Hands-on technical leader for software and cross-disciplinary engineering teams

Embedded architecture, design, implementation, systems integration, test, and troubleshooting

Real-time software design and performance/power analysis

Low-level operating system kernel, device driver, and "bare metal" firmware programming

Hardware and software verification and validation

Expert witness on topics related to embedded real-time systems

Focus market segments include medical devices, avionics, industrial control, transportation, military, and sensor networks

Key Publications and Presentations

These cover a time period between 1990 and 2012. Since that time, publications and industry presentations were no longer part of my professional responsibilities.

Industry Trade Publications

Troubleshooting real-time software issues using a logic analyzer
EE Times • Design
Embedded Systems Design

Fundamentals of Advanced Real-Time Operating Systems
EE Times • Education and Training

Part 1: Techniques for Measuring Execution Time and Real-time Performance
Part 2: Techniques for Measuring Execution Time and Real-time Performance
EE Times • Design

Sampling rates for analog sensors
EE Times • Design

How to Choose A Sensible Sampling Rate
EE Times • Design

Beginner's Corner: Introduction to Real Time
EE Times • EE Life

Beginner's Corner: Introduction to Rate Monotonic Scheduling
EE Times • EE Life

Software Components for Real-Time
Embedded Systems Programming

Part 1: 30 Pitfalls for Real-Time Software
Part 2: More Pitfalls for Real-Time Software
Embedded Systems Programming

Embedded Systems Conference Presentations

Visualizing Real-Time Errors and Performance Anomalies

Costly Mistakes of Real-Time Software Development

Solving Real Problems that Required a Consultant

Remotely Troubleshooting Embedded Systems using High Quality Log Files

Achieving Real-Time Performance with Linux/Android or Windows CE

Troubleshooting Real-Time Software Issues using a Logic Analyzer - Tutorial Version, with Measuring Execution Time

Unique Software Considerations for Military and Avionic Systems

Troubleshooting Linux Performance and Battery Consumption Issues

Pervasive Computing Applications and Wireless Sensor Networks

Real-Time Design Guidelines and Rules of Thumb

Notable Research Publications

Design of dynamically reconfigurable real-time software using port-based objects
IEEE Trans. on Software Engineering

Mechanisms for Detecting and Handling Timing Errors
Communications of the ACM

A Tool for Analyzing and Fine-Tuning the Real-Time Properties of an Embedded System
IEEE Trans. on Software Engineering

A Study of the Applicability of Existing Exception-Handling Techniques to Component-Based Real-Time Software Technology
ACM Trans. on Programming Languages and Systems

An Optimal Memory Allocation Scheme for Scratch-Pad-Based Embedded Systems
ACM Transactions on Embedded Systems

Real-Time Scheduling of Sensor-Based Control Systems
Chapter in book: Real-Time Programming (1992) ed. by W. Halang and K. Ramamritham

High Speed Hardware-Assisted Real-Time Interprocess Communication for Embedded Microcontrollers
Real-Time Systems Symposium

Miniature Software for Large Pervasive Computing Applications
Software Design Productivity Workshop White Paper

Predictable Device Driver Model for a Variable-Rate Software-Controlled Switch Matrix
Real-Time Applications Symposium

A Mechanism for Communicating in Dynamically Reconfigurable Embedded Systems
High Assurance Software Engineering Workshop

Hardware/Software Co-Design of I/O Interfacing Hardware and Real-Time Device Drivers for Embedded Systems
Real-Time Applications Symposium White Paper

Design of a Real-Time Co-Operating System for Multiprocessor Workstations
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

The Chimera II real-time operating system for advanced sensor-based control applications
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics

Real-Time Software Design and Analysis of Reconfigurable Multi-Sensor Based Systems
Ph.D. Thesis

Patents

US9364682 Emergency monitor-defibrillator with telemedicine capability , 2015/2016

US9707408 Emergency monitor-defibrillator with telemedicine capability and remote activation , 2015/2016

US10068667 Decision support system using intelligent agents , 2014/2018

US10099063 Medical monitor-defibrillator with defibrillator and data operations processors , 2013/2018

US10500404 Universally adaptable module for defibrillator monitors , 2016/2019

US10559384 Decision support system using intelligent agents , 2014/2018

US11019158 Real-time data distribution system for patient monitoring devices, cardiac defibrillators and associated information delivery systems , 2019/2021

WO2016060980 Decision support definition editor , 2015/2016

US20220181012 Secure software updates and architectures , 2021/2022

US20220193431 Defibrillators with enhanced functionality during cardiopulmonary resuscitation periods , 2021/2022