Subject: IEEE-CS TC-RTS Newsletter for Wed Apr 15, 1998 _______________________________________________________________________________ __ _ __ ___ ___ __ __ I E E E Technical Committee |\ | |_ | | (_' | |_ | | |_ |_) C S on Real-Time Systems | \| |__ |/\| ,_) |__ |__ | | |__ | \ _______________________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents Line ----------------- ---- 1. Azer Bestavros (414 lines) RTAS'98: Program and Call for Participation ....................... 3 2. rich@cs.umd.edu (Richard Gerber) (153 lines) IEEE RTSS 98 CFP (Deadline May 1).................................. 417 3. Chia Shen (93 lines) MidART Version 1.0 (NT) release announcement....................... 570 4. Jan Jonsson (101 lines) Saab Professorship Available....................................... 663 5. Iain Bate (58 lines) Call For Papers for a Special Issue of the IEE Proceedings......... 765 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<* START OF THE IEEE-CS TC-RTS NEWSLETTER *>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 1; Postmarked Wed Apr 15 21:53:43 1998 From: Azer Bestavros Subject: RTAS'98: Program and Call for Participation Content-Length: 16508 A D V A N C E P R O G R A M & C A L L F O R P A R T I C I P A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ,--. --- .--. ,--. / .--. .--. Real-Time Technology & Applications Symposium | | | | | | | | | | |--' | |--| `--. `--| >--< Denver, Colorado, USA / June 3-5, 1998 | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | `--' `--' `--' Sponsored by: IEEE-CS TC on Real-Time Systems ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.cs.bu.edu/pub/ieee-rts/rtas98 Objectives and Scope -------------------- The IEEE Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium brings together real-time system developers and researchers from academia, industry and government to present the latest advances in real-time systems research, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted. An exciting program that fosters discussions and technical exchanges is planned, including tutorials, panel discussions, technical paper presentations and work-in-progress sessions on various aspects of real-time computing and communication, ranging from multimedia applications, case studies, systems integration, application requirements, scheduling, operating systems, software engineering, dependability, databases, programming languages, system development tools, communications, performance modeling and formal techniques. Technical Program ----------------- Tuesday June 2, 1998 * 08:00-17:00 / IEEE Workshop on Dependable and Real-Time E-Commerce Systems (DARE'98) * 17:00-19:00 / Symposium Registration and Informal Reception Wednesday June 3, 1998 * 08:00-08:30 / Registration and Breakfast * 08:30-08:40 / Opening Remarks o Raj Rajkumar (General Chair) and Azer Bestavros (Program Chair) * 08:40-10:00 / Session I: Scheduling o "Overload tolerance for single-processor workloads", Sanjoy K. Baruah. o "Bounding Loop Iterations for Timing Analysis", Christopher Healy, Mikael Sjodin, Viresh Rustagi, and David Whalley. o "Rate-Monotonic Scheduling in the Presence of Timing Unpredictability", Lie Zhou, Kang G. Shin, and Elke A. Rundensteiner. * 10:00-10:30 / Morning Break * 10:30-12:00 / Session II: Communication o "Real Time Performance Guarantees over Wired and Wireless LANs", Prashant Pradhan and Tzi-Cker Chiueh. o "Performance Analysis of An RSVP-Capable Router", Tzi-cker Chiueh, Anindya Neogi, and Paul Stirpe. o "Fully Distributed Wireless MAC Transmission of Real-Time Data", Michael J. Markowski and Adarshapal S. Sethi. * 12:00-13:30 / Lunch * 13:30-15:30 / Tutorial o "Real-Time Java", Kelvin Nilsen, President of NewMonics Inc. * 15:30-16:00 / Afternoon Break * 16:00-17:40 / Work In Progress Session: Chair Susan Nagy * 18:00-21:00 / RTAS'98 Reception and Dinner Thursday June 4, 1998 * 08:00-8:30 / Breakfast * 8:30-10:00 / Session III: Methodologies and Architectures: o "Managing Memory Requirements in the Synthesis of Real-Time Systems from Processing Graphs", Steve Goddard and Kevin Jeffay. o "The Cogency Monitor: An External Interface Architecture for a Distributed Object-Oriented Real-Time Database System", John A. Stankovic, Sang H. Son, and Chi D. Nguyen. o "FARA: A Framework for Adaptive Resource Allocation in Complex Real-Time Systems", Daniela Rosu, Karsten Schwan, and Sudhakar Yalamanchili. o "An Application of Complex Task Modeling", K. Bradley, J.K. Stronsnider. * 10:00-10:30 / Morning Break * 10:30-12:00 / Session IV: Operating Systems and Middleware o "Alleviating Priority Inversion and Non-determinism in Real-time CORBA ORB Core Architectures", Douglas C. Schmidt, Sumedh Mungee, and Aniruddha Gokhale. o "Using Windows/NT for Real-Time Applications: Experimental Observations and Recommendations", Oscar Gonzales, Krithi Ramamritham, S. Sen, C. Shen, and S. B. Shirgurkar. o "A Firm Real-Time System Implementation Using Commercial Off-The-Shelf Hardware and Free Software", B. Srinivasan, S. Pather, F. Ansari, and D. Niehaus. * 12:00-13:30 / Lunch * 13:30-15:00 / Invited Presentations and Panel Discussion o Building Real-Time Systems Using OTS Technologies? Moderator: Mike Jones, Microsoft Research Panelists: TBA * 15:00-15:30 / Afternoon Break * 15:30-16:40 / Session V: Quality of Service o "End-Host Architecture for QoS-Adaptive Communication", Tarek Abdelzaher and Kang G. Shin. o "Time Slot Allocation for Real-Time Messages with Negotiable Distance Constrained Requirements", L. Dong, R. Melhem, D. Mosse. o "A Scalable QoS Routing Architecture for Real-Time CSCW Applications", Ibrahim Matta and Mohamed Eltoweissy. * 17:00-18:00 / Semi-Annual IEEE-CS RTS Technical Committee Meeting: Chair Doug Locke, Lockheed Martin Corporation. Friday June 5, 1998 * 08:00-08:30 / Breakfast * 08:30-10:00 / Session VI: Specification and Verification o "A Comparison of Static Analysis and Evolutionary Testing for the Verification of Timing Constraints", Frank Mueller and Joachim Wegener. o "Form, the Missing Piece in Effective Real Time System Specification and Simulation", Ji Y. Lee, Kyo C. Kang, Gerard J. Kim, and Hye J. Kim. o "Verification of the Fast Reservation Protocol with Delayed Transmission using the tool Kronos", Stavros Tripakis and Sergio Yovine. o "bCANDLE: Formal Modelling and Analysis of CAN Control Systems", D.Kendall, S.P. Bradley, W.D. Henderson, and A.P.Robson. * 10:00-10:30 / Morning Break * 10:30-12:00 / Session VII: Database and Information Systems: o "Real-Time Client-Server Push Strategies: Specification and Evaluation", Vinay Kanitkar and Alex Delis. o "Optimistic Similarity-Based Real-Time Concurrency Control", Chih Lai. o "A Unified Approach for Specifying Timing Constraints and Composite Events in Active Real-Time Database Systems", Guantian Liu, Aloysius K. Mok, and Prabhudev Konana. * 12:00-13:30 / Lunch * 13:30-15:30 / Tutorial o "Real-Time CORBA", Doug Schmidt, Washington University. * 15:30-16:00 / Afternoon Break * 16:00-17:20 / Session VIII: Experiences and Case Studies o "A Triple Redundant Controller Which Adopts the Time-Sharing Fault Recovery Method and Its Application to a Power Converter Controller", Kotaro Shimamura, Yuichiro Morita, Yoshitaka Takahashi, Takashi Hotta, Shigeta Ueda, Mikiya Nohara, Mitsuyasu Kido, Seji Tanaka, Kazuhiro Imaie, Koji Sakamoto, and Tatsuhito Nakajima. o "Verification of the Redundancy Management System for Space Launch Vehicle: A Case Study", O. Sokolsky, M. Younis, Insup Lee, Hee-Hwan Kwan, and Jeff Zhou. o "Real-Time Spacecraft Simulation and Hardware-in-the-loop Testing", Alan Ptak and Khalil Foundy. * 17:20-17:30 / Closing Remarks --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RTAS'98 Tutorials ----------------- RTAS'98 features two tutorials on Real-time Extensions for Java and on Real-Time Corba. Attendance of these tutorials is open to all those registered for RTAS'98. PERC Real-Time Extensions for Java Dr. Kelvin Nielsen, NewMonics Inc. Wed June 3, 1998 / 13:30 - 15:30 Though Java was originally designed for embedded systems development, the language and typical implementations lack support for real-time programming. PERC is a standard set of Java extensions that empower programmers with the ability to write portable real-time software components. Each real-time activity encodes its own real-time requirements in terms of periodic CPU time, total live memory, and memory allocation rate. During the startup phase of a real-time activity, the activity negotiates with the PERC executive for system resource budgets. Once the budgets have been granted, the PERC executive enforces them. This approach allows portable deployment of reliable real-time activities. The tutorial discusses issues relevant to the design and implementation of the PERC real-time extensions and teaches participants how to write real-time Java applications using the PERC extensions. Dr. Nilsen completed his Ph.D. at the University of Arizona in 1988. He worked 8 years as a faculty member and scientist at Iowa State University, focusing his research efforts on high-level language support for real-time programming. He left Iowa State University in June of 1996 to work full time for NewMonics, a company that he founded for the purpose of commercializing real-time Java technologies. Dr. Nilsen holds three patents and a number of pending patents in the areas of real-time garbage collection and real-time programming methodologies. Patterns and Performance of Real-time Object Request Brokers Dr. Douglas C. Schmidt, Washington University, St. Louis Friday June 5, 1998 / 13:30 - 15:30 The Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) defines a flexible model for distributed object computing. However, the CORBA specification and conventional Object Request Broker (ORB) implementations lack key features required by real-time applications. This talk describes the principles, design patterns, implementation techniques, and optimizations necessary to develop real-time CORBA ORBs that can meet end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) requirements. Portions of this material is based on the presenter's extensive experience developing and applying real-time ORBs for avionics and telecommunications projects at Boeing, Siemens, Sprint, and Motorola. Source code, documentation, and technical papers on real-time CORBA are available at Dr. Schmidt is an Assistant Professor of Department of Computer Science and the Department of Radiology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. His research focuses on design patterns, implementation, and experimental analysis of object-oriented frameworks that facilitate the development of high-performance, real-time distributed object computing systems on parallel processing platforms running over high-speed ATM networks. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Registration ----------------------- Mail to: Ms. Linda Buss Phone: 715-232-7948 RTAS'98 Fax: (715) 235-2258 or (715) 232-6244 E3774 - 550th Ave. Email: ljbuss@win.bright.net Menomonie, WI 54751 USA Name: ____________________________________________ Affiliation: ________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Phone: ____________ Fax: __________________________ Email: ______________________________________________ IEEE Membership No: _______________________________ Fee Schedule ------------ RTAS'98 Registration (Early: by May 20) (Late: after May 20) IEEE Members $375 $425 Non-Members $475 $550 Full-time Students $175 $225 Registration can be done through electronic mail. The e-mail address is ljbuss@win.bright.net. Conference registration includes all the events of the symposium (i.e. tutorials, receptions, etc.) To receive student rate, students are required to have advisor's name and signature at the time of registration. Advisor Name: __________________________ Advisor Signature: __________________________ Written request for refunds, subject to a processing fee, must be made no later than May 15, 1998. Payment can be made by check, money order, or credit card. Please make checks or money orders payable, in U.S. dollars, to RTAS'98. Payments in other currencies will not be accepted. Credit Card: [ ] Visa [ ] Mastercard [ ] American Express Credit Card Number: ____________________________ Cardholder Name: _____________________________ Credit Card Expiration Date:____________________ Total Charges Authorized:_______________________ Signature: ____________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hotel Reservation Form ---------------------- Mail to: Executive Tower Inn, Phone: 303.571.0300 1405 Curtis Street, Fax: 303.825.4301 Denver, Colorado 80202 For the special conference rate, please before May 1, 1998 and mention "IEEE RTAS'98." Attendees are encouraged to call early since only a limited block of rooms is available at the special prices below. Name: ________________________________________ Affiliation: ___________________________________ Address: _____________________________________ Phone: _______________________________________ Fax: _________________________________________ Arrival Date: ________________________________ Departure Date: ______________________________ Accommodation desired: [ ] Single/Double $90 [ ] Triple $100 [ ] Quad $110 Parking, sales and occupancy taxes are extra. Check-in is after 15:00, check-out is before 12:00 noon. One night's deposit is required with each reservation. A valid major credit card guarantee is acceptable in lieu of cash deposit. Please check form of payment. [ ] Visa [ ] Mastercard [ ] American Express Credit Card Number: __________________________ Cardholder Name: ___________________________ Credit Card Expiration Date: __________________ Total Charges Authorized: ___________________ Signature: __________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizing Committee -------------------- General Chair Raj Rajkumar, Carnegie Mellon University Program Committee Chair Azer Bestavros, Boston University Ex-Officio Doug Locke, Lockheed Martin (IEEE-CS TC-RTS Chair) Local Arrangements Chair Marty Humphrey, University of Colorado at Denver Publicity Chairs Suzan Nagy, The Open Group (Americas) Sten Andler, University of Skovde, Sweden (Europe) Farn Wang, (Far East and Australia) Program Committee Members ------------------------- Sanjoy Baruah, University of Vermont, USA Pam Binns, Honeywell, USA Rebecca Callison, The Boeing Company, USA Saurav Chatterjee, SRI International, USA Ray Clark, The Open Group, USA Duncan Clarke, University of Kentucky, USA Jorgen Hansson, University of Skovde, Sweden Kevin Jeffay, University of North Carolina, USA Mike Jones, Microsoft, USA Tei-Wei Kuo, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan Insup Lee, University of Pennsylvania, USA David L. Levine, Washington University in St. Louis, USA Jane Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA Al Mok, University of Texas at Austin, USA Doug Niehaus, University of Kansas, USA Krithi Ramamritham, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA Manas Saksena, Concordia University, Canada Chia Shen, Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab, USA Kang Shin, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, USA Sang Son, University of Virginia, USA Jack Stankovic, University of Virginia, USA Neeraj Suri, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Bhavani Thuraisingham, MITRE, USA Victor Wolfe, University of Rhode Island, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information check RTAS'98 on the Web at http://www.cs.bu.edu/pub/ieee-rts/rtas98 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 2; Postmarked Wed Apr 8 01:36:03 1998 From: rich@cs.umd.edu (Richard Gerber) Subject: IEEE RTSS 98 CFP (Deadline May 1) Content-Length: 6393 CALL FOR PAPERS (Submission Deadline: 1 May 1998) The 19th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium Madrid, Spain December 2-4, 1998 Sponsored by The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems ======================================================================= SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE RTSS '98 brings together a wide body of researchers and developers, to advance the science and practice of real-time and embedded systems. All papers on real-time, embedded or reactive systems are welcome, including (but not limited to) the following topics: modeling and design methods, operating systems, scheduling algorithms, databases, file systems, networks and communications, programming languages, formal methods, architecture, middleware and APIs, instrumentation, fault tolerance, software engineering, performance analysis, embedded systems, signal-processing, multimedia applications, process control, tool support -- and a lot more. Of particular interest are case-study reports on experimental results, from any core application area in real-time systems. ======================================================================= SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Papers should describe original research (i.e., not published elsewhere), and should not exceed 20 double-spaced pages (or approximately 5000 words). All accepted submissions will appear in the proceedings published by IEEE, with the committee recommending a selection of the best papers for publication in a journal. Submissions should be made electronically, either in postscript or PDF format. Additional details on submission guidelines will be posted at the RTSS'98 Home Page: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~rich/rtss98/ Electronic submissions are preferred; however postal submissions will be accepted for review, provided they arrive by the Submission Deadline of May 1, 1998. All authors taking this option should mail eight (8) copies of their submitted papers to the Program Chair: Richard Gerber Email: rich@cs.umd.edu Department of Computer Science URL: www.cs.umd.edu/~rich University of Maryland Phone: +1-301-405-2710 College Park, MD 20742 USA Fax: +1-301-405-6707 ======================================================================= IMPORTANT DATES * May 1, 1998 -- Deadline for paper submissions * July 25, 1998 -- Notification of acceptance * September 1, 1998 -- Final paper due * December 2-4, 1998 -- RTSS '98, Madrid, Spain ======================================================================= EXHIBITION, WORKSHOP AND WORK-IN-PROGRESS SESSIONS Exhibition and Show: RTSS '98 will include an industrial exhibition in a centrally located space, for vendors to demonstrate state-of-the-art systems, development tools and applications; where RTSS attendees can engage in technical discussions with product engineers and developers; and where company representatives meet (and potentially recruit) young researchers specializing in real-time and embedded systems. To reserve space for the exhibition, please contact the RTSS '98 Industrial Chair, Dr. Alan Burns (burns@minster.cs.york.ac.uk). Workshop: RTSS '98 will co-host a workshop on December 1, 1998, directly before the conference. The focus of the workshop will be a "hot topic" of special interest to researchers and developers of real-time systems. Recent RTSS workshops were on topics such as Middleware/APIs (1997) and Multimedia Systems (1996). More information on the 1998 workshop topic will be announced shortly, and publicized on the conference home page. Work-in-Progress Session: As in previous years, RTSS '98 will include a Work-In-Progress (WIP) session, featuring short presentations on new and evolving work. Accepted WIP papers will be included in a special proceedings, and distributed to RTSS'98 conference participants. The proceedings will then be published electronically on the IEEE-CS TC-RTS Home Page. WIP papers will be due approximately one month before the Symposium. ======================================================================= ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair: Kwei-Jay Lin, University of California, Irvine Program Chair: Richard Gerber, University of Maryland Finance Chair: Walt Heimerdinger, Honeywell Technology Center Registration Chair: Linda Buss Local Arrangements Chair: Angel Alvarez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Local Treasurer: Juan A. de la Puente, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Publicity Co-Chairs: Alejandro Alonso, Universidad Politicnica de Madrid (Europe) Chao-Ju Jennifer Hou, Ohio State University (Americas) Joseph Ng, Hong Kong Baptist University (Asia/Pacific) Industrial Chair: Alan Burns, University of York Ex-Officio: (RTS-TC Chair) Doug Locke, Lockheed Martin Corporation ======================================================================= PROGRAM COMMITTEE James Anderson (University of North Carolina) Azer Bestavros (Boston University) Sanjoy Baruah (University of Vermont) Giorgio Butazzio (Scuola Superiore e Sant'Anna) Gerhard Fohler (Malardalen University) Michael Gonzalez Harbour (Universidad Cantabria) Jeffrey Hollingsworth (University of Maryland) Seongsoo Hong (Seoul National University) Farnam Jahanian (University of Michigan) Kevin Jeffay (University of North Carolina) Hermann Kopetz (Vienna University of Technology) Kim G. Larsen (Aalborg University) Insup Lee (University of Pennsylvania) Jane W.S. Liu (University of Illinois) Keith Marzullo (University of California at San Diego) Sang Lyul Min (Seoul National University) Al Mok (University of Texas at Austin) Ragunathan Rajkumar (Carnegie Mellon University) Jennifer Rexford (AT&T Research) Manas Saksena (Concordia University) Bran Selic (ObjectTime, Ltd.) Andy Wellings (University of York) David Wilner (Wind River Systems) Sergio Yovine (CNRS/VERIMAG) Hui Zhang (Carnegie Mellon University) ======================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 3; Postmarked Tue Mar 3 10:59:48 1998 From: Chia Shen Subject: MidART Version 1.0 (NT) release announcement Content-Length: 4229 MERL--A Mitsubishi Electric Research lab in Cambridage, MA. announces the release of MidART Version 1.0 (NT). Free source code license is provided for academic research purposes. Please visit our web site at www.merl.com/projects/midart or email inquiries to Chia Shen at shen@merl.com for more details. What is MidART? --------------- MidART is a distributed real-time application development software package providing easy-to-use programming interface for real-time data acquisition and communication. MidART supports real-time applications where humans need to interact, control and monitor instruments and devices in a network environment through computer interfaces. A broad range of applications can benefit from the services provided by MidART. In designing the API for MidART, various distributed real-time applications were evaluated including: 1) industrial plant control systems, such as water treatment and steel plants, 2) distributed surgical simulations and 3) large telescope control systems. In essence, MidART is a middleware package allowing rapid development of multi-threaded concurrent communicating real-time applications in a network environment. Important features provided by MidART include: (1) A software-based reflective memory paradigm called RT-CRM (Real-Time Channel based Reflective Memory) [1] for data acquisition and communication in a network environment. This reflective memory semantics is achieved via an active data push agent mechanism. (2) Selective Channels[2] that allow applications to dynamically choose the remote node(s) which data is to be viewed from or sent to at run time. (3) A variety of communication models including many-to-one, many-to-many, and one-to-one are supported. (4) Network connections are entirely handled by the middleware, thus eliminating the need for network programming skills. A single call to a MidART API function is the equivalent of many lines of complex network programming. As a results, the cost and risk of developing a distributed application is significantly reduced. (5) Using MidART can be as easy as adding calls to the MidART API within already existing software such that existing code can become part of the distributed application, communicating with other processes or threads in the application. (6) In addition to the traditional publish-subscribe communications model used by many other commercial software packages, MidART effectively achieves the decoupling of the writer/publisher's quality of service(QoS) characteristics from the reader/subscriber's QoS. This decoupling allows much more flexibility in constructing distributed concurrent applications. (7) Various data push and data reception modes are supported, including synchronous vs asynchronous data push, and blocking vs non-blocking data reception. These modes can be effectively combined to achieve many kinds of application specific tasks. (8) Data are buffered and can be retrieved as most-recent item, or last N items. (9) Scalability is one key advantage of MidART. One can develop distributed real-time systems of various scales -- systems from several nodes to handreds of nodes. (10)MidART focuses on applications that have real-time requirements, thus logging data on disk is not part of the problem --- late data has no value for many of the real-time applications. However, if desired, data logging applications can be easily constructed using MidART APIs. (11)Guaranteed QoS of each distributed service with runtime scheduling -- rate based scheduling of message transmission and admission control. MidART achieves this QoS guarantee on standard IP network. [1] Chia Shen, Ichiro Mizunuma. "RT-CRM: Real-Time Channel-based Reflective Memory". In the IEEE Third Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS'97), June 9-11, 1997. Montreal, Canada. [2] Ichiro Mizunuma, Chia Shen, Morikazu Takegaki. "Middleware for Distributed Industrial Real-Time Systems on ATM Networks". In Proceedings of the 17th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, December 4-6, 1996. Washington, DC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 4; Postmarked Mon Mar 23 04:52:07 1998 From: Jan Jonsson Subject: Saab Professorship Available Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Length: 4643 The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering is involved in electrical and computer engineering research and development that is at the forefront internationally. Each year around 160 students graduate with an MScEng from the electrical engineering course programme and approximately 70 from the computer engineering programme. In addition, some fifty students are awarded a licentiate degree or PhD. Chalmers University of Technology invites applications for a position at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Saab AB, Saab Ericsson Space AB and Saab Automobile AB, all of which are involved in the development and production of advanced systems at the leading edge of technology, have decided to make available independent funding over a five-year period for a professorship and a number of doctoral positions. Applications are therefore invited for the Saab Professorship in dependable and robust real-time systems As a result of the rapid developments taking place within electronics, computer and software engineering, sensor technology and integration with mechanical systems, present and future systems are becoming increasingly advanced and more complex with highly specific demands for dependability, robustness and fault tolerance, particularly in real-time systems. Chalmers University of Technology aims to establish a strong research resource at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the field of dependable and robust real-time systems. Within the framework of this resource, long-term, industry-relevant research will be conducted alongside the training of doctoral students to guarantee future skills and knowledge. The area in question encompasses theory and technology related to reliability, robustness and fault tolerance in integrated real-time systems, comprising hardware, software, electronics, mechanics and systems which could contain digital and/or analogue parts. The new professor will be attached to the Department of Computer Engineering, which has a staff of 55, including 4 professors. Activities are at present directed largely at real-time systems and include courses and research in computer engineering, computer systems engineering, computer architecture and computer communication. This new investment will complement the established "Laboratory for dependable computing". Good potential for research collaboration with industry exists within aeronautics, aerospace and automotive systems. The successful applicant will have an excellent scientific, teaching and supervisory record at both undergraduate and graduate level. The appointee will also have proven experience in project management and the ability to cooperate with business and industry. Applications should include a brief resumé of all teaching and scientific activities and other merits which the applicant wishes to be taken into consideration. The application should also include an account of all teaching and scientific work, results and achievements in general to which particular attention should be directed. Proof of teaching skills should be included and references provided. Four copies of all application documents should be submitted, divided into separate, identical packages. Applications and other relevant documents should be sent, marked with reference number 47/98, to the Department of Human Resources, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden. The closing date for applications is April 8. Chalmers University of Technology Chalmers University of Technology was founded in 1829 and became an independent foundation in 1994. As a leading university of technology, it is our aim to contribute to the positive development of industry and society. We offer MArch, MScEng, BEng and nautical courses as well as Ph.D and Licentiate programmes. The University is involved in broad-based research and offers in-service courses for persons working professionally in various fields of technology. Chalmers also has an extensive international exchange programme for both faculty members and students. Chalmers is one of the largest workplaces in Göteborg with more than 2,200 employees and 8,000 students. If you would like to known more about the University, see www.chalmers.se. For further information please contact the Dean, Professor Olof Engström, telephone +46 31-772 1861, e-mail: olle@ce.chalmers.se or Professor Jan Torin, telephone +46 31-772 1707, e-mail: torin@ce.chalmers.se Trade union representatives: SACO Christian Högfors TCO Anders Olausson SEKO Lars Gustavsson Telephone +46 31-772 1000 (switchboard). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 5; Postmarked Tue Mar 24 07:21:27 1998 Sender: ijb@cs.bu.edu From: Iain Bate Subject: Call For Papers for a Special Issue of the IEE Proceedings Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 2352 Special Issue of the IEE Proceedings - Software Engineering on Real-Time Systems The field of Real-Time Systems is emerging as a fundamental discipline in computer system technology. Microcomputers and embedded systems are being included into an increasing number of industrial, military, transportation control and telecommunication applications. They are even finding their way into the home, for example intelligent home management systems. A special issue of the IEE Proceedings - Software Engineering will be devoted to Real-Time Systems, and is scheduled to be published in February 1999. The Guest Editors are Iain Bate and Professor Alan Burns from The University of York. Papers describing original research or applicational projects in all areas of real-time are sought. Topics such as specification and design methods, formal methods for specification and validation of temporal behavior, hardware and software architectures, safety and reliability, scheduling, distributed systems, object orientation, communication, or language issues are especially welcome. The timescales are: Papers should be submitted by 31 July 1998 Papers to be refereed by 30 September 1998 Decisions made on all papers by 15 November 1998 Last revised manuscript received 31 December 1998 at IEE by Submission Guidelines The initial submission should comprise: five paper (double sided preferred) copies of the full length paper and a further copy of the title and abstract for the refereeing process; and a covering letter that gives the title of the publication to which the paper is submitted, the name and address of the corresponding author, the title of the paper, the number of words, figures and tables. Full guidelines may be consulted on the IEE Website - http://www.iee.org.uk/publish/journals/profjrnl/callsen1.html Copies of the journal, which also contains the Guidelines, are available on request. Contact The Executive Editor, IEE Proceedings - Software Engineering, E-mail: vparmar@iee.org.uk Please send five (5) copies of the manuscript to: The Executive Editor, IEE Proceedings - Software Engineering, Publishing Department, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Michael Faraday House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Herts. 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