Néstor Cataño Collazos

Néstor Cataño Collazos is a software engineer, computer scientist, and enthusiastic formal methods tool developer. His main research area is the use of formal methods for software engineering. Néstor specializes in program specification and verification using JML and design-by-contract, and in a formal method called EVENT B. His main goal is to build Formal Methods tools that increase people's trust in the correct behavior of Software Systems. His main tool contributions are the design and...See more

Néstor Cataño Collazos is a software engineer, computer scientist, and enthusiastic formal methods tool developer. His main research area is the use of formal methods for software engineering. Néstor specializes in program specification and verification using JML and design-by-contract, and in a formal method called EVENT B. His main goal is to build Formal Methods tools that increase people's trust in the correct behavior of Software Systems. His main tool contributions are the design and implementation of the EVENTB2JAVA and EVENTB2JML code generators, the design and implementation of the EVENTB2DAFNY Proof Obligation generator, and the design and implementation of the Chase syntactic checker of JML's assignable clause. Néstor's research work with EVENTB2DAFNY was funded by Microsoft Research through the SEIF program in 2011. He has worked in academia since 2004 and regularly teaches software engineering, formal methods, and programming courses to graduate and undergraduate students. Dr. Collazos earned a Master Degree and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from The University Paris 7. He is currently taking part in the Master in Information and Cybersecurity at UC Berkeley. See less