FMitF: Track II: StarV: A Quantitative Verification Tool for Learning-enabled Cyber-Physical Systems

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Abstract

Data-driven machine learning (ML) components have been deployed in multiple cyber-physical systems, from sensing and perception to planning and control. However, the reliability and safety of such ML-based applications remain the most challenging and significant concern for the industry, users, and regulators. Rigorous effort has been made to develop formal methods for ML-based application certification. Most research focuses on qualitative verification of the safety and robustness of neural networks and neural network control systems. There is a lack of methods that can quantitatively verify the temporal properties of ML-based applications, which has been a problem of keen interest for industrial companies in the automotive industry, as quantitative verification results, e.g., probability of collision, provide richer information for better decision-making and planning of autonomous systems under sensing, perception and actuating uncertainties. This project proposes to continue collaborations with industrial partners to develop a new quantitative verification approach for temporal properties of learning-enabled cyber-physical systems (Le-CPS). The project's novelties are the development of new ProbStar Temporal Logic (PSTL) for specifying complex temporal behaviors of Le-CPS and new qualitative and quantitative verification algorithms for verifying Le-CPS temporal properties. The project's impact is supporting transitioning advanced verification technologies into practice v

Key facts

NSF award ID
2611534
Awardee
University of Florida (FL)
SAM.gov UEI
NNFQH1JAPEP3
PI
Dung Tran
Primary program
01002425DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
All programs
FMitF-Formal Methods in the Field, PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES, EXP PROG TO STIM COMP RES
Estimated total
$149,343
Funds obligated
$110,359
Transaction type
Standard Grant
Period
10/01/2025 → 09/30/2026