From mjf at isep.ipp.pt Tue Nov 3 02:54:51 2009 From: mjf at isep.ipp.pt (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=E1rio_Alves?=) Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:54:51 +0000 Subject: [Tinyos] EWSN 2010/CONET Master and PhD Thesis Awards Message-ID: <4AF00BFB.1040800@isep.ipp.pt> The Chairs of the 7th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN 2010) and the CONET Consortium are pleased to announce the Master and PhD Thesis Award Competitions in the area of Cooperating Objects. The prize is donated by CONET, the Cooperating Objects Network of Excellence, which is an EU-funded project under ICT, Framework 7 (for more information refer to http://www.cooperating-objects.eu). Cooperating Objects combine the strong functional aspects of embedded systems, pervasive computing and wireless sensor networks. Cooperating objects entities federate themselves into dynamic and loose networks in order to reach a common goal. This common goal will typically be related to sensing or control. Theses eligible for the competition have to be completed at an official European university (EU and EFTA) between 1/DEC/2008 and 30/NOV/2009. Candidates must submit the following materials (in English) in electronic format until 4/DEC/2009: . Application letter, including the name of the student, the title of the thesis, its duration, and its date of completion, the date of the defense, the overall grade and a report on the outstanding contributions of the thesis. . Letter of recommendation from Advisor. . The thesis itself. Submission of a single document file in PDF format must be done thru EDAS at http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=7933 . The award will be assessed by CONET members. Criteria for selecting the winner are scientific originality, scientific significance for the field of Cooperating Objects, quality of the presentation and potential for practical application. Each category of thesis (MSc or PhD) will have separate prizes assigned by separate academic and industrial juries, for a total of 4 prizes: . MSc Academic - 250 Euros . MSc Industrial - 250 Euros . PhD Academic - 500 Euros . PhD Industrial - 500 Euros The jury can decide not to award some of the prizes if the quality or significance of the submitted works is not relevant. The jury will decide on which track the thesis will be evaluated. The winners of each category will be awarded at the EWSN 2010 dinner on February 18th. From james_nicholson at cbu.ca Thu Nov 5 05:08:49 2009 From: james_nicholson at cbu.ca (James Nicholson) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:08:49 -0400 Subject: [Tinyos] ANNOUNCING: Beta Release of Wireless Industrial Sensor Network Testbed for Radio-Harsh Environments (WINTeR) Message-ID: <03ACD90D1F3E684B8A368CAA0AD68ACE6D86E9@xchange2.uccb.ca> We are pleased to announce: The Wireless Industrial Sensor Network Testbed for Radio-Harsh Environments (WINTeR) is now available to the research community. WINTeR is an experimental, web accessible, research facility that supports the development and evaluation of wireless sensor networks for industrial applications. WINTeR enables your team to test the performance and integrity of your wireless sensor network solutions via a web interface. Once connected, you can run tests with 32 wireless devices, create customized scenarios while maintaining full control of data, attenuation, power supplies, interference, and noise. Tests can be scheduled to run at a specific time and online graphing of the selected data can be generated in real-time. With WINTeR you can verify research by: * Testing hardware and software in a realistic environment * Creating customized scenarios * Taking full control of data, attenuation, power supplies, interference, and noise * Scheduling execution for a convenient time * Viewing online graphing of selected data in real-time * Receiving a compressed data package available upon completion WINTeR has been developed to provide a realistic industrial environment - steel beams, iron grating, pipes and tanks provide the robust environment that can maximize your WSN research. For a limited time we are offering a free trial to conduct your own research. Check us out at: http://winter.cbu.ca Thank you, The Paws Research Group Cape Breton University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/pipermail/tinyos/attachments/20091105/7b8c440c/attachment.htm From jithinjose at gmail.com Wed Nov 11 08:03:45 2009 From: jithinjose at gmail.com (Jithin Jose) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:03:45 -0800 Subject: [Tinyos] Understanding the TinyOS bootloader Message-ID: <1900f5e00911110803g55c0f8e7y27004546ef3903da@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I am a newbie to the TinyOS world. I am trying to understand the bootloader code for TinyOS. I am confused in the Check_OS_Validity_And_Jump() function. According to my understanding, the bootloader code flashed into 0x0200000 and the vector table at 0x00. Inside the Check_OS_Validity_And_Jump(), handle_jump() function is called, which does the following handle_jump: ldr pc, jmp_addr where jmp_addr is jmp_addr: .word 0x20 Afaik, the primary image is stored in address 0x1c00000. So, how does this work => "ldr pc, jmp_addr" invokes the application stored in 0x1c00000 ? Please correct me if I am wrong in my understanding ... Any help/hint is welcome. Thanks in advance Jithin Jose -- No animals or plants were killed in the process of sending this email. But a lot of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/pipermail/tinyos/attachments/20091111/2cf52ea3/attachment.htm From mjf at isep.ipp.pt Wed Nov 18 08:14:15 2009 From: mjf at isep.ipp.pt (=?UTF-8?B?TcOhcmlvIEFsdmVz?=) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:14:15 +0000 Subject: [Tinyos] Call for PHD students - CISTER Research Unit, Porto, Portugal Message-ID: <4B041D57.5060708@isep.ipp.pt> Meesage size was too big. Plain text and no attachment now. Hope it is OK. ----------------------------------------- *CALL for PhD Students in*** **** Sensor Networks, Cyber Physical Systems, Multicore Systems, Adaptive RT Systems, and RT Software BACKGROUND: The CISTER Research Unit focuses its activity in the analysis, design and implementation of real-time and embedded computing systems. The unit is based upon the IPP-HURRAY Research Group (HUgging Real-time and Reliable Architectures for computing sYstems), which was created in 1997, and has since grown to become the most prominent research group of the School of Engineering (ISEP) of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP), and one of the leading European research groups in the area of real-time and embedded computing systems. CISTER is not only an internationally recognised group but also an international group, with people hailing from all continents bar Antarctica. For further information on the concerned research areas, please visit our webpages at the following links: * Sensor Networks * Cyber Physical Systems * Multicore Systems * Adaptive Real-Time Systems * Real-Time Software http://www.cister.isep.ipp.pt/research/ Research work in these areas span from quality-of-service in WSNs, link quality estimation, scalable data processing to scheduling algorithms, analysis methods, single and multiprocessor operating systems, component-based real-time systems, hierarchical scheduling, power management, software concurrency in languages, and real-time middleware. Individual topics can be discussed with potential supervisors after an initial assessment of the candidates. Please see the respective webpages mentioned above for details on possible research areas. Key researchers to supervise the research work: * Eduardo Tovar * M?rio Alves * Shashi Prabh * Bj?rn Andersson * Arvind Easwaran * Stefan M. Petters * Lu?s Miguel Pinho SALARY AND BENEFITS: The positions are for up to four years contract. Salary will be up to 14.000,00? (after taxes) per year. Other benefits include social security, 25 days of paid vacation and productivity awards and access to institutional private health insurance. The CISTER/IPP-HURRAY research facilities and expertise offer an excellent research environment for acquiring research skills. REQUIREMENTS: The candidates should have a Bachelor, Licenciate, or MSc degree in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering or related fields. GRE and TOEFL are welcome. Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Candidates holding a Bachelor/Licenciate degree with a GPA (Grade Point Average) greater or equal to 75% are preferred. PHD STUDIES: PhD students of the CISTER Research Unit are usually enrolled in the PDEEC PhD program at the University of Porto, which will also award the PhD on successful completion of the studies. The PDEEC program requires classwork during the first year of studies. Please refer to the PDEEC website for details: http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~pdeec/ Alternative enrolment is possible in the Carnegie Mellon Portugal program. In this scheme students can obtain a double degree from the Carnegie Mellon University in the USA and a university in Portugal (University of Porto among others). The application deadline for the Carnegie Mellon Portugal program in the Computer Science course and the Electrical and Computer Engineering course is on December 15 and 31, 2009 respectively. Participation in the program implies time spent at both Universities. See the Carnergie Mellon Portugal program website for requirements and details: http://www.cmuportugal.org/tiercontent.aspx?id=546 APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Candidates should send the following by email to JOBS at cister-isep.info : * detailed CV (including course grades and Bachelor/Licenciate/MSc degree GPA); * research statement; * 2-3 recommendation letters (preferred) or contacts that could be used for obtaining recommendation; * transcripts of academic qualifications achieved; * TOEFL and GRE scores, if applicable CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Dr. Stefan M. Petters CISTER Research Unit ISEP-IPP Rua Dr. Ant?nio Bernardino de Almeida, 431 4200-072 Porto, PORTUGAL Telephone: +351 22 8340502; Fax: +351 22 8340509 E-mail: smp at isep.ipp.pt URL: http://www.cister.isep.ipp.pt __ Also check http://www.cister.isep.ipp.pt/jobs/ for updates.