Computers and Control
A special issue of Computers (ISSN 2073-431X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2016)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: real-time systems; virtualization techniques; RT operating systems
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Interests: modeling of distributed embedded systems in automation and control regarding dependability and usability, Human Machine Interaction in process engineering of complex machines and plants
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The first IFAC Workshop on Computer and Control (http://woco2016.upv.es/) will be held on 18–20 October 2016, in Valencia, Spain.
The scope of the workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in control and computers to explore innovative ideas and experiences the construction and use of cyber-physical and embedded systems.
The main topics of the workshop are focused on embedded and cyber-physical systems with emphasis in:
- Mixed criticality systems
- Hardware and software architectures for real-time control
- Control techniques to computer systems
- Model-driven paradigm and modeling languages
- Verification and validation and certification
- Execution platforms including multi-core
- Virtualization and real-time operating systems
- Scheduling techniques
- Experiences and evaluation in safety critical applications, such as aerospace, automotive, industrial, etc.
Selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to this Special Issue of Computers.
There are no page/publication charges for this journal.
Prof. Dr. Alfons Crespo
Prof. Dr. Birgit Vogel-Heuser
Prof. Dr. Marga Marcos
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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