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SUMMARY:How to prove that a communications protocol stack is up to the job
  - James Collier\, Chief Technical Officer \, Cambridge Silicon Radio\, ht
 tp://www.csr.com
DTSTART:20080521T131500Z
DTEND:20080521T141500Z
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CONTACT:Timothy G. Griffin
DESCRIPTION: The ususal means is of course by testing\, but what is meant 
 by testing? Most of the industry writes tests which are designed to prove 
 that the design works\, or if desigend to be stress tests\, designed to be
  reproducable. In my opinion both of these are misguided\, and in my talk 
 I will describe a different approach\, which is designed to break the prod
 uct and uses random scenarios\, but has been\, I believe\, key to CSR's su
 cess. So far as I know we are unique in doing it in the manner I shall des
 icribe. \n\n \nBIO: \nMr Collier has served as the Company’s Chief Techn
 ical Officer since CSR’s establishment in April 1999. Mr Collier is a co
 -founder of CSR. Between 1984 and April 1999\, Mr Collier held a number of
  executive and technical positions at Cambridge Consultants Ltd\, where he
  formed the microelectronics group in 1987. Prior to 1984\, Mr Collier hel
 d a number of executive and technical positions at Schlumberger. Mr Collie
 r has a degree in physics from the University of Oxford.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Computer Laboratory
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