Objectif The objective of NADA is the study of hardware systems and corresponding methodologies for description and design. The areas of research include: - developing new mathematical specification, refinement and verification methods for hardware designa and a rigourous mathematical theory for deductive hardware design - a draft definition of a next generation hardware description language - analysis of the general mathematical structures possessed by different kinds of hardware systemsand developing unified, technology-independent theories of hardware based on this analysis - construction of a hierarchy of mathematical models for hardware reflecting various levels of abstraction and suitable notions of specification and correctness - novel models of computers and computational behaviour based on nonlinear dynamical systems - comprehensive theories concerning timing, parameterisation and modularisation in specifications and verifications allowing correctness concerns for hardware to be precisely defined - integration of the concepts isolated in these studies into the draft definition of a next generation hardware description language - development of mathematical methods from algebra and logic, adapted to the needs of hardware engineering - logical and algebraic specification methods approaching industrial strength - studies of the scope and limits of hardware modelling, specification and verification. ACTIVITIES Besides cooperation in smaller subgroups on specific topics, there will be an annual central workshop bringing the threads of research together and allowing exchange with other workers in the field. Group members will also participate in workshops organised by other ESPRIT consortia. POTENTIAL Our research should be of direct use in the design of future generations of hardware. Research on description explicitly attempts to anticipate new trends in architectural design, eg neural networks and dynamical systems. The draft definition of a next-generation hardware description language will incorporate new hardware paradigms, approach industrial strength and be suitable for large-scale practical specification and design work. It will also be the basis for advanced software support tools that we believe will improve design productivity. Champ scientifique sciences naturellesinformatique et science de l'informationlogicielsciences naturellesmathématiquesmathématiques appliquéessystèmes dynamiquessciences naturellesmathématiquesmathématiques puresalgèbresciences naturellesmathématiquesmathématiques appliquéesmodèle mathématiquesciences naturellesinformatique et science de l'informationintelligence artificielleintelligence de calcul Programme(s) FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994 Thème(s) Data not available Appel à propositions Data not available Régime de financement Data not available Coordinateur Universität Augsburg Adresse Universitätsstraße 6 86135 Augsburg Allemagne Voir sur la carte Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Participants (7) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Allemagne Contribution de l’UE € 0,00 Adresse Geschwister-scholl-platz 1 80539 Muenchen Voir sur la carte Autres sources de financement Aucune donnée Swansea University Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE € 0,00 Adresse Singleton park SA2 8PP Swansea Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Autres sources de financement Aucune donnée Technische Universitaet Muenchen Allemagne Contribution de l’UE € 0,00 Adresse Lichtenbergstrasse 4 85748 Garching Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Autres sources de financement Aucune donnée UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID Espagne Contribution de l’UE € 0,00 Adresse Ramiro de maeztu, 728040 28040 Madrid Voir sur la carte Autres sources de financement Aucune donnée UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM Pays-Bas Contribution de l’UE € 0,00 Adresse Spui 21 Postbus 19268 Amsterdam Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Autres sources de financement Aucune donnée UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE € 0,00 Adresse Woodhouse lane Leeds Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Autres sources de financement Aucune donnée UPPSALA UNIVERSITY Suède Contribution de l’UE € 0,00 Adresse St. olafsgatan, 10 b, 256 75105 Uppsala Voir sur la carte Autres sources de financement Aucune donnée
