What´s ahead for embedded software?

Author

Lee, Edward A.

Author_Institution

California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

Volume

33

Issue

9

fYear

2000

fDate

9/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

26

Abstract

Once deemed too small and retro for research, embedded software has grown complex and pervasive enough to attract the attention of computer scientists. There are many research questions, but most center around one issue: how to reconcile a set of domain-specific requirements with the demands of interaction in the physical world. How do you adapt software abstractions designed merely to transform data to meet requirements like real-time constraints, concurrency, and stringent safety considerations? The answer to this question has given rise to some promising research angles, including novel ways to deal with concurrency and real time and methods for augmenting component interfaces to promote safety and adaptability

Keywords

embedded systems; interactive systems; parallel programming; research and development management; safety-critical software; systems analysis; adaptability; component interfaces; computer scientists; concurrency; domain-specific requirements; embedded software; interaction; physical world; real-time constraints; research questions; safety; software abstractions; stringent safety considerations; Computational modeling; Concurrent computing; Embedded computing; Embedded software; Embedded system; Medical diagnosis; Protocols; Software safety; Telephony; Vocabulary;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.868693

Filename

868693