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Midterm 1 inspection; no tutorial this weekWritten on 26.05.25 by Anran Wang Dear Participants, Midterm 1 can be inspected this Friday (30.05) from 11:30 to 12:30 at E1 3 528. Also, there will be no tutorial this week. Best, Dear Participants, Midterm 1 can be inspected this Friday (30.05) from 11:30 to 12:30 at E1 3 528. Also, there will be no tutorial this week. Best, |
Grace Regulations Concerning Failed Midterm 1Written on 25.05.25 by Benjamin Kaminski Hi all, we will install some grace regulations concerning those of you who did not pass Midterm 1. These are as follows. If you achieved x1 < 40 points in Midterm 1:
Hi all, we will install some grace regulations concerning those of you who did not pass Midterm 1. These are as follows. If you achieved x1 < 40 points in Midterm 1:
Those of you who did pass Midterm 1 already are not affected by the above grace regulations at all. We hope you stay on board!
All the best, Benjamin |
Midterm 1 resultsWritten on 21.05.25 by Anran Wang Hi everyone, We have finished grading the first midterm and uploaded the points. You can find them on your personal status page. As mentioned previously, the passing threshold was 40 points. We will announce the date of the… Read more Hi everyone, We have finished grading the first midterm and uploaded the points. You can find them on your personal status page. As mentioned previously, the passing threshold was 40 points. We will announce the date of the inspection in the coming days. Best, |
Midterm important reminders; seating plan; released Sheet 4 sample solutionWritten on 16.05.25 by Anran Wang Dear Students, Here are some reminders regarding the midterm next Tuesday: Dear Students, Here are some reminders regarding the midterm next Tuesday: Also, sheet 4 sample solution is available on cms. Good luck!
Best, |
Practise Sheet on LTL and Midterm Office HourWritten on 13.05.25 by Tobias Gürtler Dear Students, The topic of todays lecture, i.e. Linear Time Logic, will be relevant for the midterm exam. In order to help you prepare we have released this week's exercise sheet on LTL early. We also understand that the tutorial which would discuss this sheet only takes place after the midterm,… Read more Dear Students, The topic of todays lecture, i.e. Linear Time Logic, will be relevant for the midterm exam. In order to help you prepare we have released this week's exercise sheet on LTL early. We also understand that the tutorial which would discuss this sheet only takes place after the midterm, and so we have uploaded the sample solution to the sheet as well. Furthermore, there will not be a lecture next Monday. Instead, we will be offering an Office Hour in the lecture hall where you can stop by and ask any questions you might have. Finally, we want to highlight again that the midterm exam next week takes place at 14 o'clock in Lecture Hall 1 of E2.5. This means the midterm exam takes place after the usual lecture time slot.
Kind Regards, The Verification Team |
Midterm registration closes on Sunday; released Sheet 3 sample solution and sheet 4Written on 09.05.25 by Anran Wang Dear Students,
Here is a reminder that if you wish to take part in the midterm, you should register before midnight of this Sunday (11.05 23:59). Also, the sheet 3 sample solution and sheet 4 are available on cms.
Have a nice weekend!
Best, Verification Team |
Midterm RegistrationWritten on 05.05.25 by Tobias Gürtler Dear Students, You can now register for the first midterm on your personal status page here in the CMS. If you intend to participate in the first midterm, then you must register until Sunday 11th May at 23:59. Kind regards, The Verification Team |
Released: Sheet 2 sample solution; sheet 3Written on 02.05.25 by Anran Wang Dear Participants, The sample solution for sheet 2 is released, as well as sheet 3. Have a nice weekend! Best, Verification Team |
No tutorial next Thursday; released sheet 2 and sheet 1 sample solutionWritten on 25.04.25 by Anran Wang Dear participants,
Here is a reminder that there will be no tutorial next Thursday, please go to the Friday one instead.
Also, sheet 1 sample solution and sheet 2 are available for download in CMS now.
Some hints… Read more Dear participants,
Here is a reminder that there will be no tutorial next Thursday, please go to the Friday one instead.
Also, sheet 1 sample solution and sheet 2 are available for download in CMS now.
Some hints regarding sheet 1:
Best, Verification Team |
Released: Sheet 0 sample solution; sheet 1Written on 17.04.25 by Anran Wang Dear participants, Sheet 0 sample solution and sheet 1 are available for download in CMS now. Happy easter!
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Midterm 1 time change, date remainsWritten on 15.04.25 (last change on 15.04.25) by Anran Wang Dear participants of Verification, Due to the large number of registrations on CMS and the limited capacity of HS003, we have to move midterm 1 to 14-16 o’clock (still on 20.05) to Math lecture hall 1 at E2 5.
Best, Verification team |
Blackboard PhotosWritten on 15.04.25 by Benjamin Kaminski We have now uploaded Photos of the blackboard drawings and writings (thanks to Lucas for taking them). Please beware that this is a best effort service. It is and will be neither complete nor comprehensive as stand-alone material. But we do hope it complements the course material and is useful to… Read more We have now uploaded Photos of the blackboard drawings and writings (thanks to Lucas for taking them). Please beware that this is a best effort service. It is and will be neither complete nor comprehensive as stand-alone material. But we do hope it complements the course material and is useful to you.
Best, Benjamin |
Tutorials for this weekWritten on 14.04.25 (last change on 14.04.25) by Anran Wang Dear participants, The tutorials have been assigned. If you have any problem, please contact us through discord or via email. Alternative tutorial replacing the first Friday tutorial (This does not concern participants of the Thursday tutorial.) Due to public holiday (Karfreitag) on 18.… Read more Dear participants, The tutorials have been assigned. If you have any problem, please contact us through discord or via email. Alternative tutorial replacing the first Friday tutorial (This does not concern participants of the Thursday tutorial.) Due to public holiday (Karfreitag) on 18. April, there will be no tutorial on that Friday. All subsequent Friday tutorials will take place in the regular time and place.
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Verification
SS 2025
Lecturer | Prof. Benjamin Kaminski |
TA | Tobias Gürtler, Lucas Kehrer, Anran Wang |
Introduction
Compute systems are everywhere, including in critical scenarios where human lives are at stake (airplanes, hospitals, nuclear power plants, etc.). It is paramount that such systems are safe. But what does "safe" even mean?
In this lecture, we will explore various logics for specifying and techniques for proving with mathematical rigor that systems are safe. Time permitting, we will also peek into methods for reasoning about quantitative properties of probabilistic systems.
Topics which we will cover include:
- Model checking
- Linear temporal logic (LTL)
- Computation tree logic (CTL)
- Hoare logic
- Weakest preconditions / predicate transformers
- k-induction
- Probabilistic verification
Structure
This course consists of two weekly lectures and one tutorial. The lectures take place Mondays from 10:00 m.c.t. – 12:00, and Tuesdays from 12:00 c.t. – 14:00 (see below) at E1 3, Lecture Hall III (0.03.1) starting from 8. April.
For the tutorial, we offer two dates: Either Thursdays or Fridays 10:00 – 12:00 in seminar room SR 014 (Thursdays) or SR 015 (Fridays) both in building E1 3 starting from 17th April.
There will be two midterm exams taking place during the lecture dates. Passing the midterms is required to be admitted to the final exam. Details announced in the first lecture. Homework is not required to be admitted to the exam.
There will be weekly homework, which consists two parts: Part 1 (basic) and Part 2 (advanced). Homework submission is voluntary. Upon submission, Part 1 will be corrected and returned to you. Sample solutions will be provided for Part 2. In the tutorial, we will discuss last week's homework and answer questions.
Check the timetable for time and place of lectures, tutorials, midterms, and final exams.
Requirements
Very Strongly Recommended | Programmierung 1 Programmierung 2 Grundzüge der Theoretischen Informatik |
Recommended | Concurrent Programming |
Timeline / Deadlines (Tentative)
Also available in the timetable.
Lecture | Mo. 10:00 m.c.t – 12:00 Tu. 12:00 c.t. – 14:00 |
E1 3, Lecture Hall III (0.03.1) |
Tutorial | Th. 10:00 c.t. – 12:00 Fr. 10:00 c.t. – 12:00 |
E1 3, Seminar Room 014 (Thursdays) E1 3, Seminar Room 015 (Fridays) |
Midterm 1 | 20.5.2025 14:00 – 16:00 | Math lecture hall 1 at E2 5 |
Midterm 2 | 24.6.2025 12:00 – 14:00 | E1 3, Lecture Hall III (0.03.1) |
Exam | 19.08.2025 14:30-16:30 | E2 5, Lecture Hall I (001.0) |
Retake | 16.09.2025 14:30-16:30 | E1 3, Lecture Hall II (0.02.1) |
w/c = week commencing |
See also the course website. The website on CMS is, however, more up-to-date.
Textbook
- Baier, Christel, and Joost-Pieter Katoen. Principles of Model Checking. The MIT Press Ser. Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England: The MIT Press, 2008.
- Benjamin Lucien Kaminski. Advanced Weakest Precondition Calculi for Probabilistic Programs. 2019