The evolution of dependable computing at the University of Illinois

Abstract

The University of Illinois has been active in research in the dependable computing field for over 50 years. Fundamental ideas have been proposed and major contributions made by researchers at the University of Illinois in the areas of error detection and recovery, fault tolerance middleware, testing and diagnosis, experimental evaluation and benchmarking of system dependability, dependability modeling, and secure system design and validation. This paper traces the origins of these ideas and their development within the University of Illinois, as well as their influence upon research at other institutions, and outlines current research directions. © 2004 Springer Science + Business Media, Inc.