Nuclear Safety Needs Computer Science Research
Speaker
Date and Time
Thursday, October 11th, 2012 at 10:30
Location
Polacksbacken, room 1145
Abstract
I will briefly introduce fault tree and event tree models. I will explain how are these models used in safety assessment of technical utilities. In particular, I will specify what type of questions does one ask about these models and what type of analysis does this correspond.
After this introduction, I will focus on challenges and open problems in this field. Those include
- algorithmic challenges (speed, precision, new data structures and technologies, parallelization)
- model extensions (state information, temporal information)
- embedded digital systems (integration of digital systems into analysis)
Finally, I will talk about research possibilities that a collaboration with a leading developer (Scandpower AB) of a commercial tool for event/fault tree analysis for nuclear industry (RiskSpectrum) offers.