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World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

AI Meets Hoare Logic: Revolutionizing Software Testing with Formal Methods

Onur Kasimlar

Can mathematical proofs replace unit tests? AI makes it possible. Learn how Hoare logic and generative models shift your role from writing tests to validating mathematical certainty.

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#1 about 3 min

Raising awareness for software verification

How the rise of AI-generated code necessitates stronger validation methods than traditional software testing provides.

#2 about 3 min

Comparing software testing and software verification

The fundamental differences between detecting errors through execution and mathematically proving comprehensive code correctness.

#3 about 2 min

Fundamentals of Hoare logic

An introduction to Hoare logic using variables like preconditions, executable code steps, and postconditions.

#4 about 3 min

Applying Hoare logic axioms

How assignment, composition, and conditional axioms simplify complex software verification problems into solvable logical clauses.

#5 about 1 min

Backward reasoning in formal proofs

Working backward from desired postconditions to establish the required preconditions for verifying sequential programmatic statements.

#6 about 1 min

State of the art in software verification

How modern engineering teams apply formal methods, SMT solvers, and theorem provers to validate critical systems.

#7 about 5 min

Verifying Java code with OpenJML

A practical demonstration of annotating a Java binary search algorithm with OpenJML requirements and expected postconditions.

#8 about 3 min

Leveraging AI for code validation

Using generative AI tools like Gemini to automatically create verification annotations while monitoring constraints and false assumptions.

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Bridging the gap between AI code generation and verification

Christian Heilmann Christian Heilmann +3 · World Congress 2026 Europe

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Overcoming initial skepticism of AI code generation

Jeff Blankenburg Jeff Blankenburg · World Congress 2026 Europe

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Balancing artificial intelligence tools with foundational software engineering skills

Tim Ruscica · Coffee With Developers

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The evolving role of software testing in AI development

Jakub Janczyk Jakub Janczyk · World Congress 2026 Europe

1:55 min

Verifying the quality of rapidly generated AI code

Krzysztof Cieślak Krzysztof Cieślak · World Congress 2026 Europe

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