Citation
Philip Koopman. "A Case Study of Toyota Unintended Acceleration and Software Safety". Talk or presentation, 14, November, 2014.

Abstract
Investigations into potential causes of Unintended Acceleration (UA) for Toyota vehicles have made news several times in the past few years. Some blame has been placed on floor mats and sticky throttle pedals. But, a jury trial verdict found that defects in Toyota's Electronic Throttle Control System (ETCS) software and safety architecture caused a fatal mishap. This verdict was based in part on pervasive computer hardware and software issues. This talk will outline key events in the still-ongoing Toyota UA story, and pull together the technical issues that have been discovered by NASA and other experts. The results paint a picture that should inform not only future designers of safety critical software for automobiles, but also all computer-based system designers.

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  Philip Koopman. <a
  href="http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/1081.html"
  ><i>A Case Study of Toyota Unintended Acceleration
  and Software Safety</i></a>, Talk or
  presentation,  14, November, 2014.

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  Philip Koopman. "A Case Study of Toyota Unintended
  Acceleration and Software Safety". Talk or
  presentation,  14, November, 2014.

• BibTeX

  @presentation{Koopman14_CaseStudyOfToyotaUnintendedAccelerationSoftwareSafety,
      author = {Philip Koopman},
      title = {A Case Study of Toyota Unintended Acceleration and
                Software Safety},
      day = {14},
      month = {November},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {Investigations into potential causes of Unintended
                Acceleration (UA) for Toyota vehicles have made
                news several times in the past few years. Some
                blame has been placed on floor mats and sticky
                throttle pedals. But, a jury trial verdict found
                that defects in Toyota's Electronic Throttle
                Control System (ETCS) software and safety
                architecture caused a fatal mishap. This verdict
                was based in part on pervasive computer hardware
                and software issues. This talk will outline key
                events in the still-ongoing Toyota UA story, and
                pull together the technical issues that have been
                discovered by NASA and other experts. The results
                paint a picture that should inform not only future
                designers of safety critical software for
                automobiles, but also all computer-based system
                designers.},
      URL = {http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/1081.html}
  }
  

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