Nancy Leveson
Encyclopedia
Nancy G. Leveson is a leading American expert in system
and software safety. She is Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, United States
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Nancy Leveson gained her degrees (in computer science, mathematics and management) from UCLA, including her PhD in 1980. Previously she worked at University of California, Irvine
and the University of Washington
as a faculty member. She has studied safety-critical systems such as the Traffic Collision Avoidance System
(TCAS) for the avoidance of midair collisions between aircraft and problems with the Therac-25
radiation therapy machine.
Leveson has been editor of the journal IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
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System safety
The system safety concept calls for a risk management strategy based on identification, analysis of hazards and application of remedial controls using a systems-based approach...
and software safety. She is Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Nancy Leveson gained her degrees (in computer science, mathematics and management) from UCLA, including her PhD in 1980. Previously she worked at University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
and the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
as a faculty member. She has studied safety-critical systems such as the Traffic Collision Avoidance System
Traffic Collision Avoidance System
A traffic collision avoidance system or traffic alert and collision avoidance system is an aircraft collision avoidance system designed to reduce the incidence of mid-air collisions between aircraft...
(TCAS) for the avoidance of midair collisions between aircraft and problems with the Therac-25
Therac-25
The Therac-25 was a radiation therapy machine produced by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited after the Therac-6 and Therac-20 units ....
radiation therapy machine.
Leveson has been editor of the journal IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
The IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed, scientific journal published by the IEEE Computer Society. It was first published in March of 1975....
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Books
- Nancy G. Leveson, Safeware: System Safety and Computers. Addison-WesleyAddison-WesleyAddison-Wesley was a book publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, best known for its textbooks and computer literature. As well as publishing books, Addison-Wesley also distributed its technical titles through the Safari Books Online e-reference service...
, 1995. ISBN 0-201-11972-2.