CENG 525
Fault Tolerant Computing
Fault modeling, testing and redundancy techniques to achieve fault tolerance in computer systems, error detection, failure recovery, error coverage, current research in the field.
Course Objectives
To introduce fault modeling, testing and redundancy techniques to achieve fault tolerance in computer systems
Recommended or Required Reading
Israel Koren, C. Mani Krishna, Fault-Tolerant Systems, Morgan Kaufmann, 2007.
B.S. Dhillon, Computer System Reliability, CRC Press, 2013.
Learning Outcomes
1. To be able to understand faults and testing
2. To be able to design and evaluate hardware and software fault tolerance techniques
3. To demonstrate the experience to apply the reliability techniques on safety-critical systems
| Week | Topics |
| 1 | Introduction to fault tolerance |
| 2 | Digital circuits and fault modeling |
| 3 | Testing for combinational and sequential circuits |
| 4 | Testing of microprocessor based systems |
| 5 | Error detection, self-checking modules |
| 6 | Malfunction diagnosis, redundancy |
| 7 | Midterm |
| 8 | Software reliability |
| 9 | Resilient algorithms |
| 10 | Error coverage |
| 11 | Vulnerability discovery |
| 12 | Failure recovery |
| 13 | Current research in the field |
| 14 | Current research in the field |
Grading
Written Midterm Exam: 20%
Written Final Exam: 30%
Assignments: 10%
Term Project: 40%
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