Topics

Distributed Applications Based on Synchronized Clocks

  • Software, hardware, and system architecture 
  • Time-based programming models
  • Design environments and tools
  • Distributed algorithms using or based on synchronized clocks 
  • Robustness of distributed time-based systems 
  • Fault tolerance in distributed time-based systems 
  • Security in distributed time-based systems
  • Application requirements studies 
  • Case studies and field experience
  • Analytic, modelling, and simulation studies 
  • Time-based cyber-physical systems 
  • Time synchronization for robotics and control 
  • Time synchronization for cloud computing infrastructure 
  • IaaS Data Plane & PaaS Control/Management Plane

Clock Synchronization Technology

  • Design, usage and research concerning IEEE 1588 (PTP)
  • Systems with heterogeneous synchronization technologies
  • Synchronization performance test and evaluation tools 
  • Analytic, modelling, and simulation studies 
  • Clock system management 
  • Timing security and robustness 
  • Synchronization over gigabit fiber and wireless networks 
  • Local and wide-area synchronization
  • Servo design for slave clocks 
  • Device design and application support 
  • Conformance testing and system integration issues 
  • Time and frequency distribution 
  • Smart grids, high-frequency trading, and other applications of PTP 
  • Work-In-Progress reports