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Paper at Reachability Problems 2024

July 30, 2024

The paper “Markov Decision Processes with Sure Parity and Multiple Reachability Objectives” by Raphaël Berthon, Joost-Pieter Katoen and Tobias Winkler has been accepted for the 18th Int. Conference on

Paper at CONCUR 2024

June 21, 2024

The paper entitled “A Spectrum of Approximate Probabilistic Bisimulations” by Timm Spork (TU Dresden), Christel Baier (TU Dresden), Joost-Pieter Katoen, Jakob Piribauer (TU Dresden) and Tim Quatmann h

ETAPS Best Paper Award

April 11, 2024

The paper entitled “Accurately Computing Expected Visiting Times and Stationary Distributions in Markov Chains” by Hannah Mertens, Joost-Pieter Katoen, Tim Quatmann and Tobias Winkler has received the

Leopoldina

March 21, 2024

Joost-Pieter Katoen has been elected as member of Leopoldina, the German Academy of Sciences. This academy was established in 1652 and is the oldest academy in the world. Katoen is the first computer

Paper at OOPSLA 2024

February 24, 2024

The paper entitled “Exact Bayesian Inference for Loopy Probabilistic Programs Using Generating Functions” by Lutz Klinkenberg, Christian Blumenthal, Mingshuai Chen, Darion Haase and Joost-Pieter Katoe

Nomination for ETAPS 2024 Best Paper Award

February 13, 2024

The paper “Accurately Computing Expected Visiting Times and Stationary Distributions in Markov Chains” by Hannah Mertens, Joost-Pieter Katoen, Tim Quatmann and Tobias Winkler has been nominated for on

ERC Proof-of-Concept Granted

January 18, 2024

The ERC has granted the Proof-of-Concept proposal VERIPROB (A Deductive Verifier for Probabilistic Programs) by Joost-Pieter Katoen. The grant will enables the further development of [Caesar](https://

Two Papers at TACAS 2024

December 22, 2023

The papers “Accurately Computing Expected Visiting Times and Stationary Distributions in Markov Chains” by Hannah Mertens, Joost-Pieter Katoen, Tim Quatmann and Tobias Winkler and “Learning Explainabl

Paper at AAAI 2024

December 10, 2023

The paper entitled “Natural Strategic Ability in Stochastic Multi-Agent Systems” by Raphael Berthon, Monyque Myttelmann, Antoniello Murano and Joost-Pieter Katoen has been accepted for the 38th AAAI C

Two Papers at Dafny 2024

November 16, 2023

Two papers were accepted at the Dafny 2024 workshop. The paper “Caesar: A Verifier for Probabilistic Programs” by Philipp Schröer, Kevin Batz, Benjamin Kaminski (Saarland University and UCL), Joost-Pi

Tim Quatmann wins a KI-Starter Grant

November 15, 2023

Tim Quatmann has been awarded a KI-Starter Grant for his project proposal “_Verifying AI Systems under Partial Observability_“. The KI-Starter Grant is an initiative of the State North-Rhine Westphali

Paper at POPL 2024

November 7, 2023

The paper entitled “Programmatic Strategy Synthesis: Resolving Nondeterminism in Probabilistic Programs” by Kevin Batz, Tom Biskup, Joost-Pieter Katoen, and Tobias Winkler has been accepted at the 51s

Paper in LMCS Journal

November 7, 2023

The paper entitled “Model Checking Temporal Properties of Recursive Probabilistic Programs” by Tobias Winkler, Christina Gehnen and Joost-Pieter Katoen has been accepted for the special issues devoted

Berthold Vöcking Master Award 2023

November 6, 2023

Tom Biskup has received the [Berthold Vöcking Master Award](https://www.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/cms/informatik/Fachgruppe/Auszeichnungen/~qbix/Preise-fuer-Abschlussarbeiten/#aaaaaaaaaaaqbiw) 2023 fo

Distinguished Artifact at OOPSLA 2023

October 27, 2023

The paper “A Deductive Verification Infrastructure for Probabilistic Programs” by Philipp Schröer, Kevin Batz, Benjamin Kaminski, Joost-Pieter Katoen and Christoph Matheja received a distinguished art