| Academic Unit: |
Computer Engineering Department |
| Mode of Delivery: |
Face to face |
| Prerequisites: |
None |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Course Unit: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Nima Jafari NAVİMİPOUR |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Nima Jafari NAVİMİPOUR |
| Course Objectives: |
The main objective of this course is for students to learn the terminology of designing fault tolerance systems, some classical topologies and test case determination to thoroughly test an algorithm. It is expected that students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of safety critical and fault tolerance systems by analyzing some catastrophic accidents and suggest a remedy that could prevent it from happening. |
| Course Contents: |
Fault related systems’ vocabulary, safety integrity levels, fault tolerance systems, hazard analysis, risk analysis, developing dependable systems, hardware and software fault tolerance, redundancy, system reliability, availability, mean time to repair (MTTR), mean time to failure (MTTF), mean time between failures (MTBF), hardware and microprocessor design faults, redundant hardware topologies and examples, test design to thoroughly check the working status and effectiveness of every decision according to MC/DC criteria. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
- 1- Understand the basic concepts of dependability and fault tolerance.
- 2- Have knowledge and experience in applying different paradigms for the design of fault-tolerant systems.
- 3- Develop fault-tolerant and critical software according to current methodologies.
- 4- Have knowledge about existing fault-tolerant architectures.
- 5- Evaluate dependability and safety using analytical approaches.
- 6- Improve system robustness by using fault detection and elimination techniques.
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: |
Explanation of course topics by means of slides, solving problems in real-time, giving homeworks to students and later inviting students to present their studies. |
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
| 1 |
Introduction |
Pullum, Laura L. Software fault tolerance techniques and implementation. Artech House, 1st Chapter |
| 2 |
Software vs. Hardware faults dependability concept classification |
Pullum, Laura L. Software fault tolerance techniques and implementation. Artech House, 1st Chapter |
| 3 |
Fault Avoidance or Prevention Fault Removal Fault/Failure Forecasting Fault Tolerance |
Pullum, Laura L. Software fault tolerance techniques and implementation. Artech House, 1st Chapter |
| 4 |
Recovery Types of Redundancy |
Pullum, Laura L. Software fault tolerance techniques and implementation. Artech House, 1st Chapter |
| 5 |
Robust Software Design Diversity Data Diversity Temporal Diversity Levels of Diversity and Fault Tolerance Application |
Pullum, Laura L. Software fault tolerance techniques and implementation. Artech House, 1st Chapter |
| 6 |
Architectural Structure for Diverse Software |
Pullum, Laura L. Software fault tolerance techniques and implementation. Artech House, 1st Chapter |
| 7 |
Project 1 |
Project Kick-off Meeting |
| 8 |
Consistent Comparison Problem Domino Effect Design Paradigm for N-Version Programming Developing fault-tolerant software Programming Techniques |
Pullum, Laura L. Software fault tolerance techniques and implementation. Artech House, 1st Chapter |
| 9 |
Recovery Blocks N-Version Programming Acceptance Voting Operation Consensus Recovery Block N Self-Checking Programming Distributed Recovery Blocks |
Pullum, Laura L. Software fault tolerance techniques and implementation. Artech House, 1st Chapter |
| 10 |
Introduction to VLSI Testing Testing During VLSI Life Cycle Fault Models System-Level Testing Design Verification |
Pullum, Laura L. Software fault tolerance techniques and implementation. Artech House, 1st Chapter |
| 11 |
Stuck-at Faults Transistor Faults Levels of Abstraction Shorts and Opens |
Pullum, Laura L. Software fault tolerance techniques and implementation. Artech House, 1st Chapter |
| 12 |
Design for Testability Digital Test Architectures SISR and LFSR Logic Built-In Self-Test Scan Architectures |
Pullum, Laura L. Software fault tolerance techniques and implementation. Artech House, 1st Chapter |
| 13 |
Project 2 |
Project Kick-off Meeting |
| 14 |
Presentation |
Presentations during the Final Week |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)
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Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High
