Researchers to Lead Development of High-Dependability Computing Program for NASA Software
NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., in the Silicon Valley, has agreed to award $23.3 million to Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science to lead the development of a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional High-Dependability Computing Program (HDCP) to improve NASA's capability to create dependable software.
The incremental, five-year, cooperative agreement is part of a broad strategy for dependable computing that links Carnegie Mellon, NASA, corporate partners and other universities. Carnegie Mellon experts will collaborate with NASA scientists and researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Maryland, University of Southern California, University of Washington and the University of Wisconsin to measure and improve the
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Carnegie Mellon President Jared Cohon (right) and University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Mark Nordenberg were named the top Pittsburghers of 2001 by Pittsburgh Magazine in its January issue. The magazine praises Cohon and Nordenberg for forming a powerful partnership that drives Pittsburgh's future. "Together they're... combining the strengths of two great universities in ways that could make Southwestern Pennsylvania an innovator in everything from artificial intelligence to artificial organs," the magazine says. The Pittsburgh Magazine article is online at
