Description
Estimated Time: 1 hr
Summary of the lecture
System Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) is a relatively new hazard analysis technique based on an extended model of accident causation.
In addition to component failures, STPA assumes that accidents can also be caused by unsafe interactions of system components, none of which may have failed.
This lecture introduces participants to STPA and how it can be used in prevention of safety incidents.
Speaker Introduction
Dr John P. Thomas
Prior to joining MIT, Dr Thomas spent a number of years in industry working for aerospace, automotive, and defense companies. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Systems and is a member of the aeronautics and astronautics department at MIT.
Dr. Thomas’s work involves creating structured processes for analyzing cyber-physical systems, especially systems that may behave in unanticipated, unsafe, or otherwise undesirable ways through complex interactions with each other and their environment.
It includes systems approaches to engineering and analysis, including Systems Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA), the formal underlying structure that can be used to help ensure potentially hazardous or undesirable software behaviors are systematically identified and controlled.
Course Content
Course includes
- 1 Lesson
