Objective Proof assistants are increasingly used to verify hardware and software and to formalize mathematics. However, despite the success stories, they remain very laborious to use. The situation has improved with the integration of first-order automatic theorem provers -- superposition provers and SMT (satisfiability modulo theories) solvers -- through middleware such as Sledgehammer for Isabelle, codeveloped by the PI; but this research has now reached the point of diminishing returns. Only so much can be done when viewing automatic provers as black boxes.To make interactive verification more cost-effective, we propose to deliver very high levels of automation to users of proof assistants by fusing and extending two lines of research: automatic and interactive theorem proving. This is our grand challenge. Our starting point is that first-order automatic provers are the best tools available for performing most of the logical work. Our approach will be to enrich superposition and SMT with higher-order reasoning in a careful manner, to preserve their desirable properties. We will design proof rules and strategies, guided by representative benchmarks from interactive verification.With higher-order superposition and higher-order SMT in place, we will develop highly automatic provers building on modern superposition provers and SMT solvers, following a novel stratified architecture. To reach end users, these new provers will be integrated in proof assistants, including Coq, Isabelle, and the TLA+ Proof System, and will be available as backends to more specialized verification tools. The users of proof assistants and similar tools stand to experience substantial productivity gains: In the past five years, the success rate of automatic provers on interactive proof obligations from a representative benchmark suite has risen from 47% to 77%; with this project, we aim at 90%--95% proof automation. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresocial sciencessociologyindustrial relationsautomationsocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivitynatural sciencesmathematics Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Topic(s) ERC-2016-STG - ERC Starting Grant Call for proposal ERC-2016-STG See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-STG - Starting Grant Coordinator STICHTING VU Net EU contribution € 994 688,00 Address De boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam Netherlands See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Beneficiaries (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all STICHTING VU Netherlands Net EU contribution € 994 688,00 Address De boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE France Net EU contribution € 428 750,00 Address Domaine de voluceau rocquencourt 78153 Le chesnay cedex See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Yvelines Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Third-party Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure. UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE Participation ended France Net EU contribution € 75 000,00 Address Cours leopold 34 54052 Nancy cedex See on map Region Grand Est Lorraine Meurthe-et-Moselle Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
