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Teaching Formal Methods for the Unconquered Territory

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Teaching Formal Methods (TFM 2009)

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We summarise our experiences in teaching two formal methods courses at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. The first course is a JML-based software engineering course. The second course is a model-driven software engineering course realised in the B method for software development. We explain how formal methods are promoted in Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, how we motivate students to embrace formal methods techniques, and how they are promoted through the presentation of motivating examples.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Engineering Funchal, University of Madeira, Portugal

    Nestor Catano

  2. Department of Computer Science Cali, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

    Camilo Rueda

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  1. Computing Laboratory, Oxford University, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, OX1 3QD, Oxford, UK

    Jeremy Gibbons

  2. Departamento de Informática, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal

    José Nuno Oliveira

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Catano, N., Rueda, C. (2009). Teaching Formal Methods for the Unconquered Territory. In: Gibbons, J., Oliveira, J.N. (eds) Teaching Formal Methods. TFM 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5846. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04912-5_2

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