Automated software safety – The key success factor for functional safety in open source

This talk, presented by Ulrich Huber from BMW AG, focuses on automated software safety as a critical factor for achieving functional safety in open-source environments. The session discusses the challenges of adapting traditional functional safety processes, which typically rely on manual workflows and proprietary tools, to a decentralized development model where contributors are distributed. The speaker introduces Safety Sentinel, a solution that integrates safety processes into the build system, embedding safety artifacts directly into source code and enabling continuous validation and traceability.

Key topics covered include the use of dependency graph analysis for validating safety scopes, the distinction between automated and manual safety workflows, and methods for architecture validation. Huber also highlights the role of AI in improving requirement quality by utilizing large language models to assess and enhance requirement definitions, ultimately facilitating scalable safety processes in safety-critical open-source projects.