ECE 753: Fault-Tolerant Computing

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753 Fault-Tolerant Computing. Irr; 3 cr. Fault modeling, redundancy techniques and reliability evaluation, error detecting and correcting codes, self-checking circuits, fault diagnosis, software fault tolerance, and case studies. P: ECE/Comp Sci 552, Math/Stat 431 or equiv, or cons inst.

Course Prerequisite(s)

ECE 552
Math/Stat 431 or its equivalent (Basic Probability)
Graduate standing or consent of the instructor

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

Course-pack from Bob's copy shop ( required)
D. K. Pradhan, editor, Fault-Tolerant Computer System Design, Prentice-Hall, 1996. ( recommended)

Course objectives

To become familiar with general and state of the art techniques used in design and analysis of fault-tolerant digital systems. Study and investigate existing fault-tolerant systems. Both Hardware and software methods will be studied and new research topics will be investigated.

Topics covered

Faults and their manifestations
Fault/error modeling
Reliability, availability and maintainability analysis
System evaluation, performance--reliability trade--offs
System level fault diagnosis
Hardware and software redundancy techniques
Fault--tolerant system design methods
Mobile computing and Mobile communication environment
Fault injection methods
Software fault-tolerance
Case studies of fault-tolerant systems
Current research issues

Assessment of student progress toward course objectives

Exam and Project (term paper)

Computer Usage:: The course requires use of analysis tools.
Projects:: Each student will be required to submit a term paper involving either an in--depth literature survey of an advanced topic or an individual research into some special and concurrent topic. Research papers that can be submitted to IEEE/ACM conferences are strongly encouraged. Students are encouraged to find a topic for term paper/project and discuss it with the instructor. A list of recommended topics for the term project will be distributed early in the course and students are encouraged to work on it throughout the term. An oral presentation to the class is required at the end of the semester. A written paper is tentatively due on the last lecture day of the course.

Person(s) who prepared this description

Kewal K. Saluja

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