphor analysis, and participatory writing's role in democracy. He supervises PhD students Kajsa Törmä (space linguistics) and Janica Jokela (Meänkieli language policy). Education: PhD in Swedish/Scandinavian languages (2018) Research Interests: Cognitive Linguistics, political metaphor discourse, sociolinguistics, and writing pedagogy. Recent work includes a VR-funded project on 'Writing as Nutrition for Democracies' (2018-2024), examining writing's role in civic engagement. Key publications explore romantic love metaphors, participatory education methods, and democratic literacy. Teaching: Sociolinguistics, children's language development, metaphor theory, and forensic linguistics. Supervises theses across teacher education and Nordic languages. Media Engagements: Interviews with Swedish TV4, P4 Radio, and Yle on love language and metaphor studies Labs/Networks: Co-founder of CogLing Umeå and active in MetNet Scandinavia/SALC for cross-disciplinary metaphor research.

• Cognitive Linguistics
• Metaphor Theory
• Discourse Analysis
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Roberto Guanciale is a Lecturer at KTH Royal Institute of Technology , affiliated with the Department of Theoretical Computer Science under the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He teaches and examines courses such as Cybersecurity Overview , Software Security , Applied Cryptography , and Degree Projects focusing on cybersecurity, communication systems, and distributed software engineering. His research interests lie in cybersecurity , formal verification , and software engineering for distributed systems . His recent publications address formal methods for securing P4 programs, symbolic execution for binary verification, and flow security in microarchitectures. These works emphasize rigorous mathematical approaches to network and hardware security. Teaching Roles: Cybersecurity Overview Course (DD2391) - Course Manager The Role of the Cybersecurity Engineer (DD2303) - Teacher Software Security (DD2460) - Teacher Project in Cybersecurity (DD2394) - Examiner and Course Coordinator

• Cybersecurity
• Formal Verification
• Software Engineering for Distributed Systems
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Philipp Haller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, affiliated with the Theoretical Computer Science Group, Digital Futures, and WASP. He holds a PhD from EPFL (2010) and has held research positions at Stanford and EPFL, and industry roles at Typesafe Inc. Research Interests: His work centers on programming language design, concurrency (especially actor and futures models), distributed programming, type systems, and serverless computing. He is a leading contributor to the Scala language, having co-created its async/await syntax and futures library. His recent research includes the Portals framework for stateful serverless applications and formal models for consistency and concurrency safety. Publication Trends: His recent work (2020–2024) shows a strong focus on safe and scalable concurrency, stateful serverless systems, formal verification of language features, and distributed data consistency. He frequently publishes in top venues like ECOOP, OOPSLA, and PLDI, often combining theory with practical implementations in Scala. 2019 ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Software Award (for Scala) 2017 Teacher of the Year, EECS, KTH Advising and Grants: He supervises PhD students including Jonas Spenger, Xin Zhao, and Viktor Palmkvist. He led the Software Development Academy, a reskilling program for immigrants funded by the Wallenberg Foundations. He actively participates in academic service, co-chairing workshops like PLACES and AGERE!, and serving on program committees for OOPSLA, ECOOP, and POPL. Labs and Teams: He is part of the Theoretical Computer Science Group at KTH and leads research related to the Portals framework, which unifies dataflow and actor models for edge and serverless computing.

• Programming Languages
• Type Systems
• Concurrency
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