Index of Topic

Uplinks to software safety/risks

Instructor links

Overview of Computer Systems in Automobiles

• Software and system safety research group: a white paper, Nancy Leveson, Aeronautics and Astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Safety first: avoiding software mishaps, Charles Knutson and Sam Carmichael
• Auto computer, OMG BookSource
• System architectures in cars, Wayne Wolf, Innovative Technology for Computing Professionals
• Automating automobiles, Jeffrey Kaye, KCET

Dangers in Computer Safety Systems

• Interaction design for automobile interiors, Don Norman, Nielson Norman Group
• High tech cars could bring overload, Duncan Mansfield
  Associated Press
• Electronics in the car: Is the family car growing up to be a computer network?, Donal Heffernan and Gabriel Leen
• Error-free software is in reach, but is anyone reaching?, Jonathan Lurie
• Computer horror stories, Jonathan Bowen, Oxford Computing Laboratory
• High-tech cars could bring cognative overload, itsa.org

Enhanced Safety from on-board Computers

• Researchers develop better car controls, Paul Eng, ABC News
• Nissan's brave new world of auto safety, Cathy Nikkel, automedia.com
• Honda to arm its cars with unusual safety systems, Todd Zaun, The Wall Street Journal
• Computers in your teen's car monitors driving, Sandra Underhill
• Safety, Business Week
• Surrendering control - the future of automobile safety, Timothy Griffin

Future Computers in Automobiles

• Computers in cars, Pawel Bisiak & Amir Womack
• Automated vehicle guidance (AVCS) - The real automobile, Theodore Goldsmith
• BMW talking cars of the future, germancarfans.com
• Here come the smart cars, Elizabeth Pope
• Cars and computers: Microsoft develops new technologies for the automobile industry, Microsoft Inc.