2. www.artes.uu.se A network for Real-Time Research and graduate Education in Sweden A brief presentation SNART The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research The Swedish Nat’l Association for Real-Time

3. www.artes.uu.se What is a Real-Time System? Computer System sensoractuator Real World Computer System HW SW (~90% of value) Design Methods Applications Requirements: Behaviour Timing Reliability A Computer that does not look like a computer Swedish Industry has strong focus on RTS Products: Volvo, Saab, Ericsson, ABB, etc.

4. www.artes.uu.se What is ? ARTES is a National Network KTH SICS MdH Skövde Chalmers Halmstad Linköping Blekinge Lund ABB Alfa Laval Arcticus Carlstedt R&T Datex-Ohmeda ENEA Ericsson IAR Mecel Saab TietoEnator Volvo... Volume: 88 Msek (€10M) 1998-2002 28 companies 18 research groups (9 Universities)

5. www.artes.uu.se mission Give Swedish RT-industry access to world-leading competence Education of “industrial researchers” Increased volume Increased quality In close co-operation with Industry 80% of PhDs to Industry industry academia relevance People&Results

6. www.artes.uu.se ARTES - vision and focus Focus: –Methods for RTS Design –Software and Systems components, reuse, quality, analysis, predictability Vision: –Allow Swedish Industry to first take advantage of latest achievements –Reduction of lead-times with an order of magnitude –Improved quality and handling of complex systems

7. www.artes.uu.se Research projects

8. www.artes.uu.se Research Projects focused on industrial problems Large complex systems - not built from scratch Legacy issues Interoperability requirements Heterogeneous Systems with non- optimal Components Real-time requirements Reliability requirements Availability requirements

9. www.artes.uu.se Research Projects Co-operation required Industry - University Between Universities Strengthen RT in other programs Profile: “component based design” Support to Thesis Projects Open Calls ARTES University Other Pgm Industry

10. www.artes.uu.se Mobility University Industry International University PostDoc Professor Researcher PhD-student Engineer Senior engineer

11. www.artes.uu.se status 41 students funded (~ 100 in network) 1 PhD/6 weeks (nominally) National Courses supported (~ 5/yr) Annual Summer School and Graduate Stud. Conf. Mobility –Conference trips - 10 kSEK –Visits (>3 weeks) - 30 kSEK –GS Exchange programmes (Korea, …) –other Info: –www.artes.uu.se –Industrial seminars

12. www.artes.uu.se ARTES  ARTES++ ARTES: 88MSEK 98-02 ARTES++: –Open and competitive call from SSF in 2001 3 yrs funding (~ 2002-2005) –Application in preparation: [Focused Research Clusters] Network (as now) Automation (Flexible Embedded Control Systems) HW/SW Codesign (of embedded systems) Component- based development (of Vehicular systems) Real-Time Communication Dependable Embedded Systems Multi- processing on a chip (pgming of)