Research - Dependable systems

European research projects 

• We are working in the field of model-based testing as part of the EU MOGENTES project.  This includes the testing of models of a system, from which we can then automatically generate effective test cases that save time when testing the real systems. 
• Our work for the EU eVALUE project is concerned with the development of tests for evaluating the performance of active safety systems in vehicles, with the aim of developing a test programme similar to the EuroNCAP programme.  An important input is provided by traffic safety-related data from real traffic environments.  
• Collecting and evaluating such data is the purpose of the EuroFOT project, which is another project with which we are involved.  
• SP is the coordinator for the EU Indisputable Key project, the objective of which is to ensure the traceability of wood and timber products, right back to the forest of origin. The Dependable Systems Research Group has performed a risk analysis to evaluate the security of information in the Indisputable Key system.

Projects with Swedish universities and institutes of technology 

Research is carried out in conjunction with universities and institutes of technology. 

• We are working with Halmstad University as part of the CERES Centre and on the ILISIS project, which latter also includes the Jönköping Institute of Technology (JTH).  We have also worked with JTH in the Heavy Vehicles cluster.  
• Work being carried out with Chalmers University of Technology includes research into reliable communication protocols and active safety systems.  We are working with Chalmers' vehicle and traffic safety centre (SAFER) in projects and reference groups, as well as in discussions concerning SAFER's competence groups.
• Examples of other projects being carried out with Chalmers and the Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute(VTI) include SimArch (Simulation Architecture for Driving Simulators and Traffic Environment Simulation) and SHADES (System Safety through Combination of HMI and Dependable Systems), where SP is concentrating on the design of active safety systems that attempt to counteract human errors. The safety of machine controls is important in production technology, and we have carried out Swedish, Nordic and European projects in this area.

Click in the column on the right for information on other current and concluded projects.