Seminars & Events

Mathematics and Computer Science Division
"Embedded Aggregates"

DATE: March 18, 2011
TIME: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
SPEAKER: Rajesh Sankaran, MCS Postdoctoral Interviewee
LOCATION: Building 240 Seminar Room 4301, Argonne National Laboratory
HOST: Charlie Catlett

Description:
Embedded systems that are collections of several electronic modules are relatively widespread. In this heterogeneous ecology of multi-module systems, a class of embedded systems distinguish themselves by the scale and distribution of their processing power. Our background research suggests that this class of systems is largely underexplored with potential applications including, for example, HCI, environmental sensing, robotics and fractionated systems.
We call them Embedded Aggregates. In this talk I will motivate the need for the aggregates, outline the requirements of the aggregate class of systems and argue that there is a gap in the embedded communication protocol spectrum that makes developing aggregates a formidable challenge. Next, I will describe our efforts in building the underlying communication fabric and hardware infrastructure from ground up by defining new protocols, mechanisms and specifications. Finally, I will discuss Blades and Tiles, an embedded aggregate for HCI researchers for use in mid to late stages of physical user interface (UI) prototyping and pilot UI deployments.

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