Embedded Open Source Summit (EOSS) is an umbrella event for open source embedded projects and developer communities to come together under one roof for important collaboration, discussions and education. The event is composed of different micro conferences including Embedded Linux Conference, Zephyr Developer Summit, and Safety-Critical Software Summit.
The Safety-Critical Software Summit took place under the Embedded Open Source Summit, where more than 860 individuals attended in-person at the event with 79% holding technical positions.
At the Safety-Critical Software Summit, Chuck Wolber, Associate Technical Fellow at The Boeing Company, gave a presentation titled, “The Limits of Safety Engineering and the Cinderblock Problem.”
This presentation uses practical examples to teach developers how to think about software in a safety critical context. It identifies the limitations of safety engineering and give developers a conceptual foundation for working within those constraints. At the heart of these limitations is the introduction of the “Cinderblock Problem.” Chuck uses this problem as a proposed shorthand for expressing the limitations of safety engineering in the context of software design and development.
To see all of the videos from the Summit, visit the ELISA Youtube Channel and click on the Safety-Critical Software Summit Playlist.