The course is taught in English.

The course aims at Focusing on some updated and advanced concepts, methodologies, techniques and solutions adopted to improve the Quality of Service (QoS) and dependability of digital systems of various complexities, with particular emphasis on Embedded Systems.
In addition, the course aims at presenting some significant industrial experiences, from both SMEs and biggest players.

Students will learn how facing and takling problems posed by improving and guaranteeing Quality of Service (QoS) and dependability of digital systems of various complexity, with particular emphasis on Embedded Systems.
They will learn how resorting to team work and group management.
They will also learn how presenting their solutions in effective manners.

Students are assumed to be familiar with the basic concepts of:
- Digital system architecture
- VHDL-based synthesis
- Digital system testing.

– Dependability
- Fault tolerant Architecures
– SIHFT
– Fault injection
– Coding Techniques
– FPGA for space application
- Emerging & Universal Memories
- Software Testing

Students are requested to deliver:
- a technical oral presentation
- a homework, aimed at focusing on some advanced topics related to the contents of the lectures

Handout material is provided to the students.

The exam is composed of 3 parts:
- Technical Presentation : 20%
- Oral exam : 20%
- Homework : 60%
Overall Grading = Technical Presentation grading + Oral exam grading + Homework grading