On Mobileye’s formal model of AV safety

Summary: This short post talks about Mobileye’s new paper (regarding a formal approach to Autonomous Vehicles safety). It claims that the paper has several issues, but is nevertheless an important start. Mobileye came out with a paper titled “On a Formal Model of Safe and Scalable Self-driving Cars” (Bloomberg coverage, summary paper, full pdf). Their … More On Mobileye’s formal model of AV safety

Formal verification of really-complex systems

Summary: This post describes some new attempts at formal verification of complex systems (mainly AVs and ML-based systems) In general, I think Formal Verification (FV) will only have a limited role in verifying Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS) and ML-based systems, because those systems are so complex and heterogenous. In FV has better PR than CDV … More Formal verification of really-complex systems

Finding bugs in autonomous vehicles: My impressions from the second Stuttgart symposium

Summary: This trip report describes my impressions from the Second Autonomous Vehicles Test & Design Symposium in Stuttgart. Short version: The design side is moving fast. The verification side has improved, but has a long way to go. Note: In my last post I talked about what automation will do to this planet over the … More Finding bugs in autonomous vehicles: My impressions from the second Stuttgart symposium