Location: CCB
17
Time: Tu/Th 12:05 – 1:25pm
Instructor: Calton Pu (calton@cc.gatech.edu)
Office: 3334 KACB
Office hrs.: by appointment.
Head TA: Qinyi Wu (qxw@cc)
Office:
Office hrs.: HOURS or by appointment.
Second TA: TBD
This is a preliminary page. For detailed information on the last offering, see the Fall 2009 course unofficial web page. The course information in managed by T-Squre.
CS4220 (Embedded Systems) and CS6235 (Real-Time Systems) are co-listed this term. This course covers the principles of real-time and embedded systems inherent in many hardware platforms and applications being developed for engineering and science as well as for ubiquitous systems, including robotics and manufacturing, interactive and multimedia, immersive and omnipresent applications. As part of this course, students will learn about real-time and quality of service system principles, understand real-time operating systems and the resource management and quality of service issues that arise, and construct sample applications on representative platforms. Platforms range from handheld and mobile computers to media and real-time server systems. Platforms may also include specialized systems used in application-specific contexts, such as autonomous robotics, smart sensors, and others.
All students must submit written abstracts for at least 75% of the papers studied in class, before each paper's presentation. These abstracts must summarize the main points of the paper. Abstracts should not be simple cut and paste from the papers -- they should display some understanding of the material and criticism of the work (both pros and cons). Only one abstract is due for each class, and unless indicated, students may choose which paper to summarize. Each abstract will be graded by 0 (not submitted), 1 (average), and 2 (good). Abstracts should be submitted through T-Square.
NOTES:
The paper links are hosted on T-Square.
Grading
Policy
Sample abstracts from
another class
(use user_id cs4803 and password carmen)
Sample Standard
Project Reports
· Benchmarking Real-Time Linux Alternatives
· A Performance Study of Real-Time Operation System using RTLinux
Class projects will use a suitable platform of student’s choice.
Sample applications available to students include multimedia codes (video and audio), distributed games, sensor processing codes, image processing codes, location identification (if there is class interest) and possibly, distributed virtual environments (again, given class interest).
The deadline is the Friday of the last week of classes (12/10).
The deliverables of the project consists of all material on the project for
which you want to get credit. This typically consists of code written by the
team, presentation materials, a final report, and supporting material. The
supporting material may contain very useful information such as design
documents (for well organized teams) and user instructions (for polished
projects) to run a demo. In addition, if you have used some unusual platform,
supporting material should include some information that helps me understand
the project better, for instance, a description of a custom board or a specific
(not generally available) virtual machine monitor. The report is the
"root" of the deliverables tree. Instead of reading through the
entire code, for instance, I will read the report first to understand what you
are doing, and then browse through the materials to appreciate your work. The
supporting material may be separate files or appendices to the report. The
deliverables should be uploaded to T-Square (limit of 20MB). Larger size
deliverables should be uploadable from a web site, or they may be sent through
physical media (e.g., CD or DVD).
Weeks 1 - 2: Basic Concepts and Research Techniques
The plan below has not been updated for Fall 2010.
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Weeks 3 - 5: QoS and Feedback
Week 6: Scheduling Algorithms
Week 7: Specialization
Week 8:
Week 9:
Week 10: Security
Week 11:
Week 12:
Week 13:
This class is taught every year, by combining the 4220 and 6235 course numbers. It is suitable for both CoC and non-CoC majors, in part because grades are based on project work, which is defined jointly by the instructor and students. The intent is to ensure some basic skills on the part of each student and also to match both student interests/background and course objectives.
Each student (or team) will present one course topic in class and also complete the class projects. Maximum team size is 3 students. In addition, as part of class homework, all students must submit written commentaries for at least 50% of the papers studied in class, before each paper's presentation. These commentaries should consist of three paragraphs (not too long, since quality is more important than quantity). The first paragraph should summarize the main ideas and the strong points of the paper. The second paragraph should outline the limitations or weaknesses of the paper. The third paragraph contains your own comments. Each commentary will be graded by 0 (not submitted), 1 (average), and 2 (good).
Real-time
Systems Reading List
Boston
University: CS835 Reading List
Computer
Science Research Paper Search Engine
Real-Time Resources
Ubiquitous
Computing Links
Postscript(R) to PDF
Converter
