Daniela Kaufmann
Since June 2024 I am an FWF ESPRIT research fellow in the Automated Program Reasoning — APRe group. APRe is part of the FORSYTE research unit, lead by Laura Kovacs, of the Faculty of Informatics at TU Wien.
In my project CalgSAT – Combining Computer Algebra with SAT for Word-Level Reasoning I aim to alter the reasoning landscape in bit-precise
formal verification by devising SAT-based algebraic methods for word-level reasoning
over polynomials.
Previously, I worked as a senior researcher in software science at the Software Competence Center Hagenberg and as a postdoctoral researcher at the LIT AI Lab at Johannes Kepler University (JKU) in Linz Austria.
I finished my PhD in Computer Science at JKU in April 2020. My PhD thesis is on formal verification of multiplier circuits using computer algebra and was supervised byArmin Biere and Manuel Kauers. My thesis received the GI-Dissertation Award 2020 and the Heinz Zemanek Award 2022.
In my research I focus on applied formal methods, more precisely hardware verification using computer algebra. In other words, I develop algebraic reasoning techniques based on the theory of Gröbner bases that allow proving the correctness of gate-level multiplier circuits. My first publication on verifying multiplier circuits won the best-paper award at FMCAD’17. Furthermore, I work on algebraic proof systems. The goal is to automatically generate certificates, which can be checked by independent proof checkers in order to validate the result of the verification tool.
Awards
| 2023 | Best Paper Award at MEDI'22 for Fuzzing-Based Grammar Inference |
| 2022 | Generation Future Frauen Förderpreis für Digitalisierung und Innovation, 2. Platz recognizing young female researchers in technical sciences in the area of digitization and innovation. |
| 2022 | Heinz Zemanek Award 2022 recognizing an outstanding Computer Science dissertation from Austria. Awarded every second year. |
| 2021 | GI-Dissertation Award 2020 recognizing the best Computer Science dissertation of the year from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland |
| 2020 | JKU Young Researchers' Award 2020 recognizing and honoring outstanding academic and scientific accomplishments at JKU. |
| 2017 | Best Paper Award at FMCAD'17 for Column-Wise Verification of Mulitpliers Using Computer Algebra |
Academic Service
| 2025 | FMCAD 2025 Co-Chair TACAS 2025 Artifact Evaluation Co-Chair iFM 2025 Artifact Evaluation Co-Chair ECAI 2025 Senior PC Member SAT 2025 PC Member |
| 2024 | SC2 Workshop 2024 Co-Chair SAT 2024 Workshop Chair iFM 2024 Artifact Evaluation Co-Chair ATVA 2024 Program Committee CP 2024 Program Committee FMCAD 2024 Program Committee IJCAR 2024 Program Committee MBMV 2024 Program Committee PAAR 2024 Program Committee SAT 2024 Program Committee SEFM 2024 Program Committee SMT 2024 Program Committee VMCAI 2024 Program Committee Subreviewer: CAV'24 |
| 2023 | CICM 2023 Program Committee FMCAD 2023 Program Committee IWIL 2023 Program Committee MBMV 2023 Program Committee SAT 2023 Program Committee SBMF 2023 Program Committee SEFM 2023 Program Committee SMT 2023 Program Committee FMCAD 2023 Student Forum Program Committee CAV 2023 Artifact Evaluation Committee Subreviewer: TACAS'23, LICS'23 |
| 2022 | SC-Square Workshop 2022 Program Committee FMCAD 2022 Student Forum Program Committee CAV 2022 Artifact Evaluation Committee TACAS 2022 Artifact Evaluation Committee IEEE TCAD Reviewer Subreviewer: ICFEM'22, ISSAC'22, FMCAD'22 |
| 2021 | CAV 2021 Artifact Evaluation Committee TACAS 2021 Artifact Evaluation Committee IEEE TCAD Reviewer Subreviewer: CADE-28'21, DATE'21, ETS'21, ISSAC'21 |
| 2020 | ETS 2020 Reviewer Subreviewer: FMCAD'20, SAT'20 |
| 2019 | IEEE TCAD Reviewer Subreviewer: DATE'19 |
| 2018 | IEEE TCAD Reviewer Subreviewer: CAV'18, DATE'18, FMCAD'18, IJCAR'18, TACAS'18 |
Education
| 2020 | Doctor of Technical Sciences (Dr. techn.) in Computer Science, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria |
| 2016 | Master of Science (Dipl.-Ing.) in Computer Mathematics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria |
| 2014 | Bachelor of Science in Technical Mathematics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria |
In the media
| OCG Journal | Manuell müsste man mehr Zustände überprüfen, als es Atome im Universum gibt (12/2021, German) |
Articles concerning awards are linked on the corresponding pages (links in the Award section above)