CALL FOR PAPERS

20th EUROMICRO CONFERENCE ON REAL-TIME SYSTEMS

http://ecrts08.ecrts.org/

Prague, Czech Republic, July 2-4, 2008

Organised by the Euromicro Technical Committee on Real-time Systems

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* 11 January 2008: Submission deadline for full papers

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THEME AND TOPICS OF INTEREST

The twentieth EUROMICRO Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS'08) 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 (timing)
analysis; validation techniques.

This year we want to continue encouraging the submission of papers on
industrial case studies, application of real-time technology on
realistic systems, worst-case execution time analysis and measurement,
and real-time operating systems implementations. An Advisory Board of
representatives from industries will be appointed to evaluate papers
with respect to industrial or strategic impact.

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SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Full papers must be submitted electronically through our web form in
pdf format (see "submission page" in http://ecrts08.ecrts.org/). The
material must be unpublished and not under submission elsewhere. The
paper must be in the same format as in the final published proceedings
(10 pages maximum, 2 columns, 10 pt). Papers exceeding the maximum
length will not be reviewed. See the submission page for more details.

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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Twentieth Anniversary Celebrations.
In recognition of this being the 20th year of this conference a
number of special events will be organised. This will include keynote
presentations, historical reflections and visions of the future!

Work-in-Progress Session
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.

Satellite workshops and tutorials

A set of Satellite Workshops will be organized. They are in most
cases the continuation of already successful series of workshops,
focusing on hot topics.

A separate call for papers will be issued later for both WiP and
satellite workshops. Please visit the conference website later for
further information.

Awards

In this year's event, besides the Best Paper Award, a selection
of best papers will be invited for a Special Issue of an
international journal.

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IMPORTANT DATES


Submission of full papers: 11 January 2008

Notification of acceptance: 24 March 2008

Camera-ready paper due: 16 April 2008

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LOCAL INFORMATION

The ECRTS 08 Conference will be held in Prague that is the historical,
cultural and industrial center of the Czech Republic. The centre of
Prague is compact and intimate, making sightseeing a real
pleasure. During a walk through the city, you will be met with a huge
number of architectural treasures, representative of Prague's rich and
varied history. There are Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and
Classicist buildings, as well as various neo-historic styles and Art
Nouveau.

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ORGANISERS

GENERAL CHAIR
Zdenek Hanzalek, Czech Technical University in Prague,
Czech Republic, hanzalek@fel.cvut.cz

PROGRAM CHAIR
Alan Burns, University of York, UK
burns@cs.york.ac.uk

REAL-TIME TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CHAIR
Gerhard Fohler, Kaiserslautern University of Technology, Germany
fohler@eit.uni-kl.de



PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA
Luis Almeida, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
James H. Anderson, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Neil Audsley, University of York, UK
Karl-Erik Arzen, Lund University, Sweden
Theodore P. Baker, Florida State University, USA
Sanjoy Baruah, The University of North Carolina, USA
Luca Benini, Universit? di Bologna, Italy
Scott Brandt, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Render Bril, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Georgio Buttazzo, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
Samarjit Chakraborty, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Maryline Chetto, IUT de Nantes, France
Jean-Dominique Decotignie, CSEM, Switzerland
Rolf Ernst, TU Braunschweig, Germany
Gerhard Fohler, Technische Universitaet Kaiserslautern, Germany
Steve Goddard, University of Nebraska, USA
Jan Gustafsson, at M0/00lardalen University, Sweden
Michael Gonz?lez Harbour, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
Hermann H?rtig, TU Dresden, Germany
Tei-Wei Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
George Lima, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Brasil
Giuseppe Lipari, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
Julio Medina, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
Frank Muller, North Carolina State University, USA
Stefan Petters, National ICT, Australia
Michale Pont, University of Leicester, UK
Isabelle Puaut, University of Rennes / IRISA, France
Peter Puschner, Technische Universitaet Wien, Austria
Krithi Ramamritham, IIT Bombay, India
Pascal Richard, University of Poitiers, France
Rodrigo Santos, Universidad Nacional del Sur-CONICET, Argentina
Eduardo Tovar, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Tullio Vardanega, University of Padua, Italy
Rich West, Boston University, USA