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IEEEARES
2006
IEEE
14 years 26 days ago
Towards a Stochastic Model for Integrated Security and Dependability Evaluation
We present a new approach to integrated security and dependability evaluation, which is based on stochastic modelling techniques. Our proposal aims to provide operational measures...
Karin Sallhammar, Bjarne E. Helvik, Svein J. Knaps...
CORR
2007
Springer
117views Education» more  CORR 2007»
13 years 6 months ago
Sensor Networks with Random Links: Topology Design for Distributed Consensus
—In a sensor network, in practice, the communication among sensors is subject to: 1) errors that can cause failures of links among sensors at random times; 2) costs; and 3) const...
Soummya Kar, José M. F. Moura
ISSTA
1993
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Faults on Its Sleeve: Amplifying Software Reliability Testing
Most of the effort that goes into improving the quality of software paradoxically does not lead to quantitative, measurable quality. Software developers and quality-assurance orga...
Richard G. Hamlet, Jeffrey M. Voas
PERCOM
2008
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Towards Robust Low Cost Authentication for Pervasive Devices
Low cost devices such as RFIDs, sensor network nodes, and smartcards are crucial for building the next generation pervasive and ubiquitous networks. The inherent power and footpri...
Erdinç Öztürk, Ghaith Hammouri, B...
ICDCS
2012
IEEE
11 years 9 months ago
Combining Partial Redundancy and Checkpointing for HPC
Today’s largest High Performance Computing (HPC) systems exceed one Petaflops (1015 floating point operations per second) and exascale systems are projected within seven years...
James Elliott, Kishor Kharbas, David Fiala, Frank ...