Advanced Semantics Seminar
Spring 2007

Organizer: Lars Birkedal, Room 4C 15, 7218 5280

This is a Ph.D.-seminar in which we study some aspects of semantics of programming langauges and type theories relevant to computer science. This semester we focus on recent models of Separation Logic and Hoare Type Theory and on recent methods for proving contextual equivalence for languages with higher-types and general references. Last semester we covered most of the necessary background material

Readings will include (excerpts from some of):

To do:

To gain credit for this 7 ECTS seminar you have to participate actively in the discussions. Moreover, you have to take responsibility for at least one topic, stretching usually over more than a week.

Meeting time: We meet on Wednesday, 10:00--12:00, Room 3A 01. starting Feb. 07, 2007.

Tentative Schedule:

Date Speaker Reading
Wed Feb 07  LB Intro + Idealized ML
Wed Feb 14  JT Paul Blain Levy: Possible World ....
Wed Feb 21   LB Kripke model, realizability style (recall Pitts' relational properties of domains article from last semester and see LB notes circulated by email)
Wed Feb 28   LB continuation of last week
Wed Mar 07   KS Appel et. al.
Wed Mar 14   KS Appel et. al.
Wed Mar 21   LB / JT Birkedal and Yang: Relational Parametricity and Separation Logic
Wed Apr 04   Cancelled (Easter break)
Wed Apr 11   B. Reus Reus + Schwinghammer: Sep. Logic for higher-order store
Wed Apr 18   KS Inductive Reasoning about Effectful Data Types
Wed Apr 25   LB Relational Reasoning for Recursive Types and References
Wed May 2   LB Nanevski et. al.: Hoare Type Theory
Wed May 9   LB Nanevski et. al.:Hoare Type Theory
Wed Mar 16   JT Shinwell: FM-domain theory