The objective of the GENESYS project is to develop a cross-domain reference architecture for embedded systems that can be instantiated for different application domains to meet the requirements and constraints documented in the ARTEMIS strategic research agenda. These requirements are composability, networking, security, robustness, diagnosis, integrated resource management and evolvability.
The reference architecture will address common issues, such as complexity management, separation of communication and computation, support for different levels of quality of service, security, model-based design, heterogeneity of subsystems, legacy integration, optimal power usage, and diagnosis. It will provide domain-independent services that can be customized to the needs of a particular application domain. Domain-specific platform services will be converged such that components from different application domains can be consistently integrated while preserving relevant properties. The project will result in a conceptualisation of the cross-domain architecture, a specification of cross-domain core services and optional services for the selected application domains, and four exploratory prototypes that will demonstrate and help to evaluate the feasibility of selected central architectural concepts in the different application domains.
The expected impact of GENESYS is a reduction of development costs and a speed-up of the time-to-market of embedded system development in different application domains, thereby strengthening the European presence in the competitive worldwide embedded systems markets. The support for cross-domain reuse of components is of particular relevance to innovative European SMEs that plan to enter those markets with high-tech products under increasing time pressure. The consortium consists of many major European embedded system suppliers and OEMs encompassing a broad range of application domains, supported by leading research and academic organizations.

Coordinator
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN (Austria)
Other participants
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN (Germany)
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Germany)
UNIVERSITE JOSEPH FOURIER GRENOBLE 1 (France)
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM VZW (Belgium)
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DARMSTADT (Germany)
CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT - SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI (Italy)
FUNDACION EUROPEAN SOFTWARE INSTITUTE (Spain)
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA

  • Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Energia Elettrica e dell'Informazione "Guglielmo Marconi" – DEI
  • Resp. scientifico: Prof. Luca Benini

STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. (Italy)
BUDAPESTI MUSZAKI ES GAZDASAGTUDOMANYI EGYETEM (Ungheria)
NOKIA OYJ (Finland)
VOLVO TECHNOLOGY AB (Sweden)
THALES (France)
VALTION TEKNILLINEN TUTKIMUSKESKUS (Finland)
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (Francia)
VYTAUTO DIDZIOJO UNIVERSITETAS (Lituania)
IKERLAN S. COOP (Spain)
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG (Germany)
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID (Spain)
TTTECH COMPUTERTECHNIK AG (Austria)
NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NETHERLANDS B.V. (The Netherlands)
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS INSTITUTE (The Netherlands)

 

Start date 01/01/2008

End date 30/06/2009

Duration 18 months

Project cost 2790000 Euro

Project Funding 1850000 Euro

Subprogramme Area Computing Systems (Reference architectures for generic embedded platforms)

Contract type Collaborative project (generic)