Harry Foster
Chief Scientist Verification

Harry Foster is Chief Scientist Verification for Siemens Digital Industries Software; and is the Co-Founder and Executive Editor for the Verification Academy. Harry served as the 2021 Design Automation Conference General Chair, and is currently serving as a Past Chair. Harry is the recipient of the Accellera Technical Excellence Award for his contributions to developing industry standards. In addition, Harry is the recipient of the 2022 ACM Distinguished Service Award, and the 2022 IEEE CEDA Outstanding Service Award.

Part 1: The 2020 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

November 5, 2020

In my previous blog, I introduced the 2020 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study (click here). The objective of my previous…

By Harry Foster
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Understanding and Minimizing Study Bias (2020 Study)

October 30, 2020

This blog is a continuation on the 2020 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study blog series. A big concern when…

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Prologue: The 2020 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

October 27, 2020

This is the first in a sequence of blogs that presents the findings from our new 2020 Wilson Research Group…

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DAC 2020: A Rare Virtual Opportunity in Professional Development!

DAC 2020: A Rare Virtual Opportunity in Professional Development!

June 21, 2020

Probably one of the most important pieces of advice I ever received was given to me when I was a…

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Mastering Today’s Emerging Functional Safety Workflows

Mastering Today’s Emerging Functional Safety Workflows

April 27, 2020

Last week the Verification Academy announced the new Introduction to ISO 26262 “Road vehicles – Functional safety” video course. And…

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Navigating the Road to Functional Safety

Navigating the Road to Functional Safety

April 22, 2020

One example of increasing requirements that are contributing to growing electronic system complexity relates to safety-critical designs, such as ISO…

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How to Increase UVM Code Generation Productivity

How to Increase UVM Code Generation Productivity

April 15, 2020

I think most project teams agree that there is a lot of benefit in adopting UVM in terms of improving…

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How do you spell UVM? Opportunities in professional development.

How do you spell UVM? Opportunities in professional development.

March 31, 2020

A few months ago I had the honor of being invited to lecture a graduate-level course on functional verification. After…

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FPGA Verification Maturity: A Quantitative Analysis

FPGA Verification Maturity: A Quantitative Analysis

March 27, 2020

In early February, I had the honor of keynoting the FPGA-forum held in the beautiful city of Trondheim, Norway. This…

By Harry Foster
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