Distributed Embedded Systems: Design, Middleware and Resources

Hierarchically Distributing Embedded Systems for Improved Autonomy.- Sorting Units for FPGA-Based Embedded Systems.- Error-Exploiting Video Encoder to Extend Energy/QoS Tradeoffs for Mobile Embedded Systems.- Specification-based Verification of Embedded Systems by Automated Test Case Generation.- Analysis of Periodic Clock Relations in Polychronous Systems.- Formal Correctness of an Automotive Bus Controller Implementation at Gate-Level.- Unifying HW Analysis and SoC Design Flows by Bridging Two Key Standards: UML and IP-XACT.- Expressing Environment Assumptions and Real-time Requirements for a Distributed Embedded System with Shared Variables.- The Components Data Flow Machine: An Intermediate Modeling Format to Support the Design of Automobiles E/E Systems Architectures.- On the Use of Software Quality Metrics to Improve Physical Properties of Embedded Systems.- Minimizing Leakage Energy with Modulo Scheduling for VLIW DSP Processors.- Using Imprecise Computation Techniques for Power Management in Real-Time Embedded Systems.- A Power Model for Register-Sharing Structures.- Design and Implementation of a FTT-CAN Communication Infra-Structure for the RT-femtoJava Processor.- Communication Paradigms for High-Integrity Distributed Systems with Hard Real-Time Requirements.- TinyOS Extensions for a Wireless Sensor Network Node Based on a Dynamically Reconfigurable Processor.- Scheduling Dependent Distributable Real-Time Threads in Dynamic Networked Embedded Systems.- An Efficient Time Annotation Technique in Abstract RTOS Simulations for Multiprocessor Task Migration.- Handling QoS Dependencies in Distributed Cooperative Real-Time Systems.- Topology-Aware Energy Efficient Task Assignment for Collaborative In-Network Processing in Distributed Sensor Systems.- Data Partitioning Techniques for Partially Protected Caches to Reduce Soft Error Induced Failures.