Extra Friday Lecture

On December 4, 11:15-12:00 in the Large Auditorium Carolyn L. Talcott, will give an extra Friday Lecture on

Fault Tolerance From a Cellular Biology Perspective

Speaker:
Carolyn L. Talcott, Stanford Research Institute
http://blackforest.stanford.edu/clt/

Abstract:
We will give a high level overview of a wide range of `fault tolerance' mechanisms at the cellular level of biological systems.  We will then consider `fault tolerance' mechanismes in the immune system in more 
detail.  We will consider issues such as;
 
- perceived `goals' of the immune system

- what does fault tolerance mean in this setting

- underlying biological principles

- strategies used to provide defense against intrusion

- delicate balances that must be maintained

and relate these to security and fault tolerance as understood in  computer systems.