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I recently read yet another argument that a driving road test should be enough to certify an autonomous vehicle as safe for driving. In general, the idea was that if it's good enough to put a 16 year old on the road, it should be good enough for a self-driving vehicle.  I see...

Welcome!This blog primarily covers Autonomous Vehicle safety, often known as self-driving car safety.I'm splitting this blog off from my Better Embedded Software blog to reflect my increased emphasis on Autonomous Vehicle (AV) safety.In my professor gig, these days my main research is on AV stress testing (the ASTAA and RIOT projects at CMU NREC).I'm...

Here are the slides from my TechAD talk on self driving car safety: Highly Autonomous Vehicle Validation from Philip Koopman Highly Autonomous Vehicle Validation: it's more than just road testing!- Why a billion miles of testing might not be enough to ensure self-driving car safety.- Why it's important to distinguish testing for requirements validation...

Challenges in Autonomous Vehicle Testing and Validation from Philip KoopmanChallenges in Autonomous Vehicle ValidationKeynote Presentation AbstractPhilip KoopmanCarnegie Mellon University; Edge Case Research LLCECE Dept. HH A-308, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, USAkoopman@cmu.eduDevelopers of autonomous systems face distinct challenges...

Autonomous Vehicle Safety: An Interdisciplinary ChallengeBy Phil Koopman & Mike WagnerAbstract:Ensuring the safety of fully autonomous vehicles requires a multi-disciplinary approach across all the levels of functional hierarchy, from hardware fault tolerance, to resilient machine...

[While DoT has since published revised draft policies, the original draft policy and my response are still relevant to provide an overall picture about critical needs for self-driving vehicle safety.]I've prepared a draft response to DoT/NHTSA on their proposed policy for highly automated vehicle safety.EE Times article that summarizes my responseThe...