Model-based development of timing behavior

Project duration: 7/2003 – 

Project partners:

AVL List GmbH (Graz), Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co. KG, Chrona.com (Salzburg)

Principal goal:

• Model based embedded Software Development relying on the Logical Execution Time paradigm, proposed in the Giotto project (UC Berkeley).

Embedded software components

Project duration: 1/2007 – 

Project partner: AVL List GmbH (Graz)

Principal goal:

• Seamless integration of component standards for non-real-time and for real-time-systems.

autoBAHN

Project duration: 10/2008 – 12/2011

Project partner: University of Applied Science (Fachhochschule), Wels, Siemens AG Österreich, Wien, Stern & Hafferl Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, Gmunden

Principal goal:

• autonomous driving on railroads with open tracks

embeddedCMMI - CMMI adapted to Embedded Software Development

Project duration: 4/2005 – 7/2006

Project partner: AVL List (Graz)

Principal goal:

• Adapt the relevant aspects of CMMI to state-of-the-art embedded software engineering.

MoDECS - Model-based Development of distributed Embedded Control Systems

Project duration: 7/2003 – 7/2005

Project partners: AVL List (Graz), MagnaSteyr Fahrzeugtechnik (Graz), TU Vienna (Real-Time Systems Group, a.Prof. Puschner), University of California at Berkeley (EECS, Prof. Henzinger)

Principal goals:

• enhancement of the Giotto method and tools regarding fault tolerance
• feasibility studies: application of Giotto in distributed embedded control systems
• worst-case execution time analysis (WCET) for C code generated from Simulink models

EmBASE - Knowledge Base for Embedded Systems

Project duration: 1/2003 – 2/2004

Project partners: technikon Villach, IWI Vienna

Principal goal: 

• Creation of a knowledge base "Who is doing what in Embedded Systems" in and around Austria

Summer School Embedded Systems

30 June – 2 July 2003, Univ. of Salzburg

in cooperation with FIT-IT Embedded Systems and the Univ. of California at Berkeley (EECS, Dr. Kirsch)

Principal project results:

• embedded systems perspectives and visions

Reusable Components for Satellite Control Systems

Project duration: 1998 – 2002

in cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA)/ESTEC, Nordwijk, Netherlands

Principal project results:

• Framework for the Attitute and Orbit Control System (AOCS) in C++
• a follow-up project migrated the AOCS framework to Java

Architecture for Location-Based Mobile Devices: MobileShadow

Project duration: 2000 – 2002

partially in cooperation with mobilkom Austria

Principal project results:

• infrastructure for proactive location-aware services and applications.
• sample applications based on MobileShadow

Adaptive Software Components

Project duration: 1997 – 2002

partially in cooperation with the Nokia Research Center, Helsinki

Principal project results:

• GUI adaptation to different devices through MUSA: Multiple User Interface, Single Application
• reflection patterns for adaptive components

Architectures for Internet/Mobile Banking

Project duration: 1996 – 2001

in cooperation with GRZ/RACON (Linz) Software GmbH

Principal project results:

• Java-based client and server components for Internet Banking
• Voice-Controlled Internet Banking prototype
• Comparison of Internet Banking systems

Patterns for Artificial Neural Networks

Project duration: 1996 – 2000

in cooperation with Quelle Austria (mail order reseller)

Principal project results:

• Customer classification system in the mail-order business
• Comparison with Multivariat Discrimant Analysis method

Ubiquitous Computing

Project duration: 1993 – 96 (with Prof. G. Pomberger, University of Linz, Austria; Prof. M. Broy, Technical University Munich)

in cooperation with Siemens AG, Munich

Principal project results:

• Ubiquitous communication framework
• Tools for automating the adaptation of frameworks

Development Environment for Pen-Computers

Project duration: 1992 – 93 (with Prof. D. Kimura, Washington University in St. Louis)

in cooperation with Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA; Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory (MERL), Cambridge, MA; Kumon Math, Kobe, Japan; Osaka Gas Information Systems, Japan

Principal project results:

• Definition of the visual language ProtoHyperFlow
• ProtoHyperFlow-editor and run-time system
• Prototypical applications for Kumon Math

Prototyping of Information Systems

Project duration: 1988 – 91 (with Prof. G. Pomberger, University of Linz, Austria)

in cooperation with Siemens AG, Munich

Principal project results:

• method for prototyping-oriented software development
• prototyping tools (user interface prototyping, architecture prototyping)
• comparison of the object-oriented and conventional paradigms

GUI Framework Development

Project duration: 1987 – 88 (with Prof. R. Marty, E. Gamma, A. Weinand)

University of Zurich, the project was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation 

Principal project results:

• design and implementation of parts of the ET++ GUI framework
• visual/interactive editors

Teleteaching, Computer-Supported Learning

Project duration: 1985 – 86 (with Prof. J. Mühlbacher, University of Linz, Austria)

in cooperation with IIG (Prof. H. Maurer), Technical University Graz, Austria

Principal project results:

• Courses in operating systems and programming
• Implementation of an e-mail system for the Austrian video-text (BTX)