Coq selected as recipient of the 2013 Software system Award
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Coq is a software tool for the interactive development of formal proofs, which is a key enabling technology for certified software. It provides a formal language to write mathematical definitions, executable algorithms and theorems together with an environment for semi-interactive development of machine-checked proofs. An open source product, Coq has played an influential role in formal methods, programming languages, program verification and formal mathematics. As certification gains importance in academic and industrial arenas, Coq plays a critical role as a primary programming and certification tool. Coq’s first implementation was in 1985, when it was named CoC (the acronym for the logic it implemented: the Calculus of Constructions). This system was developed by the Coq Development Team whose primary members were Thierry Coquand, University of Gothenburg; Gérard Huet, INRIA Paris – Rocquencourt; Christine Paulin-Mohring, University Paris Sud/INRIA Saclay; Bruno Barras, INRIA Saclay/École Polytechnique; Jean-Christophe Filliâtre, CNRS/INRIA Saclay; Hugo Herbelin, INRIA Paris – Rocquencourt; Chet Murthy, Google Inc.; Yves Bertot, INRIA Sophia; and Pierre Castéran, University of Bordeaux.
ACM will present the 2013 Software System Award at its annual Awards Banquet on June 21 in San Francisco, CA.
