GTAC 2008: Advances in Automated Software Testing Technologies

Google Tech Talks
October 23, 2008

ABSTRACT

The Third Annual Google Test Automation Conference (GTAC), Seattle, WA, Oct. 23rd and 24th.

Speaker: Elfriede Dustin
Speaker: Marcus Borch

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[MinnesotaWoman]

Great presentation - very timely and useful.

Ms. Dustin is always a great speaker, and a true professional.

[ElfriedeDustin]

Actually, the main point here is that automated testing for hardware is much further advanced than automated testing for software. Little hardware testing is still done manually, while that is the case for software testing, i.e. much software testing is still done in a manual fashion.

[PCX339]

Thanks for capturing the slides and screen. So many of the tech talks just show the speaker so you can't figure out what the graph they're talking about must look like.

[jdevoz]

I believe the author was implying that hardware testing was automatically generated, (since the designs are entered electronically, software can generate test vectors, scan data, etc.) This isn't the whole point of the video, but one of the premises it was making. Automatic execution is different from automatic testcase generation. A lot of hardware design validation is performed using custom firmware/software, written by people.

[testgineer]

Jdevoz,

You might have misunderstood the premise. Hardware testing is done rarely in a manual fashion anymore, while a large percentage of software testing is still done in a manual fashion.

[jdevoz]

Oh yes, an excellent presentation / presenter.

[jdevoz]

One premise is false for hardware testing. Often, hardware companies design a great deal of custom firmware/software to validate hardware designs/modules/systems.

[kokomoko1234]

Me too

:)

[testgineer]

I attended the conference, this one was one of the better talks. Great conference!

[AutomatedTesterxxx]

useful!