Reconfigurable ubiquitous networked embedded systems

Objective

We stand on the brink of a revolution, in which the worlds of the embedded system and the Internet will collide. This will lead to the construction of the first truly pervasive networked computer systems and thus open up a marketplace of a scale unparalleled in the history of technology. To realise this commercial potential requires a research and development programme focussed on the creation of the infrastructure that actively promotes the efficient and inexpensive construction and management of novel services and applications that are predictable and intuitively usable, so as to fulfil the global user expectations for invisible computing.

The RUNES project represents the first major European effort in this area. Much current embedded systems development is bespoke. However, the environments we envisage are more complex than today's limited, controlled, deployments. This complexity is a consequence of heterogeneity, dynamicity, and scale, which means that bespoke development is too expensive and too limiting for innovative applications. To control complexity, we believe that it is necessary to build scaleable middleware systems and application development tools that allow users, designers, and programmers the flexibility to interact with the detailed environment where necessary, whilst affording the clarity that allows for ease of application construction and use.

To do this, we will:
- build middleware systems that are adaptive and intelligently self-organising
- ensure middleware is robust and predictable enough to make computing truly invisible
- build tools that allow for the automated assessment of usability, and that allow applications to be debugged
- assess our developments in both real-world scenarios and emulations of large scale systems

The RUNES consortium contains a broad, global, mix of industrial and academic partners with the expertise to carry out highly innovative R&D in this exciting new world of networked embedded systems.

Programme(s)

• FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006).

Topic(s)

• IST-2002-2.3.2.5 - Embedded systems

Funding Scheme

IP - Integrated Project

Coordinator

ERICSSON AB

Address

Torshamnsgatan 23
164 80 Stockholm
Sweden

Participants (20)

COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTRE

Canada

Address

3701 Carling Avenue
K2H 8S2 Ottawa

CONNECTBLUE AB

Sweden

Address

Stora Varvsgatan 11
211 19 Malmoe

ERICSSON MAGYARORSZAG KOMMUNIKACIOS RENSZEREK K.F.T.

Hungary

Address

Laborc Utca 1
1037 Budapest

INDUSTRIEANLAGEN-BETRIEBSGESELLSCHAFT MBH

Germany

Address

Einsteinstrasse 20
85521 Ottobrunn

KODAK LIMITED

United Kingdom

Address

Kodak House, Station Road
HP11JU Hemel Hempstead

KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOGSKOLAN

Sweden

Address

Valhallavagen 79
100 44 Stockholm

LANCASTER UNIVERSITY

United Kingdom

Address

Bailrigg
LA1 4YW Lancaster

LIPPERT AUTOMATIONSTECHNIK GMBH

Germany

Address

Krappmuehlstrasse 34
68163 Mannheim

LUNDS UNIVERSITET

Sweden

Address

Paradisgatan 5C
221 00 Lund

NATIONAL ICT AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Australia

Address

Australian National University
Canberra

RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN

Germany

Address

Templergraben 55
52062 Aachen

SICS, SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AB

Sweden

Address

Isafjordsgatan 22
164 29 Kista

THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND

Australia

Address

QLD4072 Brisbane, Queensland

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO

UNIVERSITA DI PISA

Italy

Address

Lungarno Pacinotti 43/44
56126 Pisa

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

United Kingdom

Address

Gower Street
London

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO

United States

Address

Gilman Drive 9500
92093 0934 La Jolla

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

United States

Address

Sproul Hall 336
94720 5940 Berkeley

UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS

Greece

Address

Rion Patras
26500 Patras

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY

Australia

Address

Ballarat Road Footscray
8001 Melbourne