Real-time computing

Study of hardware and software systems that have a 'real-time constraint'""

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March 11 2024
GTFS Realtime
The Stop and Trip Modifications proposal was merged and released by GTFS maintainers.
2023
Earliest eligible virtual deadline first scheduling
Peter Zijlstra proposed replacing the Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS) in the Linux kernel with an Earliest Eligible Virtual Deadline First (EEVDF) process scheduler, aiming to remove the need for CFS 'latency nice' patches.
October 2023
AQuoSA
With the release of Linux Kernel 6.6, EDF (now known as EEVDF) was incorporated into the mainline Kernel as a replacement for the long-standing CFS scheduler.
September 2023
GTFS Realtime
Swiftly and Transit app proposed two additional feed entity types: Stop and Trip Modifications, enabling agencies to broadcast route detour paths and temporary stops.
2022
GTFS Realtime
CalTrans' Integrated Travel Project began validating GTFS Schedule and Realtime feeds for California's municipal and county public transport agencies, publishing monthly error reports.
2022 Awarded the CONCUR Test of Time award.
2021 Received Villum Investigator grant of 30 million Danish Kroner from Villum Foundation.
August 30 2021
GTFS Realtime
An experimental 'Shapes' feed entity type was released, allowing real-time route shape updates to reflect detours.
2018 Appointed as a Foreign Expert and Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University in China.
2016 Served as an international chair at the National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (INRIA), a position he held until 2020.
2015 Became director of the Center for Data-Intensive Cyber-Physical Systems (DiCyPS), funded by an unspecified source, a role he maintained until 2021.
2015 Started heading the Learning, Analysis, Synthesis, and Optimization of Cyber-Physical Systems (LASSO) project, funded by an ERC Advanced Grant, which he led until 2020.
August 15 2015
GTFS Realtime
The proposal to combine feed entity types was merged, enabling more flexible data representation.
July 28 2015
GTFS Realtime
A proposal was created to allow combining multiple feed entity types into a single feed.
2013 Received the CAV Award, recognizing significant contributions to computer science.
2012
AQuoSA
SCHED_DEADLINE evolved into PREEMPT RT.
July 2012
GTFS Realtime
Google Maps began displaying alerts from GTFS-rt, enhancing real-time transit information for users.
2011 Became the Danish co-lead of the Danish-Chinese Center for IDEA4CPS: Foundations for Cyber-Physical Systems, a position he held until 2017.
August 22 2011
GTFS Realtime
Google released the first version of GTFS-rt, which was shown to Google Maps users, introducing real-time public transport data visualization.

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