5th Meeting
of the
U.S. Software System Safety Working Group
April 12th-14th 2005
Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, CA USA
The next neeting of the USSSWG will be April 12-14 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California and is being sponsored by Disney. The meeting format will be similar to last year: We will provide a problem for small groups to work on together. This year the problem will be automotive. The results of the small groups will be presented to the larger group for comparison and discussion. The example application and questions to be answered will be available before the workshop so attendees can think about them beforehand (although that is not necessary). Each breakout session will start with a baseline document containing results of the previous step in the process to allow for more progress to be made.
The registration fee this year is $50 if you register by March 31. Registration at the door will be $100. To get early registration, fill out the registration form and mail it to oconaill@mit.edu along with a check.
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Ground Rules for those with tools for "sale": To avoid hearing a lot of empty sales pitches, anyone who wants to advocate the use of a particular tool (such as a commercial tool or a particular type of formal methods) must provide a complete example of at least part of the example problem (it can be a small part, but hand waving and sales pitches unaccompanied by worked examples will not be allowed).
The meeting will be held at the Disneyland Hotel, 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA, 92802. Twenty rooms have been reserved for the event at a reduced rate of $139/night, plus a $10 resort fee. This rate is available on a first-come/first-served basis; reservations must be made prior to March 13, 2005. Reservations can be made by contacting Disney Group Reservations at (714) 520-5005. Note that, based on availability, the hotel stays may be extendable before/beyong the event at the above quoted rate. Self-parking will be available at a rate of $8/day.
Steering Committee for the Workshop:
Norman Gauthier, Electric Boat
Jeffrey Howard, Safeware Engineering
Jeff Joyce, University of British Columbia
James Krodel, Pratt Whitney
Nancy Leveson, MIT
Nick Mansur, Disney
James Mitchell, Boeing Commercial
Thomas Mooney, General Electric
Robert Schmedake, Boeing
Paul Szuszman, Ford
Martha Wetherholt, NASA Headquarters
Karl Woelfer, Philips Medical