OSPERT 2011
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7th annual workshop on
Operating Systems Platforms for Embedded Real-Time applications
http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~gparmer/ospert11/
July, 5th 2011, Porto, Portugal
held in conjunction with ECRTS 2011

Call for Papers
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Research on innovative RTOS architectures and services is a hot
topic. Developers of Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) are faced with
many challenges arising from two opposite needs: extreme optimization
of resource usage (processor, energy, network bandwidth, etc.)
vs. dynamic configuration and upgrading, flexible scheduling,
component-based development and deployment, etc. While real-time
systems continue to be used in many small embedded applications,
real-time services are being introduced and used in general- purpose
operating systems. Notable examples are the various flavors Linux that
provide support to time-sensitive applications.

This workshop is intended as a forum for researchers and practitioners
of RTOS to discuss the recent advances in RTOS technology and the
challenges that lie ahead.  The workshop will consist of submitted
papers as well as invited presentations about academic
state-of-the-art and industrial state-of-practice within the area.

Upon acceptance, a complete version of the paper (max 10 pages) must
be prepared and submitted. All papers will be made available to all
participants a week before the workshop so that contributions can be
examined prior to the workshop.

Scope
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Topics include but are not limited to:
Dynamic reconfiguration and upgrading
Support for component based development
Scalability, from very small scale embedded systems to full-fledged OSes
Flexible scheduling
Quality of Service guarantees
Real-Time on Linux
Interaction with reconfigurable hardware
Support for embedded multiprocessor architectures
Coordinated management of multiple resources
Security and fault tolerance for embedded real-time systems
Power-aware operating systems

Submission of Papers
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Submitted papers should follow the IEEE conference format (2 columns,
10 pt, single-line spacing) and should not exceed 10 pages in
length. Papers may be submitted in either PDF or Postscript
format. The papers will be reviewed by the workshop Program
Committee. All accepted papers will be made available to all
participants one week before the workshop so that contributions can be
examined prior to the event.

We want to encourage scientific reproducibility, and discourage
redundant work within the community.  Thus, code relevant to each
submission must be publicly available, and a link to it included in
the submission.  If you require an exception for commercial reasons,
please contact the chairs.

Papers should be submitted by using the START Conference Manager
system.  The system acknowledges receipt of each submission by sending
an e-mail to the contact author, and it allows to revise a submission
till the deadline.

If a paper is accepted, at least one author should register for the
workshop following indications sent in the notification of acceptance,
and present the paper at the workshop in person.

Important Dates
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Apr 24, 2011: Submission Deadline
May 18, 2011: Acceptance Notification
June 19, 2011: Submission of camera-ready papers
July 5, 2011: Workshop


For more information, please visit the workshop webpage at
http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~gparmer/ospert11/.