COM SCI 234 · CS 234Computer-Aided Verification
Computer Science · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Introduction to theory and practice of formal methods for design and analysis of concurrent and embedded systems, with focus on algorithmic techniques for checking logical properties of hardware and software systems. Topics include semantics of reactive systems, invariant verification, temporal logic model checking, theory of omega automata, state-space reduction techniques, compositional and hierarchical reasoning.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 181.
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COM SCI 234
- COM SCI 181Theory of Computing
- COM SCI 180Introduction to Algorithms and Complexity
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