Centre of work is in operating-systems engineering, i. e. the combination of operating systems and software engineering, especially in the design and development of embedded operating systems. Family-based software design is accompanied by aspect- and object-oriented programming and feature-based modelling and configuration in order to be able to deliver highly adaptable solutions to problem-oriented, tailor-made run-time and operating systems as well as middleware.

Operating-system families have been the key research issue for many years, with emphasis on the development of methods and techniques that aid the construction of infrastructures for embedded (distributed) operating systems. Pursuing system development only along a specific architectural shape (e. g. microkernels), is not the leading idea of the research work. Rather, the creation of a unit construction and development tools is in the limelight. The vision is an operating-system workbench supporting the generation of many operating-system representations (i. e., also, but not only limited to, microkernel-based structures) from architecture-independent, re-usable buildung blocks (or "components"). Exemplary, operating systems as well as middleware are built that are embed-able into distributed/parallel environments and support (hard) real-time operation of (safety critical) applications.

Interests

• Operating Systems Engineering (Operating Systems + Software Engineering)
• Embedded Systems
• Real-Time Systems