High Dependability Computing Program - SCRover Testbed

The goal of High Dependability Computing Program is to

• develop high dependability technologies
• study their effectiveness under varying conditions, and
• transfer them into practice

The University of Southern California (USC), Center for Software Engineering (CSE) along with High Dependability Computing Program (HDCP) is developing a software testbed. This software testbed shall

• stress the technology and demonstrate its context of effectiveness
• help the researcher identify the strengths, bounds, and limits of the particular technology at different levels
• provide insights into the models of dependability

The software testbed being built at USC is initially based on Inspector SCRover. Inspector SCRover (Southern California Rover) is a public safety robot which shall enable the DPS (Department of Public) to verify threats, involving suspicious materials, without a risk to human life. For more information on Inspector SCRover click here.

Additionally, USC CSE has collabrated with Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering (FC-MD) to define, describe and evaluate the dependability models. For more information on USC CSE and FC-MD collabration click here.