History

The RTOSLab of Seoul National University, located in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was founded on September 1, 1995.

Since then, the thrust of RTOSLab's research has focused on embedded real-time operating systems, embedded middleware and design methodologies for embedded and real-time systems. As embedded systems are ubiquitous in the digital era, embedded systems designers face unprecedented design challenges. They must deal with diversified application domains including consumer electronics, communications, automotive electronics and military systems, to name just a few. In addition, rapid advances in semiconductor and communication technologies open up new hardware paradigms, such as multiprocessor SoC (MPSoC), software defined radios (SDR) and broadband wireless communication. These in turn impose a wide array of software design challenges to embedded systems developers. Embedded systems developers must also satisfy non-functional requirements, such as QoS enforcement, real-time guarantees, increased reliability and reduced time-to-market and non-recurring engineering (NRE) costs.

RTOSLab attempts to address the design challenges of embedded and real-time systems via research into fundamental system software components, such as embedded real-time operating systems, middleware and network protocols. We also attempt to integrate the components in a synergistic way into embedded software architecture and accompanying design methodologies. In order to ensure that our research remain relevant and viable, we also develop industry strength domain systems by closely collaborating industry partners, such as Samsung Electronics Co. and Hyundai Motor Co.

Our greater goal is to develop practical and viable embedded system design technologies with strong, well-supported theoretical background and to rapidly make the results of our research available to industry.

Prof. Seongsoo Hong
January 10, 2005

 

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