SSS'20 was held on 11-13th Feb 2020 in York, UK with a fanastic line-up of keynote speakers, submitted papers, posters, working group reports and more. There was also a set of social events making the most of the location.
The symposium proceedings are available at https://scsc.uk/scsc-154
This was held on 5th December 2019 in London. This event featured 7 speakers from diverse sectors explaining how to create, how to measure, and importantly, how to maintain a strong and effective safety culture within an organisation. Full details at: https://scsc.uk/e631.
Lloyds Register Foundation and the Royal Academy of Engineering have got together for a programme called "Safer Complex Systems".
They are seeking case studies of novel safe systems approaches, and are offering significant funding to develop the work. See this link (the deadline has been extended).
Thanks to everyone who completed the short survey on the Safety-Critical Systems Club to help us move forward. The survey has been designed with all systems safety professionals in mind and you don't need to be a member of the club to do it.
The following members won the prizes in the draw:
Steve Billett - 1 day at SSS including accommodation.
Steve heads up the systems and software business unit within Ebeni - a niche engineering consultancy that support clients in developing high integrity systems in markets that demand the highest levels of rigour and expertise.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-billett-5937264, www.ebeni.com
John Hanson - 1 free seminar or tutorial of your choice.
John is a system safety specialist at BAE Systems, Warton, working on future programmes. He is also a STEM volunteer, working with local schools.
Graham Sutherland, Ray Matthews and Waleed Chaudhry - Free annual membership.
Many congratulations to all our winners!
Data can directly cause systems to behave anomalously (e.g. sensor data in the Boeing 737 MAX) or it can cause humans to take inappropriate actions leading to harm. On November 14th in London the event "Data Safety Evolution" was an opportunity to hear about the issues data can cause in safety systems and look at developments in the area. It will be useful for safety engineers and safety managers, across any sector that uses data in a safety context, i.e. most of us! Full details at: scsc.uk/e651
SCSC members have the opportunity to contribute to the standards making process by responding to Invitation to Review selected drafts of IEC standards, Technical Specifications (TS) and Technical Reports (TR). This opportunity is only available to SCSC members, who must be logged in to access the draft document. The first of these is IEC TS 61508-3-2 ED1: Requirements and Guidance in the use of mathematical and logical techniques for establishing exact properties of software and its documentation. Deadline for Comments: 10/11/2019. The instructions for comment can be found at: scsc.uk/rp142.2