TC 10 - Computer Systems Technology - Aims
and Scopes
est. 1976,
revised 1987
AIMS
The Aims of the
Committee are the promotion of the State-of-the-Art and the coordination of
information exchange on concepts, methodologies, and tools in the stages in the
life cycle of computer systems.
SCOPE
system and component concepts, architecture and organisation;
specification, design and verification methodologies of computer
systems;
logical design and fabrication of components and systems;
evaluation of the parameters of computer systems and components;
reliability;
assessment of emerging technologies;
application specific computer systems and components
including peripherals.
WG10.2 – Embedded
Systems
est. 2006
AIMS
The WG10.2 shall be constituted as
a group under the sponsoring organization with the following basic aims:
to be the
internationally open reference group for all aspects of embedded system design
promoted and sponsored by the sponsoring organization of the WG10.2:
to further the
dissemination and exchange of information and experience on research and
applications in the area of embedded systems;
to address ES designers
and researchers from both, industry and academia;
to encourage education
in all areas of embedded systems;
to further the interdisciplinary character of embedded systems, that
encompasses hardware (system on a chip), real-time software, real-time
operating systems, control theory, intelligent features, dependability issues.
SCOPE
Embedded systems are gaining increasing importance in all
aspects of engineering. It is expected that in the near future roughly no
technical artifact will exist without embedded information technology. There is
a tendency to software oriented embedded and/or dependable systems, based on
standardized micro-controller cores. This implies that the design of embedded
real-time software and real-time operating systems will play a dominant role in
this field. As more and more networks of micro-controllers are applied,
real-time communication systems and in general the design of distributed
embedded systems will gain importance. As high-performance embedded computing
components have become available the challenges of designing embedded systems have
become more acute.
The scope of WG10.2 comprises in detail to:
organize events in the
area of ES (e.g. DIPES (Distributed and Parallel Embedded Systems));
seek co-operation with
user and interest groups as well as with ES-oriented groups within IFIP and
other societies;
discuss, disseminate and
exchange information on ES-related standardization activities;
study and encourage
curricula on ES design;
initiate and organize
new ES-related activities.
WG10.3 - Concurrent Systems
est.
1978, revised 1979, 1988, 2006
AIMS
The study of computer systems, having several computing elements,
with the goal of improving the quality of attributes such as cost, performance,
programmability, extendability and functionality.
The study
includes the interrelation software/firmware/hardware in specification, design
and implementation.
SCOPE
Exploration of problem areas and solutions pertaining to the
interrelation between the hardware functions and the software functions in
systems such as supervisors, data management, language translators, I/O
systems, and user interfaces.
Evaluation of the implementation of trends in computer systems
technology on the interrelation of software, firmware and hardware.
Evaluation of the implication of this interrelation in the trends
in computer systems technology.
WG10.4
- Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance
est.
1980, revised 1988
AIMS
Increasingly,
individuals and organizations are developing or procuring sophisticated
computing systems on whose services they need to place great reliance. In
differing circumstances, the focus will be on differing properties of such
services - e.g. continuity, performance, real-time response, ability to avoid
catastrophic failures, prevention of deliberate privacy intrusions. The notion
of dependability, defined as that property of a computing system which allows
reliance to be justifiably placed on the serve it delivers, enables these
various concerns to be subsumed within a single conceptional
framework. Dependability thus includes as special cares such attributes as
reliability, availability, safety, security. The Working Group is aimed at
identifying and integrating approaches, methods and techniques for specifying,
designing, building, assessing, validating, operating and maintaining computer
systems which should exhibit some or all of these attributes.
SCOPE
Specifically,
the Working Group is concerned with progress in:
understanding of faults (accidental faults, be they physical,
design induced, originating from human interaction; intentional faults) and
their effect;
specification and design methods for dependability;
methods for error detection and processing, and for fault
treatment;
validation (testing, verification, evaluation) and design for
testability and verifiability;
assessing dependability through modelling and measurement.
WG10.5
- Design and Engineering of Electronic Systems
est. 1981, revised 1988, merged with WG 10.2 in 1994, rev. 2003
AIMS
Electronic
system design demands a tight integration on a very large profile of knowledge
and skills ranging from hardware and software system architecture to
semiconductor physics.
Functionality of complex embedded or stand-alone systems, to be applied in
areas such as general-purpose computing, telecommunications, automotive,
entertainment, and multimedia, may be realized by various combinations of
analog and digital hardware and software parts.
Systems can be implemented by single or multiple integrated circuits and
software modules that can be either of special purpose, programmable or
reconfigurable.
The working group aims at providing a forum amongst creative experts to explore
problem areas and solutions for the design of such complex electronic systems
and also disseminating the solutions to a broader industrial and educational
sphere.
SCOPE
The Working
Group is interested in a broad range of topics related to the design and
engineering of heterogeneous systems, containing hardware, software, and even
mechanical parts.
System Design Methods
Embedded Systems
Modeling and Specification
Design Validation
Formal Methods in Design
Synthesis
Design Environments
Reconfigurable Computing
VLSI Systems and Applications
Physical Design
Test and Testability
Power-aware Design
Analog and Mixed-Signal Systems
Fundamental CAD Algorithms