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, ...

Neel Somani has built a career that sits at the intersection of theory and practice. His work spans formal methods, machine learning safety, quantitative research, and large scale systems. While many ...

Formal methods provide a rigorous mathematical foundation for the specification, development and verification of medical device software. This approach enhances both reliability and safety, which are ...

Safety and reliability have moved to the top of the list of critical criteria in software development. There are many ways to achieve improved safety and reliability, and one of the best is to employ ...

The EDA industry has a message for researchers in formal methods: There’s a right way and a wrong way, and if you don’t pick the right method, formal can be hard to crack. Pranav Ashar, CTO of Real ...

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 ...

Driven by the need to objectively measure the progress of their verification efforts and the contributions of different verification techniques, IC designers have adopted coverage as a metric. However ...