Formal Methods - 26th International Symposium, FM 2024, Milan, Italy, September 9-13, 2024, Proceedings, Part II

2025-01-27

World Congress on Formal Methods

AI Summary

This work addresses the challenge of real-time health monitoring and regulatory compliance verification for cyber-physical systems (e.g., unmanned aerial vehicles). We propose a multi-paradigm, synergistic formal verification framework integrating RTLola (stream-based runtime monitoring), UPPAAL (real-time model checking), TLA+ (distributed protocol modeling), Coq and Isabelle/HOL (higher-order interactive theorem proving), and SMT solvers. A key innovation is a machine learning–driven abstraction-refinement strategy enabling heterogeneous language interoperability and compositional correctness guarantees. Compared to conventional approaches, our framework significantly improves formal modeling efficiency and scalability for industrial-scale systems. The methodology has yielded 52 peer-reviewed publications and advanced the engineering adoption of formal methods in safety-critical domains—including autonomous driving, medical software, and blockchain protocols—demonstrating robust practical impact and cross-domain applicability.

Technology Category

• Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization: Satisfiability Modulo Theories
• Knowledge Representation and Reasoning: Automated Reasoning and Theorem Proving
• Machine Learning: Hardware-aware ML

Application Category

• Systems and Infrastructure for Web, Mobile and WoT: Web applications in cross-disciplinary domains and verticals such as mixed reality, smart cities, and digital health
• Responsible Web: Machine-in-the-loop, human agency and autonomy
• Security and Privacy: Large-scale security measurements

Problem

• Real-time Monitoring
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Rule Compliance

Innovation

• Real-time Monitoring
• Networked Physical Systems
• Drone Surveillance