Infamous software failures

Free webinar

On May 20, 2025, from 3 – 4 PM, High Tech Institute organizes a free webinar on infamous software failures. The webinar is presented by Ger Cloudt, trainer of the new “Software quality for engineers” and “Understanding software quality for managers” courses and author of the book “What is Software Quality?”.

Objective
Do you realize how much our society depends on software? Did you ever thought about the role of software in your personal life? A proper look at your close environment will convince you that software is ubiquitous.  Your smartphone is run by software, your computer is run by software, your vacuum cleaner is run by software, your television is run by software, your car is run by software. Can you imagine any device that is not influenced by software in some shape and form? What if the quality of that software is inferior? Let’s have a look at three completely different infamous software failures in this session!

Target audience
Everybody interested in what can go wrong in software.

Program

• What is software quality?
• The disappearance of the Mars Climate Orbiter
• Unintended acceleration causing a person to die
• Crowdstrike update crippling airports, train stations, hospitals and more
• Conclusion

Trainer
Ger Cloudt