Rodolphe Lepigre

Rodolphe Lepigre is a researcher in computer science affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS) in Saarbrücken, Germany, within Derek Dreyer's group. He holds a Researcher academic rank. His work focuses on formal methods, programming languages, and type systems. Previously, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Inria (Deducteam project) and completed his PhD at Université Savoie Mont Blanc in the LAMA laboratory.

Research Interests: His research spans formal verification of concurrent systems, separation logic, proof assistants, and the integration of program certification within ML-style languages. He has contributed to projects like PML₂ and RefinedC, aiming to bridge practical programming with formal guarantees.

Key Contributions: His work includes the VIP framework for verifying C idioms, extensions to separation logic with prophecy variables, and foundational type systems for Curry-style languages. He has also developed tools like the Dedukti logical framework and the Bindlib library for OCaml.

Awards: Recipient of the PLDI 2021 Distinguished Paper and Artifact Awards for contributions to C code verification. His work on RefinedC highlights advancements in automated verification tools.

Grants & Collaborations: Collaborations include projects with Inria, MPI-SWS, and contributions to open-source tools like the PML₂ language and the Lambdapi proof assistant. His research is supported by grants from European and German research institutions.