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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 115 - Portland, OR - March 2015
Agenda Location	9 SUBCOMMITTEE C – AVIONICS AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION 9.2 Certification Considerations for Adaptive Systems
Title	Certification Considerations for Adaptive Systems
Presenter	Darren Cofer
Affiliation	Rockwell Collins
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Abstract	Rockwell Collins Advanced Technology Center and our partners at SIFT have recently concluded a research project with NASA Langley to understand the certification implications of the use of adaptive/intelligent algorithms in aircraft flying in civil airspace. The goal of this project was to identify effective means to ensure, with a high level of confidence, that adaptive/intelligent systems used in airborne or air traffic management applications are safe, and determine changes, if any, needed to existing system safety standards and FAA certification guidance to assure their safety. We examined the characteristics of a variety of adaptive control and AI-that might present challenges to certification for operation in the National Airspace System. We suggested mitigation strategies that may make it possible to overcome these challenges. Darren Cofer is a Fellow at the Rockwell Collins Advanced Technology Center. He earned his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. His research involves developing and applying advanced analysis tools for verification and certification of high-integrity systems. He is a member of ACGSC and has previously made presentations to the committee on the use of formal methods for analysis of aircraft software, as well as organizing a special session last year on certification considerations for adaptive and intelligent systems.