Objective 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. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarenatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsdynamical systemsnatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsalgebranatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsmathematical modelnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencecomputational intelligence Programme(s) FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Universität Augsburg EU contribution No data Address Universitätsstraße 6 86135 Augsburg Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Germany EU contribution No data Address Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1 80539 MUENCHEN See on map Total cost No data Swansea University United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Singleton park SA2 8PP SWANSEA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Technische Universitaet Muenchen Germany EU contribution No data Address Lichtenbergstrasse 4 85748 Garching See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID Spain EU contribution No data Address RAMIRO DE MAEZTU, 728040 28040 MADRID See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM Netherlands EU contribution No data Address SPUI 21 Postbus 19268 AMSTERDAM See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Woodhouse Lane LEEDS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UPPSALA UNIVERSITY Sweden EU contribution No data Address ST. OLAFSGATAN, 10 B, 256 75105 UPPSALA See on map Total cost No data
