Formal Methods in Programming and Their Applications

Theory of domains and nearby.- Predicative programming - A survey.- A three-valued logic for refinement.- A compositional semantics of combining forms for gamma programs.- Algebraic properties of loop invariants.- An approach to parameterized first-order specifications: Semantics, correctness, parameter passing.- Algebraic modelling of imperative languages with pointers.- Galois connection based abstract interpretations for strictness analysis.- Efficient chaotic iteration strategies with widenings.- Semantic analysis of interval congruences.- Polymorphic typing for call-by-name semantics.- Logic program testing based on abstract interpretation.- Analysis of some semantic properties for programs of the applicative language AL.- Communication as unification in process algebras: Operational semantics.- Functional development of massively parallel programs.- Observing some properties of event structures.- The other linear logic.- Duration Calculi: An overview.- A unique formalism for specifying and designing objects in a parallel environment.- On the smooth calculation of relational recursive expressions out of first-order non-constructive specifications involving quantifiers.- Saturation replaces induction for a miniscoped linear temporal logic.- A formal approach to requirements engineering.- A two-phase approach to reverse engineering using formal methods.- Algebraically provable specification of optimized compilations.- Formal derivation of an error-detecting distributed data scheduler using Changeling.- REAL92: A combined specification language for real-time concurrent systems and properties.- Algebraic calculation of graph and sorting algorithms.- Automatical synthesis of programs with recursions.- Parsing in Isbes.

Dr. rer. nat. Manfred Broy studierte Mathematik und Informatik 1971-76 an der Technischen Universität München. Dort 1976-80 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im Sonderforschungsbereich 49 'Programmiertechnik' der DFG. 1980 Promotion, ab 1980 wisschenschaftlicher Assistent und 1982 Habilitation in Informatik an der TU München. 1983 ordentlicher Professor für Informatik und Gründungsdekan an der Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik der Universität Passau. Seit 1989 ordentlicher Professor für Informatik an der TU München. 1994 Leibniz-Preis der DFG.