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CTO Gernot Heiser to Present at Technical Workshop on Embedded Virtualization at 2008 EuroSys
March 28, 2008
MEDIA ALERT
Who: Gernot Heiser, CTO Open Kernel Labs
What: EuroSys Workshop – Presentation of The Role of Virtualization for Embedded Systems
When: April 1, 2008 11:00 – 12:30
Where: Glasgow, Scotland
Open Kernel Labs will have a presence at the Isolation and Integration in Embedded Systems (IIES) workshops which will be hosted in affiliation with the 2008 EuroSys conference. At this workshop, Gernot Heiser will present on his most recent paper, The Role of Virtualization for Embedded Systems this year’s EuroSys conference. Heiser will cover an introduction to virtualization, properties of embedded systems, virtualization use cases, limits of virtualization, and suitable technologies.
In addition to presenting at IIES, Heiser serves on the program committee for EuroSys 2008.
Open Kernel Labs
OK Labs technology leadership in embedded systems software and virtualization technology enables the development of secure, reliable, trustworthy and affordable devices. Backed by the largest, independent team of microkernel developers, OK Labs open-source microkernel operating system, OKL4, offers the highest proven performance combined with strong protection and security features in order to provide developers with a robust, open source platform for building secure, differentiated embedded applications. For more information on OK Labs and its products visit www.ok-labs.com. OK Labs is a spin out from NICTA, Australia’s preeminent Center of Excellence for information and communications technology (ICT), www.nicta.com.au.
About EuroSys
EuroSys 2008 is organized by EuroSys, the European Chapter of SIGOPS, sponsored by ACM SIGOPS, in cooperation with the British Computer Society (BCS) and Gesellschaft für Informatik. EuroSys welcomes submissions and attendance from all over the world and aims to bring together researchers from different areas of computer systems, who are otherwise spread over multiple conferences.
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Open Kernel Labs Contact:
Marti Konstant (US)
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Ph: 312-933-0101
marti@ok-labs.com