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In recent years, a number of methods for verifying DNNs have been developed. Because the approaches of the methods differ and have their own limitations, we think that a number of verification methods should be applied to a developed DNN.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-11-12 Naoto Sato , Hironobu Kuruma , Masanori Kaneko , Yuichiroh Nakagawa , Hideto Ogawa , Thai Son Hoang , Michael Butler

Modern verification tools for deep neural networks (DNNs) increasingly rely on abstraction to scale to realistic architectures. In parallel, proof production is becoming a critical requirement for increasing the reliability of DNN…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-06-12 Yizhak Yisrael Elboher , Omri Isac , Guy Katz , Tobias Ladner , Haoze Wu

The uninterpretability of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) hinders their use in safety-critical applications. Abstract Interpretation-based DNN certifiers provide promising avenues for building trust in DNNs. Unsoundness in the mathematical…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Avaljot Singh , Yasmin Chandini Sarita , Charith Mendis , Gagandeep Singh

Deep neural networks (DNN) are growing in capability and applicability. Their effectiveness has led to their use in safety critical and autonomous systems, yet there is a dearth of cost-effective methods available for reasoning about the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-08-22 David Shriver , Dong Xu , Sebastian Elbaum , Matthew B. Dwyer

Current Deep Neural Network (DNN) verifiers are typically designed to prioritize scalability over reliability. Reliability can be reinforced through the generation of proofs that are checkable by trusted, external proof checkers. To date,…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-02-05 Omri Isac , Idan Refaeli , Haoze Wu , Clark Barrett , Guy Katz

Deep Neural Networks (DNN) are crucial in approximating nonlinear functions across diverse applications, ranging from image classification to control. Verifying specific input-output properties can be a highly challenging task due to the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Tianhao Wei , Hanjiang Hu , Luca Marzari , Kai S. Yun , Peizhi Niu , Xusheng Luo , Changliu Liu

The widespread adoption of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) in important domains raises questions about the trustworthiness of DNN outputs. Even a highly accurate DNN will make mistakes some of the time, and in settings like self-driving…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-03-04 Yan Xiao , Ivan Beschastnikh , David S. Rosenblum , Changsheng Sun , Sebastian Elbaum , Yun Lin , Jin Song Dong

Deep neural networks (DNNs) are becoming a key component in diverse systems across the board. However, despite their success, they often err miserably; and this has triggered significant interest in formally verifying them. Unfortunately,…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-05-31 Raya Elsaleh , Guy Katz

Deep neural networks are widely used for nonlinear function approximation with applications ranging from computer vision to control. Although these networks involve the composition of simple arithmetic operations, it can be very challenging…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-12-02 Changliu Liu , Tomer Arnon , Christopher Lazarus , Christopher Strong , Clark Barrett , Mykel J. Kochenderfer

Despite the large number of sophisticated deep neural network (DNN) verification algorithms, DNN verifier developers, users, and researchers still face several challenges. First, verifier developers must contend with the rapidly changing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-29 David Shriver , Sebastian Elbaum , Matthew B. Dwyer

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are powerful tools that have shown extraordinary results in many scenarios, ranging from pattern recognition to complex robotic problems. However, their intricate designs and lack of transparency raise safety…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-12-12 Luca Marzari , Gabriele Roncolato , Alessandro Farinelli

Deep learning has transformed the way we think of software and what it can do. But deep neural networks are fragile and their behaviors are often surprising. In many settings, we need to provide formal guarantees on the safety, security,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Aws Albarghouthi

As deep neural networks (DNNs) are increasingly used in safety-critical applications, there is a growing concern for their reliability. Even highly trained, high-performant networks are not 100% accurate. However, it is very difficult to…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-30 Eduard Pinconschi , Divya Gopinath , Rui Abreu , Corina S. Pasareanu

The reliability of software that has a Deep Neural Network (DNN) as a component is urgently important today given the increasing number of critical applications being deployed with DNNs. The need for reliability raises a need for rigorous…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-03-01 Swaroopa Dola , Matthew B. Dwyer , Mary Lou Soffa

The rapid advance of deep reinforcement learning techniques enables the oversight of safety-critical systems through the utilization of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs). This underscores the pressing need to promptly establish certified safety…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-04-03 Dapeng Zhi , Peixin Wang , Si Liu , Luke Ong , Min Zhang

Software development in the aerospace domain requires adhering to strict, high-quality standards. While there exist regulatory guidelines for commercial software in this domain (e.g., ARP-4754 and DO-178), these do not apply to software…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-08-06 Guy Katz , Natan Levy , Idan Refaeli , Raz Yerushalmi

The success of Deep Learning and its potential use in many safety-critical applications has motivated research on formal verification of Neural Network (NN) models. Despite the reputation of learned NN models to behave as black boxes and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-05-23 Rudy Bunel , Ilker Turkaslan , Philip H. S. Torr , Pushmeet Kohli , M. Pawan Kumar

Neural network verification tools currently support only a narrow class of specifications, typically expressed as low-level constraints over raw inputs and outputs. This limitation significantly hinders their adoption and practical…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Yizhak Y. Elboher , Reuven Peleg , Zhouxing Shi , Guy Katz , Jan Křetínský

Deep neural networks (DNNs) have become one of the enabling technologies in many safety-critical applications, e.g., autonomous driving and medical image analysis. DNN systems, however, suffer from various kinds of threats, such as…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-19 Yu Li , Min Li , Bo Luo , Ye Tian , Qiang Xu

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have emerged as an effective approach to tackling real-world problems. However, like human-written software, DNNs can have bugs and can be attacked. To address this, research has explored a wide-range of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Hai Duong , ThanhVu Nguyen , Matthew Dwyer