Addressing Verification and Validation Challenges in Future Cyber-Physical Systems
01/01/2019 – 31/12/2022
H2020-MSCA-RISE-2018 project n. 823788
ADVANCE goal is to conceive new approaches to support the Verification and Validation (V&V) of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). It will explore techniques, methods, and tools applicable to different phases of the system lifecycle, with the final objective of improving the effectiveness and efficacy of the V&V process.
In particular, ADVANCE will focus on two main aspects of V&V:
- techniques to collect V&V evidences for a CPS (focusing on system modeling, testing, fault forecast, and systematic processes like FMEA);
- techniques to manage and analyze data of the system under analysis (focusing on data analysis, requirements management, traceability);
The strategic objective of the project is to build an international network of collaborations on the topic of V&V of CPSs.
Besides allowing the consortium to reach the project’s scientific objectives, the established interactions would allow the training of students and professionals on the latest innovations in the V&V panorama, and have them work together towards a common goal. In fact, besides the technical challenges described above, an important factor hampering advancements in the V&V of CPSs is a worldwide lack of skilled professionals in V&V, software testing, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in general.
One of the outputs of the project will be a set of training material, both in the form of slides and video courses, on the topic of Verification & Validation of Cyber-Physical Systems. These objectives will be pursued by joining together V&V experts having different specialization and different backgrounds, and establishing a targeted transfer of knowledge and collaboration program, using two real case studies as reference.
Resiltech will provide expertise in V&V of safety-critical open-source operating systems for large-scale CPS deployments and, in this perspective, will also play the role of use-case owner.