Research and Integration ArtistDesign is a driving force for federating the European research community in Embedded Systems Design. It brings together 31 of the best research teams as core partners, 15 Industrial and SME affiliated Industrial partners, 25 affiliated Academic partners, and 5 affiliated International Collaboration partners who participate actively in the technical meetings and events. The central objective for the ArtistDesign European Network of Excellence on Embedded Systems Design is to build on existing structures and links forged in the FP6 Artist2 NoE, to become a virtual Center of Excellence in Embedded Systems Design. This is mainly achieved through tight integration between the central players of the European research community. These teams have already established a long-term vision for embedded systems in Europe, which advances the emergence of Embedded Systems as a mature discipline. The research effort aims to integrate topics, teams, and competencies, through an ambitious and coherent research programme of research activities which are grouped into 4 Thematic Clusters and 2 "Transversal Integration" inter-cluster activities: Cluster: Modeling and Validation The cluster aims to advance the use of models, analysis techniques and supporting tools spanning the areas of control theory, computer science, hardware, networks and even mechatronics, all well established research areas which however have been developed independently. Cluster: SW Synthesis, Code Generation and Timing Analysis This cluster provides software synthesis, code generation and timing analysis tools which are required for modern embedded architectures. A particular focus is on multi-processor systems. The parallelism and communication structures found in such architectures pose a particular challenge. Cluster: Operating Systems and Networks Specific research topics addressed in this cluster are related to operating systems and networks, with particular emphasis on scheduling and resource management, including energy-aware strategies and exploitation of parallelism in multicores. Cluster: Hardware Platforms and MPSoC Design The importance of resource awareness in embedded systems is growing very rapidly. One major aspect is predictability, in particular concerning the timing behaviour. With the growing software content in embedded systems, and the diffusion of highly programmable and re configurable platform, software is given an unprecedented degree of control on resource utilization. Intercluster activity: Design for Adaptivity An embedded hardware-software system is adaptive, if it can modify its behavior and/or architecture to changing conditions and requirements. Adaptivity is increasingly important as the complexity and autonomy of embedded systems increases. Adaptivity is a cross-cutting system characteristic that affects hardware and software as well as modeling, architecture, and run-time support. Intercluster activity: Design for Predictability and Performance Important architectural considerations occur on many levels in a system hierarchy. As a general rule, static allocation of resources leads to predictable systems, whereas dynamic allocation makes predictability difficult.

Research and Integration

ArtistDesign is a driving force for federating the European research community in Embedded Systems Design. It brings together 31 of the best research teams as core partners, 15 Industrial and SME affiliated Industrial partners, 25 affiliated Academic partners, and 5 affiliated International Collaboration partners who participate actively in the technical meetings and events.

The central objective for the ArtistDesign European Network of Excellence on Embedded Systems Design is to build on existing structures and links forged in the FP6 Artist2 NoE, to become a virtual Center of Excellence in Embedded Systems Design. This is mainly achieved through tight integration between the central players of the European research community. These teams have already established a long-term vision for embedded systems in Europe, which advances the emergence of Embedded Systems as a mature discipline.

The research effort aims to integrate topics, teams, and competencies, through an ambitious and coherent research programme of research activities which are grouped into 4 Thematic Clusters and 2 "Transversal Integration" inter-cluster activities:

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  Cluster: Modeling and Validation  The cluster aims to advance the use of models, analysis techniques and supporting tools spanning the areas of control theory, computer science, hardware, networks and even mechatronics, all well established research areas which however have been developed independently.

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  Cluster: SW Synthesis, Code Generation and Timing Analysis   This cluster provides software synthesis, code generation and timing analysis tools which are required for modern embedded architectures. A particular focus is on multi-processor systems. The parallelism and communication structures found in such architectures pose a particular challenge.

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  Cluster: Operating Systems and Networks  Specific research topics addressed in this cluster are related to operating systems and networks, with particular emphasis on scheduling and resource management, including energy-aware strategies and exploitation of parallelism in multicores.

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  Cluster: Hardware Platforms and MPSoC Design  The importance of resource awareness in embedded systems is growing very rapidly. One major aspect is predictability, in particular concerning the timing behaviour. With the growing software content in embedded systems, and the diffusion of highly programmable and re configurable platform, software is given an unprecedented degree of control on resource utilization.

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  Intercluster activity: Design for Adaptivity  An embedded hardware-software system is adaptive, if it can modify its behavior and/or architecture to changing conditions and requirements. Adaptivity is increasingly important as the complexity and autonomy of embedded systems increases. Adaptivity is a cross-cutting system characteristic that affects hardware and software as well as modeling, architecture, and run-time support.

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  Intercluster activity: Design for Predictability and Performance  Important architectural considerations occur on many levels in a system hierarchy. As a general rule, static allocation of resources leads to predictable systems, whereas dynamic allocation makes predictability difficult.