CIS 670, Fall 2015: Verified Systems Software

Possible project topics

• A (simple!) verified file system
• A distributed key-value store
• A tiny verified OS
• A tiny verified database
• Build a new network semantics and verified translator in Verdi
• Extend/enrich an existing...
  • in-kernel interpreter (JITK)
  • verified compiler (CompCert and friends)
• Verify your favorite crypto algorithm or protocol
• etc., etc., etc.

• Also, check out the final projects from a similar seminar at MIT

Possible tools

• Coq
• Bedrock
• Isabelle
• Dafny/Boogie
• F*
• EasyCrypt, etc., etc.