Embedded Systems
Embedded systems refer to specialized computing systems designed to perform dedicated functions within larger systems or devices. Unlike general-purpose computers, embedded systems are tailored to execute specific tasks efficiently and reliably. They are embedded into a variety of everyday devices and applications, such as consumer electronics, industrial machines, medical devices, automotive systems, and more. Embedded systems play a vital role in the functionality of numerous modern technologies, enhancing efficiency, automation, and overall performance in various industries.
Key characteristics of embedded systems include their real-time operation, where they must respond to stimuli within a specific time frame, and their integration into a host system to control or monitor its functionality. These systems often have resource constraints, such as limited processing power, memory, and energy consumption, making optimization a crucial consideration in their design. In spite of these stringent resource constraints, embedded systems are used in increasingly complex applications, demanding the use of advanced AI techniques and massively distributed operation in the Internet of Things and Edge Computing.
About The Event
The Coimbra Institute of Engineering (ISEC) from Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (IPC) and partners are organizing a Blended Intensive Program (BIP) in Embedded Systems. This BIP will address topics relevant to Embedded System development, including hardware and software design, networking and applications. Topic complexity will range from introductory to more specialized, including applications in robotics, energy control, artificial intelligence, internet of things (IoT) and edge computing. An invited speaker from the industry will be featured, and a visit to an industrial partner is also planned. Several social activities are also planned, including a BIP dinner and guided tour.
The teaching methodology includes online sessions and presential lectures and workshops, where the students will have the opportunity to explore the discussed topics in a practical laboratory setting. Students will be challenged to develop some practical projects that will allow them to apply and practice the knowledge they acquire during the BIP.
Target Audience and Credits
The BIP target audience includes late Bachelor and early Master students in the area of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and similar programmes. The BIP is worth 3 ECTS.
Speakers
Thomas Herpoel herpoelt@helha.be
Thomas Herpoel has been a research engineer in electronics at CeREF Technique since 2017. He has been working on various project, including motor control for space applications and embedded devices in the automotive sector. His current project is about the efficient application of machine learning models in ultra low power embedded systems. He also serves as a lecturer in power electronics and embedded programming at the Engineering School of HELHa College, in addition to being a trainer for continuing education courses for the IFPC.
Rolf Schuster rolf.schuster@fh-dortmund.de
Rolf is a telecoms- and IT-industry leader with a broad set of experiences from executive roles in large international corporations as well as start-up companies. Currently, Rolf is holding the computer science chair on Embedded Software at the Fachhochschule Dortmund, Germany. His research focus is Edge Computing. Before Rolf was the Director of the Open Edge Computing Initiative, which brings together worldwide leading telecom companies, to shape the global eco-system of Edge Computing. Rolf has published numerous books and articles in the area of video processing, e-business, innovation management, internet payment systems and edge computing.
Janusz Jakubiak janusz.jakubiak@pwr.edu.pl
I am an assistant professor at Wrocław University of Science and Technology, in the Department of Cybernetics and Robotics. My research is related with mobile robots systems. It focuses on motion planning and control, robotic system integration, and coordination of groups of robots. My interests involve the application of embedded systems and new advanced sensors to complex robotic systems.
Pablo Garcia garciafpablo@uniovi.es
Pablo García (Senior Member, IEEE) was born in Luanco, Asturias, Spain. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Oviedo, Gijon, Spain, in 2001 and 2006, respectively. In 2004, he was a Visiting Scholar with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. In 2013, he was a Visiting Scholar with The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K. He is currently a Full Professor with the Department of Electrical, Electronics, Communications and Systems Engineering, University of Oviedo. Since 2022, he has been with the Spanish Research Agency as the Manager for international projects in the Energy and Transport division area. His research interest includes control of grid-tied power converters for distributed resources integration and particularly for the control of grid-tied battery energy storage systems, parameter estimation, optimization of distributed resources, and digital signal processing for real-time embedded systems. He is the coauthor of near 40 journal papers and 80 conference papers. Dr. García was a recipient of the 2005 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Third Place Prize Paper Award, three IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference prize paper awards in 2006, 2010, and 2016, respectively and one EPE Conference Award in 2018 and was also a fellowship for the national research and training program by the Ministry of Science and Technology in Spain, from 2002 to 2006. He is a member of the LEMUR research group. He has been the Principal Investigator of 50 projects with companies, one European H2020, and four national funded projects. He is the co-founder of the ENFASYS startup, focused on the development of solutions for the integration of energy storage and collaborative self-consumption applications.
Islam Mahmoud Hassan islam@uniovi.es
Islam El-Sayed was born in Zagazig, Egypt, in 1984. He received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Zagazig University, Zagazig, in 2006, and the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, University of Oviedo, Gijón, Spain, in 2012. His ongoing research is connected with the application of big data, and visual analytics to power systems analysis. He also works in the development of techniques to allow the massive penetration of new technologies like the Internet of Things in low-voltage distribution systems.
Fernanda Coutinho fermaco@isec.pt
Fernanda Coutinho is a Professor at the Coimbra Institute of Engineering. She concluded her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at University of Coimbra in the area of Medical Robotics. She has been responsible for teaching activities in the area of embedded systems for almost 30 years. Her current research interests include medical devices, metrology, robotics, and embedded systems. She is a Researcher at the Institute of Systems and Robotics from University of Coimbra (ISR-UC) and at RCM2+ Research Centre for Asset Management and Systems Engineering from Polytechnic of Coimbra, and she is also the Workshop Leader for Robotics at TUMO Coimbra. She is the Institutional Representative of ISEC at the Euclides Network and the Chair of the Erasmus+ BIP in Embedded Systems.
João Cunha jcunha@isec.pt
João Cunha is a Professor at the Department of Informatics and Systems Engineering, ISEC, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra. With a PhD in Informatics Engineering from the University of Coimbra, he has been teaching courses at both Bachelor and Master levels, focusing on Software Engineering, Project Management, Software Testing, Computer Architecture, Real-Time Systems, and Systems Reliability. He has a background in research and knowledge transfer, contributing to projects with academic institutions and companies in areas such as dependability, embedded systems, project management, and software quality.
João Durães jduraes@isec.pt
João Durães is as professor at the ISEC/IPC where he is responsible for Object Oriented Programming and Operating Systems Courses. He has been with the ISEC since 1995, having been involved in courses related to Software Engineering and Programming at general. He received his B.S., M.Sc., and PhD in Informatics Engineering from the University of Coimbra in 1994, 1999, and 2006 respectively. He has a long-standing involvement with the Software and Systems Engineering research group of the Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra since 1994, first a as graduate student and then as a full member. His research areas are mainly focused on software reliability, and his contributions and published works include novel techniques and models concerning software fault injection, dependability benchmarking and security evaluation, and participated on several national and European research projects in this area.
José Alberto Fonseca jaf@microio.pt
Jose Fonseca has been Associate Professor of Electronics at University of Aveiro from 2000 to 2023. In 1998 he was one of the founders of Microio, a company specialized in Integrated Management and Embedded Systems. At the University and at his research unit, the Telecommunications Institute, he worked in industrial communication systems, distributed embedded systems and real-time systems. He published more than 100 papers in those subjects, several book chapters and organized several international conferences of IFAC and IEEE. Microio was a former spin-off company of the University of Aveiro, founded in 1998. Microio develops embedded systems and integrates those with communications and software to create integrated management systems for education and enterprises. Its main activity is in secondary schools and universities. In the former market Microio holds 80% of the Portuguese establishments serving more than 1 million users. Microio also works for large companies such as post, motorway and food and beverage companies developing vending, smart locker and communication solutions.
Marco Silva msilva@isec.pt
He has a degree in Industrial Electronic Engineering from the University of Minho and a master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Coimbra. He is currently an Assistant at the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra. His main research interests are development of electronic and embedded systems, biomedical devices, and intelligent transportation systems.
Jorge Barreiros jmsousa@isec.pt
Jorge Barreiros is an Adjunct Professor at ISEC, the Engineering School of the Polytechnic of Coimbra. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science, specializing in Software Engineering. His interests include software requirements, software architecture and design, advanced data structures, software testing and quality assurance, and he is experienced with low-level embedded programming, real-time kernels and real-time systems.
Pedro Amaro amaro@isec.pt
Pedro Nogueira Amaro, has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Coimbra (1991) and a Master's degree from the Technical University of Lisbon/ Instituto Superior Técnico (2004). He obtained his PhD degree from the University of Coimbra in 2015, in the specialty of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computers. He was a researcher at the Energy Management Laboratory (UC), Nuclear Fusion Center (CFN/IST), and Inesc-ID Candence Lisbon Center. He has been a professor at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra since 1996. He was an integrated member and collaborator of the Institute of Systems and Robotics - Coimbra. He is currently a member of CERNAS - Center for Natural Resources, Environment and Society as a researcher. He is interested in the areas of Embedded Systems/Electronic Systems, Internet of Things systems, as well as the implementation of digital circuits in FPGAs.
Sérgio Correia scorreia@ipportalegre.pt
Prof. Sérgio D. Correia received his Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in 2000, his Master's Degree in Industrial Control and Maintenance Systems from Beira Interior University, Covilhã, Portugal, in 2010, and the Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in 2020. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Portalegre Polytechnic University, Portugal. He is also a Researcher at COPELABS - Cognitive and People-centric Computing Research Center, Lusofona University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisbon, Portugal, and VALORIZA - Research Center for Endogenous Resource Valorization, Portalegre Polytechnic University, Portalegre, Portugal, and has worked with several private companies for more than 20 years. His current research interests are Embedded Artificial Intelligence, Soft Computing, Embedded Systems, and Computer Architecture, topics on which he is an editor of several scientific journals, collaborator at several International Conferences, and guest professor at several European universities.
Online Program
Welcome session
Fernanda Coutinho, Polytechnic of Coimbra
Embedded Systems Primer
Fernanda Coutinho, Polytechnic of Coimbra
USB devices on embedded Systems - Part 1
Thomas Herpoel, HELHa University
C Language Primer
João Durães, Polytechnic of Coimbra
Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
Jorge Barreiros, Polytecnic of Coimbra
Edge Computing - Introduction
Rolf Schuster, Dortmund University
Quantization Methods for Efficient Neural Networks Inference
Sérgio Correia, Polytechnic of Portalegre
Porting Machine Learning on microcontrollers
Thomas Herpoel, HELHa University
IoT from Pins to Pixels
Islam Mahmoud Hassan, Oviedo University
ROS2: bridging desktop and embedded systems - Part 1
Janusz Jakubiak, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Applications of embedded systems for the integration of distributed energy resources in the electrical grid: state of the art and future perspectives
Pablo Garcia, Oviedo University
In-person Program
Reception Ceremony
ISEC Representatives and Fernanda Coutinho
Industrial Partner Presentation
José Alberto Fonseca, MicroIO
Coffee-break
ROS2: bridging desktop and embedded systems - Part 2
Janusz Jakubiak, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Lunch break
Parallel Workshop
Track 1
Field-Programmable Gate Arrays in Embedded System Development
Pedro Amaro, Polytechnic of Coimbra
Track 2
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design
Marco Silva, Polytechnic of Coimbra
Embedded Systems for Energy
Pablo Garcia, University of Oviedo
Coffee-break
Parallel Workshop
Track 1
Simplified IoT: Solutions with the Node-RED platform
Islam Mahmoud Hassan Oviedo University
Track 2
USB devices on embedded Systems - Part 2
Thomas Herpoel, HELHa University
Lunch break
Parallel Workshop
Track 1
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design
Marco Silva, Polytechnic of Coimbra
Track 2
Field-Programmable Gate Arrays in Embedded System Development
Pedro Amaro, Polytechnic of Coimbra
Edge Computing – Challenges and Solutions
Rolf Schuster, Dortmund University
Coffee-break
Embedded Artificial Intelligence - A Case Study
Sérgio Correia, Polytechnic of Portalegre
Lunch break
Parallel Workshop
Track 1
USB devices on embedded Systems - Part 2
Thomas Herpoel, HELHa University
Track 2
Simplified IoT: Solutions with the Node-RED platform
Islam Mahmoud Hassan, Oviedo University
Parallel Workshop
Track 1
Porting Machine Learning on microcontrollers
Thomas Herpoel, HELHa University
Track 2
Agile Methodologies for Embedded Software Development
João Cunha, Polytechnic of Coimbra
Parallel Workshop
Track 1
Agile Methodologies for Embedded Software Development
João Cunha, Polytechnic of Coimbra
Track 2
Porting Machine Learning on microcontrollers
Thomas Herpoel, HELHa University
Visit to industrial Partner
Parallel Workshop
Track 1
Student Project: Development and Testing
Track 2
Student Project: Development and Testing
Lunch break
Parallel Workshop
Track 1
Student Project: Development and Testing
Track 2
Student Project: Development and Testing
Social event
Dinner
Project presentations
Coffee-break
Evaluation and Farewell Cerimony
Lunch break
Social event
Guided Tour
Event Venue
Coimbra Institute of Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal
HOTEL IBIS
6 minutes/2 Km from ISEC
Booking:h1672@accor.com
Address: Hotel Ibis Coimbra Centro, n°70 Edificio Topazio, Avenida Emídio Navarro, 3000-150 Coimbra
Bus: 24T at “Coimbra Parque”; 33 at Avenida Emídio Navarro
RIVER SUITS HOTEL
5 minutes /3,6 km from ISEC
Booking:geral@riversuites.pt
Address: Av. João das Regras 82, 3040-266 Coimbra, Portugal
Bus: 24T (cross Santa Clara’s bridge to “Coimbra Parque”); 33 at Avenida Emídio Navarro
HOTEL ASTORIA
7 minutes/3 Km from ISEC
Booking:astoria@almeidahotels.com
Address: Av. Emidio Navarro nº 21 · 3000-150 · Coimbra
Bus: 24T at “Coimbra Parque”; 33 at Avenida Emídio Navarro
HOTEL ALMEDINA
8 minutes/4 Km from ISEC
Booking:manager@almedinacoimbra.com
Address: Comfort Inn Almedina-Coimbra, Av. Fernão de Magalhães, 199, 3000-176 Coimbra
Bus: 24T at “Palácio da Justiça”
HOTEL TIVOLI
8 minutes/4 Km from ISEC
Booking:sandra.bem@tivolihotels.com
Address: João Machado Street • 3000-226 • Coimbra • Portugal
Bus: 24T at “Palácio da Justiça”
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Host
Coimbra Institute of Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, supported by the European Commission and Euclides Network
Co-organizers
Haute École Louvain en Hainaut (HELHa), Belgium
Fachhochschule Dortmund, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
University of Oviedo, Spain
Portalegre Polytechnic University, Portugal
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