European Projects for
Embedded Systems Design
Personal Experiences
Kim Guldstrand Larsen & Arne Skou
Aalborg Universitet
European Projects
Why?
Challenge and application of competence
New partner.
Maintain and develop network
Common goals and deadlines strong motivators.
(
Myths
) Why not?
Too bureaucratic
Too small chance
( Some ) European Projects
CONCUR2
ESPRIT BRA
1992-95
1998-01
VHS
ESPRIT LTR
2002-05
MULTIFORM
STREP
Project FP7
2008-11
ARTIST FP5
project
ARTIST FP6
NoE
ARTIST DESIGN
FP7 NoE
/
QES
/
AMETIST
IST Project FP5
Quasimodo
STREP
Project FP7
MBAT
ARTEMIS
MULTICORE
ARTEMIS
NN
The
“Project Hunting”
Algorithm
1.
Form (or get into) strong consortium
and at the same time
Foster ingenious idea for project
2. While
not
(submission deadline)
do
work
k
on the application
3.
Upload
e
(before deadline) application
4. Await
evaluation and decision of evaluation
5. If
invitation to ”negotiations”
then
celebrat
e
success within the consortium
6. else
drink
k
1/ 2 / .. “gravøl";
goto 1
.
The
“Project Hunting”
Algorithm
1.
Form (or get into) strong consortium
and at the same time
Foster ingenious idea for project
2. While
not
(submission deadline)
do
work
k
on the application
3.
Upload
e
(before deadline) application
4. Await
evaluation and decision of evaluation
5. If
invitation to ”negotiations”
then
celebrat
e
success within the consortium
6. else
drink
k
1/ 2 / .. “gravøl";
goto 1
.
7. goto 1
Work Programme
Previous Projects
See Guide for
Applicants
QES
MULTIFORM
Quasimodo
Previous Projects
Idea
Goals &
Stategy
Brokerage Meetings
Work Programme
Evaluation Process
Evaluation by experts
Evaluation criteria - STREPS
Proposals are
evaluated on three
criteria
Scientific and
technical quality
Implementation
Impact
EU-Støtte til dit IKT Project, 10. december 2008 Kim G. Larsen [17]
What is a STREP ?
Small or medium scale focused projects are
designed to generate the knowledge
required to improve European
competitiveness and to meet the needs of
society or Community policies:
by improving existing or developing new
products, processes or services and/or
by proving the viability of new technologies
offering potential economic advantage
The scoring scale
Each criterion is given a score out of five, with
explanatory comments
A threshold of 3/5 must be achieved on each
criterion
An overall score is calculated for each proposal by
simple addition
A threshold of 10/15 must be achieved on the
overall score
Out of scope proposals are given low scores on
The scoring scale
Use the full scale! Half marks may be given
0 The proposal fails to address the criterion under
examination or
cannot be judged due to missing
or incomplete
information
1 Very poor - The criterion is addressed in a cursory
and unsatisfactory
manner.
2 Poor - There are serious inherent weaknesses in
relation to the criterion in question.
3 Fair - While the proposal broadly addresses the
criterion, there
are significant weaknesses that
would need correcting.
4 Good - The proposal addresses the criterion well,
although certain improvements are possible.
5
Excellent - The proposal successfully addresses all
relevant aspects of the criterion in question. Any
shortcomings are minor
Quasimodo - Partners
Kim G Larsen ESI Symposium, December 4, 2008 Page 2
Quasimodo
Partners
CISS, Aalborg DK
ESI
NL
CNRS, ENS
F
RWTH, Aachen D
U of Saarlandes D
CFV
B
Terma
DK
CHESS
NL
HYDAC
D
MathWorks
Quasimodo – Goals & Strategy
Kim G Larsen ESI Symposium, December 4, 2008 Page 4
Quasimodo
Research Goals
1. Improving the modeling of quantitative aspects
2. Providing a wide range of powerful techniques for analysing models with quantitative information and for establishing abstraction relations between them.
3. Generating predictable code from quantitative models.
4. Improving the overall quality of testing by using suitable quantitative models as the basis for automatically generating sound and correct test cases. Quasimodo
Workplan Strategy
StateCharts & timed, hybrid, stochastic, priced, automata WP1 WP2 WP3 WP4 WP5 xLTS Well documented API’s & exchange formatsMultiform – Goals & Strategy
Quasimodo – Idea
Q
uasimodo Computation resources Power consumption Memory usage Communication bandwidth Costs Environment assumptions •Timing constraints •Hybrid behavior •Arrival rates Service requirements •QoS •Availability •Fault toleranceMDD for ES
Brokerage Meetings
Den Haag,
23 October 08
Brussels,
13-14 January 09
…
MBAT – Modelbased Analysis & Test
TestCompass
TestCompass
Contact
:
Sirris Belgium
Short description
:
Testing is often considered as a “necessary evil”. In an ideal world, testing would not be needed. Unfortunately, testing efforts are needed to guarantee certain quality and safety levels. Testing usually requires big and continuous investments of which the return (ROI) is not always clear.¾ Under-doing testing may result in quality and safety problems
¾ Overdoing testing may result in long release cycles and high cost
Objectives
:
The challenge to be addressed in this project¾ Develop positioning framework - the TestCompass – that allows companies to define a
test approach with an optimal ROI for their context • Real value of test, the why of testing
• Navigate through the jungle of testing approaches • When and how to test on what level and to what extend • How to increase test effectiveness and efficiency?
¾ Applicability of model based testing, search based testing, fault injection techniques
¾ How to influence standardization efforts
¾ how to achieve certification.
TestCompass
Innovation goals
¾ Define the TestCompass reference frame, including the different dimensions of testing (test coverage, the frequency of testing, amount of anticipation of potential failures…)
¾ Define a process for selecting within the huge state of the art the practices and techniques to support the selected test approach
¾ Set up different pilot projects to validate the reference frame
cove rage automa tion re gres sion Te st Fre qu en cy Anticipation of
Potential fai lures Underdoing
Overdoing
First indication of Consortium
Sirris, Barco, LMS, AVL, Thales, IVSZ, CEIT, ESI, UPV, Innovalia, IKT Norge, Aalborg Univ., Malardalen Univ, Austrian Research Centers, Fraunhofer
Countries involved: Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark, Italy, UK, Austria, Hungary, Spain, Norway, Sweden
Several countries expressed interest of different SME’s.and big companies.
Work packages: we foresee process and technology related work packages, as well as industrial demonstrators.
Effort: TBD Research methods Macro plan: 3 years
MultiCore for ES
ARTEMISIA Association Title Presentation - 1
Multicore Objectives
Innovation goals
Utilizing multicore technologies in the context of system with certified safety-critical and non-safe sub-systems.
Developing a safety-critical multi-core reference architecture
Developing design and analysis methods and processes for the new architecture that enable certification
Research Methods
Macro plan : 3 years duration.
Expected results
¾ Implementation prototype running a test application on the trusted platform.
¾ Certification plan that describes the step needed to achieve certification of the trusted platform
¾ Software maintenance plan defining the process for how both the critical and non-critical software can evolve while maintaining certification.
¾ Concept approval for the platform design, development procedures and tools by a notified body.
Consortium
¾ Contact [email protected]; [email protected]
¾ Finland
• industrial partners: Kone, Metso, Vacon, Space Systems Finland • academic partners: Åbo Akademi University, Aalto University
¾ Denmark
• industrial partners: Danfoss Drives
• academic partners: University of Southern Denmark, DTU, Aalborg University
¾ UK
• industrial partners: Infineon, WITTENSTEIN
¾ Germany
• Academic: TU Braunschweig • Industrial: Delphi, EADS
REMSEN – Remote Monitoring ..
REMSEN
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Remote monitoring through scalable
Internet sensor networks for distributed energy
production
Project Coordinators
¾ CENTRIA - Jorma Hintikka, [email protected]
¾ Sensinode - Zach Shelby, [email protected]
Overview
¾ Large-scale oil and gas and small-scale distributed renewable energy production and distribution can be made more competitive, cost effective and widely deployable through pervasive remote monitoring and control.
Expected Results
¾ REMSEN will create leading edge scalable Internet-based pervasive SoA architecture and platform for remote energy monitoring applications along with process optimization, data mining and forecasting tools
¾ Real pilots in oil, gas, solar, wind, bioenergy, including the on-site environment
¾ 5-10% savings in oil/gas, 10-20% savings in renewable energy
Macro Plan
¾ 3 year project (2 R&D + 1 Piloting), ~7-10 MEUR budget
REMSEN
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Remote monitoring through scalable
Internet sensor networks for distributed energy
production
Work Packages¾ WP1 - Business value, Requirements & Impact
¾ WP2 - System Architecture
¾ WP3 - Communication
¾ WP4 - Service Research
¾ WP5 - Implementation & Integration
¾ WP6 - Piloting
¾ WP7 - Dissemination & Exploitation
Current consortium¾ Industrial (8), SME (7), Research (4)
¾ Finland: CENTRIA, Sensinode, Vaisala, GasEK, PPO, Univ. Oulu
¾ Norway: Wireless Future, Statoil, TBD
¾ Sweden: Process IT, Bioenergy company, TBD
¾ Portugal: ISA, ISR, Energy company
¾ Spain: Acciona, ESI, Aurensis, UAB, QNR, Kifer
UESoS
UESoS -
Ubiquitious Embedded Systems of Systems
Applied to Public Infrastructures and Scenarios
Ubiquitious Embedded Systems of Systems Applied to Public
Infrastructures and Scenarios
/ UESoS
Contact: [email protected] / [email protected]
Targets the seamless cooperation, syndication and orchestration of embedded devices, systems and SoS (system of systems) across smart spaces on public infrastructures in a context-dependent, selfmanaged and trustworthy manner. The project seeks the design, development, deployment and operation of collaborative devices (sensors, actuators, control units etc) in publicinfrastructure management scenarios. Business objectives: Sustainability of large public infrastructures, efficient usage of resources and enhanced mantainance and operations of complex embedded system enabled infrastructures.
First indication of¾ ESP (ACCIONA, INDRA, ATOS, ESI,UiB), FR (IT), BE (CETIC), GE (SIEMENS), GR (HAI), IT (UROM) (open)
¾ Spain, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Greece (open)
¾ WPs: Management/Exploitation-Dissemination/Architecture/Platfomrs/Demonstration.
¾ Medium size project (TBD)
The Home for the Smart Grid
Objective:¾ Monitoring and control of resources in homes utilizing networked power metering
nodes and other types of sensors (gas, water, temperature, humidity, etc.) connected to room/building controllers, allowing for remote access, using input from/interacting with the smart grid
Differentiation from e-Diane¾ Market segment: homes/households and neighborhoods, considering extension to
buildings (hospitals, offices, schools, etc.)
¾ Management of resources reflecting comfort constraints (HVAC, indoor air quality),
safety aspects (gas leakage, improper operation of equipment), and security aspects (interconnection between alarm system and energy management system)
¾ Human factors - human-centric design of user interfaces, active engagement of
people, learning patterns of human behavior, allowing for remote access
Interested parties:¾ Coordinator: Petr Stluka, Honeywell, Czech Republic, [email protected]
¾ Organizations: industry (3), university (3), SME (5), RO (5)
¾ Countries: Denmark, Finland, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Belgium, France
Plan:¾ 3 years total, first two years R&D and integration, 1 year demonstration
Expected resultsDiNES
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RTI
Innovation Network for Embedded Systems
IH Århus
IH København
VIA University College,
Horsens
Teknologisk Institut
Delta
GOOD LUCK
PROJECT HUNTING !
GOOD LUCK
PROJECT HUNTING
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