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Continuing engineering education for software engineering professionals

Conference ·
OSTI ID:7250038
Designers of software for safety-critical applications are impelled to supplement their education through continuing engineering studies in the areas of requirements analysis, hazard identification, risk analysis, fault tolerance, failure modes, and psychology. Today's complex level of design is contributing to opportunities for catastrophic design errors in computer functions where failure of such functions is capable of causing injury and death. A syllabus of post-graduate, core studies within the curricula of five engineering specialties is suggested. Software Engineers are exhorted to undertake a professional, responsible role in safety-critical software design.
Research Organization:
Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., Piketon, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76OR00001
OSTI ID:
7250038
Report Number(s):
POEF-T-3559B; CONF-9206267--1; ON: DE92019888
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English