SMT Solvers Courses and Certifications

USENIX Enigma Conference

Leveraging the Power of Automated Reasoning - USENIX Enigma Conference - 2017

Explores automated bug detection and security exploit generation using symbolic execution and SMT solvers, showcasing their application in Web security analysis and potential for broader automation.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

TheIACR

Computer-Aided Security Proofs for the Working Cryptographer - Crypto 2011

Explore automated security proof generation for cryptographic systems using EasyCrypt, streamlining the process with SMT solvers and theorem provers for efficient verification.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NorthSec

Logic Against Sneak Obfuscated Malware

Explore SMT solvers for binary analysis and code deobfuscation in IT security. Learn practical applications, limitations, and solutions for enhancing malware analysis capabilities.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Jumping the Fence - Comparison and Improvements for Existing Jump Oriented Programming Tools

Explore Jump Oriented Programming, comparing tools and discussing improvements. Covers gadget search, comprehension strategies, and architecture support for various platforms including ARM and AVR.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Jumping the Fence - Comparison and Improvements for Existing Jump Oriented Programming Tools

Exploring Jump Oriented Programming tools, comparing techniques, and discussing improvements. Covers dispatcher gadgets, functional gadgets, and AVR support with demos and practical insights.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

ACM SIGPLAN

Reasoning About Hilbert's Choice Operator in SMT

Explore implementing Hilbert's ε-terms in SMT solvers, gaining access to a new logical choice primitive for enhanced reasoning capabilities.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ACM SIGPLAN

Trust but Verify: Scaling Deductive Verification with Abstract Interpretation - N40AI'24

Explore scaling deductive verification for smart contracts using abstract interpretation. Learn about pointer analysis algorithms, program simplifications, and challenges in low-level code analysis.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ACM SIGPLAN

Trustworthy Runtime Verification via Bisimulation - Experience Report

Explore trustworthy runtime verification using bisimulation in the Copilot framework. Learn how CopilotVerifier generates correctness proofs for compiled monitors, enhancing safety-critical system assurance.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ACM SIGPLAN

Explicit Refinement Types - A Type Theory with Embedded Proofs

Explore λert, a type theory with explicit proof refinement types. Learn about its soundness, denotational semantics, and formalization in Lean 4.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ACM SIGPLAN

Portfolio Solving for Dafny

Mitigate proof brittleness and enhance verification performance using multiple SMT solvers, improving consistency for multi-developer teams in Dafny.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ACM SIGPLAN

Complete First-Order Reasoning for Properties of Functional Programs - OOPSLA 2023

Explore complete first-order reasoning for functional program properties, uncovering theoretical foundations of verification tools and explaining their efficacy, limitations, and user assistance role.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ACM SIGPLAN

Counterexample Driven Quantifier Instantiations with Applications to Distributed Protocols

Explore a novel interactive verification methodology using relational abstraction to tackle quantifier reasoning challenges in infinite-state systems, with applications to distributed protocols.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ACM SIGPLAN

Mostly Automated Verification of Liveness Properties for Distributed Protocols with Ranking Functions

Explore a novel framework for mostly automated verification of liveness properties in distributed protocols using ranking functions, reducing complex problems to simpler safety property verifications.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ACM SIGPLAN

Helping Users to Reduce Brittleness in Dafny Programs - A Success Story

Discover techniques to reduce brittleness in Dafny programs, improving proof stability when small changes occur and enhancing user experience with practical examples from real-world deployments.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ACM SIGPLAN

Towards Neural Synthesis for SMT-Assisted Proof-Oriented Programming

Explore the use of AI for automating proof-oriented programming, with insights from a large F* dataset and promising results showing smaller language models performing comparably to larger ones for program synthesis.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video