A Grand Challenge Proposal for Formal Methods: A Verified Stack

We propose a grand challenge for the formal methods community: build and mechanically verify a practical embedded system, from transistors to software. We propose that each group within the formal methods community design and verify, by the methods appropriate to that group, an embedded system of their choice. The point is not to have just one integrated formal method or just one verified application, but to encourage groups to develop the techniques and methodologies necessary for system-level verification