Summary: Here is a list of papers I read lately about verifying Autonomous Vehicles. For each, I say why I think it is interesting. These papers all start with something like “AVs are upon us, so they’d better be safe and well-verified”, and then go on to explain their (very diverse) ideas about how to … More Some papers about AV verification
Summary: This post will take an initial look at the US Autonomous Vehicles policy announcement, and claim it is a big deal. It will then examine the verification implications, and claim they are mainly positive. Yesterday, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) came out with an announcement … More Verification implications of the new US AV policy
Summary: This post talks about some implications of the Tesla autopilot crash, claims that some autonomous vehicle fatalities are unavoidable, and suggests some ways to minimize them. By now you have probably heard about the Tesla fatal autopilot accident, causing the tragic death of a Tesla enthusiast. There is a lot of discussion about what … More The Tesla crash, Tsunamis and spec errors
This is another one of those posts devoted to misc. things which may be of interest to readers of this blog. HVC The Haifa Verification Conference 2015 is upon us (Nov 16-19). If you are in Israel at that time and have nothing better to do, here are some reasons you might want to come … More Misc. stuff: HVC, game design languages and more