UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE 697SS: Advanced Topics in Fault Tolerant Computing
Spring 2007

Description: A seminar/project course on the theory and practice of fault tolerant systems.

• The topics to be covered include:

  • 1. Introduction.
  • 2. Defect tolerance in VLSI circuits.
  • 3. Fault tolerance in Cryptography.
  • 4. Reliability evaluation through fault injection methods.
  • 4. Other advanced topics.

• Simulator.
• Lecture notes (pdf format):
  Fault Detection in Cryptography
• Instructor: Prof. Israel Koren, KEB 309E, Tel. 545-2643, Email: koren 'at' ecs.umass.edu
• Prerequisites: Introduction to Fault Tolerant Computing.
• Recommended reading:
  • I. Koren and C. M. Krishna, Fault Tolerant Systems, Morgan-Kaufman, 2007.
  • M.L. Shooman, Reliability of Computer Systems and Networks: Fault Tolerance, Analysis, and Design, Wiley, 2002, ISBN 0-471-29342-3.
  • D.P. Siewiorek and R.S. Swarz, Reliable Computer Systems: Design and Evaluation, A.K. Peters, 1998.
  • D.K. Pradhan (ed.), Fault Tolerant Computer System Design, Prentice-Hall, 1996.
  • B.W. Johnson, Design and Analysis of Fault-Tolerant Digital Systems, Addison-Wesley, 1989.
• Schedule: TuTh. 9:30-10:45am.
• Office Hours: TuTh. 1:00-2:00 or by appointment.
• Course web page: All details regarding the course will be available at:
  http://euler.ecs.umass.edu/ece697ss.