This paper describes Marquette University's efforts to build an experimental embedded
systems laboratory for hands-on projects in an operating systems course. Our prototype …

The input/output (I/O) subsystem is an important topic within computer architecture (CA)
because it determines how the computer interacts with its environment. For this reason …

The Nexos Project is a joint effort at Marquette University (MU) and University of Buffalo (UB)
to build curriculum materials and a supporting experimental laboratory for hands-on projects …

As embedded systems permeate an ever-widening circle of safety-and mission-critical
applications, robust testing of embedded software remains of paramount importance. Yet …

RISC-V is an open computer architecture that has gained increasing popularity in recent
years. Companies such as Google, Nvidia, and Huawei have all announced or developed …

Teaching embedded system in universities and colleges that have limited resources faces
difficulties due to the lack of dedicated embedded system labs and specialized embedded …

We describe the renovation of our compilers curriculum to meld together an established
object-oriented textbook compiler with an inexpensive embedded target platform. The result …

We present extensions to the Embedded Xinu educational operating system that, when
coupled with a target device like the Cisco-Linksys WRT54GL, provide for an extremely …

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 …

The material covered in a typical Computer Engineering class tends to be heavily focused
on a single subject area. Students often struggle to see how different subjects are …