CM30072: Safety-critical computer systems
[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Computer Science |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | EX 100% |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
At the end of this course a student should be able to demonstrate the following:
1. An understanding of the nature of risk in developing computer-based systems.
2. The ability to choose and apply appropriate hazard analysis models for simple safety-related problems.
3. An understanding of how to approach the design of safety-critical software systems.
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| Aims: | To give an appreciation of the current state of safe systems development. To develop an understanding of risk in systems. To give a foundation in hazard analysis models and techniques. To show how safety principles may be built into all stages of the software development process.
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| Skills: | IT (T, A).
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| Content: | The nature of risk: computers and risk; how accidents happen; human error. System safety: historical approaches to system safety; basic concepts and terminology. Managing the development of safety-critical systems. Modeling human error and the accident process. Hazard analysis: basic principles; models and techniques. Safety principles in the software lifecycle: hazard analysis as part of requirements analysis; designing for safety; designing the human-machine interface; verification of safety in computer systems.
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| Course availability: |
CM30072 is Compulsory on the following courses:
Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
- UEEE-AFB13 : BEng(Hons) Computer Systems Engineering (Year 3)
- UEEE-AKB13 : BEng(Hons) Computer Systems Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UEEE-AFM13 : MEng(Hons) Computer Systems Engineering (Year 3)
- UEEE-AKM13 : MEng(Hons) Computer Systems Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
CM30072 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Computer Science
- USCM-AFB06 : BSc(Hons) Computer Science (Year 3)
- USCM-AAB07 : BSc(Hons) Computer Science with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- USCM-AKB07 : BSc(Hons) Computer Science with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- USCM-AFM01 : MComp(Hons) Computer Science (Year 3)
- USCM-AAM02 : MComp(Hons) Computer Science with Study year abroad (Year 3)
- USCM-AKM02 : MComp(Hons) Computer Science with Year long work placement (Year 3)
Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
- UEEE-AFM13 : MEng(Hons) Computer Systems Engineering (Year 4)
- UEEE-AKM13 : MEng(Hons) Computer Systems Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 5)
- UEEE-AFM16 : MEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering (Year 3)
- UEEE-AKM16 : MEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UEEE-AFB16 : BEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering (Year 3)
- UEEE-AKB16 : BEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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