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This Thursday, April 16, Galois Principal Scientist Mike Dodds will be delivering a lecture entitled “What Happens to Software When Proof is Cheap?” as part of the Allen School’s Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Washington. If you’re in the Seattle area and interested in the intersection of formal methods and artificial intelligence, come listen in! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gfi9C8v3

Today’s hospitals depend on vast networks of interconnected devices – from infusion pumps and imaging systems to patient monitors and printers. A single hospital may operate thousands, or even tens of thousands, of devices. As these networks continue to grow, each new device added expands the attack surface and adds complexity, making them increasingly difficult to understand and secure. Galois’s UPGRADE project provides a multi-layered solution that helps hospital IT teams make sense of their complex IoT systems, automates security where it’s possible, and assists and accelerates human IT teams where it is not. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gaZYJgd9

Next Tuesday, April 7, Galois Principal Scientist Katrina Schleisman and co-author Michael Levin will be presenting their paper "On the Conflation of Consciousness and Cognitive Complexity" at the AAAI Spring Symposium on Machine Consciousness in San Francisco. If you’re attending the conference, come listen and learn! Learn more about the event: https://lnkd.in/gs9_QYVG

MBSE just leveled up. Galois Principal Scientist Jérôme Hugues and i3’s Gene Shreve, alongside collaborators from Ellidiss, CMU/SEI, and Collins Aerospace, have released an AADL Library for SysML v2 on GitHub. This integration brings the best of both worlds together – SysML’s descriptive capacity and AADL’s analysis – within the SysML v2 ecosystem. Instead of switching between modeling environments, engineers can now work within a single modeling framework that supports high-level system architecture modeling, precise embedded system representations, and analysis-ready semantics for safety and performance. The result is a more unified modeling workflow that saves time and money, maintains consistency across architectural design and systems analysis, and reduces modeling friction in a streamlined MBSE process. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gh6kGMFr

Galois recently wrapped a successful hackathon for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) UPGRADE program with nine other interdisciplinary teams. The event focused on cross-team integrations and solving cybersecurity challenge problems inspired by real-world hospital environments, marking an important step toward UPGRADE’s goal: delivering a whole-hospital solution that enables automated vulnerability discovery, mitigation, and synthesis across complex networks. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gWGjka-h

ZK proofs are headed for real-world deployment — but writing correct ZK statements is tricky. Our new post by James Parker introduces zkLean, a Lean library that defines a domain specific language for specifying and formally verifying ZK statements. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g4TdTvYX

We’re thrilled to welcome Jason Schuette to Galois! A retired Marine and former DARPA program advisor, Jason brings decades of experience bridging cutting-edge technology and real-world mission impact. He’s spent his career helping teams transition bold ideas to operational reality—exactly the kind of challenge we care about at Galois. We’re excited for the perspective, leadership, and systems thinking he brings to the table. Welcome to the team, Jason!

We released updated versions of SAW and Cryptol! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e8wkVuVm

When one of our most inventive engineers at Galois retired, colleagues Tyler Smith and Ryan Peroutka decided to send him off with a very Galois-flavored farewell gift: a steel puzzle box disguised as a Minecraft gold ore block. The puzzle box featured multiple layers of security, including an accelerometer-based orientation lock and a light sensor backup. The project involved welding 30 pounds of steel, 3D printing internal components, and even sacrificing a few Arduinos along the way. The project (which our colleague was able to crack "without needing explosives or an angle grinder" is a testament not only to the creativity and problem-solving spirit that defines Galois, but also to the genuine spirit of community and creative kindness that pervades the organization. Check out the full build process here: https://lnkd.in/edB_qhts

As 2026 begins, we’re proud to reflect on a year at Galois defined by innovation, rigor, and real-world impact. Give our annual "Year in Review" blog a read to learn more about what our scientists have been up to: https://lnkd.in/gYjC4nvG