Proceedings 10th International Workshop on the ACL2 Theorem Prover and its Applications

TL;DR

This volume compiles proceedings from ACL2 2011, showcasing recent advancements, applications, and comparisons of the ACL2 theorem prover in formal verification and mathematical formalization.

Contribution

It presents the latest research, improvements, and applications of ACL2, highlighting its role in formal methods and verification since 1999.

Findings

Showcase of ACL2's application in industry and academia

Comparison of ACL2 with other theorem proving systems

Recent extensions and improvements to ACL2

Abstract

This volume contains the proceedings of ACL2 2011, the International Workshop on the ACL2 Theorem Prover and its Applications. The workshop was held in Austin, Texas, USA, on November 3-4 2011. ACL2 2011 is the tenth in a series of workshops on the ACL2 Theorem Prover and its Applications. The workshop was co-located with the eleventh Conference on Formal Methods in Computer Aided Design (FMCAD'11). The ACL2 Workshop series provide a major technical forum for researchers to present and discuss improvements and extensions to the theorem prover, comparisons of ACL2 with other systems, and applications of ACL2 in formal verification or formalized mathematics. Workshops have been held at approxiamately 18 month intervals since 1999. ACL2 is the most recent incarnation of the Boyer-Moore family of theorem provers, for which, Robert Boyer, Matt Kaufmann and J Strother Moore received the 2005 ACM Software System Award. It is state-of-the-art automated reasoning system that has been successfully used in academia, government and industry for specification and verification of computing systems. More details can be found in the proceedings and on the workshop web page (www.cs.ru.nl/~julien/acl2-11/).