Tutorial: Neural Network and Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems Formal Verification for Trustworthy AI and Safe Autonomy

This interactive tutorial describes state-of-the-art methods for formally verifying neural networks and their usage within safety-critical cyber-physical systems (CPS). The inclusion of deep learning models in safety-critical applications requires to formally analyze the behavior of the system, including reasoning about the individual components (e.g., controller robustness), and their interactions and effects in the system as a whole. This tutorial begins with a lecture on this emerging research area, followed by demos of these methods implemented in software tools, specifically the Neural Network Verification (NNV) tool. Examples include systems from aerospace, automotive, and beyond.