2012-01-28 Verification day

Thao Dang

Reachability analysis for polynomial dynamical systems using the Bernstein expansion

This paper is concerned with the reachability computation problem for polynomial discrete-time dynamical systems. Such computations constitute a crucial component in algorithmic verification tools for hybrid systems and embedded software with polynomial dynamics, which have found applications in many engineering domains. We describe two methods for over-approximating the reachable sets of such systems; these methods are based on a combination of the Bernstein expansion of polynomial functions and a representation of reachable sets by template polyhedra. Using a prototype implementation, the performance of the methods was demonstrated on a number of examples of control systems and biological systems.

• Les besoins pour l'analyse de vulnérabilités

  (Marie-Laure, ~ 20 minutes)
 Nous présentons nos travaux en cours dans le cadre de l'analyse de code vulnérable,
 en insistant notamment sur :
   - les particularités de ce type d'analyse : code binaire, modèle mémoire ad hoc
   - les conséquences sur les techniques d'analyse à utiliser ou développer

• Analyse de teinte sur du code binaire

 (Laurent, ~ 20 minutes)
 Nous présentons un exemple concret d'analyse développée pour la recherche de
 vulnérabilités : l'analyse de teinte.

Radu Iosif

Title: Acceleration Techniques for Program Verification

Abstract:

By acceleration we understand the class of techniques based on a precise computation of the transitive closure of (a part of) the transition relation of the program. In the first part of this talk we show how acceleration can be combined with interpolation to generate inductive interpolants which are crucial in abstraction refinement. This combined method applies to sequential non-recursive programs. In the second part of this talk, we show how acceleration can be applied, in a modular fashion, to recursive program schemes. The result is a Newtonian underapproximation sequence that converges to the tuple of summary relations of all procedures in the program. We also define a class of programs for which our method is shown to be complete i.e. terminate with the precise result.

Joint work with EPFL (Lausanne), IMDEA (Madrid), FIT BUT (Brno)