[FM-India]IARCS Verification Seminar Series -- Talk by Soumyadip Bandyopadhyay on May 12 at 1900 hrs IST

Dear all, The next talk in the IARCS Verification Seminar Series will be given by Soumyadip Bandyopadhyay, an industrial researcher and engineer at ABB, specializing in verification and evolution of safety-critical automation software.. The talk is scheduled on Tuesday, May 12, at 1900 hrs IST (add to Google calendar <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NDR2dTZtcnY1dXBhOWViNWdyc3JuMDE1bm8gdnNzLmlhcmNzQG0&tmsrc=vss.iarcs%40gmail.com> ). The details of the talk can be found on our webpage ( https://fmindia.cmi.ac.in/vss/), and also appended to the body of this email. The Verification Seminar Series, an initiative by the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS), is a monthly, online talk-series, broadly in the area of Formal Methods and Programming Languages, with applications in Verification and Synthesis. The aim of this talk-series is to provide a platform for Formal Methods researchers to interact regularly. In addition, we hope that it will make it easier for researchers to explore newer problems/areas and collaborate on them, and for younger researchers to start working in these areas. All are welcome to join. Best regards, Organizers, IARCS Verification Seminar Series ============================================================= Title: Formal Verification of PLC Software Evolution Across Migration and Upgrade Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89164094870?pwd=eUFNRWp0bHYxRVpwVVNoVUdHU0djQT09 (Meeting ID: 891 6409 4870, Passcode: 082194) Abstract: Industrial plants rely on Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Distributed Control Systems (DCS) for automation. As industrial requirements evolve, control software undergoes *migration* from legacy languages such as Taylor™ Control Language (TCL) to IEC 61131-3 compliant Sequential Function Charts (SFC), as well as *upgradation* of existing SFC programs through the addition of new features. Both processes risk introducing unintended behavioural deviations that may compromise safety. This work addresses automatic behavioural verification during PLC software evolution. We present a Petri net based framework that models TCL and SFC programs as formal behavioural representations. The approach verifies behavioural equivalence for migration and checks containment between older and upgraded SFC versions using a symbolic path-based equivalence checking algorithm, ensuring the preservation of existing functionality while accommodating new features. Bio: Soumyadip Bandyopadhyay is an industrial researcher and engineer specializing in verification and evolution of safety-critical automation software. He currently works at ABB, contributing to the development and validation of industrial control systems based on Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Distributed Control Systems (DCS). His work focuses on ensuring correctness, reliability, and safe modernization of legacy control software through formal verification, behavioral equivalence checking, and automated software migration techniques. With prior experience as an Assistant Professor at BITS Pilani and a postdoctoral researcher at the Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany, he bridges academic research and industrial practice. His interests include formal methods for industrial automation, trustworthy AI for engineering workflows, and verification of software upgrades in large-scale industrial systems.