GI/ITG Workshop
Non-Functional Properties of Embedded Systems
The GI/ITG Conference on Measurement, Modeling and Evaluation of Computer and Communication Systems (MMB) is the premier conference in Germany covering all aspects of performance evaluation issues. Since 1981 it has been a major forum to present and discuss the major advances, trends, and concerns in that field. In the context of MMB 2006 we also solicit papers in the scope of the topics addressed by the Workshop on Non-Functional Properties of Embedded Systems.
Non-functional properties are of fundamental relevance for realtime embedded systems software and imply a number of design decisions. Typical cases are, e.g, synchronization, protection, isolation, sharing, interaction, energy, timeliness, and dependability. As cross-cutting concerns of the entire software system, non-functional properties may have serious drawbacks on software maintenance in general and component reuse in particular. Current research focuses on how to express, model, unitize, and enforce non-functional properties and to keep them logically separated from the (functional) component code.
The purpose of the workshop is to bring together practitioners, researchers, academics, and students who work on or have made experiences with non-functional properties of systems software and to discuss their issues in the context of embedded systems.
Prospective participants of the workshop are asked to submit a position paper or experience report (of about 5 pages). Submission of industry papers is particularly encouraged. All papers must be written in English and must be sent as email to os@cs.fau.de in PDF.
