6th Australian Workshop on Safety Critical Systems and Software
The Safety Critical Systems Technical Committee held its 6th National
Workshop on Safety Critical Systems and Software (SCS 2001) in Brisbane on the 6th July
2001.
The full-day workshop consisted of a series of practical experience reports and an expert panel
discussion session.
The workshop featured a keynote address by international software safety expert Professor
John McDermid, University of York, UK. Professor McDermid also delivered a
one-day course on Requirements for
Safety Critical Systems: Challenges and Strategies in Brisbane on Thursday July 5th.
The workshop papers included reports on design of user interfaces for safety-critical systems,
a safety-critical railways application, integrated modular avionics, defence procurement
practices for safety-critical systems, risk analysis for airspace design, and new Australian
regulation of medical devices containing software.
The panel discussion was on how well the "As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP)" principle
applies to software systems.
This year's workshop proceedings will appear as Volume 3 in the
Conferences in Research and Practice in Information
Technology series.
For any information about the SCS 2001 Workshop, please contact:
Dr Peter Lindsay (SCS 2001 Workshop Chair)
Software Verification Research Centre,
University of Queensland, Qld 4072, Australia
Phone: +61 7 3365 2005 Fax: +61 7 3365 1533
Copies of the proceedings from previous workshops are available from the
Secretary.
Please contact for pricing details.
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