Thomas Sewell
Lecturer
Research Interests
Thomas is interested in software verification, programming languages and operating systems. He has contributed extensively to major software verification projects such as the seL4 verified microkernel and the CakeML verified compiler.
Contact Details
| Phone: | +61 2 9490 5883 |
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| Email: | thomas.sewell@unsw.edu.au |
More contact information is available at the Contact page.
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Career Summary
NICTA, Chalmers University and Cambridge University
Qualifications
Bachelor of Engineering (Software Engineering)/Bachelor of Science (Pure Mathematics), UNSW. PhD, UNSW
Publications
- Google Scholar profile
- Best Papers
- TS Group Papers (2021, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008)
Best Papers
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Thomas Sewell, Chi Kam and Gernot Heiser Complete, high-assurance determination of loop bounds and infeasible paths for WCET analysis IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), Vienna, Austria, April, 2016 Outstanding Paper award |
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Gerwin Klein, June Andronick, Kevin Elphinstone, Toby Murray, Thomas Sewell, Rafal Kolanski and Gernot Heiser Comprehensive formal verification of an OS microkernel ACM Transactions on Computer Systems, Volume 32, Number 1, pp. 2:1-2:70, February, 2014 |
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Thomas Sewell, Magnus Myreen and Gerwin Klein Translation validation for a verified OS kernel ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation, pp. 471–481, Seattle, Washington, USA, June, 2013 |
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Thomas Sewell, Simon Winwood, Peter Gammie, Toby Murray, June Andronick and Gerwin Klein seL4 enforces integrity International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving, pp. 325–340, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, August, 2011 |
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Gerwin Klein, Kevin Elphinstone, Gernot Heiser, June Andronick, David Cock, Philip Derrin, Dhammika Elkaduwe, Kai Engelhardt, Rafal Kolanski, Michael Norrish, Thomas Sewell, Harvey Tuch and Simon Winwood seL4: Formal verification of an OS kernel ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, pp. 207–220, Big Sky, MT, USA, October, 2009 Best Paper Award Hall of Fame Award |
Trustworthy Systems Group Papers
2021
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Liam O'Connor, Zilin Chen, Christine Rizkallah, Vincent Jackson, Sidney Amani, Gerwin Klein, Toby Murray, Thomas Sewell and Gabriele Keller Cogent: Uniqueness types and certifying compilation Journal of Functional Programming, Volume 31, 2021 |
2017
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Thomas Sewell Translation validation for verified, efficient and timely operating systems PhD Thesis, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, July, 2017 |
2016
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Liam O'Connor, Zilin Chen, Christine Rizkallah, Sidney Amani, Japheth Lim, Toby Murray, Yutaka Nagashima, Thomas Sewell and Gerwin Klein Refinement through restraint: Bringing down the cost of verification International Conference on Functional Programming, Nara, Japan, September, 2016 |
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Christine Rizkallah, Japheth Lim, Yutaka Nagashima, Thomas Sewell, Zilin Chen, Liam O'Connor, Toby Murray, Gabriele Keller and Gerwin Klein A framework for the automatic formal verification of refinement from Cogent to C International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving, Nancy, France, August, 2016 |
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Sidney Amani, Alex Hixon, Zilin Chen, Christine Rizkallah, Peter Chubb, Liam O'Connor, Joel Beeren, Yutaka Nagashima, Japheth Lim, Thomas Sewell, Joseph Tuong, Gabriele Keller, Toby Murray, Gerwin Klein and Gernot Heiser Cogent: verifying high-assurance file system implementations International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems, pp. 175–188, Atlanta, GA, USA, April, 2016 |
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Thomas Sewell, Chi Kam and Gernot Heiser Complete, high-assurance determination of loop bounds and infeasible paths for WCET analysis IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), Vienna, Austria, April, 2016 Outstanding Paper award |
2014
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Thomas Sewell Formal replay of translation validation for highly optimised c: Work in progress Verification and Program Transformation, Vienna, Austria, July, 2014 |
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Gerwin Klein, June Andronick, Kevin Elphinstone, Toby Murray, Thomas Sewell, Rafal Kolanski and Gernot Heiser Comprehensive formal verification of an OS microkernel ACM Transactions on Computer Systems, Volume 32, Number 1, pp. 2:1-2:70, February, 2014 |
2013
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Andrew Boyton, June Andronick, Callum Bannister, Matthew Fernandez, Xin Gao, David Greenaway, Gerwin Klein, Corey Lewis and Thomas Sewell Formally verified system initialisation International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, pp. 70–85, Queenstown, New Zealand, October, 2013 |
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Thomas Sewell, Magnus Myreen and Gerwin Klein Translation validation for a verified OS kernel ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation, pp. 471–481, Seattle, Washington, USA, June, 2013 |
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Toby Murray and Thomas Sewell Above and beyond: seL4 noninterference and binary verification Abstract, 2013 High Confidence Software and Systems Conference, Annapolis, MD, May, 2013. |
2011
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Thomas Sewell, Simon Winwood, Peter Gammie, Toby Murray, June Andronick and Gerwin Klein seL4 enforces integrity International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving, pp. 325–340, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, August, 2011 |
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Gerwin Klein, Toby Murray, Peter Gammie, Thomas Sewell and Simon Winwood Provable security: How feasible is it? Workshop on Hot Topics in Operating Systems (HotOS), pp. 5, Napa, USA, May, 2011 |
2010
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Gerwin Klein, June Andronick, Kevin Elphinstone, Gernot Heiser, David Cock, Philip Derrin, Dhammika Elkaduwe, Kai Engelhardt, Rafal Kolanski, Michael Norrish, Thomas Sewell, Harvey Tuch and Simon Winwood seL4: Formal verification of an operating-system kernel Communications of the ACM, Volume 53, Number 6, pp. 107–115, June, 2010 Research Highlights paper |
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Gerwin Klein, Thomas Sewell and Simon Winwood Refinement in the formal verification of seL4 Design and Verification of Microprocessor Systems for High-Assurance Applications, pp. 323–339, Springer, 2010 |
2009
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Gerwin Klein, Kevin Elphinstone, Gernot Heiser, June Andronick, David Cock, Philip Derrin, Dhammika Elkaduwe, Kai Engelhardt, Rafal Kolanski, Michael Norrish, Thomas Sewell, Harvey Tuch and Simon Winwood seL4: Formal verification of an OS kernel ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, pp. 207–220, Big Sky, MT, USA, October, 2009 Best Paper Award Hall of Fame Award |
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Simon Winwood, Gerwin Klein, Thomas Sewell, June Andronick, David Cock and Michael Norrish Mind the gap: A verification framework for low-level C International Conference on Theorem Proving in Higher Order Logics, pp. 500–515, Munich, Germany, August, 2009 |
2008
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David Cock, Gerwin Klein and Thomas Sewell Secure microkernels, state monads and scalable refinement International Conference on Theorem Proving in Higher Order Logics, pp. 167–182, Montreal, Canada, August, 2008 |