Dependable Computing

The Latin-American Symposium on Dependable Computing,LADC,isthemain Latin-American event dedicated to the discussion of the many issues related to dependability in computer systems and networks. It is a forum for researchers and practitioners (from all over the world) to present and discuss their latest results and experiences in this ?eld. LADC2005,thesecondeditionofthisevent,followedonthesuccessofLADC 2003,which took place at the Polytechnic School of the University of S ao Paulo. It was organized by LaSiD, the Distributed Systems Laboratoryassociated with the Department of Computer Science of the Federal University of Bahia. LADC 2005wassponsoredbySBC,theBrazilianComputerSociety,incooperationwith IEEETConFault-TolerantComputing, IFIPWorking Group10.4 Dependable Computing and Fault-Tolerance ,SADIO, the Argentine Society for Informatics and Operations Research, SCCC, the Chilean Computer Science Society, and SMCC, the Mexican Society for Computer Science. LADC2005wasstructuredaroundtechnicalsessions,keynotespeechesanda panel.Twoworkshopswereco-locatedwithLADC2005:WDAS(Latin-American Workshop on Dependable Automation Systems) and WTD (3rd Workshop on Theses and Dissertations on Dependable Computing). WDAS is a forum where members of academia and industry can meet to discuss speci?c dependability issues related to automation systems. WTD is a student forum dedicated to the discussion of ongoing and recent work in the ?eld of dependability carried out at graduate level.

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Invited Talks.- Probabilistic Validation of Computer System Survivability.- Timed Asynchronous Distributed Systems.- WLAN in Automation More Than an Academic Exercise?.- Evaluation.- Using Stratified Sampling for Fault Injection.- A Methodology for the Automated Identification of Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in Executable Software Without Source-Code.- Quantitative Evaluation of Distributed Algorithms Using the Neko Framework: The NekoStat Extension.- Certification.- Airborne Software Concerns in Civil Aviation Certification.- Modelling.- A Method for Modeling and Testing Exceptions in Component-Based Software Development.- Verifying Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems Using Object-Based Graph Grammars.- The Zerberus Language: Describing the Functional Model of Dependable Real-Time Systems.- Embedded Systems.- Soft Error Mitigation in Cache Memories of Embedded Systems by Means of a Protected Scheme.- On the Effects of Errors During Boot.- A Fault Tolerant Approach to Object Oriented Design and Synthesis of Embedded Systems.- Time.- Scheduling Fixed-Priority Hard Real-Time Tasks in the Presence of Faults.- On the Monitoring Period for Fault-Tolerant Sensor Networks.- Adapting Failure Detectors to Communication Network Load Fluctuations Using SNMP and Artificial Neural Nets.- Distributed Systems Algorithms.- Parsimony-Based Approach for Obtaining Resource-Efficient and Trustworthy Execution.- Generating Fast Atomic Commit from Hyperfast Consensus.- Group-Based Replication of On-Line Transaction Processing Servers.- Workshops.- Third Workshop on Theses and Dissertations on Dependable Computing.- Latin-American Workshop on Dependable Automation Systems.- Tutorials.- Software Architectures for Dependable Systems.- Fault-Tolerant Techniques for Concurrent Objects.-Agreement Protocols in Environments with Temporal Uncertainties.