Computers today can be susceptible to viruses, trojans and other malicious attacks, so University of Newcastle computer scientists are leading an £18 million project to build more robust and resilient machines from the outset.
Fault intolerance built into computer systems is set to benefit five of the most important sectors in industry today – transportation, automotive, space, telecommunication and business information. Top names in industry have signed up to test the results from the DEPLOY project, including Siemens, Bosch, Space Systems, Nokia and SAP (Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing).
The developers will use formal engineering methods to test the fault tolerance of each system and refine these in an industrial setting to ensure they meet the needs of an increasingly technological society. Work being carried out will feed into projects such as the 2013 European Space Agency’s mission to explore Mercury and train security on the Paris Metro.
Working with European industry
Project Director of the University of Newcastle’s the School of Computing Science, Professor Sascha Romanovsky said: “It is very unusual for a university to be leading a project like this as its normally industry-led, so it’s a great honour for us to be working with some of the top names in European industry. The industry partners put in 50 per cent of their own money, which is a sure sign that they take this seriously.
“From the start we’ve made it clear that we’re not going to carry out research that is not meeting industry’s needs. This project will only be a success if we are able to create what they need and can use.”
This project is a continuation of Newcastle University’s previous successful three-year EU project, RODIN (Rigorous Open Development Environment for Complex Systems) which has just been completed and gained an ‘excellent’ rating from the European Commission.
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Date Published: January 30, 2008
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