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In this talk, we will share our experience in the successful deployment of verified software in a wide range of application domains, and, importantly, our insights on the key factors enabling such successful deployment, in particular the importance of the social aspects of a group working effectively together.
Our formally verified microkernel, seL4, is now used across the world in a number of applications that keeps growing. Our experience is that such an uptake is enabled not only by a technical strategy, but also by a tight integration of people from multiple disciplines and with both research and engineering profiles. This requires a strong social culture, with well designed processes, for working as one unified team. We share our observations on what concrete social structures have been key for us in creating real-world impact from research breakthroughs.
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the Trustworthy Systems group, in Data61, CSIRO, https://ts.data61.csiro.au.
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and if possible, importantly, one single shared coffee machine, surrounded by plenty of whiteboards.
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Andronick, J. (2019). Successes in Deployed Verified Software (and Insights on Key Social Factors). In: ter Beek, M., McIver, A., Oliveira, J. (eds) Formal Methods – The Next 30 Years. FM 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11800. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30942-8_2
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