Software maintenance activities, on an average, account for as much as two-thirds of the
overall software life cycle costs [75]. Maintenance of a software product is frequently …

The current approaches for regression test selection of embedded programs are usually
based on data-and control-dependency analyses, often augmented with human reasoning …

Dependability requirements are getting increasingly stringent in embedded systems,
demanding highly skilled developers. One crucial point in building up expertise is getting …

The 2013 ACM/IEEE curriculum guidelines highlight the importance of teaching parallel
computing to undergraduates in higher education. Universities have responded to this need …

Software development for embedded systems is challenging due to hardware resource
limitations and complexities in testing and verification. Although there are numerous …

Grading in embedded systems courses typically requires a face-to-face appointment
between the student and the instructor because of experimental setups that are only …

ABSTRACT The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer, designed to support hands-on
computer science education activities with minimal hardware cost. The Pi's low price …

Automated Assessment Tools (AATs) have been used in undergraduate CS education for
decades. TA-Bot, a modular AAT, has existed in some form for 25 years serving thousands …

Execution dependencies arise among the tasks of an embedded program due to issues
such as task priority, task precedence, and intertask communication. We argue that …

Multicore processors have become the standard in modern computing platforms. Such
complex hardware enables faster execution of the programs it runs, but this is only true if its …