Viktor Kuncak

Viktor Kuncak is an Associate Professor at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC), affiliated with the Laboratory for Automated Reasoning and Analysis (LARA). His work bridges programming languages, formal verification, and automated reasoning.

• Email: viktor.kuncak@epfl.ch
• Office: INR 318, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Research Interests:
Viktor specializes in formal verification, theorem proving, and program synthesis, focusing on languages, algorithms, and systems for automated reasoning. His research addresses verification of functional programs, constraint solving, and symbolic computation.

Recent Publications Trends:
His work includes mechanized HOL reasoning, algebraic array theories, interpolation in ortholattices, and symbolic automata complexity. Keywords span automated reasoning, formal methods, and functional programming.

Scientific Awards:

• 2012: 5-year ERC grant (1.5M EUR)
• ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award
• Invited talks at Lambda Days, Scala Days, and CACM Research Highlights

Advising & Grants:
Viktor has supervised 15+ PhD students and led a European COST network in automated reasoning. He served as Associate Editor for TOPLAS and co-chaired CAV, FMCAD, and VMCAI conferences.

Labs & Teams:
He leads LARA, which develops tools like Leon and Stainless for program verification and synthesis. The group focuses on scalable formal methods for reliable software.