The Evolution Of Fault-tolerant Computing: In The Honor Of William C. Carter (dependable Computing And Fault-tolerant Systems)

For the editors of this book, as well as for many other researchers in the area of fault-tolerant computing, Dr. William Caswell Carter is one of the key figures in the formation and development of this important field. We felt that the IFIP Working Group 10.4 at Baden, Austria, in June 1986, which coincided with an important step in Bill's career, was an appropriate occasion to honor Bill's contributions and achievements by organizing a one­ day "Symposium on the Evolution of Fault-Tolerant Computing" in the honor of William C. Carter. The Symposium, held on June 30, 1986, brought together a group of eminent scientists from all over the world to discuss the evolu­ tion, the state of the art, and the future perspectives of the field of fault-tolerant computing. Historic developments in academia and industry were presented by individuals who themselves have actively been involved in bringing them about. The Symposium proved to be a unique historic event and these Proceedings, which contain the final versions of the papers presented at Baden, are an authentic reference document. Front Matter....Pages N1-x Experiences in Fault Tolerant Computing, 1947 – 1971....Pages 1-36 Evolution of Fault Tolerant Switching Systems in AT&T....Pages 37-54 Fault Tolerance in Tandem Computer Systems....Pages 55-76 Evolution of Reliable Computing in Hitachi and Autonomous Decentralized System....Pages 77-99 A History of Research in Fault Tolerant Computing at SRI International....Pages 101-119 The Evolution of Fault Tolerant Computing at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, 1955–85....Pages 121-140 The Evolution of Fault Tolerant Computing at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and at UCLA: 1955 – 1986....Pages 141-191 Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance at LAAS: a Summary....Pages 193-213 Reliable Digital Systems and Related Stanford University Research....Pages 215-250 Design Fault Tolerance....Pages 251-270 The Evolution of Fault Tolerant Computing at the University of Illinois....Pages 271-288 The Evolution of Fault Tolerant Computing at the University of Michigan....Pages 289-311 Experimental Research in Reliable Computing at Carnegie Mellon University....Pages 313-336 A History of Research in Fault Tolerant Computing at the Grenoble University....Pages 337-353 Research Activities on FTC in Japan....Pages 355-371 The Evolution of Dependable Computing in Italy....Pages 373-407 Fault Tolerant Computing Systems in Germany....Pages 409-436 The Technical Committee on Fault Tolerant Computing of The IEEE Computer Society....Pages 437-448 Back Matter....Pages 449-465 For the editors of this book, as well as for many other researchers in the area of fault-tolerant computing, Dr. William Caswell Carter is one of the key figures in the formation and development of this important field. We felt that the IFIP Working Group 10.4 at Baden, Austria, in June 1986, which coincided with an important step in Bill's career, was an appropriate occasion to honor Bill's contributions and achievements by organizing a oneƯ day "Symposium on the Evolution of Fault-Tolerant Computing" in the honor of William C. Carter. The Symposium, held on June 30, 1986, brought together a group of eminent scientists from all over the world to discuss the evoluƯ tion, the state of the art, and the future perspectives of the field of fault-tolerant computing. Historic developments in academia and industry were presented by individuals who themselves have actively been involved in bringing them about. The Symposium proved to be a unique historic event and these Proceedings, which contain the final versions of the papers presented at Baden, are an authentic reference document This book contains contributions from a group of eminent computer scientists and engineers from several countries. It covers the evolution, the state of the art and the future perspectives of the field of fault-tolerant computing. Historic developments in academia and industry are described by those people who themselves have been actively involved in bringing them about. The papers were originally presented at a symposium on "The Evolution of Fault-Tolerant Computing" organized by the IFIP WG 10.4 "Reliable Computing and Fault-Tolerance", held in Baden, Austria, on June 30, 1986.