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Citations
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World Ranking
9501
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to automated reasoning about computing systems.
  • 2006 - ACM Fellow For contributions to mechanized theorem proving.
  • 2005 - ACM Software System Award For pioneering and engineering a most effective theorem prover (named the Boyer-Moore Theorem Prover) as a formal methods tool for verifying safety-critical hardware and software.

Overview

J. Strother Moore is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with a focus on subfields such as Computational Theory and Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Hardware and Architecture.

Their scholarly work addresses several main topics including Logic, programming, and type systems, Numerical Methods and Algorithms, Formal Methods in Verification, Particle accelerators and beam dynamics, Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques, Magnetic confinement fusion research, and Low-power high-performance VLSI design.

Moore has contributed to a range of publications, prominently in venues such as:

  • Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
  • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
  • Formal Aspects of Computing

Notable recent papers include:

  • Iteration in ACL2 (2020), Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
  • VWSIM: A Circuit Simulator (2022), Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
  • 324: Evaluating parental and child knowledge of the role and function of enzymes in cystic fibrosis before and after a novel educational animated video (2021), Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
  • Proceedings Seventeenth International Workshop on the ACL2 Theorem Prover and its Applications (2022), Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
  • Advances in ACL2 Proof Debugging Tools (2023), Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science

Frequent coauthors in Moore's research include:

  • Matt Kaufmann
  • Warren A. Hunt
  • Vivek Ramanathan
  • Enid Wright
  • C McCabe

Their work involves contributions across logic and formal verification methodologies, theorem proving applications, and simulation tools.

Moore has received several awards acknowledging their professional achievements:

  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2007) for contributions to automated reasoning about computing systems
  • ACM Fellow (2006) for contributions to mechanized theorem proving
  • ACM Software System Award (2005) for pioneering and engineering a theorem prover used in verifying safety-critical hardware and software

Best Publications

  • A fast string searching algorithm

    Robert S. Boyer;J. Strother Moore

  • A computational logic

    Robert S. Boyer;J. Strother Moore

  • Computer-aided reasoning : ACL2 case studies

    Matt Kaufmann;Panagiotis Manolios;J. Strother Moore

  • Computer-Aided Reasoning: An Approach

    Matt Kaufmann;J. Strother Moore;Panagiotis Manolios

  • A Computational Logic Handbook

    Robert S. Boyer;J. Strother Moore

  • Proving Theorems about LISP Functions

    Robert S. Boyer;J. Strother Moore

  • MJRTY—A Fast Majority Vote Algorithm

    Robert S. Boyer;J. Strother Moore

  • An Industrial Strength Theorem Prover for a Logic Based on Common Lisp

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  • An approach to systems verification

    William R. Bevier;Warren A. Hunt;J. Strother Moore;William D. Young

  • The Correctness Problem in Computer Science

    Robert S. Boyer;J. Strother Moore

  • Metafunctions: Proving Them Correct and Using Them Efficiently as New Proof Procedures.

    Robert S Boyer;J Strother Moore

  • ACL2 Theorems About Commercial Microprocessors

    Bishop Brock;Matt Kaufmann;J. Strother Moore

  • ACL2: an industrial strength version of Nqthm

    M. Kaufmann;J. Strother Moore

  • A mechanically verified language implementation

    J. Strother Moore

  • Piton: A Mechanically Verified Assembly-Level Language

    J. Strother Moore

  • The Boyer-Moore theorem prover and its interactive enhancement

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  • A Mechanically Checked Proof of the AMD5K86TM Floating Point Division Program

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  • System verification

    J. Strother Moore

  • Structured Theory Development for a Mechanized Logic

    Matt Kaufmann;J. Strother Moore

  • Single-Threaded Objects in ACL2

    Robert S. Boyer;J. Strother Moore

  • Functional instantiation in first-order logic

    Robert S. Boyer;David M. Goldschlag;Matt Kaufmann;J. Strother Moore

  • Symbolic Simulation: An ACL2 Approach

    J. Strother Moore

  • A Mechanical Proof of the Unsolvability of the Halting Problem

    Robert S. Boyer;J. Strother Moore

Frequent Co-Authors

George Porter
George Porter University of California, San Diego
Robert B. Schnabel
Robert B. Schnabel University of Colorado Boulder
Fernando Pereira
Fernando Pereira Google (United States)
Bruce G. Buchanan
Bruce G. Buchanan University of Pittsburgh

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