Embedded Systems
Research Staff
Academics: A/Prof Sri Parameswaran (PhD, The University of Queensland 1991), A/Prof Arcot Sowmya (PhD, IIT Bombay 1992) (50%), A/Prof Gernot Heiser (PhD, ETH Zurich 1991) (50%), A/Prof Hossam Elgindy (50%), Dr. Steve Matheson (PhD, University of British Columbia 1970)
PhD Students: 1
Honours Students: 10
Visitors: Prof S. Ramesh (IIT Bombay), Dr. Partha Roop (Auckland), Dr. Paul Caspi (Verimag, Grenoble, France), Prof I. V.Ramakrishnan (SUNY Stony Brook), Dr. Sang Seol Lee (South Korea), Michael Guntsch (Germany)
Capability:
The group conducts research on a wide range of techniques applicable to embedded systems.
Some areas of research are:
- hybrid systems
- reconfigurable computing
- formal methods for embedded systems
- component reuse in embedded systems
- timing issues in real-time systems
- power-aware operating systems
- task isolation in real-time systems
- VLSI design
- high level synthesis
- hardware-software codesign
- automation of parallel elements for applications
- application frameworks for embedded systems
Trackrecord (1997-2001)
Research Grants:
- ARC Small
- 2 grants totaling $15,365
- ARC IREX
- State based specification and logic-programming based verification ofembedded systems, A. Sowmya $12,000
- Others
- Special Research Centre at UQ $3,200,000 S. Parameswaran, et al.
- International Competitive Grants
- Mercator Visiting Professorship University of Karlsruhe, Germany, H. Elgindy
International Collaboration:
IBM TJ Watson Research Centre, University of Karlsruhe, University of Florida, Simon Fraser University, Iowa State University, SUNY Stony Brook, IIT, Bombay, University of Auckland, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Dresden University of Technology, Radiata/Cisco, UNSW Space Satellite project, UNSW BioMed Bionic Eye project.
Journal papers/Book Chapters: 9
Refereed Conference Papers: 18
PhD Completions: 2
Miscellaneous:
- 1 provisional patent
- journal editorial boards (Real Time Systems (AS), Parallel and Distributed Systems and Networks (HEG))
Facilities
- PCB Prototyping Facility with one Technical Office (shared)
- 10 StrongARM-based embedded devices (PLEB) developed in-house
- Xilinx-based reconfigurable hardware boards
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