ECE655 - Projects

The projects should illustrate the solution of problems in fault tolerant computing. These should be web-based programs in either Java or Javascript. See examples at: http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/koren/FaultTolerantSystems/simulator/ and http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/koren/architecture/.

You should always search first on the www to find out whether similar programs are already available.

Examples of possible projects:

Demonstrate Recomputing with Shifted Operand for addition and multiplication.

Calculate dependability measures for a regular and fault-tolerant mesh structure (several have been proposed in the literature).

Calculate dependability measures for other network topologies.

Generate tests for a combinational circuit with redundancy.

A seminar consists of an in-class presentation (approximately 25 minutes) and a final report.
Examples of possible topics:

Performability of computer systems.

Watchdog processors.

Checker processors (e.g., Diva).

Boeing 777.

Space shuttle.

Tandem (NonStop and other) (2 students).

Stratus.

MAFT.