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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Kenneth J. Hintz, Ph.D.

ECE 612, Real-time Systems

Home page, Fall 2004

Last update: September 16, 2004

This is the second time this course is being taught in its revised form by the computer engineering faculty.

Note that there is a new required text for the course and that the lectures will be posted (hyperlink above) as they are available throughout the fall semester as *.pdf files.

Instructor

Home page of Prof. K. J. Hintz with office room number, office hours, and contact information.


Lecture

Monday, 1630-1910, Science & Technology II, Room 12


Course Credit

3 hours

Exams

Makeup exams are rarely given. Requests for a delayed Final Exam due to multiple tests (>2) in one day will ONLY be considered if proper forms are completed and in my hands prior to the mid-semester break.

Students with Disabilities

If you need special assistance, please inform me soon so that we can work something out.

Attendance at lectures is not graded


Honor Code

You are encouraged to collaborate with other students on homework and studying for the examinations. The normal honor code applies to all examinations.


Grading

  • Midterm: 35%

  • Final Exam: 35%

  • Homework: 20%

  • In class presentation (chart page 1, chart page 2) of individually assigned paper: 10%

Homework

Homeworks are due on the date specified. Late homeworks will receive 1/2 credit maximum. A list of homeworks is not yet available since this is a new textbook that is being used.


Milestones

Milestone Chart


Examinations

There will be a midterm and a final examination, both of which will be closed book, closed notes.


Required text

F. Cottet, Joelle Delacroix, Claude Kaiser, and Zoubir Mammeri, Scheduling in Real-Time Systems, Chichester, England:John Wiley, 2002, ISBN 0-470-84766-2, QA76.54.C68