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Publikationsliste für
Josef Widder
als Autorin / Autor bzw. wesentlich beteiligte Person

70 Datensätze (2003 - 2021)


Bücher und Buch-Herausgaben


R. Bloem, S. Jacobs, A. Khalimov, I. Konnov, S. Rubin, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"Decidability of Parameterized Verification";
Morgan & Claypool Publishers, San Rafael, CA, USA, 2015, ISBN: 9781627057431; 170 S.

B. Charron-Bost, A. Rybalchenko, S. Merz, J. Widder:
"Formal Verification of Distributed Algorithms (Dagstuhl Seminar 13141)";
in Buchreihe "Dagstuhl Reports", Buchreihen-Herausgeber: Schloss Dagstuhl; herausgegeben von: Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik; Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik, Germany, Dagstuhl, Deutschland, 2013, ISSN: 2192-5283, 16 S.

U. Schmid, J. Widder (Hrg.):
"Proceedings 32nd International Symposium on Distributed Computing";
Dagstuhl Publishing LIPICS, 2018, ISBN: 978-3-95977-092-7; 736 S.

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Zeitschriftenartikel


R. Bloem, S. Jacobs, A. Khalimov, I. Konnov, S. Rubin, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"Decidability of Parameterized Verification";
ACM SIGACT News, 47 (2016), 2; S. 53 - 64.

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B. Charron-Bost, M Függer, L. Welch, J. Widder:
"Time Complexity of Link Reversal Routing";
ACM Transactions on Algorithms, 11 (2015), 3; S. 1 - 39.

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B. Charron-Bost, A. Gaillard, L. Welch, J. Widder:
"Link Reversal Routing with Binary Link Labels: Work Complexity";
SIAM JOURNAL ON COMPUTING, 42 (2013), 2; S. 634 - 661.

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B. Charron-Bost, M. Hutle, J. Widder:
"In search of lost time";
Information Processing Letters, 110 (2010), 21; S. 928 - 933.

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I. Konnov, M. Lazić, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"Para^2: Parameterized Path Reduction, Acceleration, and SMT for Reachability in Threshold-Guarded Distributed Algorithms";
Formal Methods in System Design (eingeladen), 51 (2017), 2; S. 270 - 307.

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I. Konnov, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"On the completeness of bounded model checking for threshold-based distributed algorithms: Reachability";
Information and Computation, 252 (2017), S. 95 - 109.

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J. Widder, M. Biely:
"Optimal Message-Driven Implementations of Omega with Mute Processes";
ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems., 4 (2009), 1; S. ?.

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J. Widder, M. Biely, G. Gridling, B. Weiss, J. Blanquart:
"Consensus in the presence of mortal Byzantine faulty processes";
Distributed Computing, 24 (2012), 6; S. 299 - 321.

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J. Widder, U. Schmid:
"The Theta-Model: achieving synchrony without clocks";
Distributed Computing, 22 (2009), 1; S. 29 - 47.

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Buchbeiträge


A. Gmeiner, I. Konnov, U. Schmid, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"Tutorial on Parameterized Model Checking of Fault-Tolerant Distributed Algorithms";
in: "Formal Methods for Executable Software Models", Springer, 2014, (eingeladen), ISBN: 978-3-319-07316-3, S. 122 - 171.

J. Widder, U. Schmid:
"Booting Clock Synchronization in Partially Synchronous Systems with Hybrid Process and Link Failures";
in: "Distributed Computing", Springer-Verlag, 2007, S. 115 - 140.

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Beiträge in Tagungsbänden


N. Bertrand, I. Konnov, M. Lazić, J. Widder:
"Verification of Randomized Consensus Algorithms Under Round-Rigid Adversaries";
in: "30th International Conference on Concurrency Theory", Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik, Germany, 2019, S. 33:1 - 33:15.

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A. Damian, C. Dragoi, A. Militaru, J. Widder:
"Communication-Closed Asynchronous Protocols";
in: "International Conference on Computer Aided Verification", Springer, 2019, S. 344 - 363.

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I. Stoilkovska, I. Konnov, J. Widder, F. Zuleger:
"Eliminating Message Counters in Threshold Automata";
in: "Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis - 18th Symposium, 2020, Hanoi, Vietnam", 12302; Springer LNCS, 2020, S. 196 - 212.

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I. Stoilkovska, I. Konnov, J. Widder, F. Zuleger:
"Verifying Safety of Synchronous Fault-Tolerant Algorithms by Bounded Model Checking";
in: "International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems", Springer, 2019, S. 357 - 374.


Vorträge und Posterpräsentationen (mit Tagungsband-Eintrag)


D. Albeseder, J. Widder:
"Simulating Distributed Real-Time Systems";
Poster: Junior Scientist Conference, Wien; 19.04.2006 - 21.04.2006; in: "Junior Scientist Conference 2006", (2006), S. 83 - 84.

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B. Aminof, S. Rubin, I. Stoilkovska, J. Widder, F. Zuleger:
"Parameterized Model Checking of Synchronous Distributed Algorithms by Abstraction";
Vortrag: Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation (VMCAI), Los Angeles; 07.01.2018 - 09.01.2018; in: "VMCAI", LNCS/Springer, 10747 (2018), S. 1 - 24.

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B. Aminof, I. Stoilkovska, S. Rubin, J. Widder, F. Zuleger:
"Parameterized Model Checking of Synchronous Distributed Algorithms by Abstraction";
Vortrag: International Conference on Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation (VMCAI), Los Angeles; 07.01.2018 - 09.01.2018; in: "Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation - 19th International Conference, VMCAI 2018, Los Angeles, CA, USA, January 7-9, 2018, Proceedings", LNCS, 10747 (2018), ISBN: 978-3-319-73720-1; S. 1 - 24.

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E. Anceaume, C. Delporte-Gallet, H. Fauconnier, M. Hurfin, J. Widder:
"Clock Synchronization in the Byzantine-Recovery Failure Model";
Vortrag: International Conference On Principles Of Distributed Systems (OPODIS), Guadeloupe; 17.12.2007 - 20.12.2007; in: "International Conference On Principles Of DIstributed System", (2007), S. 90 - 104.

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M. Biely, B. Charron-Bost, A. Gaillard, M. Hutle, A. Schiper, J. Widder:
"Tolerating Corrupted Communication";
Vortrag: ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, Portland; 12.08.2007 - 15.08.2007; in: "26th ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC'07)", (2007), S. 244 - 253.

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M. Biely, M. Hutle, L. Penso, J. Widder:
"Relating Stabilizing Timing Assumptions to Stabilizing Failure Detectors Regarding Solvability and Efficiency";
Vortrag: Ninth International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2007), Paris; 14.11.2007 - 16.11.2007; in: "stabilization", (2007).

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M. Biely, J. Widder:
"Optimal Message-Driven Implementations of Omega with Mute Processes";
Vortrag: 8th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, Dallas; 17.11.2006 - 19.11.2006; in: "Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems", (2006), S. 110 - 121.

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B. Charron-Bost, A. Gaillard, L. Welch, J. Widder:
"Routing without Ordering";
Vortrag: SPAA 2009 (Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures), Calgary, Alberta, Canada; 11.08.2009 - 13.08.2009; in: "Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures", ACM, (2009), ISBN: 978-1-60558-606-9; S. 145 - 153.

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B. Charron-Bost, L. Welch, J. Widder:
"Link Reversal: How to Play Better to Work Less";
Vortrag: ALGOSENSORS 2009 (5th International Workshop on Algorithmic Aspects of Wireless Sensor Networks), Rhodes, Greece; 10.07.2009 - 11.07.2009; in: "Algorithmic Aspects of Wireless Sensor Networks", Springer, 5304/2008 (2009), ISBN: 9783642054334; S. 88 - 110.

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T. Deutsch, J. Widder:
"Approaching Verification and Validation Challenges in Smart Grids";
Vortrag: Symposium Communications for Energy Systems, Wien; 29.09.2014 - 01.10.2014; in: "Tagungsband ComForEn 2014", Eigenverlag des Österreich isch en Verbandes für Elektrotec h nik, (2014), ISBN: 978-3-85133-083-0; 6 S.

C. Dragoi, T. Henzinger, H. Veith, J. Widder, D. Zufferey:
"A Logic-Based Framework for Verifying Consensus Algorithms";
Vortrag: Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation (VMCAI), San Diego; 19.02.2014 - 21.02.2014; in: "VMCAI", Springer / LNCS, 8318 (2014), ISBN: 978-3-642-54012-7; S. 161 - 181.

C. Dragoi, M. Lazić, J. Widder:
"Communication-Closed Layers as Paradigm for Distributed Systems: A Manifesto";
Vortrag: Sinteza 2018 International Scientific Conference on Information Technology and Data Related Research, Belgrad, Serbien (eingeladen); 20.04.2018; in: "Sinteza 2018 International Scientific Conference on Information Technology and Data Related Research", Singidunum University, 15 (2018), S. 131 - 138.

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M Függer, T. Handl, A. Steininger, J. Widder, C. Tögel:
"An Efficient Test for a Transition Signalling based Up-/Down-Counter";
Poster: Austrochip, Wien; 11.10.2006; in: "Austrochip Mikroelektroniktagung", (2006), S. 55 - 62.

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M Függer, J. Widder:
"Efficient Checking of Link-Reversal-Based Concurrent Systems";
Vortrag: International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR), Newcaslte upon Tyne, UK; 03.09.2012 - 08.09.2012; in: "CONCUR 2012 - Concurrency Theory", Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Verlag., 7454 (2012), ISBN: 978-3-642-32939-5; S. 486 - 499.

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J.-F. Hermant, J. Widder:
"Implementing Reliable Distributed Real Time Systems with the Theta Model";
Vortrag: International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems, Pisa; 12.12.2005 - 14.12.2005; in: "9th International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems", (2005), S. 259 - 271.

M. Hutle, J. Widder:
"Brief Announcement: On the Possibility and the Impossibility of Message-Driven Self-Stabilizing Failure Detection";
Vortrag: ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, Las Vegas, Nevada; 17.07.2005 - 20.07.2005; in: "Proceedings of the 24th ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing", (2005), S. 208.

M. Hutle, J. Widder:
"On the Possibility and the Impossibility of Message-Driven Self-Stabilizing Failure Detection";
Vortrag: Seventh International Symposium on Self Stabilizing Systems (SSS 2005), Barcelona, Spanien; 26.10.2005 - 27.10.2005; in: "Self Stabilizing Systems", (2005), S. 153 - 170.

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M. Hutle, J. Widder:
"Self-Stabilizing Failure Detector Algorithms";
Vortrag: IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, Innsbruck, Austria; 15.02.2005 - 17.02.2005; in: "IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks", (2005), ISBN: 0-88986-468-3; S. 485 - 490.

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A. John, I. Konnov, U. Schmid, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"Brief announcement: parameterized model checking of fault-tolerant distributed algorithms by abstraction";
Vortrag: ACM SIGACT-SIGOPS Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC), Montreal, Kanada; 22.07.2013 - 24.07.2013; in: "PODC", ACM, (2013), ISBN: 978-1-4503-2065-8; S. 119 - 121.

A. John, I. Konnov, U. Schmid, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"Parameterized model checking of fault-tolerant distributed algorithms by abstraction";
Vortrag: International Conference on Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design (FMCAD), Portland, OR, USA; 20.10.2013 - 23.10.2013; in: "FMCAD", (2013), ISBN: 978-0-9835678-3-7; S. 201 - 209.

A. John, I. Konnov, U. Schmid, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"Towards Modeling and Model Checking Fault-Tolerant Distributed Algorithms";
Vortrag: International SPIN Symposium on Model Checking of Software (SPIN), Stony Brook, NY, USA; 08.07.2013 - 09.07.2013; in: "SPIN", LNCS, Springer, 7976 (2013), ISBN: 978-3-642-39175-0; S. 209 - 226.

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I. Konnov, M. Lazić, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"A short counterexample property for safety and liveness verification of fault-tolerant distributed algorithms";
Vortrag: 44th ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages (POPL), Paris, France; 18.01.2017 - 20.01.2017; in: "POPL", ACM, Paris (2017), ISBN: 978-1-4503-4660-3; S. 719 - 734.

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I. Konnov, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"On the Completeness of Bounded Model Checking for Threshold-Based Distributed Algorithms: Reachability";
Vortrag: International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR), Rom, Italien; 02.09.2014 - 05.09.2014; in: "CONCUR", (2014), S. 125 - 140.

I. Konnov, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"SMT and POR beat Counter Abstraction: Parameterized Model Checking of Threshold-Based Distributed Algorithms";
Vortrag: International Conference on Computer Aided Verification (CAV), San Francisco, CA, USA; 18.07.2015 - 24.07.2015; in: "Computer Aided Verification", LNCS Springer, 9206 (2015), ISBN: 978-3-319-21689-8; S. 85 - 102.

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I. Konnov, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"What You Always Wanted to Know About Model Checking of Fault-Tolerant Distributed Algorithms";
Hauptvortrag: Perspectives of System Informatics: 10th International Andrei Ershov Informatics Conference, Kazan, Russland (eingeladen); 25.08.2015 - 27.08.2015; in: "Perspectives of System Informatics: 10th International Andrei Ershov Informatics Conference, PSI 2015", LNCS / Springer, 9609 (2016), S. 6 - 21.

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I. Konnov, J. Widder:
"ByMC: Byzantine Model Checker";
Vortrag: International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods (ISoLA), Limasol, Zypern; 05.11.2018 - 09.11.2018; in: "ISOLA", Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Verlag., 11246 (2018), ISBN: 978-3-642-34025-3; S. 327 - 342.

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I. Konnov, J. Widder, F. Spegni, L. Spalazzi:
"Accuracy of Message Counting Abstraction in Fault-Tolerant Distributed Algorithms";
Vortrag: Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation (VMCAI), Paris; 15.01.2017 - 17.01.2017; in: "VMCAI 2017: Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation", Springer, LNCS/10145/Paris (2017), ISBN: 978-3-319-52233-3; S. 347 - 366.

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J. Kukovec, I. Konnov, J. Widder:
"Reachability in Parameterized Systems: All Flavors of Threshold Automata";
Vortrag: International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR), Bejing, China; 04.09.2018 - 07.09.2018; in: "29th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2018)", Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing, 118 (2018), ISBN: 978-3-95977-087-3; S. 19:1 - 19:17.

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M. Lazić, I. Konnov, J. Widder, R. Bloem:
"Synthesis of Distributed Algorithms with Parameterized Threshold Guards";
Vortrag: International Conference On Principles Of Distributed Systems (OPODIS), Lissabon; 18.12.2017 - 20.12.2017; in: "OPODIS", LIPIcs-Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, (2017), S. 32:1 - 32:20.

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S. Sastry, L. Welch, J. Widder:
"Wait-Free Stabilizing Dining Using Regular Registers";
Vortrag: International Conference On Principles Of Distributed Systems (OPODIS), Rom; 17.12.2012 - 20.12.2012; in: "OPODIS", LNCS / Springer, 7702 (2012), ISBN: 978-3-642-35475-5; S. 284 - 299.

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S. Sastry, J. Widder:
"Solvability-Based Comparison of Failure Detectors";
Vortrag: International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA), Boston, MA, USA; 21.08.2014 - 23.08.2014; in: "NCA", IEEE Computer Society, (2014), ISBN: 978-1-4799-5392-9; S. 269 - 276.

I. Stoilkovska, I. Konnov, J. Widder, F. Zuleger:
"Eliminating Message Counters in Synchronous Threshold Automata";
Vortrag: 22nd International Conference on Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation (VMCAI), Copenhagen, Denmark; 17.01.2021 - 19.01.2021; in: "Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation (VMCAI)", Springer LNCS, 12597 (2021), S. 196 - 218.

J. Widder:
"Booting clock synchronization in partially synchronous systems.";
Vortrag: International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, Sorrento, Italy; 01.10.2003 - 03.10.2003; in: "Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Distributed Computing ", (2003), S. 121 - 135.

J. Widder, G. Gridling, B. Weiss, J. Blanquart:
"Synchronous Consensus with Mortal Byzantines";
Vortrag: IEEE Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), Edinburgh; 25.06.2007 - 28.06.2007; in: "Proceedings of the 37th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks", (2007).

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J. Widder, G. Le Lann, U. Schmid:
"Failure Detection with Booting in Partially Synchronous Systems";
Vortrag: European Dependable Computing Conference, Budapest, Ungarn; 20.04.2005 - 22.04.2005; in: "Dependable Computing Conference - EDCC5", (2005), S. 20 - 37.

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Vorträge und Posterpräsentationen (ohne Tagungsband-Eintrag)


M Függer, J. Widder:
"On Efficient Checking of Link-reversal-based Concurrent Systems";
Vortrag: PUMA/RISE Seminar, Traunkirchen; 03.10.2011 - 07.10.2011.

A. John, I. Konnov, U. Schmid, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"Counter Attack against Byzantine Generals";
Vortrag: Alpine Verification Meeting, Passau, Bayern, Deutschland; 21.05.2012 - 22.05.2012.

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A. John, I. Konnov, U. Schmid, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"Parameterized Model Checking of Fault-tolerant Distributed Algorithms";
Vortrag: Dagstuhl Seminar 12461: Games and Decisions for Rigorous Systems Engineering, Dagstuhl, Deutschland (eingeladen); 11.11.2012 - 16.11.2012.

A. John, I. Konnov, U. Schmid, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"Who is afraid of Model Checking Distributed Algorithms?";
Vortrag: PUMA/RISE Seminar, Goldegg; 24.09.2012 - 28.09.2012.

I. Konnov, M. Lazić, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"Parameterized Verification of Liveness of Distributed Algorithms";
Vortrag: Workshop on Formal Reasoning in Distributed Algorithms (FRiDA), Marrakech, Marocco; 17.05.2016.

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I. Konnov, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"Who is afraid of Model Checking Distributed Algorithms?";
Vortrag: Workshop on Exploiting Concurrency Efficiently and Correctly, Berkeley, CA, USA; 07.07.2012 - 08.07.2012.

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M. Lazić, I. Konnov, H. Veith, J. Widder:
"Model Checking of Threshold-based Fault-Tolerant Distributed Algorithms";
Vortrag: 7th Workshop on Program Semantics, Specification and Verification: Theory and Applications, St. Petersburg, Russia (eingeladen); 14.07.2016 - 15.07.2016.

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J. Widder:
"The Theta-Model, and how to Boot Clock Synchronization in it";
Vortrag: Seminaire Reflecs in INRIA Rocquencourt, Frankreich, INRIA Rocquencourt, Frankreich (eingeladen); 10.02.2004.

J. Widder:
"VLSI Design and the Theta-Model (Kurzvorstellungen aktueller Forschung)";
Vortrag: Diskussionskreis Fehlertoleranz, Berlin; 12.11.2004.

J. Widder:
"Why, Where and How to Use the Theta-Model";
Vortrag: Seminaire Reflecs in INRIA Rocquencourt, Frankreich, INRIA Rocquencourt, Frankreich (eingeladen); 10.03.2004.

J. Widder, G. Gridling, B. Weiss, J. Blanquart:
"Synchronous Consensus with Mortal Byzantines";
Vortrag: Dagstuhl Seminar 06371. From Security to Dependability, Dagstuhl (eingeladen); 10.09.2006 - 15.09.2006.

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Dissertationen (eigene und begutachtete)


J. Widder:
"Distributed Computing in the Presence of Bounded Asynchrony";
Betreuer/in(nen), Begutachter/in(nen): U. Schmid, M. Jazayeri; Institut für Technische Informatik / Embedded Computing Systems, 2004.


Wissenschaftliche Berichte


J.-F. Hermant, J. Widder:
"Implementing Time Free Designs for Distributed Real-Time Systems (A Case Study)";
Bericht für Research Report 23/2004, Technische Universität Wien, Institut für Technische Informatik, Treitlstraße 3, A-1040 Vienna, Austria (Joint research report with INRIA Rocquencourt, France); 2004.

M. Hutle, J. Widder:
"On the Possibility and the Impossibility of Time Free Self-Stabilizing Failure Detection";
Bericht für Research Report 34/2004, Technische Universität Wien, Institut für Technische Informatik, Treitlstraße 3, A-1040 Vienna, Austria; 2004.

M. Hutle, J. Widder:
"Time Free Self-Stabilizing Local Failure Detection";
Bericht für Research Report 33/2004, Technische Universität Wien, Institut für Technische Informatik, Treitlstraße 3, A-1040 Vienna, Austria; 2004.

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J. Widder, G. Le Lann, U. Schmid:
"Perfect failure detection with booting in partially synchronous systems";
Bericht für Technical Report 183/1-131, Department of Automation, Technische Universität Wien; 2003.

J. Widder, U. Schmid:
"Booting clock synchronization in partially synchronous systems with hybrid node and link failures.";
Bericht für Technical Report 183/1-126, Department of Automation, Technische Universität Wien; 2003.