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Ruzica Piskac

Rigorous Software Engineering (ROSE) Software Verification Applied Cryptography Automated Reasoning Code Synthesis
Yale University Yale Engineering

About

Ruzica Piskac is a Professor of Computer Science at Yale University, where she leads the Rigorous Software Engineering (ROSE) group. Her research interests span the areas of software verification, security and applied cryptography, automated reasoning, and code synthesis. Much of her research has focused on using formal techniques to improve software reliability and trustworthiness. Piskac joined Yale’s Department of Computer Science in 2013. She was previously an Independent Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems in Germany. Her research has received a range of professional honors, including multiple Amazon Research Awards, Yale University’s Ackerman Award for Teaching and Mentoring, the Facebook Communications and Networking Award, and the Microsoft Research Award for the Software Engineering Innovation Foundation (SEIF). In 2019, Yale named Piskac the Donna L. Dubinsky Associate Professor of Computer Science. Piskac holds a Ph.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), where her dissertation won the Patrick Denantes Prize. Her current and recent professional activities include service as Program Chair of the 37th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification and the Steering Committee of the Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design conference. Piskac has graduated five PhD students, four of them are currently holding a position of an assistant professor of computer science.

Research Performance Summary

139
Total Papers
2704
Total Citations
29
H-Index
2005-2025
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Verification of an off-line checker for priority queues

Year: 2005

Citations: 7

Venue: Third IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal

Latest Recorded Paper

Privacy-Preserving SAT Solving (Invited Talk)

Year: 2025

Citations: 0

Venue: 28th International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2025
14
2024
14
2023
12
2022
10
2021
7
2020
9
2019
7
2018
6
2017
8
2016
6
2015
5

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 74
Journal 4
Book 4

Top Coauthors

Piskac Kuncak Santolucito

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 14
Citations 38
Avg. Citations / Paper 2.7
H-Index 4

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 52
Citations 788
Avg. Citations / Paper 15.2
H-Index 16

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 32
Citations 400
Avg. Citations / Paper 12.5
H-Index 12

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 29
Citations 1277
Avg. Citations / Paper 44
H-Index 14

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 12
Citations 201
Avg. Citations / Paper 16.8
H-Index 6

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

ruzica.piskac@yale.edu
2034328001

Detected Research Keywords

Student Travel Support Complete Functional Synthesis Syntax Guided Synthesis Completion Types Weights Automating Separation Logic Deciding Effectively Propositional Effectively Propositional Logic Trained Language Models Resolve Textual Semantic Textual Semantic Merge