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Verified information flow of embedded programs

Participants : Jean-Joseph Marty, Lucas Franceschino, Niki Vazou, Jean-Pierre Talpin.

This PhD project is about applying refinement types theory to verified programming of applications and modules of library operating systems, such as unikernels, for embedded devices of the Internet of Things (IoT): TinyOS, Riot, etc. Our topic has focused on developing a model of information flow control using labeled input-outputs (LIO) implemented using F$☆$: project Lio$☆$.

As part of the development of Lio$☆$, we implemented a library that, thanks to static verification, ensures the containment of information in relation to a parameterized policy for information flow control. In collaboration with Niki Vazou (IMDEA) and Lucas Franceschino we have formalized and developed an automatic method to prove non-interference in Meta$☆$. Using the Kremlin code generator, programs using Lio$☆$ can be compiled into C code and run natively on embedded low-resource-constrained devices, without the need for additional runtime system.

In parallel we continued our collaboration with the ProgSys team on a second, now discontinued, project: Gluco$☆$. The goal of this project was to evaluate the capabilities to use the F* programming language to program an entire system by taking into account its software, hardware and physical constraints using type refinements (Towards verified programming of embedded devices. J.-P. Talpin, J.-J. Marty, S. Narayan, D. Stefan, R. Gupta. Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE'19). IEEE, 2019.).