@fmasworkshop
International Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems, organised by Matt Luckcuck, Marie Farrell, & Maike Schwammberger Skeets by Matt Luckcuck & Akhila Bairy Website: https://fmasworkshop.github.io
β³ FLoC 2026 Deadlines Coming!
π Jan 15+22 (LICS)
π Jan 23+30 (FSCD)
π Jan 24+31 (ICLP)
π Jan 28 (CAV)
π Jan 29 (CSF)
π Feb 6+13 (IJCAR)
π Feb 8+13 (KR)
π Feb 12+19 (ITP)
π Feb 20+27 (SAT)
π Feb 28+Mar 7 (CP)
Learn more: www.floc26.org
#FLoC2026 #LogicInCS
My colleague called LLMs βthe modern horoscopeβ, and itβs now my favorite definition π
**Call for Scholarship Applications**
Limited travel support available for students attending #FLoC26 Mentoring Workshop @floc2026.bsky.social.
Deadline: 13 April, 2026
Apply at: forms.gle/89q9AaNfZV3f...
Notification: 20 April, 2026
Help us spread the word!
More details: tinyurl.com/floc26mw
A photo of Andy wearing a white shirt with an embroidered pattern.
Curious about #robots inspired by insects? π€
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Prof. Andrew Philippides from @sussex.ac.uk about what we can learn from ants and bees to improve robot navigation.
Send me your questions for Andy in the comments below!
Wait, what?! Grammarly made an AI persona of me and all these other journalists?!!!!!
Thank you @caseynewton.bsky.social for shaming them into at least offering a paltry optoutβ although obviously that is not enough.
www.platformer.news/grammarly-ex...
Last chance to send me your questions for Simona!
What would you love to know about ocean observation robots?
We have 'retired' the #FMAS Twitter account. So if you're seeing this, then you're still in the right place to keep up to date with all things FMAS!
We also have a LinkedIn group (www.linkedin.com/groups/10019... ) if you're so inclined, but we're still working out what to do with it.
#FMAS2026
I've discovered 255 Bluesky users from my social network using the Sky Follower Bridge, which has been really useful.
Hopefully that is the most active people, now that we have 'retired' the #FMAS Twitter account.
Sky Follower Bridge: share.sky-follower-bridge.dev?q=255
#skyfollowerbridge
i think enthusiastic LLM use is mostly a stack of cognitive biases, unacknowledged plagiarism, and unmet needs in a trenchcoat
but also my main objections aren't about them being bad at tasks so i don't care if you think they've gotten better at it
It is kind of suspicious that the only people I see actively defending LLMs as morally neutral seem to have very specific career incentives to do so. Especially in the academy!
Out now! Morganβs Formal Methods, Informally | An undergraduate textbook showing how to use formal methods informally, without formal logic, to write and maintain computer programs.
Find out more: βοΈ https://cup.org/4rMx5A4
Formal Methods in Robot Policy Learning and Verification: A Survey on Current Techniques and Futu...
Anastasios Manganaris, Vittorio Giammarino, Ahmed H Qureshi, Suresh Jagannathan
Action editor: Oleg Arenz
https://openreview.net/forum?id=DZkikdg5sl
#policies #robot #policy
A black and white photo of Simona wearing sunglasses and a dark jumper.
Got questions about #robots for ocean observation? π€
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Simona Aracri from the National Research Council of Italy about innovative robot designs for oceanography and environmental monitoring.
Send me your questions for Simona in the comments below!
Thanking Last Yearβs Partners & Calling New Partners for 2026 π
#FM2026 will also host the FM Doctoral Symposium, for PhD students to present and discuss their work on #Formal Methods, meet other PhD students, get early feedback, and talk with senior academics about research and career strategy.
Details at:
FME is inviting proposals to host the 28th International Symposium on Formal Methods in Autumn 2027 (#FM2027), preferably in Europe
Dates
* Optional 01 Dec 2025: Expression of Interest
* 15 Jan 2026: Proposals
* 15 Feb 2026: Notification
Details: www.fmeurope.org/2025/09/14/f...
New Book Review:
Patrizio Pelliccione reviews Andrzej Wasowski and Thorsten Berger's book "Domain-Specific Languages β Effective Modeling, Automation, and Reuse"
www.fmeurope.org/2025/11/26/b...
#FormalMethods
New Book Review
Thao Dang reviews Chuchu Fan''s book "Formal Methods for Safe Autonomy: Data-driven Verification, Synthesis, and Applications"
www.fmeurope.org/2025/11/26/b...
#FormalMethods
And with that amazing session, it's time for us to bid farewell! π
#FMAS2025 comes to an end!
Thank you to all the participants, attendees, the program committee, and the
chairs for making this event a success!
-- Organizing Committee
*the last paper of this session
The paper of this session, "The CAISAR Platform: Extending the Reach of Machine Learning Specification and Verification", is an #iFM paper and is being presented by @determineddust.bsky.social
The paper "Towards A Catalogue of Formalised Requirement Patterns for Robotic Space Missions" by Mahdi Etumi, Hazel Taylor, and Marie Farrell is in the #FMAS2025 proceedings: cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~eptcs/paper...
Mahdi Etumi presents their paper (the best #FMAS2025 paper!) titled "Towards A Catalogue of Formalised Requirement Patterns for Robotic Space Missions".
The first paper of #iFM, "Formal Modelling of Trust in Autonomous Delivery Vehicles" is being presented now by Manar Altamimi.
We will be back after coffee for the final session of #FMAS2025!
This session will be chaired by our PC Chair, Maike Schwammberger, and it contains two #iFM papers and the best paper from #FMAS2025.
Caterina Urban, Ferruccio Damiani, and Marie Farrell on stage.
General chair @caterinaurban.bsky.social opening #ifm25 at Inria Paris with PC chairs Ferruccio Damiani and Marie Farrell. 1/2
Did you ever wish to explore the use of Integrated Formal Methods for the Verification of Cyber-Physical and Autonomous Systems?
Prof. Paula Herber is giving the keynote talk on this right now! #FMAS2025 #iFM
If you can't attend the talk, it'll be recorded and uploaded online.
#iFM2025 kicks off with a bang!
General chair, Caterina Urban, and PC Chairs Ferruccio Damiani and Marie Ferrell, welcoming guests!
