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. Event-Driven Scheduling
5. Resource Access Protocols
6. Time-Driven Systems
7. Hardware
8. Real-Time Communication
9. Probabilistic Scheduling
10. Multiprocessor Scheduling
11. Real-Time Programming Languages
12. Mixed-criticality Systems
13. Real-Time Operating Systems

Exercises

1. Terms and Concepts on 27th Oct, 4.40 PM (after the lecture)
2. Scheduling on 1st Dec, 2.50 PM (replacing the lecture)
3. Time and Order on 8th Dec, 4.40 PM (after the lecture)
4. Hardware on 15th Dec, 4.40 PM (after the lecture)
5. Real-Time Programming Languages on Jan 26th, 4.40 PM (after the lecture)