HaP Talk - Dependable Computing in Critical Real-Time Systems: Insights from Aerospace, Automotive, and Maritime Engineering
2023-05-17
An introductory exploration of dependability beyond hard real-time systems. Organised with the help of NuCC and ANTAEUS.
In this HaP Talk, we will discuss:
Programme
- Embedded Systems: Definitions, Standards, and Norms related to Data-Handling in various product sectors.
- Models: What are models in Computing? What are Systems? How should we think about software? Model Driven Development (MDD).
- Real-Time: Real-Time Systems; timing properties of data processing (known duration) and delivery times (known schedule/delay/jitter).
- Execution Management: Timestamps; On-board Control Procedures.
- Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety (RAMS): Reliability and Availability, FMECA Analysis, Redundancy (component level, interface level, cold vs hot redundancy), cross-strapping.
- Reliable and Critical Systems: Definitions; Software criticality level; Software Integrity Level (SIL); Software Fault-Tolerance Techniques.
- Software Development Methodologies: Coding Standards (MISRA-C), Static Analysis, Code Reviews, Version Control, Testing Strategy, and Requirements Observability (Systems Engineering).
- Architecture and Components: On-Board Computer unit (OBC), Memory Units, Data Bus and Data Cable Harness; Overview of the SAVOIR architecture.
- Safeguard Mechanisms: Fault Detection, Isolation and Recovery (FDIR); Safeguard Memory (SGM).
- Memory Management: Ring Buffer, File System, Linear Storage.
DateTime
Starts at 14:30:42h in FC6-1.46 (DCC's Room 4), Department of Computer Science - Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, 4169-007, Rua do Campo Alegre 1021, Porto . Duration: 1h
Speaker Information
Diogo Peralta Cordeiro is a PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Porto, where he also earned his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. His studies focus on information engineering, automation and robotics, and systems and control. Within these fields, Diogo's research interests lie in intelligent systems, interaction design, and machine vision.
Diogo has honed his skills in Dependable Computing by contributing to the design and development of a low-cost autonomous surface vehicle at the Underwater Systems and Technology Laboratory (LSTS-FEUP). In addition, he has undergone relevant training programmes by the European Space Agency, including Fly Your Satellite! – Design Booster Training Week, CubeSat Concurrent Engineering Workshop, and ECSS E-40 Software Engineering.
Currently, Diogo works in the On-Board Data-Handling (OBDH) team for the ANTAEUS CubeSat mission and is leading the Software and Computer Engineering Department at the Porto Space Team.