Keynote Talks, Invited Talks and Conference Talks
In this page you'll find the postscript (or reference) for some of the talks I've given at different events. These files are solely intended for research and educational purposes. Contact me if you are unable read/open these files.
Keynote and Invited Talks
- J. Marques-Silva, "On Applying Lower Bound Estimates in Pseudo-Boolean Optimization," Invited talk, Guangzhou Symposium on Satisfiability and its Applications, Guangzhou, China, September 2004.
- J. Marques-Silva, "Computing Minimum-Size Unsatisfiable Cores," Invited talk, International Workshop on Formal Circuit Equivalence Verfication, Agios Yoannis, Greece. August 2004.
- J. Marques-Silva, "Model Checking Using Boolean Satisfiability," Invited talk, Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Lisbon/IST, Portugal. June 2004.
- J. Marques-Silva, "Backtracking Relaxations and Portfolios in Satisfiability", International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, January 2004.
- I. Lynce and J. Marques-Silva, "Formula Manipulation Techniques Using Hypothetical Reasoning", Dagstuhl Seminar: Formal Circuit Equivalence Verification, Arrabida, Portugal, August 2003.
- J. Marques-Silva, "Hypothetical Reasoning in Propositional Satisfiability", Dagstuhl Seminar: Formal Circuit Equivalence Verification, Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, August 2002.
- J. Marques-Silva, "The Utilization of Randomization in Backtrack Search SAT Algorithms", AAAI 2002 Workshop on Probabilistitc Approaches in Search, July 2002.
- J. Marques-Silva, "Hypothetical Reasoning in Propositional Satisfiability", Keynote Talk. Symposium on the Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing, Cincinnati, May 2002.
- J. Marques-Silva, "Data Structures for Efficient SAT Solvers", Electronic Design Systems Seminar, University of California, Berkeley, November 2001.
- J. Marques-Silva, "Randomized Search Strategies in Complete SAT Solvers", Cadence Berkeley Labs, Berkeley, November 2001.
- L. Batista and J. Marques-Silva, "New Algorithms for Solving Satisfiability in Formal verification", Dagstuhl Seminar: BDDs versus SAT, Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, January 2001.
- J. Marques-Silva, "On Applying Algebraic Simplification in Boolean Satisfiability", SAT2000 Workshop, Renesse, Netherlands, May 2000.
- J. Marques-Silva, "Boolean Satisfiability: Algorithms and EDA Applications", Cadence Berkeley Labs, Berkeley, November 1998.
- J. Marques-Silva, "Boolean Satisfiability: Algorithms and EDA Applications", Lucent Technologies Bell Labs, Murray Hill, November 1998.
- J. Marques-Silva, "SAT Algorithms and EDA", CAD seminar, University of California, Berkeley, June 1996.
Conference Talks
- "The Impact of Branching Heuristics in Propositional Satisfiability Algorithms". Talk given at EPIA'99, Évora, Portugal, in September 1999.
- "Algorithms for Solving Boolean Satisfiability in Combinational Circuits". Talk given at DATE'99, Munich, Germany, in March 1999.
- "Combinational Equivalence Checking Using Satisfiability and Recursive Learning". Talk given at DATE'99, Munich, Germany, in March 1999.
- "On Applying Set Covering Models to Test Set Compaction". Talk given at GLS-VLSI'99, Ann Arbor, Michigan, in March 1999.
- "Boolean Satisfiability: Algorithms and EDA Applications". Talk given at Cadence Berkeley Labs, Berkeley, in November 1998
- "Improving Satisfiability Algorithms by Using Recursive Learning". Talk given at IWBP'98, Freiberg, Germany, in September 1998.
- "Models and Algorithms for Computing Minimum-Size Prime Implicants". Talk given at IWBP'98, Freiberg, Germany, in September 1998.
- "Integer Optimization Models and Algorithms for Integrated Circuit Testing". Talk given at Optimization'98, Coimbra, Portugal, in July 1998.
- "Satisfiability-Based Algorithms for 0-1 Integer Programming". Talk given at IWLS'98, Lake Tahoe, USA, in July 1998.
- "Integer Programming Models for Optimization Problems in Test Generation". Talk given at ASP-DAC'98, Japan, in February 1998.
- "Computing Prime Implicants with Satisfiability Algorithms". Talk given at ICTAI'97 in November 1997.
- "Robust Search Algorithms for ATPG". Talk given at FTCS'97, Seattle, USA, in June 1997.
- "Testability Analysis of Circuits with Precomputation" . Talk given as a poster ETW'97 in May 1997.
- "Computing Minimum Size Prime Implicants" . Talk given at IWLS'97, Lake Tahoe, USA, in May 1997.
- "Covering Techniques for SAT Algorithms" . Talk given as poster at IWLS'97, Lake Tahoe, USA, in May 1997.
Joao Marques Silva