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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 Early Bird discounts for SSS'23 expire on 22nd December. Please make your booking as early as possible. In addition the club will likely have to increase all prices in January, both for events and membership. It is definitely worth booking now!
The SCSC Safety Critical Systems Symposium will be held in York in February 2023. There will be a poster session at the symposium where presenters can explain their work in a more informal setting. If you would like to present a poster then please submit a short abstract (1 paragraph) to mike.parsons@scsc.uk by 30th November 2022. Full details at https://scsc.uk/e898
Members of the SCSC are invited to review the Committee Draft of the 3rd Edition of IEC 61508 on Functional safety of electrical-electronic-programmable electronic safety-related systems.
This invitation is strictly available to current members of the SCSC only and should not be distributed. All members are requested to download their own copy.
The deadline for comments to phil.williams@scsc.uk is 9th December 2022. Late submissions are unlikely to be accepted.
The invitation to review, along with instructions on conduct of the review and links to the source documents is available at scsc.uk/rp142.4 (accessible to logged in current members only)
Members of the SCSC are invited to review the Committee Draft created by the ISO/IEC's SC65A WG18 on Framework for safety critical E-E-PE systems for defence industry applications.
This invitation is strictly available to current members of the SCSC only and should not be distributed. All members are requested to download their own copy.
The deadline for comments to phil.williams@scsc.uk is 2nd November 2022. Late submissions are unlikely to be accepted.
The invitation to review, along with instructions on conduct of the review and links to the source documents is available at scsc.uk/rp142.3 (accessible to logged in current members only)