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Abstraction-Guided Synthesis
Vechev M., Yahav E., Yorsh G.
POPL '10: 37th ACM SIGACT-SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages
[bib] [abstract] [pdf] [slides]
to appear
Chameleon: Adaptive Selection of Collections
Shacham O., Vechev M., Yahav E.
PLDI '09: ACM SIGPLAN 2009 Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation.
[bib] [abstract] [pdf] [slides]
Inferring Synchronization Under Limited Observability
Vechev M., Yahav E., Yorsh G.
TACAS '09: 15th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems
[bib] [abstract] [pdf] [slides]
QVM: An Efficient Runtime for Detecting Defects in Deployed Systems
Arnold M., Vechev M., Yahav E.
OOPSLA '08: ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages, and Applications.
[bib] [abstract] [pdf] [slides] [notes]
Verifying Dereference Safety via Expanding-Scope Analysis
Loginov A., Yahav E., Chandra S., Fink S., Rinetzky N., Nanda M. G.
ISSTA '08: International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis
[bib] [abstract] [pdf] [slides]
The CLOSER: Automating Resource Management in Java
Dillig I., Dillig T., Yahav E., Chandra S.
ISMM '08: 2008 International Symposium on Memory Management
[bib] [abstract] [pdf] [slides]
Deriving Linearizable Fine-Grained Concurrent Objects
Vechev M., Yahav E
PLDI '08: ACM SIGPLAN 2008 Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation.
[bib] [abstract] [pdf] [slides]
Generating Precise and Concise Procedure Summaries
Yorsh G., Yahav E., Chandra S.
POPL'08: ACM Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages
[bib] [abstract] [ps] [pdf] [slides]
Static Specification Mining Using Automata-Based Abstractions
Shoham S., Yahav E., Fink S., Pistoia M.
ISSTA'07: International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis 2007
Best paper award
[bib] [abstract] [ps] [pdf] [slides] [gallery]
Comparison under Abstraction for Verifying Linearizability
Amit D., Rinetzky N. , Reps T., Sagiv M. and Yahav E.
CAV'07: Computer Aided Verification 2007
[bib] [abstract] [ps] [pdf] [slides]
CGCExplorer: A Semi-Automated Search Procedure for Provably Correct Concurrent Collectors
Vechev M., Yahav E., Bacon D.F., and Rinetzky N.
PLDI '07: ACM SIGPLAN 2007 Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation.
[bib] [abstract] [ps] [pdf] [slides]
When Role Models Have Flaws: Static Validation of Enterprise Security Policies
Pistoia M., Fink S.J., Flynn R.J., and Yahav E.
ICSE '07: 29th Int. Conference on Software Engineering.
[bib] [pdf] [slides]
Modular Shape Analysis for Dynamically Encapsulated Programs
Rinetzky N., Poetzsch-Heffter A., Ramalingam G., Sagiv M. , and Yahav E.
ESOP '07: 16th European Symposium on Programming.
[bib] [abstract] [ps] [pdf] [slides]
Effective Typestate Verification in the Presence of Aliasing
Fink S.J., Yahav E., Dor N., Ramalingam G., and Geay E.
ISSTA '06: International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis
Best paper award
[bib] [abstract] [ps] [pdf] [slides]
Correctness-Preserving Derivation of Concurrent Garbage Collection Algorithms
Vechev M., Yahav E., and Bacon D.F.
PLDI '06: ACM SIGPLAN 2006 Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation, June 2006.
[bib] [abstract] [ps] [pdf] [slides]
Interprocedural shape analysis for cutpoint-free programs
Rinetzky N., Sagiv M., and Yahav E.
SAS '05: 12th International Static Analysis Symposium, London, September 7-9, 2005
[bib] [abstract] [ps] [pdf] [slides]
Predicate Abstraction and Canonical Abstraction for Singly-Linked Lists
Manevich R., Yahav E., Ramalingam G., and Sagiv M.
VMCAI '05: 6th Conference on Verification, Model Checking and Abstract Interpretation, Paris, January 2005
[bib] [abstract] [ps] [pdf] [slides]
Verifying Safety Properties Using Separation and Heterogeneous Abstractions,
Yahav E. and Ramalingam G.
PLDI '04 [bib] [abstract] [ps] [pdf] [slides]
Establishing Local Temporal Heap Safety Properties with Application to Compile-Time Memory Management,
Shaham R., Yahav E., Kolodner E.K., and Sagiv M., 
SAS '03 [bib] [abstract] [ps] [pdf] [slides]
extended version accepted for journal publication
Typestate Verification: Abstraction Techniques and Complexity Results,
Field J., Goyal D., Ramalingam G., and Yahav E., 
SAS '03  [bib] [abstract] [ps] [pdf] [slides]
extended version accepted for journal publication
Verifying Temporal Heap Properties Specified via Evolution Logic
Yahav E., Reps T., Sagiv M., and Wilhelm R. 
ESOP '03 [bib] [abstract] [ps] [pdf] [supplement] [slides]
Verifying Safety Properties of Concurrent Java Programs using 3-Valued Logic
Yahav E.
POPL '01 [bib] [abstract] [ps] [pdf] [slides]
Compiler Optimization of C++ Virtual Function Calls
Bernstein D. , Fedorov Y., Porat S., Rodrigue J, and Yahav E.
COOTS '96 [bib][abstract][ps][pdf]
(while working as a student employee at IBM Haifa Research Lab).

Journals

Static Specification Mining Using Automata-Based Abstractions
Shoham S., Yahav E., Fink S., Pistoia M.
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE 2008).
Effective Typestate Verification in the Presence of Aliasing
Fink S.J., Yahav E., Dor N., Ramalingam G., and Geay E.
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM 2008).
On the Complexity of Partially-Flow-Sensitive Alias Analysis
N. Rinetzky, G. Ramalingam, M. Sagiv, and E. Yahav
ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (TOPLAS 2008).
A survey of static analysis methods for identifying security vulnerabilities in software systems
M. Pistoia, S. Chandra, S. J. Fink, and E. Yahav
IBM Systems Journal, volume 46, number 2, Armonk, NY, USA, May 2007
Verifying Temporal Heap Properties Specified via Evolution Logic
E. Yahav, T. Reps, M. Sagiv, and R. Wilhelm 
Logic Journal of IGPL, September 2006
Typestate Verification: Abstraction Techniques and Complexity Results
Field J., Goyal D., Ramalingam G., and Yahav E., 
Science of Computer Programming, Volume 58, Issues 1--2, pages 57--82, October 2005
Establishing Local Temporal Heap Safety Properties with Application to Compile-Time Memory Management
Shaham R., Yahav E., Kolodner E.K., and Sagiv M., 
Science of Computer Programming, Volume 58, Issues 1--2, pages 264-289 , October 2005

Workshops

Experience with Model Checking Linearizability
Vechev M., Yahav E., Yorsh G.
SPIN '09: 16th International SPIN Workshop on Model Checking of Software
[pdf]
Modular Verification with Shared Abstractions
Juhasz U., Rinetzky N., Poetzsch-Heffter A., Sagiv M., and Yahav E.
FOOL'09: International Workshop on Foundations of Object-Oriented Languages
[bib][abstract][pdf]
Cartesian Partial-Order Reduction
Gueta G., Flanagan C., Yahav E., and Sagiv M.
SPIN '07: 14th Workshop on Model Checking Software
[bib][abstract][pdf]
Continuous code-quality assurance with SAFE
Geay E., Yahav E., Fink S.J.
PEPM 2006: ACM SIGPLAN 2006 Workshop on Partial Evaluation and Program Manipulation
[bib][abstract][pdf]
Automatically Verifying Concurrent Queue Algorithms,
Yahav E. and Sagiv M.,
SoftMC 2003: Workshop on Software Model Checking
[bib][abstract][ps][pdf][slides]

Position Papers

Verifying Optimistic Algorithms Should be Easy
Rinetzky N, Vechev M., Yahav E., Yorsh G.
(EC)^2 '09: Exploiting Concurrency Efficiently and Correctly, CAV 2009 Workshop
[pdf]
Computer-Assisted Construction of Efficient Concurrent Algorithms
Vechev M., Yahav E., Michael M., Attiya H., Yorsh G.
(EC)^2: Exploiting Concurrency Efficiently and Correctly -- CAV 2008 Workshop
[bib][pdf]

Technical Reports

Componentized Heap Abstraction
N. Rinetzky, G. Ramalingam, M. Sagiv, and E. Yahav
TR-164/06, School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, December 2006
[pdf]
Symbolic Summarization with Applications to Typestate Verification
Yorsh G., Yahav E., and Chandra S.
[pdf]
When Role Models Have Flaws: Static Validation of Enterprise Security Policies
Pistoia M., Fink S.J., Flynn R.J., Yahav E.
September 2006,[pdf]
Automatic Verification of Temporal Heap Properties
Yahav E., Pnueli A., Reps T., and Sagiv M.
January 2004,[ps]
Generating Concrete Counterexamples for Sound Abstract Interpretation,
Erez G., Yahav E., and Sagiv M.
January 2004,[ps]
Verifying Safety Properties Using Separation and Heterogeneous Abstractions
Yahav E. and Ramalingam G.
December 2003[access paper] (revised version appeared in PLDI 2004)
Shallow Finite State Verification,
Field J., Goyal D., Ramalingam G., and Yahav E.
November 2002 [ps][pdf] (revised version appeared in SAS 2003)
Automatic Verification of Temporal Properties of Concurrent Heap-Manipulating Programs using Evolution Logic
Yahav E., Reps T., Sagiv M. and Wilhelm R.
TR-338/02, School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, July 2002.
[bib][abstract][ps][pdf] (revised version appeared in ESOP 2003)
LTL model checking for systems with unbounded number of dynamically created threads and objects.
Yahav E., Reps T., and Sagiv M.
TR-1424, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, March 2001.
[bib][abstract][ps][PDF]

Dissertation

Property-Guided Verification of Concurrent Heap-Manipulating Programs
Yahav E.
October 2004 [pdf]

Misc

High-level Real-time Programming in Java Bacon et.al, ACM EMSOFT 2005
Solving The Apprentice Challenge with 3VMC
[bib][abstract][ps][html][pdf] (original challenge by J. Moore)