Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Darren Cofer, a senior fellow at Collins Aerospace, demonstrates a cybersecurity tool developed as part of DARPA's High-Assurance ...

Logic studies how arguments work, and how ideas can fit together. Decision theory studies how decisions should be made, especially under uncertainty. Game theory considers how we reason strategically, ...

Users of iLogix's Rhapsody and Statemate Magnum software-development tools can now use formal methods to assist with verification of their code. Statemate is a high-level tool for project ...

As the sophistication of embedded software systems escalates, the need for greater safety and security for these applications must keep pace. As autonomous systems, connected devices, and ...

It’s no secret that hardware is the new currency in the chip world. It’s no longer the case that the semiconductor industry is in the hands of traditional semiconductor giants; an increasing number of ...

Formal methods encompass mathematically rigorous techniques for the specification, design and verification of systems in which failure may have severe consequences. By constructing precise models of ...

How formal verification is able to find bugs before signoff. Formal verification’s ability to mathematically prove exhaustively that a chip design meets a set of assertions. Formal techniques are ...

A laptop computer runs desktop configuration software at the 60th Communications Squadron computer warehouse at Travis Air Force Base, California, Sept. 11, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Heide Couch) ...

Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Programs Agency have begun nudging Defense Department managers to utilize idling DARPA cybersecurity tools meant to preempt hacks and accidents in critical ...