In the Embedded and Reliable Information Systems Laboratory, our vision is to develop systems and tools that fundamentally improve the effectiveness of embedded computer and networking technologies. To accomplish this requires an extremely broad view of systems, and an appreciation for the complete life-cycle of products and processes. Connections among industrial sponsors, class projects, and university researchers are emphasized in order to bring together real-world issues and cutting edge solutions for training tomorrow's engineers.

The ERIS Laboratory has a long history of work in reliable systems. Our history begins with the Engineering Design Research Center, an NSF ERC and precursor to the current Institute for Complex Engineered Systems which houses the ERIS Laboratory. Dan Siewiorek was the director of the ERC and the coauthor of the widely cited textbook Reliable Computer Systems: Design and Evaluation.

Our current director, Phil Koopman, brought years of industry as well as navy experience to the ERIS lab. His project, Ballista, involved improving software robustness, and had for the first time been able to quantify the comparative robustness of various COTS operating systems. Recent research includes the RoSES project on robust self-customizing embedded systems.

Current researchers include Mike Bigrigg, ERIS Co-Director, who brings additional industry experience to the lab. An experienced educator in both the academic and industry setting, he leads the ERIS Seminar Series on reliable software development. His research focuses on analysis of software components.

You can find information about other researchers involved in the ERIS Laboratory by exploring the information on the various research projects.