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PUBLICATIONS

Proxy Validation and Verification for Critical AI Systems

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Author(s)

Phillip Laplante, Joanna DeFranco, D. Richard Kuhn, Jeff Voas

Abstract

This white paper offers a suggestion that prior testing artifacts from similar AI systems can be reused for new AI software. Testing AI and Machine learning software is difficult, and if prior testing results from similar systems could be applied as a proxy, this would be a significant research advance.
Citation
NIST Cybersecurity White Papers (CSWP) - 31
Report Number
31
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.CSWP.31
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Keywords

artificial intelligence, assurance, testing, verification
Information technology

Citation

Laplante, P. , DeFranco, J. , Kuhn, D. and Voas, J. (2024), Proxy Validation and Verification for Critical AI Systems, NIST Cybersecurity White Papers (CSWP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.CSWP.31, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=956743 (Accessed October 22, 2025)

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Created September 26, 2024
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