Abstract :
Summary form only given, as follows. Embedded systems have an increasing penetration in many segments of the IT market. Typically, these systems vary from deeply integrated systems with specific support tasks (e.g. multi-media stream processing) up to stand-alone embedded systems (e.g. wireless sensor networks). Embedded systems require new and innovative solutions in order to meet the strong requirements with respect to cost, size, power consumption, real-time compliance, and security at the same time. Specifically, the role of the embedded software becomes more crucial when providing flexible and dynamically reconfigurable systems. Efficient porting of embedded software to different hardware platforms remains a key issue to reuse code and to provide new devices on time. The papers in this book correspond to the work presented during the Fifth International Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (WISES 07) in five sessions featuring papers on Multimedia Systems, Embedded Programming, Middleware Platforms, Sensor Networks and Autonomous Systems and Intelligent Engineering. The workshop was held at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid on June 21-22, 2007.
