Gernot Heiser, Featured Panelist for Grand Challenges in Embedded Software

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September 29, 2007

MEDIA ALERT

Who: Gernot Heiser, CTO and Co-Founder Open Kernel Labs
What: Panel: “Grand Challenges in Embedded Software”
When: Monday, October 1, 2007
Where: EMSOFT 2007, Salsburg, Austria

One of the greatest challenges facing modern embedded systems results from the software complexity. Convergence is leading to a dramatic increase of functionality offered by a single device, resulting in a continued growth of embedded software. Consumer devices, such as mobile phones, already run software that measures upwards of 5,000,000 lines of code.

A distinguished panel led by Reinhard Wilhelm and including Gilbert Edelin, Gernot Heiser, Edward A. Lee, Jaejin Lee, Joseph Sifakis and Lothar Thiele will discuss the hardware and software challenges developers are facing and debate solutions. Dr. Heiser’s position is that these challenges are best met with advanced operating-systems technology.

For more in-depth information on the session visit www.emsoft.org.

About EMSOFT

EMSOFT is an annual ACM Conference on Embedded Systems Software sponsored by ACM SigBED (Special Interest Group on Embedded Systems). The purpose of the conference is to bring together researchers and developers from academia, industry, and government to advance the science, engineering, and technology in embedded software development.

About Dr. Gernot Heiser, Co-Founder and CTO of Open Kernel Labs

Gernot Heiser is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Open Kernel Labs and the leader of the Embedded, Real-Time and Operating Systems Research Program at the National Center of Excellence for Information and Communications Technology in Australia. Dr Heiser is also a faculty member at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where he created a suite of OS courses and led the development of several research operating systems. He holds the position of Professor for Operating Systems at UNSW, the only such chair in Australia, and continues to teach advanced-level courses and supervise a large number of Ph.D. students. Gernot Heiser holds a Ph.D. from ETH Zurich.

Open Kernel Labs

Open Kernel Labs’ (OK) technology leadership in embedded operating systems and virtualization technology enables the development of reliable, trustworthy and affordable devices. Backed by the experienced research team from NICTA, Australia’s prestigious Center of Excellence for ICT research, OK’s 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 and its products visit www.ok-labs.com.

Press Contact:
Pat Arcand (US)
Arcand & Madison for Open Kernel Labs
Ph: 617-576-7777
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