THEME AND TOPICS OF INTEREST
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The twenty first EUROMICRO Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS'09)
is a forum aimed at covering state-of-the-art research and development
in real-time computing. Papers on all aspects of real-time systems are
welcome. These include, but are not limited to:

- APPLICATIONS: consumer electronics; multimedia and entertainment;
process control; avionics, aerospace; automotive;
telecommunications.

- INFRASTRUCTURE AND HARDWARE: communication networks; embedded
devices; hardware/software co-design; power-aware and other
resource-constrained techniques; systems on chip; time engines and
time synchronization; wireless sensor networks.

- SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES: compiler support; component-based approaches;
middleware and distribution technologies; programming languages and
operating systems.

- SYSTEM DESIGN AND ANALYSIS: modelling and formal methods;
probabilistic analysis for RT systems; quality of service support;
reliability, security and survivability in RT systems; scheduling
and schedulability analysis; worst-case execution time analysis;
validation techniques.

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
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Pursuing a successful tradition in the ECRTS series, a special Work in
Progress (WiP) session will be organised. This session is mainly
intended for presentation of on-going and recent work. Additionally, a
set of Satellite Workshops focusing on hot topics will be
organised. These include the continuation of the already successful
real-time networks (RTN) and worst-case execution time (WCET)
workshops, the ninth editions). A separate call for papers will be
issued later for both WiP and satellite workshops. Please visit the
website later for further information.

The main conference will include three Keynote Sessions, one per day,
which will be announced well in advance to the event. In this year's
edition, besides the Best Paper Award, a selection of best papers will
be invited for a Special Issue of an international journal.