SE Validation Limited

Newsletter

Download copies of our recent company newsletters:

• Winter 2009
• Winter 2008
• Winter 2007
• Summer 2007
• Winter 2006
• Summer 2006
• Winter 2005
• Summer 2005
• Winter 2004

Recent and Forthcoming Papers by SE Validation Staff

6-8 June 2006

The First International System Safety Conference, The IET, Savoy Place, London

History and perception of the language used in the safety domain.

18-20 September 2006

European Systems Engineering Conference (EuSEC) 06, Edinburgh

The wrong kind of System Engineering
Paper.

4 October 2006

Aerospace Systems Complexity and the Implications on System Integrity, Bristol

Simulation to support reasoning about aerospace complexity
Joint paper with Dominic Manchee and Alastair Pidgeon of Scisys Limited.
Paper, Presentation

Coping with counter-evidence in complex argument structures.
Joint paper with Dirk Brade of EADS / LFK-Lenkflugkrpersysteme GmbH.
Paper, Presentation

10 January 2007

Adelard ASCE User Group, London

Goals, Claims & Graphical Argumentation
Presentation by Colin Brain

14-17 April 2008

Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop of the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organisation, Providence, RI, USA

Using patterns to support simulation and validation interoperability and re-use
Paper and Presentation by Colin Brain.

30 September - 2 October 2008

MoD Environment and Safety Assurance Symposium ESAS08, Abbey Wood Bristol

Developing Safety Targets and Risk Tolerability Criteria for Network Enabled Enterprise Emergent Systems (NE3S)
Paper by Richard Maguire & Dave Reid (SCS Ltd)

The Safety Validation of Network-Based C2 Systems
Paper by Colin Brain, Presentation by Richard Maguire

20-22 October 2008

3rd IET International Conference on System Safety, NEC Birmingham

Development of an Electronic Safety Case for a Military Communication, Command & Control System
Paper by Richard Maguire

Case Study in Risk Evaluation for a Small-scale Sea-based Trial to Satisfy a New Operational Requirement
Paper by Ted Uren and Richard Maguire

25 November 2008

INCOSE Autumn Assembly
SE Validation was asked by the INCOSE UK Board to organise a workshop on "Test, Evaluation and Putting-to-Service". This involved three members of SE validation staff, Colin, Ted and Ian and was supported by Lt Cdr Steve Taylor of MoD de&s.

Colin's Presentation. Example of an assurance network output from ASCE to MS Word Document .

30 March 2009

Day tutorial for the INCOSE Spring Conference

Introduction to Using and Managing System Assurance Networks

For nearly two decades assurance networks have successfully documented and communicated why stakeholders should have justified confidence in the properties of complex and potentially risky systems. However, producing and managing them is not as easy as it first appears. This tutorial aimed to provide delegates with a sound understanding of what kind of networks there are, why they are being increasingly required by international standards and how they can be used effectively to help plan, manage, and document system engineering endeavours.

20 May 2009

ASCE User group. London

Assurance Networks for Complex Systems

12-13 October 2009

IBM Rational Software Conference, London

Best Practice in the Assurance of Complex Systems
Presentation

27 January 2010

Systems Engineering in Different Domains

Colin Brain is running this INCOSE Bristol Local Group interactive workshop that will address whether the manner in which systems engineering is carried out depends entirely upon the context in which it is done, if there are some universal principles which will always apply and how much can be learnt from the transfer of knowledge between domains.