UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO PROFILE
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Background
Embedded software is a critical component of daily applications that make modern life faster (e.g., cell phones), more fun (e.g., consumer electronics), more pleasant (e.g., advanced automotive applications), more acceptable (e.g., implanted insulin infusion pumps), and that simply make it possible in the first place (e.g., implanted pacemakers and defibrillators).
The Real-time Embedded Software Lab (RESL) at the University of Waterloo is unique in Canada and provides infrastructure for systems research on software technology, software development, and analysis methods for next-generation distributed real-time embedded platforms and applications. It furthermore acts as a technology exchange where researchers exploring next-generation hardware architectures can share their prototypes with software and systems researchers. This creates a research environment for close integration of hardware and software research that is necessary for solving problems for the typical embedded application which has intensive hardware and software integration.
The laboratory provides associated researchers with on-site and remote access to commercial, experimental, and demonstration equipment such as microprocessor boards, FPGA platforms, experimental soft cores, network-on-chip designs, software tools, and special software and measurement systems for time-critical real-time applications such as worst-case execution time analysis tools, real-time operating systems, real-time communication stacks, scheduling/analysis/verification software, and timing-tracing and test hardware. The laboratory also hosts several case studies which can be adapted to individual needs for experiments, measurements, and concept evaluations. With the addition of an advanced drive assistance system, hardware in-the-loop (ADAS HIL) vehicle simulation testbed to the lab, we can collect and analyze data from ADAS vehicle systems in a simulated controlled environment that is as close to real world driving conditions as possible.
The budget for the project is capped at $165,000 CAD, plus HST.
This Request for Proposal is issued in concert with funding in part from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), and should follow all CFI Guidelines and Policies – please refer to pages 3 and 4 in the RFP document.
Questions regarding this Request for Proposal may be submitted in writing (via email) to the RFP Contact Person as follows:
Christine Wagner, CPPB, CSCP, Senior Buyer - Procurement and Contract Services
200 University Avenue West
University of Waterloo, East Campus 2
Waterloo ON N2L 5Z5
Email: cpwagner@uwaterloo.ca or, procure@uwaterloo.ca
