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Ruzica Piskac is a Professor of Computer Science at Yale University, where she leads the Rigorous Software Engineering (ROSE) group. She has made significant contributions to the fields of software verification, security, automated reasoning, and code synthesis, focusing on improving software reliability and trustworthiness through formal techniques.
Dr. Piskac received her PhD from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in 2011, where her dissertation won the Patrick Denantes Prize. Prior to joining Yale, she led an independent research group at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems in Germany (2012-2013).
Her research spans several key areas: symbolic execution for Haskell (G2), privacy-preserving formal methods (PPFM), functional reactive synthesis, verification of configuration files, and analysis of software updates. Her work consistently bridges theoretical formal methods with practical applications in real-world systems.
Dr. Piskac's recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward applying formal verification techniques to emerging challenges including large language models, quantum computing security, legal accountability of automated systems, and cyber-physical systems. Her research increasingly intersects with AI, cryptography, and legal domains while maintaining strong foundations in formal methods.
Her scientific achievements have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards:
- Multiple Amazon Research Awards
- Yale University's Ackerman Award for Teaching and Mentoring
- Facebook Communications and Networking Award
- Microsoft Research Award for the Software Engineering Innovation Foundation (SEIF)
- Patrick Denantes Prize for her PhD dissertation
Dr. Piskac has graduated five PhD students, four of whom have gone on to become assistant professors of computer science. She has served as Program Chair of the 37th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification and is on the Steering Committee of the Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design conference.
She leads the Rigorous Software Engineering (ROSE) group at Yale, which focuses on several key projects including:
- Symbolic Execution Engine for Haskell (G2)
- Privacy Preserving Formal Methods (PPFM)
- Functional Reactive Synthesis
- Verifications for Configuration Files
- Analysis of Software Updates and Configuration Files
