On the importance of resilience engineering for networked systems in a changing world

Hutchison, D., Pezaros, D. , Rak, J. and Smith, P. (2023) On the importance of resilience engineering for networked systems in a changing world. IEEE Communications Magazine, (doi: 10.1109/MCOM.001.2300057) (Early Online Publication)

Abstract

Resilience is featured increasingly often in the media, usually applied to society when faced, for example, with disasters such as flooding and the enormous challenges that the Covid-19 pandemic posed. There are now many resiliencerelated discussion groups worldwide, and some standards initiatives devoted in particular to city resilience. However, there is relatively little explicit interest in resilience engineering for communication networks and systems, including the Internet. This is perhaps surprising, given the reliance that society now places on networks and networked systems. This paper reflects on key issues and developments that may change this perspective; we summarize recent and current research in resilient systems and, consequently, propose a multidisciplinary research agenda in resilience engineering for networked systems.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Early Online Publication
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Pezaros, Professor Dimitrios
• Authors: Hutchison, D., Pezaros, D., Rak, J., and Smith, P.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• Journal Name: IEEE Communications Magazine
• Publisher: IEEE
• ISSN: 0163-6804
• ISSN (Online): 1558-1896
• Published Online: 03 July 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 IEEE
• First Published: First published in IEEE Communications Magazine 2023
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy