Dr. Scott R. Cannon
Professor; PhD
1977, University of Utah
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[USU ] [Computer Science ]
Research and Development Projects
My laboratory is part of the Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) located in the USU Research Park. My research is associated with space-platform software for the aerospace industry and the USAF Office of Scientific Research (Space Vehicles Directorate). This work addresses the issues of self-discovery and self-configuration of independently designed software modules.
This work generated the Satellite Data Model (SDM) and Satellite Sensor Model (SSM) software support system and tools for rapid integration and deployment for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) the next generation small satellite missions. In addition, my laboratory produced operating system software for the PnPSat, Maple I and II, RoadRunner, PnPSat, and the STRV-1d spacecraft, as well as control software for the Advanced Instrument controller embedded in the DITP interceptor system.
Students interested in working in this lab must be US citizens or have permanent residency.
Research
Interests
Self-discovery and
configuration
Self-discovery and configuration concerns the problem of how independently designed software and hardware modules can discover the capabilities, interfaces, and locations of each other and then cooperate on tasks.
Software fault tolerance
Software fault-tolerance concerns how a system of many processors can efficiently self-organize and work in a distributed or parallel architecture in such a way as to allow recovery in the event some of the nodes are lost.
Classes
Taught
- CS 1400, 1410 Computer Science I, Intro to C++
- CS2550 Computer Organization and Architecture
- CS 3100 Operating Systems
- CS5200 Distributed Systems
- CS5300 Compiler Construction
- CS6200 Distributed Systems Design
- CS7500 Fault-tolerant Dist/Par. Systems
Contact
Information
Scott Cannon
Department of Computer Science, USU
UMC 4205
Office Phone: 797-2015
Fax: (801)797-3265
E-Mail: scott.cannon@usu.edu
Last updated: Aug 2011