Proceedings of the IEEE/IEE Workshop on Real-Time Embedded Systems

Computing technology is quickly becoming a fundamental part of many commodity goods. While the demands for bigger and faster machines continue, a new wave of computing revolution is emerging: embedded computing. For instance, modern freight trucks and trains are being equipped with tens of embedded processors for engine control, communications and payload monitoring, etc. Previously, applications needed to fit into computing platforms, but now the time has come that computing platforms need to be tailored for applications. At the same time, the demands on power, dependability, cost etc. have continued to grow. The need for Automated Software Engineering tools has increased. The intention is the workshop will help identify critical technical issues and killer applications that would shape the future of the real-time, embedded computing technologies. The workshop was planned not only to be a satellite of the IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium but also to be the launch event for the Institute of Electrical Engineer's (IEE) Professional Network on Embedded Systems. (The IEE is an organization similar in its nature and aims to the IEEE but predominantly based in the United Kingdom and its former Commonwealth countries). Thirty-six papers were received and reviewed. Their high quality resulted in all papers being accepted either as a short or full papers. Unfortunately due to the current economic climate caused partly by the tragedy on the 11th September 2001, a number of the papers' authors are unable to present their paper. The full papers were split into the following session categories: Supporting Technologies and Techniques, Modelling and Simulation of Real-Time Systems, Distributed Real-Time Systems, and Verification and Validation We would like to thank all the people who helped with the event; the reviewers for their speed and their quickness, the program committee for their guidance, and the members of the IEE/IEEE who helped with the organisation. Finally, we are honoured to have Professor Hermann Kopetz of the Technische Universtt Wien give the keynote address to start the workshop. Few could argue that anyone else has had greater success than Professor Kopetz in bringing the latest academic theories on real-time systems into industrial practice.