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- Subject: postdoc & hons positions - Generic Program Refinement Tool
- Summary: Res.Fellow & Sen.Res.Asst. sought at SVRC, Brisbane from Jan 1993
- Keywords: refinement, tools
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- Date: 13 Nov 92 04:32:47 GMT
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- Research Fellow and Senior Research Assistant
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- A Generic Program Refinement Tool
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- Software Verification Research Centre
- Department of Computer Science
- The University of Queensland
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- The Software Verification Research Centre is a Special Research Centre
- of the Australian Research Council. Its mission is to create improved
- methods and tools, of industrial significance, for developing verified
- software.
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- A new project to develop a generic program refinement tool
- will begin in 1993. Two positions (both for one year initially)
- are available commencing in January 1993 or as soon as possible
- thereafter.
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- This project aims to develop a generic tool for the interactive
- development of software, based on the refinement methodology
- of Morgan, Back and Morris. The task involves:
- - extending existing approaches to support data refinement,
- - building the user interface on top of a generic language-based
- editor,
- - establishing close coupling with a proof system to
- discharge obligations arising when applying refinement rules.
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- Research Fellow: applicants should have a PhD with a strong
- interest in formal methods of software development. Experience
- with the refinement calculus is highly desirable as is knowledge
- relevant to the design of software support tools.
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- Senior Research Assistant: applicants should have a good Honours
- degree in Computer Science or a cognate discipline such as discrete
- mathematics or logic together with a significant background in
- Computer Science. Familiarity with formal methods is highly desirable.
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- Salary ranges:
- Research Fellow: AU$41,000 -- AU$48,688
- Senior Research Assistant: AU$27,375 -- AU$34,034
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- For further information on either position, contact
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- Dr David Carrington (Ph: +61 7 365 3310 email: davec@cs.uq.oz.au)
- Dr Ian Hayes (Ph: +61 7 365 2386 email: ianh@cs.uq.oz.au)
- Prof. Jim Welsh (Ph: +61 7 365 2787 email: jim@cs.uq.oz.au)
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- Applications close Friday 4 December 1992. All applications should
- nominate three referees with their addresses, email addresses, fax
- and phone numbers. Applications should be addressed to:
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- Professor Jim Welsh
- Software Verification Research Centre
- Department of Computer Science
- The University of Queensland
- St Lucia 4072
- AUSTRALIA
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- (Fax: +61 7 365 1533)
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- Equal opportunity in employment is University policy.
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