Track Chairs

Each track was built by industry leaders, our ESC Track Chairs, to ensure the fundamentals of embedded technologies and the most current solutions are covered.

Tracks:

• Prototyping Embedded Systems
• Software Engineering
• Multicore
• Low-Power Design
• System Integration & Test
• Linux, Android, Open-Source
• Microcontrollers & SoCs
• Safety & Security
• Networking & Connectivity
• Embedded I/O Systems
• Project Management
• FPGAs in Embedded Systems
• Real-Time Systems
• Military/Aerospace Design

Chairs:

Chair: RC Cofer, FAE, Avnet
Track: Prototyping Embedded Systems
Model-based prototyping, use of simulation, selection and use of development kits, FPGAs as prototyping aids.

Chair: Niall Cooling, Director, Feabhas Ltd.
Track: Software Engineering
Reviewing programming fundamentals, building programming skills, software architectures, optimization and best practices.

Chair: Robert Cravotta, Principal Analyst, Embedded Insights
Track: Multicore
Understanding, evaluating and programming multiple-processor systems.

Chair: John Donovan, Editor/Publisher, Low-Power Design (www.low-powerdesign.com)
Track: Low-Power Design
Hardware and software issues in low-power design. Accurate power estimation and measurement.

Chair: Bruce Douglass, Chief Evangelist, IBM
Track: System Integration & Test
Integrating hardware with software, developing test strategies, managing and executing system test.

Chair: Bill Gatliff, Freelance Consultant
Track: Linux, Android, Open-Source
Evaluating, understanding and using Embedded Linux, the Android platform and other open-source software.

Chair: Mark Kraeling, Product Manager, GE Transportation
Track: Microcontrollers & SoCs
Understanding, selecting and programming microcontrollers; Sorting out the ARM architectures; Peripheral and memory issues in MCUs and SoCs, evaluating an application-specific standard product SoC for a project.

Chair: Mark Kraeling, Product Manager, GE Transportation
Track: Safety & Security
All aspects of developing and testing systems that must be safe to deploy in life-critical applications, and systems that are secure against malicious attacks.

Chair: Christian Legare, Vice President, Micrium
Track: Networking & Connectivity
Understanding and implementing Internet connections into embedded systems, networks within embedded systems and interfaces such as USB and PCI Express.

Chair: Larry Mittag, Lead Consultant, Mittag Enterprises
Track: Embedded I/O Systems
Storage, display and input devices for embedded systems.

Chair: Rob Oshana, Director, SW R&D, Networking & Multimedia Group, Freescale
Track: Project Management
Development methodologies, traceable design, developing and managing requirements, agile development, build and change management and other aspects of making a project succeed.

Chair: Mike Santarini, Publisher / Sr. Manager Xcell Journal & Editorial Services, Xilinx
Track: FPGAs in Embedded Systems
FPGAs as alternatives to microcontrollers, as signal-processing units, as configurable accelerators, or just as a way of implementing an interface: Selection, design and verification. Understanding and using the FPGA tool chain and how it differs from software development tools. Employing CPUs inside or beside FPGAs.

Chair: Dave Stewart, Director of Software Engineering, InHand Electronics, Inc.
Track: Real-Time Systems
Fundamental real-time concepts, selecting and understanding an RTOS, developing and verifying real-time systems.

Chair: Dave Stewart, Director of Software Engineering, InHand Electronics, Inc.
Track: Military/Aerospace Design
Hardware, software and methodology practices for military and aerospace applications. Use of these techniques in other application areas.