I.Crnkovic, "Component-Based Software Engineering & Embedded Systems"

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
FENS SEMINARS

Component-Based Software Engineering and Embedded Systems

Ivica Crnkovic

Department of Computer Science and Electronics
Mälardalen University, Sweden

Component-based development (CBD) is established as a standard approach in many domains. Although attractive, CBD has not been widely adopted in domains of embedded systems. Embedded systems are computer systems that are parts of larger systems providing with services these systems. They vary from ultra small devices to large distributed systems. The experience has shown that existing technologies in most cases cannot be directly used for development of embedded systems. The main reason is inability of these technologies to cope with the important concerns of embedded systems, such as resource constraints, real-time or dependability requirements. However, an increasing understanding of principles of CBD makes it possible to utilize these principles in implementation of different component-based models more appropriate for embedded systems. The talk gives insights into basic principles of CBD, the main concerns and characteristics of embedded systems and possible directions of adaptation of component-based approach for these systems.

After this 1-hour seminar, Åsa Lundkvist (director of undergraduate studies) will inform students about possibilities of studying at the Department of Computer Science and Electronics, Mälardalen University.

Ivica Crnkovic is a professor of industrial software engineering at Mälardalen University, Sweden and chair of Software engineering Laboratory at Mälardalen University. He is the author of more than 90 refereed papers on software engineering topics and a co-author and co-editor of two books: "Building Reliable Component-Based Systems", and "Implementing and Integrating Product Data Management and Software Configuration Management". He has been co-program chair and co-organizer of several workshops and conferences related to component-based software engineering such as CBSE 2004 symposium, CBSE3-CBSE6 workshops at ICSE conferences, Euromicro conference CBSE tracks 2000-2006, etc. He is participating in several research projects related to component-based development and embedded systems (PACC SEI/CMU project in cooperation with ABB Robotics, ARTIST Network of excellence, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research project SAVE, etc.). Prof. Crnkovic is teaching several courses in different topics of Software Engineering.

March 10, 2006, 16:00, FENS G032