29 July 1999 Source: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Federal Register: July 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 145)] [Notices] [Page 41171] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr29jy99-107] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Software Reliability Models for Digital Safety Critical Systems AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of workshop. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The NRC has committed through its Strategic Plan to incorporate risk insights, conduct anticipatory research on issues of potential regulatory and safety significance, engage in cooperative research agreements, and provide timely information to our stakeholders. As part of this commitment, a workshop has been established to assess software models which could be used to determine the software reliability of digital systems. This research is conducted through a cooperative agreement between academia and the government. The objective of this workshop is to evaluate software reliability models and the associated software metrics to determine which would be most effective in determining the software reliability of digital safety systems. Date: August 16-17, 1999--The workshop will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 6:00 p.m. Location: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, White Flint II, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. Contact: Registration--Sandra George, Phone: 301-405-6659; E-mail: sgeorge@eng.umd.edu General-- Carol S. Smidts, Phone: 301-405-7314; E-mail: csmidts@eng.umd.edu Ming Li, Phone: 301-405-1071; E-mail: mli@eng.umd.edu Robert Brill, Phone: 301-415-6760; E-mail: rwb2@nrc.gov Attendance: This workshop is free and open to the general public. All individuals planning to attend should pre-register with Ms. Sandra George by telephone or e-mail and provide their name, affiliation, phone number, and e-mail address. Program: The workshop will be a mix of presentations and working group discussions. During the first day, the challenges of finding software reliability models for safety critical applications will be examined. A preliminary study identifying practical potential candidate models and their associated software metrics will be discussed by a panel of eminent researchers and practitioners in the fields of software engineering, software reliability engineering and software- based digital systems. During the second day, the panel will divide into working groups to evaluate each of the models and recommend the best models which could be used to evaluate the software reliability of digital systems. As part of this effort, the working groups will explore the need for any additional software metrics to strengthen the models chosen. Dated in Rockville, Maryland this 23rd day of July, 1999. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. John W. Craig, Director, Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 99-19364 Filed 7-28-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P