Testing software fault-tolerance techniques at the PARTREC cyclotron accelerator
The team in front of the PARTREC cyclotron used for the experimentsProf. Federico Reghenzani and Ph.D. candidates Davide Baroffio, Emilio Corigliano, and Tomas Antonio Lopez carried out a series of experiments at the PARTREC particle accelerator in Groningen (Netherlands).
The team’s research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of software-based mitigation techniques against radiation-induced transient faults. These techniques, implemented in ASPIS, aim at protecting low-cost Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components for their operation in radiation-prone environments, such as space applications. PARTREC cyclotron accelerator allowed to reproduce the effects of protons to test the effectiveness of the implemented techniques in a more realistic environment.
This experimental campaign was made possible thanks to the support of the RADNEXT European project, which provides access to irradiation facilities for research purposes.
Federico Reghenzani
Assistant Professor
Federico Reghenzani received his PhD degree from Politecnico di Milano in January 2021. He is currently a researcher working on real-time systems and embedded computing. His research interests are on probabilistic real-time, mixed-criticality systems, fault tolerance, and embedded Linux systems.
Davide Baroffio
Ph.D. Student
Davide Baroffio is a PhD student at Politecnico di Milano researching compilers for safety-critical systems and embedded computing.
Emilio Corigliano
Ph.D. Student
Emilio Corigliano is a Ph.D. student at Politecnico di Milano. His research focuses on hardening real-world critical and mixed-criticality software systems against transient faults.
