IN9440 – Selected Topics in Static Analysis

Schedule, syllabus and examination date

Course content

The course covers principles and techniques central to the static analysis phase of a compiler, also known as semantic analysis. Static analysis comes after the syntactic program analysis, and is concerned with the behavior of the program when later run, i.e. trying to predict the program's run-time behavior before it is actually running. The course covers techniques such as data and control flow analyses, including secure information flow and other security-related aspects, standard and non-standard type-system, and algorithmic questions.

Learning outcome

After finishing the course you'll

  • have gained insight into established state-of-the-art techiques of the semantic phase of a compiler and principles of their implementation;
  • be able to formulate flow or type analyses for various different analysis or optimization objectives (like secure information flow, interference freedom and others).
  • be able to understand further analyses encountered in the scientific literature and adapt analyses to a specific language setting, based on the underlying unifying principles covered in the course,
  • have gained in-depth understanding of principles and programming?languages and their semantics

Admission to the course

PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through?Studentweb.

If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.

PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must?apply for a position as a visiting student?within a given deadline.

Overlapping courses

Teaching

2 hours lectures per week and act