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Multi-Core Execution of Hard Real-Time Applications Supporting Analysability

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Theo Ungerer

Theo Ungerer

Project Coordinator

Theo Ungerer studied mathematics and computer science at the Universities of Heidelberg and Zürich and at the Technical University of Berlin. He received a Diploma in Mathematics at the Technical University of Berlin in 1981, a Doctoral Degree at the University of Augsburg in 1986, and a second Doctoral Degree (Habilitation) at the University of Augsburg in 1992. Ungerer was scientific assistant at the University of Augsburg (1982-89 and 1990-92), visiting assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine (1989-90), professor of computer architecture at the University of Jena (1992-1993) and the Technical University of Karlsruhe (1993-2001). Since April 2001 he is Chair of Systems and Networking at the University of Augsburg, Germany. Since 2003 he is also scientific director of the Computing Center of the University of Augsburg.

His current research interests are in the areas of embedded processor architectures, embedded real-time systems, ubiquitous systems, and organic computing. He is steering committee member and German coordinator of the EC HiPEAC (High-performance Embedded Architectures and Compilers) network of excellence and in the steering committee of the Priority Program DFG SPP 1183 "Organic Computing" of the German Research Foundation.

Homepage: http://www.informatik.uni-augsburg.de/en/chairs/sik/

Florian Kluge

Florian Kluge

Florian Kluge studied Computer Science at University of Augsburg. Currently he is working as researcher at the Chair of Systems and Networking at University of Augsburg.

Homepage: http://www.informatik.uni-augsburg.de/en/chairs/sik/staff/kluge/

Francisco J. Cazorla

Francisco J. Cazorla

Francisco J. Cazorla is a senior researcher in the Barcelona Supercomputing Center/Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS). He received his BS degree in 1999 by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and his MS degree in 2001 by the same university (he was awarded best student record in Computer Science in 2001). He also has a PhD (2005) by the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya. He has been summer student intern for 5 months with IBM's T.J. Watson in New York in 2004. His research area focuses on multithreaded architectures for both high-performance and real-time computing systems. He has co-authored over 20 papers in international refereed conferences and journals. Francisco J. Cazorla heads the research group on embedded real-time systems at BSC.

Homepage: http://personals.ac.upc.edu/fcazorla/

Roberto Gioiosa

Roberto Gioiosa

Roberto Gioiosa is currently a senior researcher at the BSC. He received his MS degree in Computer Science Engineer in 2002 by the University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy with Summa cum Laude. He received his PhD Computer Science in May 2006 by the University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy. He was graduated student from April 2004 to June 2005 at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, US. From June 2005 to August 2006 he was a researcher at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata" where he worked for project, development and implementation of hard real time, certified (DO178B) OS for embedded systems (Linux, VxWorks).

Homepage: http://www.sprg.uniroma2.it/home/gioiosa/

Marco Paolieri

Marco Paolieri

Marco Paolieri obtained a Bachelor in Computer Engineering at School of Engineering, University of Florence (Italy) in 2005. In 2004-05 he was an exchange student at Tampere University of Technology (Finland) where he worked also as research assistant at Institute of Signal Processing. In 2007 he completed a Master of Science in Embedded Systems Design at ALaRI - Advanced Learning and Research Institute - Faculty of Informatics, University of Lugano (Switzerland). He is currently a PhD Student at Computer Architecture Department at Barcelona Supercomputing Center.

Homepage: http://personals.ac.upc.edu/paolieri//

Eduardo Quiñones

Eduardo Quiñones

Eduardo Quiñones received his MS degree in 2003 by the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya. He is at the point of ending the PhD by the same university. His area of expertise is high performance compiler techniques, particuarly on Itanium platforms. He has also experience in hardware simulation methodologies.

Pascal Sainrat

Pascal Sainrat

Pascal Sainrat received his Doctoral Degree in 1991 and his second Doctoral Degree (habilitation) in 1998. After some years spent at CNRS, Pascal Sainrat has joined Université de Toulouse in 2002 and is currently the head of the TRACES team at IRIT (Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse). His current research topics mainly concern processor architecture and predictability of hardware systems. He is a member of the steering committee and the CNRS coordinator of the EC HiPEAC (High-performance Embedded Architectures and Compilers) network of excellence.

Homepage: http://www.irit.fr/recherches/ARCHI/MARCH/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=88

Christine Rochange

Christine Rochange

Christine Rochange received her PhD at Université de Toulouse in 1993. Since 1996, she is an assistant professor at Université de Toulouse where she teaches computer science. She is a member of the Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse and her research interests include critical real-time systems and computer architecture. Her current focus is on the timing predictability of high-performance processors.

Homepage: http://www.irit.fr/recherches/ARCHI/MARCH/

Hugues Cassé

Hugues Cassé

Hugues Cassé has received his PhD degree in 2001 at Université de Toulouse. After three years spent in the industry, he joined, as an assistant professor, the TRACES team from the Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse. He teaches computer science and his research interests includes embedded and real-time systems, static analyses and compiler implementation. He is currently the leader of the OTAWA project.

Homepage: http://www.otawa.fr/

Guillem Bernat

Guillem Bernat (Rapita Systems Ltd.)

Rapita Systems Ltd. is a specialist in real-time systems analysis, its innovative RapiTime product makes Rapita Systems the leader in measurement based worst-case execution time analysis solutions. RapiTime provides a practical performance analysis that works for complex embedded software running on the latest generation of advanced microprocessors.
RapiTime is successfully used in the Avionics, Automotive and Telecommunications markets. Recent work with BAE Systems on the performance analysis of the mission computer of the Hawk aircraft has earned Rapita one of the 2006 BAE Systems Chairman's awards.

Homepage: http://www.rapitasystems.com/

Tomas Kratochvila

Tomas Kratochvila

Tomas Kratochvila received his bachelor and master degree in Parallel and Distributed Systems at the Masaryk University in Brno, 2005. He has been working on formal verification of the hardware and software of multigigabit PC-based FPGA router with completely open design. He researched and implemented automatic always best connected seamless handover between wired and wireless networks in European Ambient Networks research project in 2006 and 2007. He is familiar with real-time system designs, wireless network prototyping and formal verification methods. He is currently with Honeywell, Brno, Czech Republic as Platform Systems Technologist.

Petr Novotny

Petr Novotny

Petr Novotny is a Program Manager in the Honeywell's Aerospace Advanced Technology. He graduated in Electronic Engineering at Brno (Czech Rep.) University of Technology in 1993, specialization of control systems. Prior to Honeywell, Petr worked for 14 years as a software engineer, software architect, project manager and head of R&D department (wide portfolio of customers like Audi, Bayer, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Novartis, Roche). Petr has deep knowledge in the domain of embedded real-time systems development since his employment by Siemens in the period 2003-2007. He led international multi-site projects focused on firmware for cell phones (Siemens Mobile, Infineon/Comneon).

Zlatko Petrov

Zlatko Petrov

Zlatko Petrov received his bachelor and master degree in Automation and Control Systems at the Technical University of Varna, Bulgaria in 2000. He has been involved in a modernization of man-portable ground radar for aquisition and surveillance NR-100, where he has dealt with reliable detection in heavy-tailed folliage clutter. He has two IEEE conference papers on those problems. In 2004/2005 he has been guest researcher in Aalborg University, Denmark, where he has worked on pyramidal transforms. In 2007, he completed a Master of Advanced Studies in Embedded Systems Design at ALaRI (Advanced Learning and Research Institute), University of Lugano, Switzerland. He is currently with Honeywell, Brno, Czech Republic as Platform System Technologist.

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