Concurrency: Theory, Languages and Programming
Winter Semester 2002
School of Computer and Communication Sciences
Programming Methods Laboratory (LAMP)
 
 
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Overview

The course aims to teach the foundations needed for the understanding of concurrent programs and reactive systems. We will cover basic techniques to describe the form and meaning of program terms and to reason about them. These techniques are applied in the discussion of CCS, a well-known calculus for reactive systems. Based on this calculus, we will discuss notions of equivalence of concurrent programs, as well as proof techniques to show equivalence or refinement. The course will be accompanied by practical programming exercises.

Contents

Three concurrent and interacting streams in the course deal with issues of languages, theory, and programming. Concepts discussed in the course include:

Languages

  • Inductive syntax
  • Syntactic techniques: Variables, alpha-renaming
  • Operational semantics: Reduction systems, labelled transition systems
  • (Static semantics: Type Systems)
  • Calculus for Communicating Systems (CCS)
Theory
  • Program Equivalences
  • Simulation and Bisimulation
  • (Reachability analysis)
  • Proof Techniques
Programming
  • Sequential (functional) programming
  • Concurrency and non-determinism
  • Synchronization constructs

References:

Schedule

Course: Wednesday 14:15-16:00, room INM 203
Exercises: Wednesday 16:15-17:00, room INM 203 or IN2

Slides

Week 1 (October 23).
Introduction
Week 2 (October 30).
Functional Programming and Lambda Calculus
Week 3 (November 6).
Encoding FP in Lambda Calculus.
Week 4 (November 13).
CCS
Week 5 (November 20).
CCS - Examples
Week 5 (addendum).
From CCS to PiLib.
Pilib reference: (ps) (ps.gz) (2on1.ps) (2on1.ps.gz) (pdf)
Week 6 (November 27).
Pi Calculus
Week 7 (December 4).
Pi Calculus - Examples
Week 8 (December 11).
From Pi to Java and Back
Week 10 (January 8, 2003).
Equivalences for Concurrency
Week 11 (January 15, 2003).
Equivalences for CCS
Week 12 (January 22, 2003).
Proofs in CCS
Week 13 (January 29, 2003).
Equivalences for Pi Calculus
Week 14 (February 5, 2003).
Proofs in Pi Calculus

Exercises

Concurrency and Pilib libraries for Scala: (concurrency.scala) and (pilib.scala).
Distribution of the ABC tool.

Using Scala in the room IN2

To use Scala on the Windows machine of room IN2 you need two things:
  • an text editor : for editing your files: you can use Emacs or Note Tab for instance.
  • a dos prompt : in the menu, you can select "run", then enter cmd.exe.
Now there are three different tools at your disposal:
  • siris : an interactive interpreter that lets you type in your Scala definitions (values or functions) and expressions and see immediatly the result. To launch siris just type in siris in a dos window.
  • surus : a non-interactive interpreter which takes as arguments a list of Scala files (ending with the suffix .scala) and evaluates their contents as if they had been entered in the interactive interpreter. To use surus just type in surus myfile.scala in a dos window.
  • socos : a Scala compiler that produces java bytecodes that can then be interpreted by a JVM.
If you use Emacs there is a Scala mode that allows you to automatically indent and highlight your code. Just copy the file .emacs in your home directory (i.e. the answer of the command echo %HOME% in a dos window, by default it should be c:\temp).

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