IFIP Working Group 10.2 on Embedded Systems

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The Working Group 10.2 on Embedded Systems belongs to the IFIP Technical Committee 10. It was established in 2006 and emerged from the IFIP Special Interest Group on Embedded Systems, SIG-ES.

Aims of WG 10.2

The WG10.2 shall be constituted as a group under the sponsoring organization with the following basic aims:

• to be the internationally open reference group for all aspects of embedded system design promoted and sponsored by the sponsoring organizations of the WG10.2;
• to further the dissemination and exchange of information and experience on research and applications in the area of embedded systems;
• to address ES designers and (especially young) researchers from both, industry and academia;
• to encourage education in all areas of embedded systems;
• to further the interdisciplinary character of embedded systems, that encompasses hardware (system on a chip), real-time software, real-time operating systems, control theory, intelligent features, dependability issues;

Scope of WG 10.2

Embedded systems are gaining increasing importance in all aspects of engineering. It is expected that in the near future roughly no technical artifact will exist without embedded information technology. There is a tendency to software oriented embedded and/or dependable systems, based on standardized micro-controller cores. This implies that the design of embedded real-time software and real-time operating systems will play a dominant role in this field. As more and more networks of micro-controllers are applied, real-time communication systems and in general the design of distributed embedded systems will gain importance. As high-performance embedded computing components have become available, the challenges of designing embedded systems have become more acute.

The scope of WG10.2 comprises in detail to:

• organize events in the area of ES (e.g. DIPES (Distributed and Parallel Embedded Systems));
• seek co-operation with user and interest groups as well as with ES-oriented groups within IFIP and other societies;
• discuss, disseminate and exchange information on ES-related standardization activities;
• study and encourage curricula on ES design;
• initiate and organize new ES-related activities.