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

Exercises

1. Terms and Concepts on 9th Nov, 4.40 PM (after the lecture)
2. Time and Order on 16th Nov, 2.50 PM (replacing the lecture)
3. Scheduling on 23rd Nov, 2.50 PM (replacing the lecture)
4. Hardware on 14th Dec, 4.40 PM (after the lecture)