Unlock the power of logical thinking and formal reasoning essential for success in computer science, data analysis, and software development with this dynamic course. Ideal for students, software engineers, data scientists, and IT professionals, this comprehensive program delves into logic foundations critical for advanced computing careers.


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Analyse computational problems to identify appropriate proof techniques and logical reasoning methods that best address their complexities.
Design comprehensive solutions to algorithm development challenges by synthesising and applying principles of propositional and predicate logic.
Evaluate system reliability by conducting model checking using temporal logics, and interpret the results to ensure system correctness.
Construct formal verification plans for algorithms and programs using Floyd-Hoare logics and justify their correctness through logical reasoning.
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August 2025
113 项作业
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该课程共有10个模块
In this module, you will learn the relevance of formal logics in computer science. You will understand the difference between syntax and semantics. The module will also introduce you to propositional logic and informally to its syntactic constructs.
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10个视频4篇阅读材料8个作业1个插件
In this module, you will learn about the symbolic manipulation technique of natural deduction. The module will also discuss the different rules of natural deduction with examples.
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12个视频3篇阅读材料11个作业1个插件
In this module, you will learn about state-of-the-art methods of resolution and Davis-Putnam-Logemann-Loveland (DPLL) methods to argue about the satisfiability of a propositional logic formula. We study the relevant characteristics of a logical theory, i.e., the consistency, soundness, and completeness, and comment on natural deduction as a proof technique on how it scores over these characteristics.
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14个视频3篇阅读材料13个作业
In this module, you will be introduced to model-based formal verification techniques, in particular, the model checking techniques. The module will informally discuss two popular families of temporal logics: linear temporal logic (LTL) and computation tree logic (CTL).
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13个视频4篇阅读材料12个作业
In this module, you will formally learn the LTL and CTL temporal logics. The module will also introduce you to the algorithms used for model checking over these algorithms. The module will further explain fundamental system properties, such as invariance, safety, and liveliness. Furthermore, the module will give provide you insight into how to encode natural language sentences into LTL and CTL formulas.
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13个视频5篇阅读材料12个作业1个插件
In this module, you will learn the need for predicate logic and how to express statements in predicate logic. You will also learn about the syntax of predicate logic and the fundamentals behind writing proofs in predicate logic. You would also learn the concept of substitution and the difference between the free variables and bound variables. You will also get introduced to basic predicate logic rules that are used for proving sequents.
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23个视频4篇阅读材料22个作业
In this module, you will learn to apply the proof rules of natural deduction to prove sequents in predicate logic. The proof rules that you would learn include: Universal Quantifier Elimination, Existential Quantifier Introduction, Universal Quantifier Introduction and Existential Quantifier Elimination. You would also learn to identify which specific rules to apply for writing proof of a given sequent.
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17个视频3篇阅读材料5个作业
In this module, you will learn about semantics and model interpretations in predicate logic. You would also learn about the satisfiability and validity of predicate logic formulas, along with the undecidability of validity. You would also learn about the limitations of first-order predicate logic and how second-order predicate logic is useful in such cases.
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20个视频4篇阅读材料19个作业
In this module, you will learn how to formally verify programs written in imperative style. More specifically, you will learn formal methods to verify assignment statements, sequence of statements, conditional statements, and iterative statements. You will also learn the formal method to verify whether a given program terminates or not.
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16个视频5篇阅读材料10个作业
In this module, you will learn to prove the total correctness of various commonly used algorithms such as computing the power of two numbers, finding an element from an unsorted array, and selection sort. You would also learn to deduce loop invariants for programs of the above computational problems and prove that these programs terminates.
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11个视频3篇阅读材料1个作业
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