counting is hard, part 2
In the previous post on this topic, we suggested that counting is hard and used the example of counting words in a book. There are three heuristics for communicating uncertainty (3Q) that we will use to help us organize our
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life's a beach
It’s January 2, and when I opened my email this morning, I saw this from Pete Donath, “retired” FTE and Flight Test Safety Committee Board of Directors member: “I had a nightmare (or two) last night…” That will get your
Flight Test Safety Podcast
In December, we launched the Flight Test Safety podcast. By “podcast,” we mean “audio recording,” which is the popular meaning of the term. You can find it wherever you subscribe to podcasts, whether that is on the Apple podcast app
Flight Test Safety Fact, 20-01
Welcome back! The new year brings a new format and a new podcast, both of which you can see inside this issue. Turning the page on the calendar gives us another important opportunity: the chance to reflect. Stop and think
Peter Donath, Flight Test Engineer
I don’t remember when I first met Pete, but I remember when I first heard Pete. It was 2014 when I joined the Board of Directors for SFTE. Several years later, when we met in person, it was like I’d
#winning in the new year
This is Jake, my youngest son, and he just turned seven a few months before this photo. I wish this picture had better resolution so you could see the look on his face. I snapped it with my phone, and
counting is hard
On my desk is a novel written by one of my favorite authors. It has a black cover with an image that appears to be the x-ray of a starfish. There are two-hundred and forty three pages in the book,
Machine Learning Techniques Applied to Flight Test Data Evaluation
I mentioned this paper in the Flight Test Safety Fact 19-12 in the limited survey of AI in Flight Test. The authors have generously agreed to share it here. From the authors: This paper proposes an application of machine-learning methods
Reach Everyone
More than a year ago, I heard a long-time USAF member of SETP say, “I never heard about the Flight Test Safety Committee” (an admission that took many of our Committee members by surprise). That conversation was the catalyst for
Artificial Intelligence in Flight Test: A Limited Survey
As far back as 1994, Flight Test Safety intersected with Artificial Intelligence (AI). As you can see above, that year the US Navy at Pax River published a paper titled “The Use of Genetic Algorithms for Flight Test and Evaluation