Guidelines for a graduate curriculum on embedded software and systems
P. Caspi, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, L. Almeida, A. Benveniste, B. Bouyssounouse, G. Buttazzo, I. Crnkovic, W. Damm, J. Engblom, G. Folher, M. Garcia-Valls, H. Kopetz, Y. Lakhnech, F. Laroussinie, L. Lavagno, G. Lipari, F. Maraninchi, Ph. Peti, J. de la Puente, N. Scaife, J. Sifakis, R. de Simone, M. Torngren, P. Veríssimo, A. J. Wellings, R. Wilhelm, T. Willemse and W. Yi
The design of embedded real-time systems requires skills from multiple specific disciplines, including, but not limited to, control, computer science and electronics. This often involves experts from differing backgrounds, who do not recognize that they address similar, if not identical, issues from complementary angles. Design methodologies are lacking in rigor and discipline so that demonstrating correctness of an embedded design, if at all possible, is a very expensive proposition that may delay significantly the introduction of a critical product. While the economic importance of embedded systems is widely acknowledged, academia has not paid enough attention to the education of a community of high-quality embedded system designers, an obvious difficulty being the need of interdisciplinarity in a period where specialization has been the target of most education systems. This paper presents the reflections that took place in the European Network of Excellence Artist leading us to propose principles and structured contents for building curricula on embedded software and systems.
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@article{Caspi2005,
address = {New York, NY, USA},
author = {P. Caspi and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli and L. Almeida and A. Benveniste and B. Bouyssounouse and G. Buttazzo and I. Crnkovic and W. Damm and J. Engblom and G. Folher and M. Garcia-Valls and H. Kopetz and Y. Lakhnech and F. Laroussinie and L. Lavagno and G. Lipari and F. Maraninchi and Ph. Peti and J. de la Puente and N. Scaife and J. Sifakis and R. de Simone and M. Torngren and P. Ver\&\#237;ssimo and A. J. Wellings and R. Wilhelm and T. Willemse and W. Yi},
doi = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1086519.1086526},
issn = {1539-9087},
journal = {Trans. on Embedded Computing Sys.},
number = {3},
pages = {587--611},
publisher = {ACM Press},
title = {Guidelines for a graduate curriculum on embedded software and systems},
volume = {4},
year = {2005}
}