OSPERT 2012 ----------- 8th annual workshop on Operating Systems Platforms for Embedded Real-Time applications http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~gparmer/ospert12/ July, 10th 2012, Pisa, Italy held in conjunction with ECRTS 2012 Call for Papers --------------- Research on innovative RTOS architectures and services is a hot topic. Developers of Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) are faced with many challenges arising from two opposite needs: extreme optimization of resource usage (processor, energy, network bandwidth, etc.) vs. dynamic configuration and upgrading, flexible scheduling, component-based development and deployment, etc. While real-time systems continue to be used in many small embedded applications, real-time services are being introduced and used in general- purpose operating systems. Notable examples are the various flavors Linux that provide support to time-sensitive applications. This workshop is intended as a forum for researchers and practitioners of RTOS to discuss the recent advances in RTOS technology and the challenges that lie ahead. The workshop will consist of two categories of submitted papers: - Technical. These are the traditional papers of past OSPERTs. They consist of technical contributions that advance the state of the art. They have a page limit of 10 pages. - Forward-looking. These papers are open-ended and focus on a vision about what RTOS must consider to effectively support future real-time applications, and how they should be constructed over the upcoming years. They do not summarize more mature work on the verge of conference publication, or necessarily focus on a technical contribution. They will be judged on plausibility, discussion potential, and creativity. These papers have a page limit of 5 pages. Additionally, the workshop will feature invited presentations and publications about academic state-of-the-art and industrial state-of-practice within the area. Upon acceptance, a complete version of the paper must be prepared and submitted. All papers will be made available to all participants a week before the workshop so that contributions can be examined prior to the workshop. Scope ----- Topics include but are not limited to: - Dynamic reconfiguration and upgrading - Support for component based development - Scalability, from very small scale embedded systems to full-fledged OSes - Flexible scheduling - Quality of Service guarantees - Real-Time on Linux - Novel OS architectures for real-time - Interaction with reconfigurable hardware - Support for embedded multiprocessor architectures - Coordinated management of multiple resources - Security and fault tolerance for embedded real-time systems - Power-aware operating systems Submission of Papers -------------------- Submitted papers should follow the IEEE conference format (2 columns, 10 pt, single-line spacing) and should not exceed 10 pages for technical papers, and 5 pages for forward-looking papers. On the title page, the submission should clearly state which category of papers the submission is for. Papers may be submitted in either PDF or Postscript format. The papers will be reviewed by the workshop Program Committee. All accepted papers will be made available to all participants one week before the workshop so that contributions can be examined prior to the event. We want to encourage scientific reproducibility, and discourage redundant work within the community. Thus, code relevant to each submission must be publicly available, and a link to it included in the submission. If you require an exception, please contact the chairs. If your submission does not include an implementation, there are no such restrictions. Papers should be submitted by using the START Conference Manager system. The system acknowledges receipt of each submission by sending an e-mail to the contact author, and it allows to revise a submission till the deadline. If a paper is accepted, at least one author should register for the workshop following indications sent in the notification of acceptance, and present the paper at the workshop in person. Important Dates --------------- Apr 29, 2012: Submission Deadline May 20, 2012: Acceptance Notification June 18, 2012: Submission of camera-ready papers July 10, 2012: Workshop July 11-13, 2012: ECRTS Conference For more information, please visit the workshop webpage at http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~gparmer/ospert12/.