FormaliSE 2026
Sun 12 - Mon 13 April 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
co-located with ICSE 2026
Sun 12 Apr 2026 12:00 - 12:15 at Oceania VIII - Session 1: AI and Safety

While most neural network verification tools are evaluated on image-based benchmarks, verifying models trained on preprocessed data that bears a complex and nonlinear relationship to the input poses additional challenges. We take the example of speech recognition, where spectrogram-based preprocessing obscures the correspondence between waveform perturbations and model inputs. We consider two convolutional neural networks for spoken digit classification, one operating directly on raw waveform inputs and the other on Mel spectrogram representations, each trained under Projected Gradient Descent (PGD) adversarial settings for varying values of perturbation $\epsilon$. The models are evaluated for robustness using state-of-the-art neural network verifiers, $\alpha,\beta$-CROWN, Marabou, and NeuralSAT. Results show that $\alpha,\beta$-CROWN outperforms other verifiers; however, verification success declines significantly as $\epsilon$ increases, with approximately 94% of samples verified at $\epsilon = 0$ and only 21% at $\epsilon = 0.02$. Our case study highlights several practical challenges in neural network verification for the selected domain. By documenting these challenges, this work guides the development of verification-friendly neural networks and preprocessing design for audio and other domains that involve complex data preprocessing.

Sun 12 Apr

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11:00 - 12:30
Session 1: AI and SafetyResearch Track / FormaliSE Program at Oceania VIII
11:00
30m
Talk
Optimisation of Disaster Resource Distribution with Risk Uncertainty Using Fuzzy Theory
Research Track
Diego Perez-Palacin Linnaeus University, Kenneth Johnson Auckland University of Technology, Vincenzo Grassi University of Roma "Tor Vergata", Raffaela Mirandola Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
11:30
30m
Talk
Model-Driven Assurance for Robotic Controllers: A Subterranean Tunnel Inspection Case Study
Research Track
Yasmeen Rafiq University of Manchester, Christopher Bishop University of Manchester, Simon Watson University of Manchester, Louise Dennis University of Manchester, Frederic Wheeler University of Manchester, John Brotherhood University of Manchester, Marti Morta Garriga University of Manchester, Robert Hierons The University of Sheffield
12:00
15m
Talk
Verification-Aware Convolution Neural Networks for Speech Recognition: A case study
Research Track
Syed Ali Asadullah Bukhari Maynooth University, Rosemary Monahan National University of Ireland, Barak A. Pearlmutter National University of Ireland
12:15
15m
Talk
Fighting AI with AI: Leveraging Foundation Models for Assuring AI-Enabled Safety-Critical Systems
Research Track
Anastasia Mavridou KBR / NASA Ames Research Center, Divya Gopinath KBR; NASA Ames, Corina S. Păsăreanu Carnegie Mellon University; NASA Ames