In order to accelerate the execution of streaming applications on multi-core systems, this article studies the scheduling problem of synchronous data flow graphs (SDFG) on homogeneous multi-core systems. To describe the data flow computation process,...
Heterogeneous multi-core systems (HMCSs) typically face a dilemma: heuristics (e.g., Linux CFS) are fast but blind to global constraints, while meta-heuristics (e.g., GAs) are globally optimal but too slow for real-time OS interaction. To bridge this...
With increasing interest in multi-core systems, such as any communication systems, infra-structures can become targets for information leakages via covert channel communication. Covert channel attacks lead to leaking secret information and data. To d...
Recently, thanks to the miniaturization and high performance of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) computer systems, small satellites get popular. However, due to the very expensive launching cost, it is critical to reduce the physical size and weight o...
Securing multimedia data on disk drives is a major concern because of their rapidly increasing volumes over time, as well as the prevalence of security and privacy problems. Existing cryptographic schemes have high computational costs and slow respon...
Multi-core fiber (MCF) has drawn increasing attention for its potential application in distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) due to the compact optical structure of integrating several fiber cores in the same cladding, which indicates an intrinsic space...
Minimizing the schedule length of parallel applications, which run on a heterogeneous multi-core system and are subject to energy consumption constraints, has recently attracted much attention. The key point of this problem is the strategy to pre-all...
Contemporary embedded systems may execute multiple applications, potentially concurrently on heterogeneous platforms, with different system workloads (CPU- or memory-intensive or both) leading to different power signatures. This makes finding the mos...
Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) is a well-known method for saving energy consumption. Several DVFS studies have applied learning-based methods to implement the DVFS prediction model instead of complicated mathematical models. This paper...
Iron oxide nanoparticles are the basic components of the most promising magnetoresponsive nanoparticle systems for medical (diagnosis and therapy) and bio-related applications. Multi-core iron oxide nanoparticles with a high magnetic moment and well-...
Solving ordinary differential equations (ODE) on heterogenous or multi-core/parallel embedded systems does significantly increase the operational capacity of many sensing systems in view of processing tasks such as self-calibration, model-based measu...
With the sharp rise of functionalities and connectivities in multi-core embedded systems, these systems have become notably vulnerable to security attacks. Conventional software security mechanisms fail to deliver full safety and also affect the syst...
Accurately evaluating multi-core embedded systems remains a major challenge, as existing benchmarking methods and tools fail to reproduce realistic workloads with inter-core contentions. This study introduces a benchmark framework for Linux-based emb...
With the increasing scale and complexity of power systems, the Security and Stability Control System (SSCS) plays a vital role in ensuring the safe operation of the grid. However, existing SSCS implementations still face many limitations in cross-reg...
Soft error is a key challenge in computer systems. Without soft error mitigation, control flow error (CFE) can lead to system crash. Signature-based CFE monitoring scheme is a representative technique for detecting CFEs during runtime. However, most...
In this paper, an event-oriented simulation analysis approach was established for the schedulability analysis of multi-core embedded systems. To the best of our knowledge, this work is the first to introduce an event-oriented simulation strategy into...
Multi-core processors have become widespread computing engines for recent embedded real-time systems. Efficient task partitioning plays a significant role in real-time computing for achieving higher performance alongside sustaining system correctness...
Multi-core fiber (MCF) is expected to be a good candidate to overcome the capacity limit of single-mode single-core fiber. However, only linear inter-crosstalk was considered in the performance of MCF. In this study, the performance of the transmissi...
Space-based target surveillance is important for aerospace safety. However, with the increasing complexity of the space environment, the stellar target and strong noise interference pose difficulties for space target detection. Simultaneously, it is...
Memory and energy optimization strategies are essential for the resource-constrained wireless sensor network (WSN) nodes. In this article, a new memory-optimized and energy-optimized multithreaded WSN operating system (OS) LiveOS is designed and impl...
The static resource allocation in time-triggered systems offers significant benefits for the safety arguments of dependable systems. However, adaptation is a key factor for energy efficiency and fault recovery in Cyber-Physical System (CPS). This pap...
Iron oxide nanoparticles are the basic components of the most promising magneto-responsive systems for nanomedicine, ranging from drug delivery and imaging to hyperthermia cancer treatment, as well as to rapid point-of-care diagnostic systems with ma...
We review work on self-homodyne detection (SHD) for optical communication systems. SHD uses a transmitted pilot-tone (PT), originating from the transmitter laser, to exploit phase noise cancellation at a coherent receiver and to enable transmitter li...
As part of network security processes, network intrusion detection systems (NIDSs) determine whether incoming packets contain malicious patterns. Pattern matching, the key NIDS component, consumes large amounts of execution time. One of several trend...
In this paper, we present a RISC-V RV32I-based system-on-chip (SoC) design approach using the Vivado high-level synthesis (HLS) tool. The proposed approach consists of three separate levels: The first one is an HLS design and simulation purely in C++...
Operating system (OS) technology is significant for the proliferation of the wireless sensor network (WSN). With an outstanding OS; the constrained WSN resources (processor; memory and energy) can be utilized efficiently. Moreover; the user applicati...
In a kind of system, where strong time constraints exist, very often, worst-case design is applied. It could drive to the suboptimal usage of resources. In previous work, the mechanism of self-adaptive software that is able to reduce this was present...
The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) paradigm is becoming mainstream in multiple clinical trials and healthcare procedures. Thanks to innovative technologies, latest-generation communication networks, and state-of-the-art portable devices, IoTM open...
Many embedded systems are introducing processing units to accelerate the processing speed of tasks, such as for multi-media applications. The units are mostly customized designs. Another method of designing multi-unit systems is using pre-defined sta...
Heterogeneous and configurable multicore systems provide hardware specialization to meet disparate application hardware requirements. However, effective multicore system specialization can require a priori knowledge of the applications, application p...
In the scheduling of hard real-time systems on multicore platforms, significant unpredictability arises from interference caused by shared hardware resources. The objective of this paper is to offer a schedulability analysis for such systems by assum...
Secure communication for critical command nodes has emerged as a pivotal challenge in modern warfare, in particular considering the vulnerability of these nodes to electronic reconnaissance. To cope with the severe interference, this paper proposes a...
The RSA (Rivest–Shamir–Adleman) asymmetric-key cryptosystem is widely used for encryptions and digital signatures. Let
Two-Phase TMR conserves energy by partitioning redundancy operations into two stages and making the execution of the third task copy optional, yet it remains susceptible to permanent faults. Reactive TMR (R-TMR) counters this by isolating faulty core...
Smart cables extend submarine communication infrastructure toward marine environmental sensing and sensing-data backhaul. This paper investigates a multi-core fiber (MCF)-based prototype in which high-speed communication traffic and discrete-sensor d...
To address the demand of equivalent self-noise suppression in a distributed hydroacoustic sensing system, this study proposes a method to enhance the acoustic sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) using space division multiplexed (SDM) technolo...
As maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithms have developed towards multi-task intelligent computing, processors in photovoltaic power generation control systems must be capable of achieving a higher performance. However, the challenges posed by...
Multicore architecture is applied to contemporary avionics systems to deal with complex tasks. However, multicore architectures can cause interference by contention because the cores share hardware resources. This interference reduces the predictable...
Aiming at the parameters of the different displacements and related components of the variable-displacement asymmetric axial piston pump (VAPP) required by the energy-recovery system of excavator booms of different tonnages, a rapid multi-process par...
Nitrophenols are persistent organic pollutants that pose serious environmental and health risks due to their toxic and lipophilic nature. Their persistence arises from strong aromatic stability and resistance to biodegradation, while their lipophilic...
With the advancement of technology scaling, multi/many-core platforms are getting more attention in embedded systems due to the ever-increasing performance requirements and power efficiency. This feature size scaling, along with architectural innovat...
Aiming at addressing the contradiction between the high-speed real-time positioning and multi-channel signal processing in multi-beam sonar systems, in this work we present a real-time multi-beam sonar system based on a Field Programmable Gate Array...
This study proposes a vision-based intelligent nighttime driver assistance and surveillance system (VIDASS system) implemented by a set of embedded software components and modules, and integrates these modules to accomplish a component-based system f...
A hydrogel system with the ability to control the delivery of multiple drugs has gained increasing interest for localized disease treatment and tissue engineering applications. In this study, a triple-drug-loaded model based on a core/shell fiber sys...
A Python non-uniform fast Fourier transform (PyNUFFT) package has been developed to accelerate multidimensional non-Cartesian image reconstruction on heterogeneous platforms. Since scientific computing with Python encompasses a mature and integrated...
Mixed criticality systems are one of the relatively new directions of development for the classical real-time systems. As the real-time embedded systems become more and more complex, incorporating different tasks with different criticality levels, th...
In this paper, we describe the challenge of developing a web front that will give an interactive and relatively immediate result without the overhead of complex grid scheduling, in the sense of the grid’s lack of interactivity and need for cert...
In the present paper, the models of structural analysis and evaluation of efficiency indicators (reliability, fault tolerance, viability, and flexibility) of a multi-core processor with variable structure, equipped with multi-functional cores, are co...
Cache partitioning is a successful technique for saving energy for a shared cache and all the existing studies focus on multi-program workloads running in multicore systems. In this paper, we are motivated by the fact that a multi-thread application...
Embedded systems continue to execute computational- and memory-intensive applications with vast data sets, dynamic workloads, and dynamic execution characteristics. Adaptive distributed and heterogeneous embedded systems are increasingly critical in...
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