About the Artist2 NoE 

Strategic Objectives 

The objective of ARTIST2 is to strengthen European research in Embedded Systems Design, and promote the emergence of this new multi-disciplinary area.

Operationally, this is achieved by integrating the teams, and building excellence.

Approach 

ARTIST2 has a double core, consisting of leading-edge research in embedded systems design issues (described later in this document) in the Joint Programme of Research Activities (JPRA), and complementary activities around shared platforms and staff mobility in the Joint Programme of Integration Activities (JPIA).

Joint Programme of Activities (JPA) 

The Artist2 NoE implements a Joint Programme of Activities, composed of:

• Joint Programme of Integration Activities (JPIA)
  including sharing research platforms, tools, and facilities, as well as Staff Mobility and exchanges.
  These activities promote horizontal integration of geographically dispersed teams – each excellent in one or more topics -, and vertical and trans-disciplinary integration of traditionally separated topics. All these activities will have long-lasting effects, well beyond the duration of the initial EC funding.
• Joint Programme of Research Activities (JPRA)
  promote excellence and integration either at the cluster level (Cluster-Integration activities) or at the NoE level (NoE Integration activities).
  Integration may These activities are expected to move the state of the art forward, and have a real impact on work done in other teams, for both research and development.
• Joint Programme of Activities for Spreading Excellence (JPASE)
  allow excellence to spread from the JPRA and JPIA activities, to the larger embedded systems community.
  These usually take the form of workshops, schools, seminars, and publications (books, course materials, etc). Spreading excellence activities also allow the Artist2 partners to gain useful contacts and information from outside the NoE.
• Joint Programme of Management Activities (JPMA)
  plan, organize, direct and monitor the integrated effort to efficiently achieve the technical objectives within the ARTIST2 constraints of time schedule and budget.
  

The full set of Artist2 Research and Integration activities is available here.

Artist2 Core Partners 

 Cluster: Real-Time Components
 Cluster: Adaptive Real-Time
 Cluster: Compilers and Timing Analysis
 Cluster: Execution Platforms
 Cluster: Control for Embedded Systems
 Cluster: Testing and Verification

Research and Integration 

Artist2’s main objective was to set up a scientific community in the area of embedded systems. Our approach consisted in gathering together clusters, which are teams, on essential topics in embedded systems design. The integration effort consisted of strengthening coherency within the clusters (cluster integration activities), and integration between clusters (NoE Integration activities). Integration was driven by work around cutting-edge research activities, technical platforms, and dissemination / spreading excellence.

Links to the full set of Artist2 activities is available here.

We aimed to create a lasting structure that will continue to benefit the research community and industry well beyond the lifespan of the NoE financing. Each cluster acted as a single scientific team, carrying out the Joint Programme of Activities (JPA), as agreed. Each cluster had one or more scientific leaders, who led the team and coordinated the effort.

The NoE clusters reflected the following elements from of the embedded systems design flow, which is composed of the following cooperating activities, starting with requirements capture and leading to implementation. These activities were well coordinated, and supported by tools and methods to ensure satisfactory levels of productivity and quality.

Workshops 

Education 

Artist adresses Education in Embedded Systems Design, both horizontally from a methods perspective, and vertically on specific technical topics:

International Collaboration 

State of the Art 

Related Projects 

The ARTIST partners are involved in all the main European projects in the area. Results from these projects are integrated into the research and integration activities.

Conclusions from the Final Review