RajeevFest

A Celebration of Rajeev Alur

July 24th, 2026 · Lisbon, Portugal
Co-located with FLoC 2026

This workshop celebrates the contributions of Rajeev Alur (on the occasion of his 60th birthday) to the theory and applications of logic in computer science, computer-aided verification, and the foundations of computer science. In addition to celebrating his momentous achievements, this workshop will also honor Rajeev’s personal engagement with and service to the FLoC and broader computer science communities. We hope to see many of you there!

Confirmed Speakers

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David Dill
Stanford University
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Thomas Henzinger
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
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Konstantinos Kallas
UCLA
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Salvatore La Torre
Università degli Studi di Salerno
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Orna Kupferman
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Madhusudan Parthasarathy
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Armando Solar-Lezama
MIT CSAIL
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Moshe Vardi
Rice University

Tentative Schedule

09:00–09:10 Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:10–09:40 David DillAdvising Rajeev
09:40–10:10 Thomas A. HenzingerStateful Thinking
10:10–10:40 Coffee Break
10:40–11:10 Orna KupfermanAlurtarnation in Temporal Logic
11:10–11:40 Salvatore La TorreA Trajectory in Verification: Foundations with Rajeev and the Shift to Practice
11:40–12:10 Konstantinos KallasIf Practice Won't Come to Theory, Then Theory Must Go to Practice: How to Analyze and Optimize Shell Scripts
12:10–14:00 Lunch Break
14:00–14:30 Armando Solar-LezamaExCAPE and the Coming of Age of Program Synthesis
14:30–15:00 Madhusudan ParthasarathyVPLs and other Research at Rajeev's Group in the Early 2000s
15:00–15:30 Coffee Break
15:30–16:00 Moshe VardiFrom Verification to Analysis
16:00–16:50 Rajeev Alur: Reflections and Conversation
Moderated discussion with Rajeev and invited panelists on the evolution of verification, mentorship, and future research directions.
16:50–17:00 Closing Remarks

Sponsors

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Organizational Details

Contact information of organizers:
Loris D’Antoni (ldantoni@ucsd.edu)
Swarat Chaudhuri (swarat@cs.utexas.edu)