If you have seen this before, sorry. Be patient.
If you would like to sound off about the connection between reliability and
safety, (or the lack of any such connection), get an abstract in now.
Use direct text in the E-mail or Windows.
Thank you,
John Peter Rooney
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
CALL FOR PAPERS.
38th ANNUAL SPRING RELIABILITY SYMPOSIUM
RELIABILITY AND SAFETY: State of the Art Reliability and Safety Techniques.
Reliability and Safety analyses share common approaches, such as using the
mathematics of probability to assess the likeliness of the occurrence of an
event. The theme of the 2001 Symposium seeks to explore the tools common
to both reliability and safety disciplines, and to present the symposium
attendees lesson learnt from the application of these tools to real life
experiences.
Dr. William M. Goble, author of the book, Control System Safety Evaluation
and Reliability, will be the symposium's keynote speaker, giving us a
broad-brush examination of the relationship between safety and reliability.
Papers are solicited to share the real world experience of reliability
parishioners in the safety arena. Appropriate subjects would include, but
are not limited to:
Failure Modes and Effects (FMEA) as related to hazards review and safety
assessments.
FMECA: critical, major and minor failure modes as examined by safety
analysts.
FMEDA: Failure Modes Effects And Diagnostic Analysis: Case Histories?
Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) as applied to safety related systems or events.
Failure rate predictions: with the "demise" of MIL-HDBK-217, what source
are you using?
How "good" are these predicted numbers for safety analysis? Are they
acceptable?
Experience with the new Safety Evaluation Standards: IEC 61508 or ISA
S84.01
Safety Integrity Levels (SIL): your experience achieving certification to
customer required SILs?
Field Data: field proven availability experience of fault tolerant systems
and SILs.
Software Reliability: How do you factor in the effects of software?
Human Reliability and Safety: what models are you using?
The main goal of this symposium is to share real world experiences, thus
offering training not typically found in academic settings. A social hour
will follow the formal presentations; speakers will then be available to
answer questions and for further discussions. Prospective authors should
submit a 330 to 4000 words abstract to the Technical Chairman by Tuesday,
January 16, 2001. Abstracts must indicate the type of submission, and
should include the author's name, affiliation postal address, E-mail
address, telephone number and a brief biography. Multiple authors: identify
the correspondence and presenting author. The correspondence author will be
notified of acceptance by Friday, February 2, 2001. Deadline for
camera-ready copy of accepted papers and tutorials is Friday, March 17,
2001. Submit all abstracts and any questions or comments to:
Technical Chairman, IEEE Spring Symposium
John Peter Rooney, Senior Member IEEE,
11 Anchor Drive
Plymouth, Massachusetts, 02360-3201, USA
Tele: (508)-224-8156
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Visit the web site: http:\\www. channel1.com\users\ieee\home.html for
on-line registration and information.
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