* RTAS'95 conference and tutorials (reminder)
@ 1995-04-04 0:00 Ted Baker
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Remember to register soon
for the IEEE Real-Time Applications and Technology Symposium.
Besides the high quality research papers,
the five (5) tutorials alone are worth the trip. --Ted Baker
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
IEEE Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium
Chicago, May 15 - 17, 1995
Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society T.C. on Real-Time Systems
in cooperation with Office of Naval Research
Table of Contents
Conference Highlights
Conference Organization
Conference Program
Tutorials
Registration Form
Hotel Reservation Form
========================== Conference Highlights ============================
Real-time systems are defined as those systems in which the correctness
of the system depends not only on the logical result of computation but also on
the time at which the results are produced. Examples include C4I, embedded
systems, process control, avionics, multimedia, and intelligent vehicle and
highway systems. This symposium is a major forum for the exchange of emerging
principles and practices underlying real-time technology and its applications.
The symposium consists of
* five tutorials,
* two panels,
* thirty four paper presentations, and much more
covering topics such as operating systems, standards, management, programming
environments and tools, communication networks, architectures, performance
modeling and measurements, and applications.
For more information, contact Dr. Ted Baker, Department of
Computer Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4019, phone
(904) 644-5452, fax (904) 644-0058, email baker@cs.fsu.edu
========================= Conference Organization ===========================
General Chair: Ted Baker, Florida State University
Program Chair: Wei Zhao, Texas A&M University
Treasurer: Ted Giering, Florida State University
Publicity Chair: Raj Rajkumar, SEI/CMU
Local Arrangements Co-Chairs: Jeffrey Tsai, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
Chengwen Liu, DePaul University
Ex-Officio: (RTS-TC Chairs) John Stankovic, Univ. of Mass at Amherst
Al Mok, University of Texas at Austin
Program Committee
Yahya Y. Al-Salqan, W. Virginia Univ. Sadler Bridges, Texas Trans. Institute
Alan Burns, University of York Richard Gerber, University of Maryland
Prabha Gopinath, Honeywell Inc Steve Howell, NSWC
Jiandong Huang, Honeywell Inc Arkady Kanevsky, Mitre Corporation
Jane Liu, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana Steve Liu, Texas A&M University
Doug Locke, Loral Federal Systems David Luginbuhl, AFOSR
Al Mok, University of Texas at Austin Kelvin Nilsen, Iowa State University
Krithi Ramamritham, UMass. at Amherst Lui Sha, SEI/CMU
Kang Shin, University of Michigan John Stankovic, UMass at Amherst
Alexander D. Stoyenko, N.J.I. of Tech. Lonnie R. Welch, N. J. Inst. of Tech.
Victor Wolfe, Univ. of Rhode Island Hui Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University
============================ Conference Program =============================
May 15, 1995, Monday
8:00-8:30AM Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:00AM Tutorial: Distributed Rate Monotonic Scheduling
Lui Sha, Carnegie Mellon University
10:00-10:30AM Coffee Break
10:30-12:00PM Tutorial: Building Real-Time Applications Using POSIX Standards
Doug Locke, Loral Federal Systems
12:00-1:30PM Lunch
1:30-1:45PM Opening Remarks (Ted Baker and Wei Zhao)
1:45-3:00PM Panel: Real-Time Technology in 1995 and 2005
Chair: Professor J. Stankovic, Univ. of Massachusetts at Amherst
3:00-3:30PM Coffee Break
3:30-5:00PM Session: Operating Systems, Chair: Richard Gerber, University
of Maryland
* Support for Real-Time Computing Within General Purpose Operating
Systems, G. Bollella, K. Jeffay, Univ. Of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
* A Modeling Methodology for Real-Time/Multimedia Operating Systems,
K. A. Kettler, D. I. Katcher, J. K. Strosnider, Carnegie Mellon University
o Efficient Timing Management for User-Level Real-Time Threads,
S. Oikawa, H. Tokuda, Keio University, Japan
o Paradigm for Building Robust Real-Time Distributed Mission-Critical
Systems, A. Kanevsky, P. Krupp, P. J. Wallace, MITRE Corp.
6:00-9:00PM Poster-Session and Reception
# From Single to Multiprocessor Real-Time Kernels in Hardware, L. Lindh,
J. Starner, J. Furunas, Malardalens University, Sweden
# Real-Time UNIX Application Filestores, L. E. Heindel, V. A. Kasten,
Bellcore
# A Low Level Analysis of the Realtime MACH Distributed Operating System,
J. Drummond, M. Wu, Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance
Center RDT&E Division (NRaD).
# A Configurable Adjunct for Real-Time Systems, R. Mandler, Raytheon
Company
# A Submarine Based Configuration Driver Real-Time Data Acquisition and
Display System, D. J. Sides, Johns Hopkins University
# Testbed Setup, Signaling, and QOS Experiments on XUNET, F. Hidano,
Univ. of California at Berkeley
# The ControlShell Component-Based Real-Time Programming System,
S. A. Schneider, V. W. Chen, Real-Time Innovations, Inc., and
G. Pardo-Castellote, Stanford University
# RMDP -- A Real-Time CPU Scheduling Algorithm to Provide QoS Guarantees
for Protocol Processing, R. Gopalakrishnan, G. M. Parulkar, Washington
University at St. Louis
# An Efficient Implementation of the Hough Transform for Detecting License
Plates using DSP's, V. Kamat, S. Ganesan, Oakland University, Rochester,
Michigan
# Multimedia Applications on FDDI Networks connected by ATM switch,
J. Ng, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, G. Nong, South China
University of Technology, China
==== Tuesday, May 16, 1995 ====
8:00-8:30am Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:10AM Session: Networking, Chair: Riccardo Bettati, UC Berkeley
* The Real-Time Publisher/Subscriber Inter-Process Communication Model for
Distributed Real-Time Systems: Design and Implementation,
R. Rajkumar, M. Gagliardi, L. Sha, Carnegie Mellon University
* Real-Time Communications Scheduling for Massively Parallel Processors,
R. Games, A. Kanevsky, P. Krupp, L. Monk, MITRE Corp.
* Real-Time Communication in FieldBus Multiaccess Networks, C. C. Han,
K. Shin, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
o Applying Imprecise Algorithms to Real-Time Image and Video Transmission,
X. Huang, A. M. K. Cheng, University of Houston
10:10-10:40AM Coffee Break
10:40-12:10PM Session: Tools, Chair: Lonnie R. Welch, N. J. Inst. of Tech.
* A Real-Time System Description Language, D. Niehaus, J. Stankovic,
K. Ramamritham, Univ. of Massachusetts at Amherst
* A New Generation Modechart Verifier, J. Yang, A. Mok, D. Stuart, Univ.
of Texas at Austin
o A Model and Tools for Supporting Parallel Real-Time Applications in Unix
Environments, R. W. Wisniewski, Univ. of Rochester, L. F. Stevens,
Silicon Graphics Inc.
o An Interactive Interface and RT-Mach Support for Monitoring and
Controlling Resource Management, C. W. Mercer, R. Rajkumar, Carnegie
Mellon University
12:15-1:30PM Lunch
1:30-3:10PM Session: Resource Management, Chair: Jeffrey Tsai, Univ. of
Illinois at Chicago
* The Real-Time Behavior of Dynamic Memory Management in C++, K. Nilsen,
H. Gao, Iowa State University
* Distributed Synthesis of Real-Time Computer Systems, A. Abualsamid, R.
Alqadi, P. Ramanathan, Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison
* Probabilistic Performance Guarantee for Real-Time Tasks with Varying
Computation Times, T. Tia, Z. Deng, M. Shankar, M. Storch, J. Sun, L. -C.
Wu, J. W. -S. Liu, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
o Real-Time Optimistic Concurrency Control Protocol with Dynamic Adjustment
of Serialization Order, K. Lam, K. Lam, S. Hung, City University of Hong
Kong, Hong Kong
3:40-5:15PM Session: Software Development, Chair: Doug Locke, Loral Federal
Systems
* Design and Evaluation of a Window-Consistent Replication Service,
A. Mehra, J. Rexford, H. Ang, F. Jahanian, Univ. of Michigan at Ann Arbor
* The Design and Implementation of A Real-Time Object Management Interface,
T. Kuo, National Chung Cheng Univ., Taiwan, A. Mok, Univ. of Texas at
Austin
* Improving the Efficiency of Supervision by Software Through State
Aggregation, T. Savor, R. E. Seviora, Bell Canada Software Reliability
Laboratory, Canada
o A Feasibility Decision Algorithm for Rate Monotonic Scheduling of Periodic
Real-Time Tasks, Y. Manabe, S. Aoyagi, NTT Basic Research Lab, Japan
5:30-7:00PM Tutorial: Intelligent Transportation Systems
Ed Seymour, Texas Transportation Institute
==== Wednesday, May 17, 1995 ====
8:00-8:30am Continental Breakfast
8:45-10:20AM Session: Industrial Applications, Chair: Prabha Gopinath,
Honeywell Inc
* BASEMENT: a Distributed Real-Time Architecture for Vehicle Applications,
H. Hansson, Uppsala Univ., H. W. Lawson, Lawson Forlag & Konsult AB,
Sweden, Mikael Stromberg, Sven Larsson, Mecel AB, Sweden
* Flexible Scheduling for Adaptable Real-Time Systems, R. Davis,
S. Punnekkat, N. Audsley, A. Burns, University of York, UK
* Non-Preemptive Scheduling of Messages on Controller Area Networks for
Real-Time Control Applications, K. M. Zuberi, K. Shin, Univ. of Michigan
at Ann Arbor
o Real-Time Optimization at Diamond Interchanges, S. Venglar, T. Urbanik,
Texas Transportation Inst., S. Liu, Texas A&M University
10:20-10:45AM Coffee Break
10:45-12:00PM Panel: Real-Time Technology: Bring IHVS to Reality
Chair: Professor Steve Liu, Texas A&M Univ.
12:00-1:30PM Lunch
1:30-3:00PM Tutorial: Dynamic Memory Management for Real-Time Systems
Kelvin Nilsen, Iowa State University
3:00-3:30PM Coffee Break
3:30-5:00PM Tutorial: Real-Time In-Vehicle Networking Technology and Issues
Ken Tindell and Hans Hansson, Institutionen for Datorteknik,
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
=============================== Tutorials ==================================
Tutorial 1
Distributed Rate Monotonic Scheduling
Lui Sha, Carnegie Mellon University
May 15, Monday, 8:30-10:00AM
Real-time computing systems are used to control telecommunication
systems, defense systems, avionics and modern factories. Generalized
rate-monotonic scheduling theory is useful technology. In this
tutorial, we provide an up-to-date and self-contained review of
generalized rate-monotonic scheduling theory, especially the use of
this technology for distributed real time applications. We show how
this theory can be applied in practical system development, where
special attention must be given to facilitate the concurrent
development by geographically distributed programming teams and the
reuse of existing hardware and software components.
This technology has been used successfully in many advanced technology
programs and influenced the development of national standards such as
Ada 9x, IEEE Futurebus+ and POSIX Real Time Extensions. DoD's 1991
Software Technology strategy refers to it as a "major payoff" of DoD
sponsored R&D and states that "System designers can use this theory to
predict whether task deadlines will be met long before the costly
implementation phase of a project begins. It also eases the process of
making modifications to application software." The former Acting Deputy
Administrator of NASA, Aaron Cohen, stated in a 1992 speech, "Through
the development of Rate Monotonic Scheduling, we now have a system that
will allow (Space Station) Freedom's computers to budget their time, to
choose between a variety of tasks, and decide not only which one to do
first but how much time to spend in the process."
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Tutorial 2
Building Real-Time Applications Using POSIX Standards
Doug Locke, Loral Federal Systems
May 15, Monday, 10:30-12:00noon
Until recently, real-time applications generally used custom or
proprietary operating systems to manage computing resources. Within
the past two years, the ISO/IEEE Portable Operating System Interface
Standard (POSIX) has been updated to provide for predictable,
time-bounded facilities in a UNIX-like environment. Operating systems
conforming to these standards are now available for many hardware
platforms.
This tutorial will introduce the facilities available in the POSIX
1003.1b (formerly 1003.4) Realtime Extensions and the POSIX 1003.1c
(formerly 1003.4a) Threads standards for real-time applications.
Answers to many frequently asked questions will be discussed, such as:
- How should an application deal with concurrency?
- How can concurrent application components synchronize with each other?
- What scheduling mechanisms exist for real-time applications, and how
should they be used? (covers semaphores, mutexes, condition variables,
message passing, and signals)
- How does the thread model differ from the process model, and what are
their implications for real-time applications?
- What facilities present obstacles to predictable application response?
Instructor Biographical Sketch:
C. Douglass Locke is a Senior Technical Staff Member in the LORAL Federal
Systems Group Headquarters (formerly IBM Federal Systems Division), where he
has been involved with the design and implementation of real-time systems for
almost 30 years. He was a principal author of the scheduling portions of the
POSIX 1003.1b and 1003.1c real-time and threads extensions to the POSIX
standard. Currently, he is an active consultant for software/systems
architecture issues on numerous real-time systems, including several aircraft
systems, air/ground vehicle and infantry mission simulators, shipboard
systems, and spacecraft (both manned and unmanned) systems. In addition, he
is consulting on issues related to the performance attributes of architectures
for open/distributed information systems. He serves as a regular instructor
at the U.S. Air Force Air University's "Operation Boldstroke" working with
senior officers managing large software-intensive systems procurements.
He received his B.A. from Kalamazoo College (Michigan), and Ph.D. from
Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh). His principal research interests are
in real-time systems (including architecture, software, operating systems,
languages, and scheduling) and distributed systems. He serves as an associate
editor of the Real-Time Systems Journal, vice-chair of the IEEE's Technical
Committee for Real-Time Systems, and has previously served both as program
chair and general chair of the IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium.
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Tutorial 3
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Ed Seymour, Texas Transportation Inst.
May 16, Tuesday, 5:30-7:00PM
The subject tutorial would provide an overview of Intelligent Transportation
Systems (ITS) developments in the United States. ITS is an umbrella term for
applications of advanced sensing, information processing, communications, and
control technologies in surface transportation. Real-time information
gathering, processing, and dissemination is central to ITS. Hence, ITS could
be a promising area for Symposium participants.
The tutorial would be organized into four sections:
* Introduction -- define the scope and goals of ITS, describe the
needs that motivated an emphasis on ITS in the most recent federal
legislation defining U.S. surface transportation policy, and review
the recent history of ITS.
* Components of ITS -- describe in more details the components of ITS
and the plan for their deployment. The organization of this section
will parallel the National ITS Program Plan which identifies 28 user
services in 6 bundles: travel and traffic management, public
transportation management, electronic payment services, commercial
vehicle operations, emergency management, and advanced vehicle safety
systems.
* ITS Architecture -- overview the two-phase ITS Architecture Development
Program currently underway and initial architecture concepts. In
Phase I, which is nearing completion, four teams are developing
architecture concepts, independently and competitively. In Phase II,
the team(s) with the most promising approach(es) will work in an
open collaborative environment to develop a national architecture.
* Research and Development Needs and Opportunities -- highlight ITS
research currently underway, and summarize plans for future research
and development.
Instructor Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Seymour works as a Research Engineer for the Texas Transportation
Institute (TTI), a research organization of the Texas A&M University System.
Prior to joining TTI he worked for 15 years at the City of Dallas where he was
responsible for traffic signal control systems. Since joining TTI he has been
active with various Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) projects
including: the TravTek automobile global positioning and route guidance
project in Orlando, early deployment ITS planning for Dallas and Ft. Worth, as
a member of the Rockwell National ITS Architecture team, and as a participant
with the National Traffic Control / ITS Communications Protocol (NTCIP)
development process.
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Tutorial 4
Dynamic Memory Management for Real-Time Systems
Kelvin Nilsen, Iowa State University
May 17, Wed, 1:30-3:00PM
Memory is the single most expensive component of many existing and
future real-time systems. Making effective use of this
resource is essential in order to maximize system flexibility and
functionality within limited hardware budgets. This tutorial
surveys and compares a number of dynamic memory management techniques
that are compatible (to varying degrees) with real-time execution
constraints. Special consideration is given to automatic memory
defragmentation and garbage collection techniques, since these offer
the potential of increasing system reliability while reducing the
effort required by programmers to develop high quality modular and
reusable real-time software components.
Instructor Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Nilsen received his Ph.D. in 1988 from the University of Arizona.
While there, he worked on the design and implementation of the SR
distributed programming language, on Icon, a very-high-level language
targeted to non-numeric programming applications, and on Conicon, a
derivative of Icon designed to provide useful programming abstractions
for high-level development of real-time software. He is currently
employed as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Iowa State
University. He has written numerous papers on real-time garbage
collection, and has three patents pending in this area. He is
internationally recognized as an expert on the special problems that
result from the integration of real-time programming constraints,
automatic garbage collection, and modern computer architectures.
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Tutorial 5
Real-Time In-Vehicle Networking Technology and Issues
Ken Tindell and Hans Hansson,
Institutionen for Datorteknik, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
May 17, Wednesday, 3:30-5:00PM
In this tutorial we will talk about our experience with real-time
networks for automobiles. The tutorial will describe the current trends
in automotive control: current industrial practise, how multiprocessor
system are increasing to be seen inside automobiles, and the potential
benefits of in-car networking. We will describe the state of current
vehicle networking technology, focusing on the ISO standard Controller
Area Network. The tutorial will also cover the potential pitfalls in
moving too hastily to distributed real-time vehicle control. In
particular, we address the composibility and safety implications of
connecting autonomous processors to a shared broadcast bus, and outline
some potential solutions.
Instructor Biographical Sketches:
Dr. Ken Tindell received his BEng degree in Computer Science from the
University of York, England, in 1989, and his DPhil degree in Computer
Science in 1994 (his thesis is called Fixed Priority Scheduling of Hard
Real-Time Systems). He is currently a research fellow in the Department
of Computer Systems, University of Uppsala, Sweden, and was previously
a member of the Real-Time Systems Research Group at York. His interests
include scheduling theory, distributed real-time systems, and real-time
communications networks, both for embedded control and for continuous
media systems. He teaches real-time systems at the university, and is
actively involved with the European CAN community.
Dr. Hans Hansson received a MSc degree in Engineering Physics, a
Licentiate degree in Computer Science, a BA degree in Business
Administration, a DTech degree in Computer Science from Uppsala
University, Sweden, in 1981, 1984, 1984 and 1992, respectively. He is
currently senior lecturer at the Department of Computer Systems,
Uppsala University, and was previously a researcher at the Swedish
Institute of Computer Science in Stockholm, Sweden. His research
interests include timed and probabilistic modeling of distributed
systems, real-time system design, scheduling theory, distributed
real-time systems, and real-time communications networks. He is
president of the Swedish National Association for Real-Time.
========================= Registration Form ==================================
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====================== RTAS'95 Hotel Reservation Form ==============
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