Safety Critical Systems

This module encourages students to apply engineering techniques to support the development of safety-critical systems and cyber-physical systems (CPS) --- computational systems that are integrated with physical processes. Applications of such systems include medical devices and systems, consumer electronics, assisted living, traffic control and safety, automotive systems, process control, energy management and conservation, environmental control, aircraft control system, critical infrastructure control (electric power, and water resources), and defence systems.

It also encourages students to consider the particular methodological and professional issues that surround the development of both cyber-physical and Safety-critical systems. The students will be taught a number of risk analysis techniques such as Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis and Fault Tree Analysis as well as the application of safety critical design techniques such as redundancy and safety critical evaluation techniques such as Black Box testing.