Charles Southerland
@proidiot
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Like most of our world, computers don't have to suck, but we must choose improvement. Formal Methods, F(L)OSS, math memes, general nerdiness.
Austin, TX
Joined October 2008
🎉 5 YEARS OF TYPE THEORY FORALL 🎉 To celebrate, I sat down with Andrej Bauer. Student of Dana Scott. A mind equally at home in math and CS. Creator of the Proof Assistants Stack Exchange. One of the clearest thinkers in Type Theory. We dive into Constructivism, Dialectica,
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Put Formal Methods into practice! Join us Wed Dec 3rd at Diogenes Makerspace as we build proofs in Edukera and enjoy tamales + cookies https://t.co/zOj1CwBu7q
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**HOLIDAY PARTY 2025** We've had discussed many topics, but it is finally time to get our hands dirty with some formal proofs! For our holiday event, we will be working thr
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Is there such a thing as perfect, unbreakable cryptography? Come to the Austin Formal Methods Meetup on October 22nd as we discuss Shannon Security!
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**OCTOBER 2025 UPDATE** Is there such a thing as perfect, unbreakable encryption? For our October 2025 meetup, we will be discussing Shannon Security! While Modern Cryptogr
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Tomorrow night, Austin Formal Methods User Group will be discussing Paxos!
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**UPDATE: September 2025** How do systems like Kubernetes and blockchains stay in sync? This Wednesday we’re exploring Paxos — the legendary consensus algorithm at the hear
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Next Wednesday at the Austin Formal Methods User Group, we'll be discussing Weakest Precondition, the technique that first got me into Formal Methods. Hope to see you there! https://t.co/J9Jhkk3Wo3
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This month: Lambda Calculus! Join the Austin Formal Methods User Group at Capital Factory on July 23rd as we begin our journey towards Curry-Howard!
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**UPDATE: JULY 2025** Lambda Calculus! What is it? Why do we care? What does it have to do with Turing machines? This month, we return to our usual spot on the 16th floor o
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Had a great week at NASA Formal Methods, already looking forward to next year!
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Bring your laptop to Diogenes on Wednesday June 25th! The Austin Formal Methods User Group will begin our journey into the world of seL4 with the Microkit tutorial. More details:
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**JUNE 2025 UPDATE** For our June 2025 meetup, we will finally start our journey into seL4! Be sure to bring your laptop as we will start working on the seL4 Microkit tutor
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Join us this Wednesday for the Austin Formal Methods User Group when we will be diving into Temporal Logic! https://t.co/0BirTlSgHC
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In an era dominated by AI hype and shallow engineering checklists, we offer a countercultural voice: one that re-centers the awe, wonder, and beauty at the heart of our discipline. Computer science is not just about building products or optimizing pipelines. 2/9
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In preparation for the ACL2 Workshop in May, next Wednesday the Austin Formal Methods User Group will be discussing ACL2. Hope to see you there!
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**APRIL 2025** For the April 2025 meetup, we'll be getting ready for the upcoming ACL2 Workshop right here in Austin. Also, we have been upgraded to the Antone's room on th
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We're starting a twitch series working on Software Foundations using Rocq! We'll be live in a few minutes
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Hello Austin Gophers! The ATX Go Meetup is THIS WEDNESDAY (April 9th). The meetup includes lightning talks, pizza, beverages, and general discussion. Have a neat idea? A quick talk related to Go? Something to show-and-tell? Swing on by: https://t.co/ysfaK7JZlx
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Last night at the Austin Formal Methods User Group, we had two presentations on Boolean Satisfiability and some great discussions in Q & A! Looking forward to our April meeting, where we plan to ramp up on ACL2
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Ever wondered what's so hard about NP-Complete? Come to the Austin Formal Methods Meetup next Wednesday at Capital Factory to discuss Boolean Satisfiability and SAT Solvers! https://t.co/nxr1fYe83h
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