3rd UK Embedded Forum

Overview

The UK Embedded Forum is a workshop for UK-based PhD students working in the general area of embedded systems, which includes both hardware and software aspects, such as System-on-Chip design and Real-Time issues. As a result of the success of the first two workshops, the event has been expanded to two days.

Deadlines

All papers are refereed by the programme committee. There is a size limit of 10 pages per submission, IET style. Presentation format is 20 minutes, plus 5 minutes for questions and discussions. Authors are required to submit a pdf file electronically; please e-mail to albert.koelmans@ncl.ac.uk, no later than December 18, 2006. Authors will be informed of the program committee's final decision by January 26th, 2007. The final version of the paper is due February 16th. As a result of the review process, authors may be asked to present a poster instead of giving a presentation.

Proceedings

Workshop proceedings will be published by IET as a digest. Instructions can be found at the IET web site. Papers must be original work, not under consideration elsewhere, and copyright will be assigned to IET. Papers will be made available in the IEEE digital library.

Submissions

Submissions are invited from individuals who are currently registered as PhD students at UK Universities. Topics include, but are not limited to:

embedded software design: predictable design methodologies, design with networked system environments, design space exploration
software/hardware and software/software codesign for embedded systems
hardware/software analysis, verification and test for embedded systems
embedded Linux and real-time Operating Systems
scheduling and WCET techniques for real-time systems
embedded System-on-Chip architectures
wireless techniques for embedded systems
novel embedded signal processing techniques
low power design for embedded systems
security design for embedded systems
interference and error tolerance
System-on-Chip techniques for embedded computing
novel I/O techniques and applications
System-level design
on-line and off-line testing techniques
Simulation techniques for embedded systems
Verification of embedded designs and tools
Benchmarking for embedded systems
Employment of DSPs in embedded systems
Data streaming and multimedia in embedded systems
Hardware/software support for real-time applications
Code transformation and program parallelization for embedded systems
Java-enabled devices
Case studies

Program Committee

Dr. I. Bate, University of York
Dr. L. Brackenbury, University of Manchester
Prof. A. Brown, University of Southampton
Dr. A. Bystrov, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Dr. C. Clarke, Bath University
Dr. A. Koelmans, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Dr. W. Luk, Imperial College
Dr. K. McDonald-Maier, University of Essex
Dr. N. Nissanke, South Bank University
Dr. J. Nunez-Yanez, University of Bristol
Dr. H. Ong, University of Leicester
Dr. M. Pont, University of Leicester
Dr. S. Sezer, Queen's University Belfast
Dr. T. Vladimirova, University of Surrey
Prof. M. Zwolinski, University of Southamption

Schedule

The general structure of the forum is shown below.

	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
2nd April, 2007 (Monday)	travel	talks	dinner
3rd April, 2007 (Tuesday)	talks	travel

Programme

Day 1 Monday, 2nd April 2007
13.00	Registration
13.40	Keynote Speech: Asynchronous Communication Mechanisms, Butler and the Queen's Award for Enterprise Eric Campbell, MBDA Ltd.
14.20	Knowledge-theoretic protocols for wireless sensor networks A. Burns, I. Symeou, University of York
14.40	Structure-based High-Level-First Scheduling Algorithms for Hardware/Software Partitioning Y. Lu, P. Green, University of Manchester
15.00	Exploring the links between intended task schedule and scheduler implementation in embedded systems with a time-triggered software architecture A. Ali, M. Pont, University of Leicester
15.20	Pipeline Approach to Improve CAM Performance T. Arumugam, V. Vasu , K. McLaughlin, S. Sezer, Queen's University Belfast
15.40	Coffee and Poster Presentations: S. Ngiap, D. Holburn, University of Cambridge, K. Athaide, Z. Hughes, M. Pont, University of Leicester, C. Bridges, T. Vladimirova, University of Surrey, G. Douglas, J. Mu, S. Sezer, E. Garcia, Y. Liu, J. McCanny, Queen's University Belfast
16.10	Fast point-to-point serial link using Phase-Encoding C. D’Alessandro, University of Newcastle
16.30	Compatible Content Addressable Memory Cell X. Yang, S. Sezer, J. McCanny, D. Burns, Queen's University Belfast
16.50	Dual-Huffman Based Code Compression for Embedded ARM/Thumb Processors X.H. Xu, C.T. Clarke, J.T. Taylor, University of Bath
17.10	MW²P-Bus: A New Bus Structure for Datapath Synthesis A. Ahmadi, M. Zwolinski, University of Southampton
17.30	Business Meeting
19.30	Forum Dinner
Day 2 Tuesday, 3rd April 2007
09.00	An Investigation into Stateful Packet Classification Concepts J. Hurley, S. Sezer, E. Garcia, Queen's University Belfast
09.20	Hardware Accelerated Session-Based IP Packet Classification M. Abdelghani, S. Sezer, E. Garcia, J. Mu, C. Toal, Queen's University Belfast
09.40	A Self-Optimising Simulator for a Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Array J. Whitham, N. Audsley, University of York
10.00	Sensitive Registers: Improving Speed and Fetch Bandwidth Efficiency in Embedded Processors by Associating Repeated Behaviour with Registers A. Robinson, University of Manchester
10.20	Discrete time Markov based optimisation for dynamic control of transmitter power in wireless sensor networks A. Udenze, K. McDonald-Maier, University of Essex
10.40	Coffee
11.10	Investigation into Hardware/Software Partitioning within the Internet Key Exchange, Version 2 System P. Moore, M. McLoone, S. Sezer, Queen's University Belfast
11.30	Support for the Dynamic Reconfiguration of Virtex FPGAs L. Su, P. Green, University of Manchester
11.50	Snort Signature Set Analysis for a parallel FSM based DPI Implementation J. Mu, G. Douglas, S. Sezer, E. Garcia, Queen's University Belfast
12.10	Transforming Programs for Parallel Hardware Execution on Embedded Systems W. Osborne, Imperial College
12.30	Close

Location

The workshop is held in the attractive venue of the conference suite of Van Mildert College, University of Durham. Details about the location, including directions, can be found on their web site. If you prefer to walk from the railway station, directions are here.

Registration and Accommodation

Registration Form.

Accommodation is at Van Mildert College, and is included in the price.

Cost

The registration fee will be around 75 pounds, including one night bed and breakfast, the workshop dinner, and printed proceedings. The actual price will be announced nearer the time of the workshop.

Contacts

Local organisers:	Albert Koelmans	(albert.koelmans@newcastle.ac.uk)	0191 222 8155
	Alex Bystrov	(a.bystrov@newcastle.ac.uk)	0191 222 6584

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