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Paper accepted at CONCUR'14

June 26, 2014

The paper “Tight Game Abstractions of Probabilistic Automata” by Falak Sher and Joost-Pieter Katoen has been accepted at the conference Concurrency Theory. The paper presents game-based abstraction th

Paper accepted at IFIP TCS'14

June 26, 2014

The paper “Parametric LTL on Markov Chains” by Souymodip Chakraborty and Joost-Pieter Katoen has been accepted at the IFIP TCS conference. The paper shows the undecidability of verifying a Markov chai

Paper accepted in Theoretical Computer Science

June 17, 2014

The paper “Minimal Counterexamples for Linear-Time Probabilistic Verification” by Ralf Wimmer, [Nils Jansen](http://moves.rwth-aachen.de/people/njansen/ "Nils Jansen"), [Erika Ábrahám](http://ths.rwth

Survey paper probabilistic counterexamples

June 5, 2014

A survey paper concerning the generation of counterexamples for probabilistic systems was published by [Erika Ábrahám](http://ths.rwth-aachen.de/people/erika-abraham/), Bernd Becker, [Christian Dehner

Paper accepted at QEST 2014

May 14, 2014

The paper “Accelerating Parametric Probabilistic Verification” by [Nils Jansen](http://moves.rwth-aachen.de/people/njansen/ "Nils Jansen"), [Florian Corzilius](http://ths.rwth-aachen.de/people/florian

Two papers accepted at ICGT 2014

May 14, 2014

The papers “Generating Inductive Predicates for Symbolic Execution of Pointer-Manipulating Programs” by [Christina Jansen](http://moves.rwth-aachen.de/people/cjansen/ "Christina Jansen"), [Florian Göb

Two papers accepted at CSL-LICS

April 24, 2014

The papers “Probably Safe or Live” by Katoen, Song and Zhang, and “Zero-Reachability in Probabilistic Multi-Counter Automata” by Brazdil, Kiefer, Kucera, Novotny and Katoen have been accepted at CSL-L

ACSD 2014 paper accepted

March 26, 2014

The paper entitled “Layered Reduction for Abstract Probabilistic Automata” by Arpit Sharma and Joost-Pieter Katoen has been accepted for the 14th Int. Conf. on Application of Concurrency on System Des

“Bizarre Concurrency” workshop

March 10, 2014

We organize a workshop on “Bizarre Concurrency” in Aachen, together with Roland Meyer, Markus Müller-Olm and Heike Wehrheim. It will take place March 24th and 25th. Topic: new concurrency theory for m

New MOVES member

March 1, 2014

Federico Olmedo joint our group! Federico did his PhD with Gilles Barthe in Madrid, Spain on probabilistic programs in security. He started as postdoc on the project “Automated Analysis of Probabilist

Dagstuhl Seminar accepted

February 20, 2014

Our Dagstuhl Seminar on “Challenges and Trends in Probabilistic Programming” with Gilles Barthe, Andy Gordon and Annabelle McIver in April 2015, has been accepted.

Academia Europaea appointment

September 17, 2013

Joost-Pieter Katoen has been appointed as a member of the renowned Academia Europaea (Academy of Europe), a European, non-governmental association acting as an Academy whose members are scientists and

Vacancies for postdoctoral researchers

August 7, 2013

The Software Modeling and Verification Group (MOVES, moves.rwth-aachen.de) at RWTH Aachen University offers openings for several postdoctoral researchers in the area of **“Automated Analysis of Prob

Distinguished Professorship

May 6, 2013

Joost-Pieter Katoen has been awarded a [Distinguished Professorship](http://www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/dcbf/?lidx=1 "Distinguished Professorship") from the RWTH Aachen University.

ETAPS SC Chair

March 20, 2013

Joost-Pieter Katoen has been elected as Steering Committee Chair of ETAPS ([www.etaps.org](http://www.etaps.org "www.etaps.org")), the largest conference on theory and practice of software in Europe.