Nancy Leveson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Professor
Cambridge, Massachusetts
leveson@mit.edu
Office:
(617) 258-0505
Bio/Research
Dr. Leveson holds a Ph.D. from UCLA. She was a Computer Science professor at the University of California, then became Boeing Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington.
Professor Leveson’s research focuses on topics related to the design of complex sys...
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Professor Leveson’s research focuses on topics related to the design of complex sys...
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Bio/Research
Dr. Leveson holds a Ph.D. from UCLA. She was a Computer Science professor at the University of California, then became Boeing Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington.
Professor Leveson’s research focuses on topics related to the design of complex systems containing software, hardware, and human components. Her goal is to stretch current limits of complexity and intellectual manageability of the systems we can build with reasonable resources and with confidence in their expected behavior, particularly safety. Current research topics include; model-based system and software engineering, system and software safety, software requirements specification and analysis, human-computer interaction, reusable component-based system architectures, interactive vludisualization, human-centered system design, and comprehensive approaches to risk management that include the organizational, political, managerial, and social aspects of system construction and operation. New work is starting in security. Current applications include space, aircraft, autos, rail systems, nuclear power, medical devices, hospital safety, defense systems, and others.
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Professor Leveson’s research focuses on topics related to the design of complex systems containing software, hardware, and human components. Her goal is to stretch current limits of complexity and intellectual manageability of the systems we can build with reasonable resources and with confidence in their expected behavior, particularly safety. Current research topics include; model-based system and software engineering, system and software safety, software requirements specification and analysis, human-computer interaction, reusable component-based system architectures, interactive vludisualization, human-centered system design, and comprehensive approaches to risk management that include the organizational, political, managerial, and social aspects of system construction and operation. New work is starting in security. Current applications include space, aircraft, autos, rail systems, nuclear power, medical devices, hospital safety, defense systems, and others.
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