11, Oct, 2006 to 13, Oct, 2006
Braga, Portugal
Homepage: http://jerry.c-lab.de/dipes/
Sponsors: IFIP
Deadline: 10, Feb, 2006

DIPES is a bi-annual international conference which aims to present significant research on models, methods, tools and applications in the area of distributed embedded systems. Embedded systems have become a key technological component of all kinds of complex technical systems, ranging from telecommunications devices to automobiles, aircraft and even complete production lines. Traditionally, such embedded control systems have been implemented in a monolithic, centralized manner, but distributed solutions have steadily been gaining popularity. In a distributed setup, the control task is carried out by a number of controllers distributed over the entire system and interconnected as a network by communication components such as field buses. The individual nodes of such a network usually consist of a processor (microcontroller) together with some sensors and actuators. More demanding local control applications require more powerful controllers based on parallel architectures such as VLIW, or processors with dedicated co-processors. Distribution and parallelism in embedded system design increase the engineering challenges and demand new development methods and tools. Also, the increasing relevance of intelligent applications like autonomous systems or systems with self-x properties calls for new design methods and tools. Due to the growing complexity of these kinds of embedded systems, their development requires new, consistent and integrated design methodologies, covering the path from specification to implementation.

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts of original unpublished research work in all areas. Relevant topics include (but are not limited to):
Specification and modelling of complex embedded systems
Design methodology for distributed and parallel embedded systems
Web based design of embedded systems
Design support for intelligent features in embedded systems
Distributed simulation and formal verification of embedded systems
Novel programming techniques for distributed real-time systems
Self-x properties in distributed embedded systems
Partitioning and allocation of tasks
Distributed real-time operating systems
Real-time communication systems
Software synthesis for real-time applications
Mixed continuous/discrete systems
HW/SW co-design for distributed embedded systems
Specific (parallel) architectures for distributed embedded systems
Dependability and fault tolerance of distributed embedded systems
Low power design of embedded systems
Case studies of distributed embedded systems


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