Hiroshima University Syllabus

Back to syllabus main page
Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering (Master's Course) Division of Advanced Science and Engineering Informatics and Data Science Program
Lecture Code WSN20801 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name Dependable Computing
Subject Name
(Katakana)
ディペンダブル コンピューティング
Subject Name in
English
Dependable Computing
Instructor DOHI TADASHI
Instructor
(Katakana)
ドヒ タダシ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  2Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2T) Tues1-4
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details)
 
This is a part of ``Tech-in-English program'', so that the course will be managed in only English. This course materials in English were developed by Prof. Dohi and Prof. Kishor S. Trivedi, Duke University, USA, where Prof. Trivedi is an expert and the world leader of dependable computing. We request a group work to students. In the current plan, we give the real data on software bug prediction and have a prediction competition by students.
 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction E : English
Course Level 6 : Graduate Advanced
Course Area(Area) 25 : Science and Technology
Course Area(Discipline) 02 : Information Science
Eligible Students M1 & M2
Keywords software dependability, design diversity, environmental diversity, fault-tolerance, software reliability, safety, software metrics, quantification, availability, software security, software aging and rejuvenation 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
Understanding advanced topics on software dependability, reliability, quality and security

Exercise of reading an English textbook in software reliability engineering

Presentation and discussion in English
 
Class Schedule lesson1 The balls and urn view of software testing
lesson2 The PIE assessment model of software testability I
lesson3 The PIE assessment model of software testability II
lesson4 Designing toward the tester's utopia
lesson5 Software safety
lesson6 Assessment of safety-critical software units
lesson7 Software reliability modeling
lesson8 Software reliability growwth modeling
lesson9 System modeling
lesson10 Software reliability prediction, allocation and demonstration testing
lesson11 Software dependability I
lesson12 Software dependability II
lesson13 Software dependability III
lesson14Software dependability IV
lesson15 Advanced topics on software reliability and security

No exam but students are requested to complete the reports on programing and bug prediction.  
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
No preparation for the lecture is needed.  
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) Power point 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
None 
Requirements None 
Grading Method The necessary conditions for the credit are to complete the reports.  
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message This course will be managed in only English.  
Other   
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
Back to syllabus main page