Obiettivo 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. Campo scientifico scienze naturaliinformatica e scienze dell'informazionesoftwarescienze naturalimatematicamatematica applicatasistemi dinamiciscienze naturalimatematicamatematica puraalgebrascienze naturalimatematicamatematica applicatamodello matematicoscienze naturaliinformatica e scienze dell'informazioneintelligenza artificialeintelligenza computazionale Programma(i) FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994 Argomento(i) Data not available Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento Data not available Coordinatore Universität Augsburg Indirizzo Universitätsstraße 6 86135 Augsburg Germania Mostra sulla mappa Contributo UE Nessun dato Partecipanti (7) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Germania Contributo UE € 0,00 Indirizzo Geschwister-scholl-platz 1 80539 Muenchen Mostra sulla mappa Altri finanziamenti Nessun dato Swansea University Regno Unito Contributo UE € 0,00 Indirizzo Singleton park SA2 8PP Swansea Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Altri finanziamenti Nessun dato Technische Universitaet Muenchen Germania Contributo UE € 0,00 Indirizzo Lichtenbergstrasse 4 85748 Garching Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Altri finanziamenti Nessun dato UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID Spagna Contributo UE € 0,00 Indirizzo Ramiro de maeztu, 728040 28040 Madrid Mostra sulla mappa Altri finanziamenti Nessun dato UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM Paesi Bassi Contributo UE € 0,00 Indirizzo Spui 21 Postbus 19268 Amsterdam Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Altri finanziamenti Nessun dato UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Regno Unito Contributo UE € 0,00 Indirizzo Woodhouse lane Leeds Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Altri finanziamenti Nessun dato UPPSALA UNIVERSITY Svezia Contributo UE € 0,00 Indirizzo St. olafsgatan, 10 b, 256 75105 Uppsala Mostra sulla mappa Altri finanziamenti Nessun dato