Abstract
1 Keynote Speaker
Hermann Kopetz, Technische Universitat Vienna, Austria, “Twelve Principles for the Design of Safety-Critical Real-Time Systems.”
2 Invited Tutorial
Kirk Rheinholtz, Chief Programmer, Mission Data System, NASA JPL, “The Need for Utility Accrual Scheduling in the JPL Mission Data System.”
3 General Paper Sessions
Papers in the general sessions were reviewed and selected by the WPDRTS 2004 Program Committee. Thanks to all the reviewers for their time and careful effort in that process.
- Jeffery Hansen, Sourav Ghosh, Ragunathan Rajkumar and John Lehoczky, Resource Management of Highly Configurable Tasks
- David Fleeman, M. Gillen, A. Lenharth, M. De-laney, L. Welch, D. Juedes and C Liu, Quality-based Adaptive Resource Management Architecture (QARMA): A CORBA Resource Management Service
- David Juedes, Frank Drews, Lonnie Welch and David Fleeman, Heuristic Resource Allocation Algorithms for Maximizing Allowable Workload in Dynamic, Distributed Real-Time Systems
- Reinhard Seyer, Christian Siemers, Rainer Falsett, Klaus Ecker and Harald Richter, Robust Partitioning for Reliable Real-Time Systems
- Sethavidh Gertphol and Viktor Prasanna, Iterative Integer Programming Formulation for Robust Resource Allocation in Dynamic Real-Time Systems
- Qi Han, Matthew Ba Nguyen, Sandy Irani and Nalini Venkatasubramanian, Time-sensitive Computation of Aggregate Functions over Distributed Imprecise Data
- Deming Liu and Yann-Hang Lee, Pfair Scheduling Of Periodic Tasks With Allocation Constraints On Multiple Processors
- UmaMaheswari Devi and James Anderson, Improved Conditions for Bounded Tardiness under EPDF Fair Multiprocessor Scheduling
- Michael Frisbie, Douglas Niehaus, Venkita Subramonian and Christopher Gill, Group Scheduling in Systems Software
- Sanjoy Baruah, Cost-efficient synthesis of real-time systems upon heterogeneous multiprocessor platforms
- Paulo Palazzari, Luca Baldini and Moreno Coli, Synthesis of Pipelined Systems for the Contemporaneous Execution of Periodic and Aperiodic Tasks with Hard Real-Time Constraints
- Rainer Finocchiaro, Stefan Lankes and Andreas Jabs, Design of a Real-Time Corba Event Service customised for the CAN Bus
- Paulo Pedreiras and Luis Almeida, Message routing in multi-segment FTT networks: The Isochronous Approach
4 Invited Paper Session
Four papers were submitted to the invited paper session on “Time/Utility Functions and Utility Accrual Scheduling”, organized by E. Douglas Jensen.
- Raymond Clark, E. Douglas Jensen, and Nicolas Rouquette, Software Organization to Facilitate Dynamic Processor Scheduling
- F. Drews, L. Welch, D. Juedes, D. Fleeman, A. Bru-ening, K. Ecker and M. Hoefer, Utility-Function based Resource Allocation for Adaptable Applications in Dynamic Distributed Real-Time Systems
- Gerard Le Lann, Time-Utility Scheduling and Provably Correct Critical Computer-Based Systems
- Haisang Wu, Binoy Ravindran and E. Douglas Jensen, On the Joint Utility Accrual Model
5 Challenge Problem Session
The following paper was invited as a focus of discussion in the challenge problem session organized by Douglas Niehaus:
- Uwe Brinkschulte, Joergen Becker and Theo Un-gerer, CARUSO - an Approach Towards a Network of Low Power Autonomic Systems on Chips for Embedded Real-time Applications
6 Challenge Problem Session
The following short position papers were contributed by the participants in a panel session titled “Static WCET Analysis vs. Measurement: WHat is the Right Way to Assess Real-Time Task Timing?”, organized by Lonnie Welch and Peter Puschner:
- Christian Ferdinand, Worst Case Execution Time Prediction by Static Program Analysis
- Charles Cavanaugh, On Static WCET Analysis vs. Run-time Monitoring of Execution Time
- Frank Mueller, Timing Analysis: In Search of Multiple Paradigms
- Scott Brandt, The Case for Dynamic Real-Time Task Timing in Modern Real-Time Systems
7 Student Research Paper Session
The following short papers were contributed to the student research session organized by Vana Kalogeraki:
- Hoai Hoang, Real-Time Communication for Industrial Embedded Systems Using Switched Ethernet
- Sathish Gopalakrishnan, Managing Communication in Integrated Modular Architectures
- Talal Darwich, Pulse-modulated Radar Display Processor on a Chip
- Prashant Dewan, Peer-to-Peer Reputations
- Fang Chen, A Utility-based Approach to Scheduling Multimedia Streams in Peer-to-Peer Systems
- Murali Krishna Ramanathan, Increasing Object Availability in Peer-to-Peer Systems