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The SCSC is holding a seminar in Germany: Safe Autonomous Transport - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly on Thursday 28 November, 2024 in Munich.
This event looks at progress in autonomous and highly automated transport and problems that have been encountered. It will also cover latest developments in the standards arena. It features industry speakers and a discussion session.
Ada Lovelace Day is on October 8th. This day celebrates the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and is now truly international, https://findingada.com/events/ The role of women in safety engineering and assurance (and indeed in the SCSC) is incredibly important and needs highlighting: we value the women who speak at our events (we had a record number of women at SSS'24), support our working groups, improve our inclusion and provide technical inputs. Thank you all!
(For those who would like a lighter view on what Ada Lovelace achieved - and might have achieved - this book is heartily recommended: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thrilling_Adventures_of_Lovelace_and_Babbage )
What can we learn from Grenfell inquiry report? The terrible tragedy of the Grenfell fire in which 72 people lost their lives is a very human story, and something we shall never forget. Is there anything a systems safety engineer should do? Here's a start: (i) Always take a holistic view of a system and its context, don't just look at its parts, (ii) Assess the impact of all evolutionary changes throughout a system's lifetime, (iii) Take a critical view of rules, regulations and standards as they may be not enough to ensure safety, (iv) Consider independent verification of critical items, and (v) Produce a living safety case for the system.
The next SCSC seminar on 26th September is all about putting AI and Autonomy into practice and how to ensure safe operation once in service. More details at: https://scsc.uk/e1133
The government has published its 2023 edition of the National Risk Register. It makes interesting reading - there are quite a few systems-related risks, for instance: Rail Accident, Aviation Collision, Malicious Drone Incident and Deliberate disruption of UK space systems and space-based services. It is probably worth considering if your risk register should include some of these wider risks...
The Safety Critical Systems Symposium SSS'24 will be held 13th - 15th February 2024 in-person in Bristol, UK.
A first call for abstracts has been announced.
Abstracts can cover any systems safety area, and industrially-relevant topics are especially welcome.
Please note abstracts have to be submitted by 30th June 2023 to mike.parsons@scsc.uk
The IET has announced the Young Women Engineer of the Year Awards 2023, https://youngwomenengineer.theiet.org
This is a great initiative and any women working in systems safety are encouraged to apply. The awards ceremony held last year in London was a fantastic event and well worth attending.
On Sunday 23rd April 2023 at 3pm UK time there will be a test of the national mobile phone emergency alert system which should send a message to about 90% of phones in the UK. In the future true alerts could be more localised to a specific area. This could be a very useful system. Any info about how it is being implemented, and presumably assured, would be appreciated. mike.parsons@scsc.uk
Def Stan 00-056: Safety Management Requirements for Defence Systems
Issue 8 of Defence Standard 00-056, Part 1 (Requirements and Guidance), has been released for review together with its counterpart, Part 2 (Guidance on Establishing a Means of Complying with Part 1) which is at Issue 6.
Please see this Safety Standards Watch post for more information on the standard and the review process.