AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS DESIGN @ DATE'08

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DATE continues to provide you with new services enhancing the value of DATE for the electronic design community. Over the coming months, the DATE'08 previews will keep you up-to-date with the latest news about the DATE Technical Programme, together with the Special Sessions, the Exhibition Programme and other events. Each preview will highlight a special field of interest by providing selections of the programme, background information, comments from leading experts in the field and related news.

We hope that these previews will help you to prepare your visit to DATE, Europe's premier conference and exhibition for the hardware and software design, test and manufacture of electronic circuits and systems. This first preview addresses an absolutely hot topic in electronics research and development: AUTOMOTIVE.

Donatella Sciuto, General Chair DATE'08
Juergen Haase, Publicity Chair

Programme Excerpt (Highlights)

Monday, 3/10/2008 9:30-18:00, Room 02

B Design Flows, Communication Based Design and Architectures in Automotive Electronic Systems (Tutorial)

Tuesday, 3/11/2008 14:30-16:00, Room 03

2.4 Automotive System Design And Verification (Technical Session)
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Abstract

Person Index (Highlights)

Rolf Ernst, TU Braunschweig, DE

3.1 ESL Today: Some Recent Trends

Tuesday, March 11, 14:30-16:00, Room 04 (Executive)

Herbert Hanselmann, dSPACE GmbH, DE

5.1.2 Model-Based-Design is nice but...

Wednesday, March 12 13:40-14:30, Room 04 (Keynote Speaker)

Hermann Kopetz, TU Vienna, AT

9.1.2 Reliable Services in an Imperfect World

Thursday, March 13 13:30-14:00, Room 04

(Keynote Speaker)

Guest Comment

Dr. Peter van Staa

Dr. Peter van Staa, Robert Bosch GmbH, Director of Design of Integrated Circuits

News & Background

"BMW brings Internet Protocol under the hood"

EE Times Europe, November 28, 2007

"Safety-conscious automakers push IC system-level approach"

EE Times, November 26, 2007

DATE in the News

"Record Submission in the field of Embedded Systems Software" (DATE)
"Book to celebrate ten years of DATE" (EE Times Europe)

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Abstract

Automotive - one of Europe's most exciting and dynamic design and manufacturing sectors - relies on an ever-expanding range of leading-edge electronics technologies. Over the past years, the volume of electronics content in the modern car has ballooned from it's engine control and antilock braking systems origins. It now encompasses in-vehicle navigation systems, adaptive cruise control, and lane departure warning systems. And we will soon see lane keeping assistants, intelligent speed adaptation, night vision assistance and automatic parking. So, not surprisingly, more than 80% of the innovation in new cars is electronics-based. Moreover, industry analysts forecast that the cost of the electronics in a typical mid-sized car will account for about 40% of it's total manufacturing cost by 2010.

Integrating these innovations into one system - the automobile - is extraordinarily complex. To deal with this complexity, the electronics must be regarded as a system of hardware/software embedded systems. The complexity of these individual embedded systems and their interactions with each other mandates a more rigorous system development approach than current practice delivers. For example, one issue is the management of the engineering information that defines the system - a critical determinant of development time, cost, quality and most importantly, dependability.

In response to these challenges, European automotive electronics designers are doing what they have done for two decades - they are adopting advanced system and chip design methodologies and tools. This is why the complex challenges of automotive electronics design and the advanced technology required to meet these challenges are a prominent focus of this year's DATE conference.

The dedicated "Automotive Systems" day on Wednesday March 12th focuses on the particular challenges faced by the automotive supply chain, with special attention given to system and software architecture design. The day will also cover advances in embedded system science and technology that may be of importance to meeting these challenges, discussing new concepts, methodologies and tools that have the potential to substantially improve the automotive design ecosystem.

There are also some interesting sessions that highlight new research results. The session "Automotive System Design and Verification" and the Executive session "Unifying or Overrated: A System Level Design Strategy" on Tuesday March 11th, together with the Monday tutorial, "Design Flows, Communication Based Design and Architectures in Automotive Electronic Systems", address multiple topics in the automotive electronics domain.

To obtain further information on these and other automotive sessions at DATE'08, please take a look at the complete session reference list below.

Guest Comment

Dr. Peter van Staa

Dr. Peter van Staa, Robert Bosch GmbH, Director of Design of Integrated Circuits

Peter van Staa was born in Osnabrueck, Germany, on October 26, 1950. He studied Physics at the Universities of Goettingen and Muenster, where he received the diploma in 1977 and the Dr. rer. nat. with a thesis on semiconductor physics in 1983.
After different management functions on CAD, IC qualification and testing today he heads the Advanced Microelectronics Engineering department, which includes the development of new tools and methods for automated IC design and EDA-support as well as technology assessement and library development.

Automotive applications constitute one of the most challenging areas for electronic systems designers: they have to deal with the diverse requirements of a large and demanding customer chain, ranging from OEMs to tier 1 and tier 2 customers. They have to develop analogue circuits that operate at high frequencies, high voltages and high currents, synthesize complex digital circuits, generate software, and last but not least integrate all of these components, together with non-electronic peripherals, to build a system with zero-defect quality and, of course, competitive costs. From the perspective of an EDA methodologist, the automotive electronics (AE) engineer looks more like a high-tech artist than an engineer.

But AE works and is one of the most successful areas in microelectronics today, with continuous and stable growth. Why the growth? Because the automobile has become a platform for a plethora of electronic systems that turn it into a mobile communications and navigation centre, a family entertainment centre, a personal area network, and a safety zone - all on top of being a mechanical transport platform under embedded system control. How is it all done? Through the AE engineers’ combination of determination and creativity, of discipline and pragmatism, of innovation speed and quality assurance. This is the key to success for a high-tech engineer.

Moore’s law has forecast the growth in chip complexity for decades. And the growth in design productivity has been lagging that growth in chip complexity for quite a long time. We have advanced manufacturing technologies. We need the design technology necessary to make full and productive use of those manufacturing technologies. The battle for market share is fought and won - or lost! - in the design arena.

The EDA industry’s goal is to develop methodologies and tools that make electronic design deterministic. The automotive industry’s goal is to have ready access to a complete, integrated, and harmonized design process that symbiotically leverages AE designers’ methodology strengths and the EDA environment. To fulfil the requirements of AE design, the EDA industry must understand the core issues in the design methodology in any given application area and support it with innovations that improve designer performance. For it's part, the automotive industry has already increased it's effort to improve EDA methodology and technology for automotive applications in close cooperation with both the EDA industry and academia. It was in this context that the edacentrum in Germany was born.

The success of such initiatives mandates a partnership approach and a free exchange of ideas and experience between the parties. The DATE, as the largest and most important EDA conference in Europe, plays a pivotal role in bringing together the EDA world and the designers especially in challenging areas such as automotive electronics design.

I welcome the DATE’s automotive electronics focus this year. The exhibition highlights multifarious EDA and systems design companies presenting new and improved technology, the Monday Tutorial and the dedicated ‘Automotive Systems’ day on Wednesday, together with many contributions in the technical sessions.

Of course, my colleagues from Bosch and I are visiting DATE to see the latest progress in automotive electronics design. I recommend that you do, too!

Programme Excerpt

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Monday, 3/10/2008

B Design Flows, Communication Based Design and Architectures in Automotive Electronic Systems (Tutorial)

9:30-18:00, Room 02

Juergen Becker, Karlsruhe U, DE
Michael Huebner, Karlsruhe U, DE
Andreas Herkersdorf, TU Munich, DE
Robert Esser, Xilinx., IE
Vera Lauer, DaimlerChrysler, DE
Walter Stechele, TU Munich, DE

This tutorial addresses research and industrial issues for communication among networked ECUs in car interiors as well as car-to-car, car-to-road and car-to-base station. What strategy in communication design should be targeted? Academic and industrial experts will present their ideas about future system architectures, discuss possible solutions introduced by novel technologies and communication standards, and explain the benefits resulting from these approaches. Read more

Tuesday, 3/11/2008

1.1 Unifying or Overrated: A System Level Design Strategy (Executive Management Panel Session)

11:30-13:00, Room 05

Joachim Kunkel, Synopsys, US
Rolf Ernst, TU Braunschweig, DE
Wolfgang Ecker, Infineon Technologies, DE
Peter Nord, Ericsson, SE
Ken Karnofsky, The MathWorks, UK
Misha Buric, Altera, US

We will concentrate on discussing some real applications of Electronic System Level design techniques in a number of areas. Significant progress has been achieved in taking advantage of domain specific techniques as opposed to more generic advances. The participants will address some of these issues, ranging from applications in Virtual Platforms to the Automotive domain. Read more

2.4 Automotive System Design And Verification (Technical Session)

14:30-16:00, Room 04a

M Glass, M Lukasiewycz, F Reimann, C Haubelt and J Teich, Erlangen-Nuremberg U, DE
D Lettnin, P K Nalla, J Ruf, T Kropf and W Rosenstiel, Tuebingen U, DE
T Kirsten, V Schoenknecht and S Reitemeyer, NEC Electronics (Europe), DE
B Stube and B Schroeder, Mentor Graphics, DE
E Hoene and A Lissner, Fraunhofer Inst. for Reliability and Microintegration, Berlin, DE
N Alt, C Claus and W Stechele, TU Munich, DE

This session addresses several topics of automotive system design including network reliability and temporal behaviour verification. Electro magnetic compatibility optimization and a new driver assistance application are also presented. Read more

Wednesday, 3/12/2008 - Automotive Systems Day

4.1 Physical Architectures (Technical Session)

8:30-10:00, Room 05

T Forest, General Motors, US
A Ferrari, Parades, IT
G Audisio, Pirelli, IT

This section will provide insight into new developments and advances in electronics automotive architectures. The design of innovative chip architectures, new upcoming standards for high-bandwidth and deterministic communication (FlexRay) and sensors are the domains of interest, with emphasis on reliability and support for advanced active safety functions. Read more

5.1.1 Software Components for Reliable Automotive Systems (Technical Session)

11:00-12:30, Room 05

H Heinecke, BMW, DE
W Damm, OFFIS, DE
H Kopetz, TU Vienna, AT

System-level integration requires an overall understanding of the interplay of the sub-systems to enable component-based development with portability, reconfigurability and extensibility and guaranteed reliability and performance levels. Integration by simple interfaces and plug-and-play of sub-systems, which is the main objective of AUTOSAR, requires solving essential technical problem. Read more

5.1.2 Model-Based-Design is nice but... (Lunchtime Keynote)

13:40-14:30, Room 05

Herbert Hanselmann, dSPACE GmbH, DE (Keynote Speaker)

Without Model-Based-Design (MBD) today's automotive embedded systems would not exist. However, MBD generates its own challenges. Tools and concepts are helping in many areas, but the user's needs often seem to outpace the capabilities of tools and processes, especially for large systems with complex software interacting across boundaries. System Design is underdeveloped. In this keynote, an assessment of the current situation is given as well as a vision of how developers should design and test systems in the future. Read more

6.1 Methods, Tools and Standards for the Analysis and Evaluation of Modern Automotive Architectures (Technical Session)

14:30-16:00, Room 05

E Frank, VAST, US
R Ernst, TU Braunschweig, DE
R Wilhelm, Saarland U, DE

Time predictability is related to the capability of predicting the system-level timing behaviour (latencies and jitter), resulting from the synchronisation between tasks and messages, but also from the synchronisation and queuing policies of the middleware and RTOS levels. In this session, we review tools for the evaluation by simulation or by static analysis of timing properties of complex embedded systems. Read more

7.1 The Future Car: Technology, Methods and Tools (Panel Session)

16:30-18:00, Room 05

H Hanselmann, dSPACE, DE
H Heinecke, BMW, DE
A Bouali, Esterel, FR
H Kopetz, TU Vienna, AT
H Fennel, Continental Teves, DE
T Weber, Daimler, DE

The car of the future will be based on very advanced software and hardware technologies for improved safety and additional features such as autonomous driving, vehicle to vehicle communication, extensive communication and entertainment subsystems. What are the limiting factors for introducing new technology in cars? What are the standards, methods and tools that will be needed to bring these cars to market quickly and with guaranteed properties? The experts in the panel will address these questions and discuss their preferred solutions. Read more

Thursday, 3/13/2008

8.2 Industrial System Designs in Information Technologies (Invited Industrial Session)

8:30-10:00, Room 02

P Capozio, M Duncan, E Merli, M Siti and R Panazzi, STMicroelectronics, IT
M Strik, NXP Semiconductors, NL
A Gonier, Mentor Graphics, FR
A Mayer and F Hellwig, Infineon Technologies, DE

This session presents practical system design experiences in information technologies. The invited papers show how industries are facing design challenges in their products in terms of design and verification methodologies. Read more

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications (Technical Session)

8:30-10:00, Room 04b

A Masrur, S Droessler and G Faerber, TU Munich, DE
A Tumeo, M Branca, L Camerini, M Ceriani, M Monchiero, G Palermo, F Ferrandi and D Sciuto, Politecnico di Milano, IT
C Diederichs, INCHRON GmbH, DE
U Margull, 1 Mal 1 Software GmbH, DE
F Slomka, Ulm U, DE
G Wirrer, Continental Teves AG, DE
G Franchino and T Facchinetti, Pavia U, IT
G Buttazzo, Scuola Superiore S Anna, IT

New real-time schedulability analysis and applications to automotive systems and communication protocols will be presented. The 1. paper presents two new polynomial time feasibility tests for EDF scheduled systems with periodic tasks with arbitrary deadlines. The 2. and 3. papers present novel implementations of real-time scheduling algorithms for automotive systems. The 4. paper in this session analyses the ability of a budget sharing token protocol to manage real-time and non-real-time traffic. Read more

9.1.2 Reliable Services in an Imperfect World (Lunchtime Keynote)

13:30-14:00, Room 05

Hermann Kopetz, TU Vienna, AT (Keynote Speaker)

With the ongoing trends of hardware complexity - device density increases, reducing geometries, lowering switching thresholds etc - hardware increasingly exhibits transient faults. Software is not perfect and the increasing complexity results in Heisenbugs. Consequently it becomes a complex technological challenge to build dependable embedded systems that can accommodate and mitigate these facts of hardware and software transients such that the user perceived services are not seriously impacted. Read more

Friday, 3/14/2008

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS (Workshop)

8:30-16:30, Room 04b

Ahmed Jerraya, CEA-LETI, FR (Organizer)
Adrian Ionescu, EPFL, CH (Keynote Speaker)
Benedetto Vigna, ST Microelectronics, FR (Keynote Speaker)
Andre Perret, CSEM, CH
Detlef Billep, FhG, DE
Edward Myers, Caltech, US
Eric Beyne, IMEC, BE
Eric Ollier, CEA-LETI, FR
Francisco Ibanez, EU, BE
G.Q. (Kouchi) Zhang, NXP, NL
Gabriela Nicolescu, Polytechnique Montreal, CA
Günter Lugert, Siemens, DE
Hughes Metras, CEA-LETI, FR
Ian O’Connor, INL, FR
Jean Luc Jaffard, ST, FR
Markku Abberg, VTT, FI
Martin Hegner, Trinity College Dublin, IE
Philippe Andreucci, CEA LETI, FR
Ted Vucurevich, Cadence Design Systems, US

Heterogeneous system integration allows designers to combine individual electronic components that use different technologies and materials. Heterogeneous integration technologies promise dramatic increases in the functionalities of silicon-based components, whose use then allows for a large cost reduction of the global system. Traditionally, heterogeneous system integration is a multidisciplinary approach, allowing flexible integration of different elements such as MEMS, optoelectronics, active and passive components and bio-electronics into a single package. With the advances of CMOS technologies towards nanoelectronics, a new paradigm of integrated heterogeneous systems is emerging, based on Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems, or NEMS. ... Read more

W7 Dependable Software Systems (Workshop)

8:45-16:30, Room 12a

Iain Bate, University of York, UK (Organizer)
Stefan M. Petters, NICTA, AT (Organizer)
Hans Hansson, Malardalen U, SE (Keynote Speaker)
Manfred Broy, TU Munich, DE (Keynote Speaker)
Simon Fuerst, BMW AG, DE (Keynote Speaker)
Felice Balarin, Cadence Design Systems, US

Dependable Software Systems have become increasingly ubiquitous in recent years. This covers traditional application areas like avionics and military, but also emergent areas like medical devices and automotive where software plays an increasingly crucial role. Besides the purely safety critical aspect of more traditional systems there is also the move of dependability becoming relevant in terms of economics as the amount of software and its complexity is on the rise and recalls due to faulty SW are becoming more common. In terms of technology the research in dependable software systems spans the domains of safety critical, fault-tolerant, real-time, distributed, and operating systems. ... Read more

Person Index

Markku Abberg, VTT, FI

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Speaker)

N Alt, TU Munich, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Speaker)

Philippe Andreucci, CEA LETI, FR

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Speaker, Chair)

G Audisio, Pirelli, IT

4.1 Physical Architectures (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 8:30-10:00, Room 05 (Speaker)

Felice Balarin, Cadence Design Systems, US

W7 Dependable Software Systems

Friday, March 14 8:45-16:30, Room 12a (Panelist)

Iain Bate, University of York, UK

W7 Dependable Software Systems

Friday, March 14 8:45-16:30, Room 12a (Organizer)

Jürgen Becker, Karlsruhe U, DE

B Design Flows, Communication Based Design and Architectures in Automotive Electronic Systems

Monday, March 10 9:30-18:00, Room 02 (Speaker, Organizer)

Dirk Beernaert, European Commission, BE

6.1 Methods, Tools and Standards for the Analysis and Evaluation of Modern Automotive Architectures (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 14:30-16:00, Room 05 (Presenter)

Eric Beyne, IMEC, BE

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Speaker)

Detlef Billep, FhG, DE

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Speaker)

A Bouali, Esterel, FR

7.1 The Future Car: Technology, Methods and Tools (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 16:30-18:00, Room 05 (Panelist)

M Branca, Politecnico di Milano, IT

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Author)

Manfred Broy, TU Munich, DE

W7 Dependable Software Systems

Friday, March 14 8:45-16:30, Room 12a (Panelist, Keynote Speaker)

Misha Buric, Altera, US

1.1 Unifying or Overrated: A System Level Design Strategy

Tuesday, March 11 11:30-13:00, Room 05 (Executive)

G Buttazzo, Scuola Superiore S Anna, IT

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Speaker)

L Camerini, Politecnico di Milano, IT

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Author)

P Capozio, STMicroelectronics, IT

8.2 Industrial System Designs in Information Technologies

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04 (Speaker)

M Ceriani, Politecnico di Milano, IT

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Author)

C Claus, TU Munich, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Author)

Werner Damm, OFFIS, DE

5.1.1 Software Components for Reliable Automotive Systems (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 11:00-12:30, Room 05 (Speaker)

O Deprez, Texas Instruments, FR

8.2 Industrial System Designs in Information Technologies

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04 (Moderator)

M Di Natale, Scuola S Anna Pisa, IT

4.1 Physical Architectures (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 8:30-10:00, Room 05 (Organizer)

5.1.1 Software Components for Reliable Automotive Systems (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 11:00-12:30, Room 05 (Moderator, Organizer)

6.1 Methods, Tools and Standards for the Analysis and Evaluation of Modern Automotive Architectures (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 14:30-16:00, Room 05 (Moderator, Organizer)

7.1 The Future Car: Technology, Methods and Tools (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 16:30-18:00, Room 05 (Organizer)

C Diederichs, INCHRON GmbH, DE

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Speaker)

Antun Domic, Synopsys, US

1.1 Unifying or Overrated: A System Level Design Strategy

Tuesday, March 11 11:30-13:00, Room 05 (Organizer)

S Droessler, TU Munich, DE

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Author)

M Duncan, STMicroelectronics, IT

8.2 Industrial System Designs in Information Technologies

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04 (Author)

Wolfgang Ecker, Infineon, DE

1.1 Unifying or Overrated: A System Level Design Strategy

Tuesday, March 11 11:30-13:00, Room 05 (Executive)

Rolf Ernst, TU Braunschweig, DE

1.1 Unifying or Overrated: A System Level Design Strategy

Tuesday, March 11 11:30-13:00, Room 05 (Executive)

Robert Esser, Xilinx Inc., IE

B Design Flows, Communication Based Design and Architectures in Automotive Electronic Systems

Monday, March 10 9:30-18:00, Room 02 (Speaker)

T Facchinetti, Pavia U, IT

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Author)

G Faerber, TU Munich, DE

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Author)

Luca Fanucci, Pisa U, IT

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Moderator)

H Fennel, Continental Teves, DE

7.1 The Future Car: Technology, Methods and Tools (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 16:30-18:00, Room 05 (Panelist)

F Ferrandi, Politecnico di Milano, IT

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Author)

A Ferrari, Parades, IT

4.1 Physical Architectures (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 8:30-10:00, Room 05 (Speaker)

T Forest, General Motors, US

4.1 Physical Architectures (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 8:30-10:00, Room 05 (Speaker)

G Franchino, Pavia U, IT

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Speaker)

Simon Fuerst, BMW AG, DE

W7 Dependable Software Systems

Friday, March 14 8:45-16:30, Room 12a (Keynote Speaker, Panelist)

F Gaffiot, INL - ECL, FR

5.2 Timing-Based Validation

Wednesday, March 12 11:00-12:30, Room 02 (Moderator)

Robert Gardner, EDA Consortium, US

1.1 Unifying or Overrated: A System Level Design Strategy

Tuesday, March 11 11:30-13:00, Room 05 (Organizer)

Joachim Gerlach, Robert Bosch GmbH, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Moderator)

L Gide, Thales, FR

6.1 Methods, Tools and Standards for the Analysis and Evaluation of Modern Automotive Architectures (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 14:30-16:00, Room 05 (Presenter)

Georges Gielen, KU Leuven, BE

5.1.2 Model-Based-Design is nice but...(Automotive Special Day) (Lunchtime Keynote)

Wednesday, March 12 13:40-14:30, Room 05 (Moderator)

M Glass, Erlangen-Nuernberg U, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Speaker)

K Glinos, European Commission, BE

6.1 Methods, Tools and Standards for the Analysis and Evaluation of Modern Automotive Architectures (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 14:30-16:00, Room 05 (Presenter)

S Goddard, U Nebraska & Lincoln, US

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Moderator)

A Gonier, Mentor Graphics, FR

8.2 Industrial System Designs in Information Technologies

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04 (Speaker)

Herbert Hanselmann, dSPACE GmbH, DE

5.1.2 Model-Based-Design is nice but...(Automotive Special Day) (Lunchtime Keynote)

Wednesday, March 12 13:40-14:30, Room 05 (Keynote Speaker)

7.1 The Future Car: Technology, Methods and Tools (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 16:30-18:00, Room 05 (Panelist)

Hans Hansson, Malardalen U, SE

W7 Dependable Software Systems

Friday, March 14 8:45-16:30, Room 12a (Panelist, Keynote Speaker)

Christian Haubelt, Erlangen-Nuremberg U, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Author)

Christoph Heer, Infineon, DE

8.2 Industrial System Designs in Information Technologies

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04 (Moderator)

Martin Hegner, Trinity College Dublin, IE

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Speaker)

H Heinecke, BMW, DE

5.1.1 Software Components for Reliable Automotive Systems (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 11:00-12:30, Room 05 (Speaker)

7.1 The Future Car: Technology, Methods and Tools (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 16:30-18:00, Room 05 (Panelist)

F Hellwig, Infineon Technologies, DE

8.2 Industrial System Designs in Information Technologies

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04 (Author)

Andreas Herkersdorf, TU Munich, DE

B Design Flows, Communication Based Design and Architectures in Automotive Electronic Systems

Monday, March 10 9:30-18:00, Room 02 (Speaker)

E. Hoene, Fraunhofer Inst. For Reliability and Microintegration, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Speaker)

Robert Hum, Mentor Graphics, US

1.1 Unifying or Overrated: A System Level Design Strategy

Tuesday, March 11 11:30-13:00, Room 05 (Moderator)

Michael Hübner, Karlsruhe U, DE

B Design Flows, Communication Based Design and Architectures in Automotive Electronic Systems

Monday, March 10 9:30-18:00, Room 02 (Organizer, Speaker)

Francisco Ibanez, EU, BE

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Speaker)

Adrian Ionescu, EPFL, CH

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Keynote Speaker)

Jean Luc Jaffard, ST, FR

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Speaker)

Ahmed Jerraya, CEA-LETI, FR

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Organizer)

Ken Karnofsky, MathWorks, UK

1.1 Unifying or Overrated: A System Level Design Strategy

Tuesday, March 11 11:30-13:00, Room 05 (Executive)

T Kirsten, NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Speaker)

Herman Kopetz, TU Vienna, AT

5.1.1 Software Components for Reliable Automotive Systems (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 11:00-12:30, Room 05 (Speaker)

7.1 The Future Car: Technology, Methods and Tools (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 16:30-18:00, Room 05 (Panelist)

9.1.2 Reliable Services in an Imperfect World (Lunchtime Keynote)

Thursday, March 13 13:30-14:00, Room 05 (Keynote Speaker)

Thomas Kropf, Tuebingen U, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Author)

Joachim Kunkel, Synopsys, US

1.1 Unifying or Overrated: A System Level Design Strategy

Tuesday, March 11 11:30-13:00, Room 05 (Executive)

M Lajolo, NEC Labs, US

5.2 Timing-Based Validation

Wednesday, March 12 11:00-12:30, Room 02 (Moderator)

Vera Lauer, DaimlerChrysler AG, DE

B Design Flows, Communication Based Design and Architectures in Automotive Electronic Systems

Monday, March 10 9:30-18:00, Room 02 (Speaker)

D Lettnin, Tuebingen U, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Speaker)

A Lissner, Fraunhofer Inst. For Reliability and Microintegration, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Author)

Günter Lugert, Siemens, DE

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Speaker)

M Lukasiewycz, Erlangen-Nuernberg U, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Author)

U Margull, 1 Mal 1 Software GmbH, DE

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Speaker)

A Masrur, TU Munich, DE

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Speaker)

Albrecht Mayer, Infineon Technologies, DE

8.2 Industrial System Designs in Information Technologies

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04 (Speaker)

E Merli, STMicroelectronics, IT

8.2 Industrial System Designs in Information Technologies

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04 (Author)

Hughes Metras, CEA-LETI, FR

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Chair)

Matteo Monchiero, Politecnico di Milano, IT

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Author)

Pieter J. Mosterman, The MathWorks, US

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Moderator)

Edward Myers, Caltech, US

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Speaker, Chair)

Pradeep K. Nalla, Tuebingen U, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Author)

Gabriela Nicolescu, Polytechnique Montreal, CA

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Chair)

Peter Nord, Ericsson, SE

1.1 Unifying or Overrated: A System Level Design Strategy

Tuesday, March 11 11:30-13:00, Room 05 (Executive)

Eric Ollier, CEA-LETI, FR

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Speaker)

Ian O’Connor, INL, FR

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Chair)

G Palermo, Politecnico di Milano, IT

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Author)

R Panazzi, STMicroelectronics, IT

8.2 Industrial System Designs in Information Technologies

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04 (Author)

Andre Perret, CSEM, CH

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Speaker)

Stefan M. Petters, NICTA, AT

W7 Dependable Software Systems

Friday, March 14 8:45-16:30, Room 12a (Organizer)

F Reimann, Erlangen-Nuernberg U, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Author)

S Reitemeyer, NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Author)

Wolfgang Rosenstiel, Tuebingen U, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Author)

Jürgen Ruf, Tuebingen U, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Author)

Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, UC Berkeley, US

4.1 Physical Architectures (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 8:30-10:00, Room 05 (Moderator, Organizer)

5.1.1 Software Components for Reliable Automotive Systems (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 11:00-12:30, Room 05 (Organizer)

5.1.2 Model-Based-Design is nice but...(Automotive Special Day) (Lunchtime Keynote)

Wednesday, March 12 13:40-14:30, Room 05 (Moderator)

6.1 Methods, Tools and Standards for the Analysis and Evaluation of Modern Automotive Architectures (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 14:30-16:00, Room 05 (Organizer)

7.1 The Future Car: Technology, Methods and Tools (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 16:30-18:00, Room 05 (Moderator, Organizer)

V Schoenknecht, NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Author)

B Schroeder, Mentor Graphics, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Author)

Donatella Sciuto, Politecnico di Milano, IT

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Author)

M Siti, STMicroelectronics, IT

8.2 Industrial System Designs in Information Technologies

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04 (Author)

Frank Slomka, OFFIS, DE

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Speaker)

Walter Stechele, TU Munich, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Author)

B Design Flows, Communication Based Design and Architectures in Automotive Electronic Systems

Monday, March 10 9:30-18:00, Room 02 (Speaker)

M Strik, NXP Semiconductors, NL

8.2 Industrial System Designs in Information Technologies

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04 (Speaker)

B Stube, Mentor Graphics, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Speaker)

Neeraj Suri, TU Darmstadt, DE

9.1.2 Reliable Services in an Imperfect World (Lunchtime Keynote)

Thursday, March 13 13:30-14:00, Room 05 (Organizer, Moderator)

Jürgen Teich, Erlangen-Nuremberg U, DE

2.4 Automotive System Design and Verification

Tuesday, March 11 14:30-16:00, Room 04a (Author)

A Tumeo, Politecnico di Milano, IT

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Speaker)

Benedetto Vigna, ST, FR

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Keynote Speaker)

Ted Vucurevich, Cadence Design Systems, US

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Speaker)

Thomas Weber, Daimler, DE

7.1 The Future Car: Technology, Methods and Tools (Automotive Special Day)

Wednesday, March 12 16:30-18:00, Room 05 (Panelist)

G Wirrer, Continental Teves AG, DE

8.6 New Real-Time Scheduling Approaches and their Applications

Thursday, March 13 8:30-10:00, Room 04b (Speaker)

G.Q. (Kouchi) Zhang, NXP, NL

W3 Heterogeneous System Integration: from MEMS to NEMS

Friday, March 14 8:30-16:30, Room 04b (Speaker)

News & Background

Background

ICSE

30th International Conference on Software Engineering
Leipzig, Germany, May 10-18, 2008
Experience Track on Automotive Systems

http://icse08.upb.de/calls/automotive.html

DSN 2008

The 38th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks
Anchorage, Alaska, USA, June 24-27, 2008

http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/dsn08/workshops.html

Automotive Testing Expo

Europe's only Automotive Testing, Evaluation and Quality Engineering Trade Fair
Stuttgart, Germany, May 08

http://www.testing-expo.com/europe/index.html

AUTOSAR

AUTOSAR (AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture) is an open and standardized automotive software architecture, jointly developed by automobile manufacturers, suppliers and tool developers.

http://www.autosar.org

FlexRay Consortium

FlexRay is a communication system that will support the needs of future in-car control applications.

http://www.flexray.com