Bits & Bugs: Software Failures in Scientific Computing
Event details
| Date | 13.05.2019 |
| Hour | 16:15 › 17:15 |
| Speaker | Prof. Dr. Thomas Huckle, Technical University of Munich |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Computational Mathematics Seminar
In October 1999, in the na-digest Pete Stewart mentioned some famous numerical software errors like the Patriot failure during the Iraq war and the Vancouver Stock Exchange rounding error asking for further examples. This started a search for numerical software bugs adding a series of different bugs like the sinking of the Sleipner gas rig, the deathly accidents by the Therac-25 radiation device, the Pentium division bug, or the Ariane-5 explosion.
In this talk we will give an overview over many of these classical bugs, but also present more recent events related e.g. to Boeing 737 Max, autonomous driving, fly-by-wire accidents, bugs in financial transactions, problems with military software and space flight, weather prediciton, and airport management.
In October 1999, in the na-digest Pete Stewart mentioned some famous numerical software errors like the Patriot failure during the Iraq war and the Vancouver Stock Exchange rounding error asking for further examples. This started a search for numerical software bugs adding a series of different bugs like the sinking of the Sleipner gas rig, the deathly accidents by the Therac-25 radiation device, the Pentium division bug, or the Ariane-5 explosion.
In this talk we will give an overview over many of these classical bugs, but also present more recent events related e.g. to Boeing 737 Max, autonomous driving, fly-by-wire accidents, bugs in financial transactions, problems with military software and space flight, weather prediciton, and airport management.
Practical information
- Informed public
- Free
Organizer
- Prof. Daniel Kressner