Topics

Real-time systems are systems interacting with the real world. Their correctness depends on the timeliness of results. This topic touches many of the classical branches of computer science. It is related to computer architecture like bus design, operating systems, programming languages, software engineering, use cases like multimedia or car electronics, and theoretical computer science. Processor scheduling, a synonym for real-time systems in many universities, is but a true subset of what we try to teach in this course.

The lecture will be a bit heterogeneous, as we are trying to cover a broad range of topics. However, we cut short on scheduling theory and the deeper mathematics, as this is covered in the lecture on scheduling theory.

Slides

1. Introduction
2. Modeling Real-Time Systems
3. Time and Order
4. Time-Driven Systems
5. Event-Driven Scheduling
6. Real-Time Communication
7. Hardware
8. Real-Time Operating Systems
9. Resource Access Protocols
10. Multiprocessor Scheduling
11. Probabilistic Scheduling
12. Mixed-criticality Systems

Exercises

1. Terms and Concepts on 29th Oct, 4.40 PM (after the lecture)
2. Time and Order on 12th Nov, 4.40 PM (after the lecture)
3. Scheduling on 26th Nov, 2.50 PM (replacing the lecture)
4. Hardware on 17th Dec, 4.40 PM (after the lecture)