cErik Porter, Charles, Mike Sampson, Grace Francisco, Brian Keller, Nathan Heskew, dshadle, Dan Fernandez, Duncan Mackenzie, Jeff Sandquisthttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel9.msdn.com/tags/C/chttp://channel9.msdn.com/tags/C/en-usWed, 28 Jan 2009 21:09:31 GMTWed, 28 Jan 2009 21:09:31 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3608.3122, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/8/6/4/5/5/4/koskalverifiedc_small_ch9.jpg" border="0" />Michal Moskal gives us a short introduction at the <a href="http://research.microsoft.com/vcc/">Verifying C Compiler</a> (VCC) project. VCC is a tool that proves correctness of annotated concurrent C programs or finds problems in them. VCC extends C with design by contract features, like pre- and postcondition as well as type invariants. The current primary goal of the VCC project is to to verify <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/servers/hyper-v-server/default.mspx">Microsoft Hyper-V</a>. Hyper-V is a hypervisor -- a thin layer of software that sits just above the hardware and beneath one or more operating systems. The Hypervisor verification project is a cooperation between <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/emic/default.mspx">European Microsoft Innovation Center</a> in Aachen, Germany the <a href="http://research.microsoft.com/rise">RiSE</a> group at <a href="http://research.microsoft.com/">Microsoft Research</a> in Redmond and the <a href="http://www.uni-saarland.de/en/">Saarland University</a> in Saarbrücken, Germany.<br /> <br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/vcc/vcc-msrc-2008-full.pdf">VCC slide deck</a>, get the high-level picture and more details, </li> <li><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/vcc">VCC home page</a>, all you want to know. </li> <li>Unfortunately, there is currently no download available of VCC.  </li> </ul> <br /> <p><em>The </em><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/rise"><em>Research in Software Engineering team</em></a><em> (RiSE) coordinates Microsoft's research in Software Engineering in Redmond, USA.</em> </p><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/455468/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Peli/Michal-Moskal-and-The-Verified-C-Compiler/Michal Moskal gives us a short introduction at the Verifying C Compiler (VCC) project. VCC is a tool that proves correctness of annotated concurrent C programs or finds problems in them. VCC extends C with design by contract features, like pre- and postcondition as well as type invariants. The current primary goal of the VCC project is to to verify Microsoft Hyper-V. Hyper-V is a hypervisor -- a thin layer of software that sits just above the hardware and beneath one or more operating systems. The Hypervisor verification project is a cooperation between European Microsoft Innovation Center in Aachen, Germany the RiSE group at Microsoft Research in Redmond and the Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany. VCC slide deck, get the high-level picture and more details, VCC home page, all you want to know. Unfortunately, there is currently no download available of VCC.  The Research in Software Engineering team (RiSE) coordinates Microsoft's research in Software Engineering in Redmond, USA. http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Peli/Michal-Moskal-and-The-Verified-C-Compiler/Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:25:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/8/6/4/5/5/4/koskalverifiedc_ch9.mp449882http://channel9.msdn.com/455468/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Michal Moskal gives us a short introduction at the Verifying C Compiler (VCC) project. VCC is a tool that proves correctness of annotated concurrent C programs or finds problems in them. VCC extends C with design by contract features, like pre- and postcondition as well as type invariants.Peli de HalleuxPeli de Halleux0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Peli/Michal-Moskal-and-The-Verified-C-Compiler/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/455468/Trackback.aspxCCompilersHyperVresearchriseSoftware Engineering ResearchTestingvccverification