PCF/2023-24

Cyber-Physical Programming

2023/24

Introduction and objectives

Cyber-physical systems are networks of computational devices that closely interact with physical processes in order to reach a prescribed goal; for example a desired velocity, a desired temperature or, more generally, a desired energy level. They range from small medical devices, such as pacemakers and insulin pumps, to networks of autonomous vehicles and district-wide smart grids. This course is devoted to such systems.

Our main goal is to make the student an adept of the engineering discipline of cyber-physical systems – by presenting the respective basic principles, computational models, tools, and current limitations. The course involves several pedagogical illustrations extracted from real world-scenarios involving e.g. cruise controllers, sampling algorithms, and timed variants of concurrent algorithms.

Summaries

Date	Description
08 feb. 2024	Introduction to the module and its logistics (slides)
14 feb. 2024	Introduction to CCS. Exercises (slides)
22 feb. 2024	Introduction to the theory of timed automata. Exercises (slides)
28 feb. 2024	Continuation of the previous lecture. UPPAAL, the philosophers, and the adventurers (slides and video)
07 mar. 2024	Continuation of the previous lecture. Verification of timed systems with UPPAAL (slides and adventurers)
14 mar. 2024	Operational semantics of simple languages. Recalling Haskell (slides and code)
21 mar. 2024	Continuation of the previous lecture. Operational semantics of a hybrid while-language (slides and code)
04 apr. 2024	A Zoo of hybrid programs and design patterns (slides and code)
11 apr. 2024	Continuation of the previous lecture. Brief introduction to lambda-calculus (slides and code)
18 apr. 2024	Continuation of the previous lecture. Lambda-calculus with algebraic operations (slides)
02 may 2024	Semantics of Lambda-calculus with algebraic operations. Exercises (slides) (code)

Assessment

The assessment is comprised of the following items:

• Two individual sets of exercises to do at home (30%). (TPC-1) (TPC-2)
• Two group assignments (70%). (TP1) (TP2 and Code)

Contact

The day and time for appointments is Wednesday afternoon. Please email me the day before if you wish to meet. If you prefer you can also send an email with your questions, or we can have an online meeting.

Bibliography

Rajeev Alur and David L Dill. A theory of timed automata. Theoretical computer science, 126(2):183--235, 1994. [ bib ]

Thomas A Henzinger. The theory of hybrid automata. In Verification of digital and hybrid systems, pages 265--292. Springer, 2000. [ bib ]

Glynn Winskel. The formal semantics of programming languages: an introduction. MIT press, 1993. [ bib ]

Sergey Goncharov, Renato Neves, and José Proença. Implementing hybrid semantics: From functional to imperative. In International Colloquium on Theoretical Aspects of Computing, pages 262--282. Springer, 2020. [ bib ]

Miran Lipovaca. Learn you a haskell for great good!: a beginner's guide. no starch press, 2011. [ bib ]

Philip Wadler. Monads for functional programming. In International School on Advanced Functional Programming, pages 24--52. Springer, 1995. [ bib ]

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Supplementary bibliography

Bart Jacobs. Introduction to coalgebra, volume 59. Cambridge University Press, 2017. [ bib ]

Chucky Ellison and Grigore Rosu. An executable formal semantics of c with applications. ACM SIGPLAN Notices, 47(1):533--544, 2012. [ bib ]

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