On properties of modeling control software for embedded control applications with CSP/CT framework

This PROGRESS project (TES.5224) traces a design framework for implementing embedded real-time software for control applications by exploiting its natural concurrency. The paper illustrates the stage of yielded automation in the process of structuring complex control software architectures, modeling controlled mechatronic systems and designing corresponding control laws, simulating them, generating control code out of simulated control strategy and implementing the software system on a (embedded) computer. The gap between the development of control strategies and the procedures of implementing them on chosen hardware targets is going to be overcome

The Advocate

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Clockwise: a mixed-media file system

This paper presents Clockwise, a mixed-media file system. The primary goal of Clockwise is to provide a storage architecture that supports the storage and retrieval of best-effort and real-time file system data. Clockwise provides an abstraction called a dynamic partition that groups lists of related (large) blocks on one or more disks. Dynamic partitions can grow and shrink in size and reading or writing of dynamic partitions can be scheduled explicitly. With respect to scheduling, Clockwise uses a novel strategy to pre-calculate schedule slack time and it schedules best-effort requests before queued real-time requests in this slack tim

Factors Influencing Perceptual Distance

Previous research shows that social biases, such as pro-White racial bias, can influence a person\u27s decisions and behaviors (Correll et al. 2007; Mekawi & Bresin, 2015). Studies also suggest that social biases may influence basic functions like visual perception (Cesario & Navarrete, 2014); however, few studies have examined the relationship between visual perceptions and threat (Cesario, Placks, Hagiwara, Navarrete, & Higgins, 2010; Todd, Thiem, & Neel, 2016). The current research aims to investigate whether implicit pro-White preference can influence basic functions like visual perception. A secondary aim of this study is to examine the role of threat in this relationship. To test, White male and female participants (N= 29) were asked to complete distance estimates to either a Black or White male experimenter. It was hypothesized that participants would judge the distance to the Black confederate as closer compared to those who estimate the distance to a White confederate. The results marginally supported the idea that participants’ distance judgements were influenced by the experimenter’s race, such that the Black experimenter was viewed as closer when compared to the White experimenter. However, results showed that implicit racial attitudes did not influence distance estimations, but explicit bias did. Fully powered follow-up studies will be conducted to further examine these hypotheses and investigate whether a type one error was present

Boston University Chamber Orchestra, February 27, 2007

This is the concert program of the Boston University Chamber Orchestra performance on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 8:00 p.m., at the Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Overture to La calamita de cuori by Johann Christian Bach, Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K. 338 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Dolly, Op. 56 by Gabriel Fauré. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Approaching Utopia: Strong Truthfulness and Externality-Resistant Mechanisms

We introduce and study strongly truthful mechanisms and their applications. We use strongly truthful mechanisms as a tool for implementation in undominated strategies for several problems,including the design of externality resistant auctions and a variant of multi-dimensional scheduling

On the Clock: Rethinking the Way Schools Use Time

In an era of increased accountability, educators are searching for new ways to boost student achievement. Is extending the school day the answer

String Chamber Concert, December 5, 2007

This is the concert program of the String Chamber Concert on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 7:00 p.m., at the Marshall Room, 855 Commonwealth Avenue. Works performed were Clarinet Quintet Op. 115 by Johannes Brahms, Cello Quartet by Anton Arensky, Sonatine for Flute, Viola, and Piano by Maurice Ravel, Duo for Violin and Cello by Zoltán Kodály, Dumky Trio by Antonin Dvorák, Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano by Darius Milhaud, Archduke Trio by Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Quartet No.s, Op. 60 by Johannes Brahms, Piano Quintet Op. 34 by Johannes Brahms, Trout Quintet by Franz Schubert, String Trio Op. 9, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Horn Quintet K407 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Quintet Op. 44 by Robert Schumann, String Quartet Op. 135 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Clarinet Trio by Johannes Brahms, String Quartet No. 8 by Dmitri Shostakovich, and Serenade in C major, Op. 10 for Violin, Viola, and Cello by Ernst Dohnányi. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities Library Endowed Fund