Dynamic verification in one picture

Summary: This post tries to summarize what dynamic verification is, using a single picture. It then puts various verification tools, and diverse verification projects, in the context of that picture. It also explains Coverage Driven Verification (CDV). The Foretellix blog is about verifying complex systems. However, as I discussed here, there is no agreed-upon verification … More Dynamic verification in one picture

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

HVC’2015 trip report

I attended HVC’2015 last week. Here is a partial, very subjective trip report. HVC’2015 was good. I attended the tutorial day and the first two conference days, though I was absent from most of the hard-core formal-verification sessions. Here are the main things I learned: The Bristol folks Kerstin Eder, Dejanira Araiza-Illan and David Western … More HVC’2015 trip report

Security research is pretty relevant for us

Summary: This post explains why security research is relevant for this blog, and discusses three specific areas worth tracking. Hi folks – I’m back (vacations and all that). Security people deal with finding security issues (vulnerabilities) in systems. This blog deals with a different topic: big-system verification, where verification is defined as finding functional / … More Security research is pretty relevant for us