SCC Meeting 21 Program Agenda

Software Certification Consortium Meeting #21
Fundamental Questions Regarding Assuring Safety of Software Intensive Systems?
May 11-12, 2023 | Maryland Inn - Historic Inns of Annapolis
Co-located with the HCSS Conference

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THURSDAY, MAY 11
0730 - 0845 Breakfast | Registration (until 5:00pm)
0845 - 0915 Welcome - Introductions
0915 - 0945 Assuring safe interoperability of medical systems through Conformance Profiles: Opportunities and Challenges
Jens Weber, UVic/UBC
0945 - 1015 Overview of emerging safety standards: Ads & Artificial Intelligence
Ramesh S, GM R&D
1015 - 1030 Moderated Discussion
1030 - 1045 Refreshment Break
1045 - 1115 Challenges in assuring safety of nuclear reactor protection systems - one perspective
Sushil Birla, US NRC
1115- 1145 Dynamic Assurance Cases: Closing the loop between design and operational assurance
Ewen Denney, KBR/NASA Ames
1145 - 1200 Moderated Discussion
1200 - 1300 Lunch
1300 - 1330 Complexity-awareness in the design of safety critical systems as a first class citizen
Carl Elks, Virginia Commonwealth U
1330 - 1400 Functional Safety Standardization
Jyotika Athavale, NVIDIA
1400 - 1415 Moderated Discussion
1415 - 1445 Systematic identification of use-related safety hazards in next-gen medical systems
Paolo Masci, NIA and NASA Langley
1445 - 1515 Dealing with requirements validation in safe & secure civil avionics
Kristin Yvonne Rozier, Iowa State U
1515 - 1530 Moderated Discussion
1530 - 1545 Refreshment Break
1545 - 1615 CERN LHC machine protection assurance case argument – assurance grounded in technical understanding rather than process compliance
Jeff Joyce, Laure Millet, and Simon Diemert, Critical Systems Labs
1615 - 1630 Open Discussion
1630 - 1800

Panel

  • Ramesh S, GM R&D
  • Laure Millet, Critical Systems Labs
  • Shankar, SRI

i) Are ML components essential for autonomous vehicles? and
ii) If we use them, can we assure the safety of autonomous vehicles at the time of, and after, deployment?

15 minutes each panelist, 5 minutes each rebuttal, then open discussion

FRIDAY, MAY 12
0730 - 0845 Breakfast
0845 - 0900 Welcome - Quicker Introductions
0900 - 0930 Identifying and addressing challenges for safe and secure complex systems
John McDermid, UYork
0930 - 0945 Open Discussion
0945 - 1000 Refreshment Break
1000 - 1030 Software Assurance: Ontology, Evidence, Workflows
Shankar, SRI
1030 - 1100 Communicating assurance: How to convince someone else your system is secure
Matthew Bauer, Galois
1100 - 1130 Is design diversity essential/effective/practical for critical systems?
Sam Procter, SEI
1130 - 1200 Moderated Discussion
1200 - 1300 Lunch
1300 - 1330 Safety expertise matters more than you might think
Mallory Graydon, NASA Langley
1330 - 1345 Open Discussion
1345 - 1515

Panel

  • Matthew Bauer, Galois
  • Sam Procter, SEI
  • Richard Paige, McSCert

Is a safety first cyber security approach feasible and will it be effective?

15 minutes each panelist, 5 minutes each rebuttal, then open discussion

1515 - 1530 Refreshment Break
1530 - 1630 Wrap-up
Discussion on publication and future meeting(s)