Course: Dependability of Information Systems

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Course title Dependability of Information Systems
Course code KI/DEP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Maškov Viktor, doc. RNDr. Mgr. DrSc.
  • Fišer Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Beránek Pavel, Ing. Mgr.
Course content
1. Introduction to the problems of dependability 2. Fault-tolerance of information systems 3. Techniques for providing fault-tolerance of information systems 4. Self-checking and self-diagnosis at system level 5. Selfdiagnosis: basics 6. Algorithms of selfdiagnosis 7. Organization of selfdiagnosis 8. Recovery blocks 9. N-variant programming and object oriented programming 10. Exception handling in N-variant programming 11. Competing and cooperative concurrent systems 12. Coordinated atomic actions 13. Dependability concepts with respect to malicious faults

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course gives introduction into the problem of dependability of information systems. The issues of self-checking and self-diagnosis of computing systems will be explained in details during the given course. The main subject of the course focuses on the tasks of reliability and fault-tolerance of information system.

Prerequisites
unspecified
KI/PGL1

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
- student draws lots to answer questions; - the questions are restricted to the course syllabus; - the level of knowledge should correspond to the content of lectures; - students will get the list of questions two weeks prior to the exam; The expected knowledge of students: - knowledge of terminology and concepts; - knowledge and understanding of the main threats to system dependability; - knowledge of the means for achieving system dependability; - knowledge of the means for providing software reliability.
Recommended literature
  • Laprie, J.C., ed. Dependability: Basic concepts and terminology- in English, French, German, Italian and Japanese. Springer-Verlag, Vienna, Austria, 1992.
  • Mashkov V., Fišer J. Samokontrola a samodiagnostika na systémové úrovni. Lviv: Ukrainian Academic Press, 2010. ISBN 978-966-322-169-4.
  • Mashkov V. Selected problems of system level self-diagnosis. Lviv: Ukrainian Academic Press, 2011. ISBN 978-966-322-365-0.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Information Sciences (double subject) (A14) Category: Informatics courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Information Systems (A14) Category: Informatics courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Information Sciences (double subject) (A14) Category: Informatics courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter