We are entrusted with the safety of the flying public. This panel will explore what justifies that trust and how we can improve our collective confidence in avionics. Panelists can address any aspect of confidence in avionics, including (but not limited to):
- Alternative means of assuring systems/software, including formal methods, overarching properties, COTS
- Confidence in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology for flight
- Confidence in multicore systems
- Terminology of confidence, such as determinism, verification vs validation, safety versus reliability,
- Perceived risk (e.g. aircraft vs automobile) as an aspect of confidence
- Towards more efficient means to gain confidence in our systems and software
- Confidence beyond safety? Security? Does confidence extend to reputation, market appeal, stability, trust?
