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Silviu S. Craciunas

  Since 2011, I have been working at TTTech Computertechnik AG, Vienna, Austria, primarily doing research in the field of deterministic networks and real-time systems. I will try to keep the website up to date; nevertheless, some of the information may be outdated.

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Research interests
  • Time-sensitive networks, Deterministic (Time-triggered) Ethernet
  • Operating systems, Dynamic scheduling algorithms, Power-aware scheduling
  • Real-time and safety-critical embedded systems, Cyber-physical systems
  • Cloud computing, Internet of Things, Autonomous systems and vehicles
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Reviewed publications
. A. Finzi, S.S. Craciunas, and M. Boyer - Integrating Sporadic Events in Time-triggered Systems via Affine Envelope Approximations
In Proc. 30th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), pp. 13-24, IEEE, 2024.   .:  outstanding paper award :.   pdf |  bibtex
. S. Walser, J. Ruh, and S.S. Craciunas - Real-time Container Orchestration Based on Time-utility Functions
In Proc. 20th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS), IEEE, 2024. pdf |  bibtex
. V. Struhár, S.S. Craciunas, M. Ashjaei, M. Behnam, and A. Papadopoulos - Hierarchical Resource Orchestration Framework for Real-Time Containers
In ACM Transactions on Embedded Computer Systems (TECS), Volume 23, Issue 1, Article No.: 4, pp 1–24, 2024. pdf |  link |  bibtex
. N. Reusch, M. Barzegaran, L. Zhao, S.S. Craciunas, and P. Pop - Configuration Optimization for Heterogeneous Time-Sensitive Networks
In Journal of Real-Time Systems, Volume 59, Issue 4, pp. 705–747, Springer, 2023. pdf |  link |  bibtex
. C. Meroni, S.S. Craciunas, A. Finzi, and P. Pop - Mapping and Integration of Event- and Time-triggered Real-time Tasks on Partitioned Multi-core Systems
In Proc. 28th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), IEEE, 2023. pdf |  slides |  bibtex
. P. Karachatzis, J. Ruh, and S.S. Craciunas - An Evaluation of Time-triggered Scheduling in the Linux Kernel
In Proc. 31st International Conference on Real-Time Networks and Systems (RTNS), ACM, 2023. pdf |  bibtex
. V. Struhár, M. Ashjaei, M. Behnam, A. Papadopoulos, and S.S. Craciunas - Resource Adaptation for Real-Time Containers Considering Quality of Control
In Proc. 28th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), IEEE, 2023. pdf |  bibtex
. M. Barzegaran, N. Reusch, L. Zhao, S.S. Craciunas, and P. Pop - Real-Time Traffic Guarantees in Heterogeneous Time-sensitive Networks
In Proc. 30th International Conference on Real-Time Networks and Systems (RTNS), ACM, 2022.  .:  outstanding paper award :.   pdf |  bibtex
. A. Berisa, L. Zhao, S.S. Craciunas, M. Ashjaei, S. Mubeen, M. Daneshtalab, and M. Sjödin - AVB-aware Routing and Scheduling for Critical Traffic in Time-sensitive Networks with Preemption
In Proc. 30th International Conference on Real-Time Networks and Systems (RTNS), ACM, 2022. pdf |  bibtex
. V. Struhár, S.S. Craciunas, M. Ashjaei, M. Behnam, and A. Papadopoulos - RT-SCALER: Adaptive Resource Allocation Framework for Real-Time Containers
Presented at the Real-time And intelliGent Edge computing workshop (RAGE), 2022. pdf |  bibtex
. N. Reusch, S.S. Craciunas, and P. Pop - Dependability-Aware Routing and Scheduling for Time-Sensitive Networking
In IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications, Volume 7, Issue 3, Wiley, 2022. pdf |  link |  bibtex
. S.D. McLean, E.A. Juul Hansen, P. Pop, and S.S. Craciunas - Configuring ADAS Platforms for Automotive Applications Using Metaheuristics
In Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Volume 8, 2022. pdf |  link |  bibtex
. V. Struhár, S.S. Craciunas, M. Ashjaei, M. Behnam, and A.V. Papadopoulos - REACT: Enabling Real-Time Container Orchestration
In Proc. 26th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), IEEE, 2021. pdf |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas and R. Serna Oliver - Out-of-sync Schedule Robustness for Time-sensitive Networks
In Proc. 17th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS), IEEE, 2021. pdf |  slides |  video |  bibtex
. S.D. McLean, S.S. Craciunas, E.A. Juul Hansen, and P. Pop - Mapping and Scheduling Automotive Applications on ADAS Platforms using Metaheuristics
In Proc. 25th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), IEEE, 2020.  .:  best paper award :.   pdf |  slides |  bibtex
. N. Reusch, P. Pop, and S.S. Craciunas - Work-In-Progress: Safe and Secure Configuration Synthesis for TSN using Constraint Programming
In Proc. 41st IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), Brief Presentations (BP) session, IEEE, 2020.  pdf |  poster |  bibtex
. N. Reusch, L. Zhao, S.S. Craciunas, and P. Pop - Window-Based Schedule Synthesis for Industrial IEEE 802.1Qbv TSN Networks
In Proc. 16th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS), IEEE, 2020. pdf |  link |  bibtex
. A. Finzi and S.S. Craciunas - Breaking vs. Solving: Analysis and Routing of Real-time Networks with Cyclic Dependencies using Network Calculus
In Proc. 27th International Conference on Real-Time Networks and Systems (RTNS), ACM, 2019. pdf |  bibtex
. V. Struhár, M. Ashjaei, M. Behnam, S.S. Craciunas, and A.V. Papadopoulos - DART: Dynamic Bandwidth Distribution Framework for Virtualized Software Defined Networks
In Proc. 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), IEEE, 2019. pdf |  bibtex
. A. Finzi and S.S. Craciunas - Integration of SMT-based Scheduling with RC Network Calculus Analysis in TTEthernet Networks
In Proc. 24th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), IEEE, 2019. pdf |  bibtex
. L. Zhao, P. Pop, and S.S. Craciunas - Worst-case Latency Analysis for IEEE 802.1Qbv Time Sensitive Networks using Network Calculus
In IEEE Access, Volume 6, pp. 41803-41815, 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2858767, IEEE, 2018. pdf |  link |  bibtex
. R. Serna Oliver, S.S. Craciunas, and W. Steiner - IEEE 802.1Qbv Gate Control List Synthesis using Array Theory Encoding
In Proc. 24th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), pp. 13-24, IEEE, 2018. pdf |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, R. Serna Oliver, and W. Steiner - Demo Abstract: Slate XNS – An Online Management Tool for Deterministic TSN Networks
In Proc. 24th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), Demo Session, pp. 103-104, IEEE, 2018. pdf |  bibtex
. W. Steiner, S.S. Craciunas, and R. Serna Oliver - Traffic Planning for Time-Sensitive Communication
In IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 42-47, IEEE, 2018. link |  bibtex
. P. Pop, M.L. Raagaard, S.S. Craciunas, and W. Steiner - Design Optimization of Cyber-Physical Distributed Systems using IEEE Time-sensitive Networks (TSN)
In IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications, Volume 1, Issue 1, pp. 86-94, IET, 2016. pdf |  link |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, R. Serna Oliver, M. Chmelik, and W. Steiner - Scheduling Real-Time Communication in IEEE 802.1Qbv Time Sensitive Networks
In Proc. 24th International Conference on Real-Time Networks and Systems (RTNS), pp. 183-192, ACM, 2016. pdf |  slides |  bibtex
. R. Serna Oliver and S.S. Craciunas - Hierarchical Scheduling over Off- and On-chip Deterministic Networks
In ACM SIGBED Review, Volume 13, Number 4, Special Issue on 14th International Workshop on Real-Time Networks (RTN), ACM, 2016. pdf |  link |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas and R. Serna Oliver - Combined Task- and Network-level Scheduling for Distributed Time-triggered Networked Systems
In Journal of Real-Time Systems, Volume 52, Issue 2, pp. 161-200, Springer, 2016. pdf |  link |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas and R. Serna Oliver - SMT-based Task- and Network-level Static Schedule Generation for Time-triggered Networked Systems
In Proc. 22nd International Conference on Real-Time Networks and Systems (RTNS), pp. 45-54, ACM, 2014  .:  best paper award :.   pdf |  slides |  bibtex
. R. Serna Oliver, S.S. Craciunas, and G. Stoeger - Analysis of Deterministic Ethernet Scheduling for the Industrial Internet of Things
In Proc. 19th International Workshop on Computer-Aided Modeling Analysis and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), IEEE, 2014. pdf |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, R. Serna Oliver, and V. Ecker - Optimal Static Scheduling of Real-time Tasks on Distributed Time-triggered Networked Systems
In Proc. 19th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), IEEE, 2014. pdf |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, C.M. Kirsch, H. Payer, H. Roeck, and A. Sokolova - Temporal Isolation in Real-Time Systems: The VBS Approach
In International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer (STTT), Volume 15, Issue 3, pp. 189-209, Springer, 2013. pdf |  link |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas and C.M. Kirsch - The Power of Isolation
In Proc. 10th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (CSE/EUC), pp. 375-382, IEEE, 2012. pdf |  slides |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, C.M. Kirsch, and A. Sokolova - Response Time versus Utilization in Scheduler Overhead Accounting
In Proc. 16th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), pp. 291-300, IEEE, 2010. pdf |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, A. Haas, C.M.Kirsch, H.Payer, H.Roeck, A.Rottmann, A.Sokolova, R.Trummer, J.Love, R.Sengupta - Information-Acquisition-as-a-Service for Cyber-Physical Cloud Computing
In Proc. Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing (HotCloud), USENIX, 2010. pdf |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, C.M. Kirsch, and A. Sokolova - Power-Aware Temporal Isolation with Variable-Bandwidth Servers
In Proc. International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT), pp. 259-268, ACM, 2010. pdf |  slides |  poster |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, C.M. Kirsch, A. Sokolova - A Workload-oriented Programming Model for Temporal Isolation with VBS
Presented at the Workshop on Reconciling Performance with Predictability (RePP), 6pp, 2009. pdf |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, C.M. Kirsch, H. Payer, H. Roeck, and A. Sokolova - Programmable Temporal Isolation through Variable-Bandwidth Servers
In Proc. IEEE Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems (SIES), pp. 171-180, IEEE, 2009. pdf |  slides |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, C.M. Kirsch, H. Payer, H. Roeck, and A. Sokolova - Everyone Virtualizes Everything But Time
Poster at 15th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2009. abstract |  poster
. S.S. Craciunas, C.M. Kirsch, H. Payer, H. Roeck, and A. Sokolova - Programmable Temporal Isolation in Real-Time and Embedded Execution Environments
In Proc. Workshop on Isolation and Integration in Embedded Systems (IIES), pp. 19-24, ACM, 2009. pdf |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, C.M. Kirsch, H. Payer, A. Sokolova, H. Stadler, and R. Staudinger - A Compacting Real-Time Memory Management System
In Proc. USENIX Annual Technical Conference, pp. 349-362, USENIX, 2008. pdf |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, C.M. Kirsch, and H. Roeck - I/O Resource Management through System Call Scheduling
In ACM Operating Systems Review (OSR), Special Issue on Research and Developments in the Linux Kernel, Volume 42, Number 5, pp. 44-54, July, ACM, 2008. pdf |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, C.M. Kirsch, H. Roeck, and R. Trummer - The JAviator: A High-Payload Quadrotor UAV with High-Level Programming Capabilities
In Proc. AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit (GNC), AIAA, 2008. pdf |  bibtex
Book chapters/sections
.Ahmadian, H. (Ed.), Obermaisser, R. (Ed.), Perez, J. (Ed.). - Distributed Real-Time Architecture for Mixed-Criticality Systems. ISBN 9781351117814, CRC Press, 2018.
Chapter 5, Section "Off-chip Network Scheduling", pp. 277 - 303. link |  bibtex
Patents
. R. Serna Oliver, P. Karachatzis, and S.S. Craciunas - Method to execute a mode-transition in a multi-mode computer system
Current status: US 2023089528 (A1) published 2023, EP 4148573 (A1) published 2023,   pdf (US) |  pdf (EP) |  link |  bibtex
. A. Finzi, S.S. Craciunas, and R. Serna Oliver - Method for Generating a Schedule for Mixed Critical Computer Networks
Current status: US 2021073689 (A1) granted 2022, EP 3790232 (A1) published 2021, CN 112468412 (A) granted 2024.   pdf (US) |  pdf (EP) |  pdf (CN) |  link |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas and R. Serna Oliver - Method and Device to Configure Real-Time Networks
Current status: US 10958563 (B2) granted 2021, EP 3468118 (A1) published 2019, CN 109617705 (A) published 2019.   pdf (US) |  pdf (EP) |  pdf (CN) |  link |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas and R. Serna Oliver - An Online Incremental Scheduling Method for Deterministic Networks
Current status: US 10205607 (B2) granted 2019, EP 3139547 (B1) granted 2018.   pdf (US) |  pdf (EP) |  link |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas and R. Serna Oliver - Method for Executing Tasks in a Computer Network
Current status: US 20160246646 (A1), abandoned 2017, EP 3055771 (A1) abandoned 2017.   pdf (US) |  pdf (WO) |  link |  bibtex
Technical reports and other articles (titles that coincide with publications are not listed)
. S.S. Craciunas and S. Poledna - Time-triggered Approach for Software-defined Vehicles, In ATZelectronics worldwide, Volume 19, Issue 3-4, April 5, 2024. link (en) |  link (de)
. S. Poledna and S.S. Craciunas - Taming the Increasing Complexity of the Software-Defined Vehicle, Tech Paper, EETimes Europe, December 6, 2023. link
. A. Finzi, S.S. Craciunas, and M. Boyer - A Real-time Calculus Approach for Integrating Sporadic Events in Time-triggered Systems, CoRR, arXiv:2204.10264, April 2022. pdf |  bibtex
. L. Zhao, A. Berisa, S.S. Craciunas, M. Ashjaei, S. Mubeen, M. Daneshtalab, and M. Sjödin - AVB-aware Routing and Scheduling for Critical Traffic in Time-sensitive Networks with Preemption - Supplementary Material, Technical Report, Zenodo, 10.5281/zenodo.6190143, February 2022. pdf |  bibtex
. M. Barzegaran, N. Reusch, L. Zhao, S. S. Craciunas, and P. Pop - Real-Time Guarantees for Critical Traffic in IEEE 802.1Qbv TSN Networks with Unscheduled and Unsynchronized End-Systems, Technical Report, CoRR, arXiv:2105.01641, May 2021. pdf |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, R. Serna Oliver, and W. Steiner - Formal Scheduling Constraints for Time-Sensitive Networks, Technical Report, CoRR, arXiv:1712.02246, December 2017. pdf |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas and R. Serna Oliver - An Overview of Scheduling Mechanisms for Time-sensitive Networks, Technical Report, Real-time summer school L’École d’Été Temps Réel (ETR), Paris, France, 2017. pdf |  slides |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, C.M. Kirsch, H. Payer, H. Roeck, and A. Sokolova - Concurrency and Scalability versus Fragmentation and Compaction with Compact-fit, University of Salzburg, Department of Computer Sciences, Technical Report 2009-02, CoRR, arXiv:1404.1830, 2014. pdf |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, C.M. Kirsch, and A. Sokolova - The Power of Isolation, Technical Report, 2011-02, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Salzburg, Austria, July 2011. pdf |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, C.M. Kirsch, H. Roeck, and A. Sokolova - Real-Time Scheduling for Workload-oriented Programming, Technical Report, 2008-02, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Salzburg, Austria, September 2008. pdf |  bibtex
. S.S. Craciunas, C.M. Kirsch, and H. Roeck - Shaping Process Semantics, Technical Report, 2007-01, Dep. of Computer Sciences, University of Salzburg, Austria, April 2007. pdf |  bibtex
EU Project Deliverables
.Distributed REal-time Architecture for Mixed Criticality Systems (DREAMS), EU FP7 ICT, ICT-2013.3.4, October 1, 2013 – September 30, 2017. link
The copyrights to some of the publications listed above have been transferred to the respective publishers. Therefore, duplication of the papers for commercial purposes is forbidden. The papers are made available here to allow the timely dissemination of academic work.
Community
2024Industrial session co-chair, 45th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS 2024)
2024Co-organizer, Workshop Time-Sensitive Networks from academia to industry: trends and challenges beyond the hype, Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2024)
2024Program committee member, 36th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2024)
2024Program committee member, 23rd International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Networking Conference (NETWORKING 2024)
2024Program committee member, 30th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Application (RTCSA 2024)
2024Program committee member, 30th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS 2024)
2024Industry co-chair, International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2024)
2023Program committee member, 35th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2023)
2023Program committee member, 12th International Real-Time Scheduling Open Problems Seminar (RTSOPS 2023)
2023Program committee member, 29th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS 2023)
2023Program committee member, Brief Presentation (BP) session, 29th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS 2023)
2023Program committee member, Advances in Security and Safety of Industrial Networked Infrastructures, International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2023)
2022Judge, ACM SIGBED student research competition (ESWEEK SRC 2022)
2022Program committee member, 28th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS 2022)
2022Program committee member, Brief Presentation (BP) session, 28th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS 2022)
2021Co-organizer, Special Session Fog Computing and IoT, International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2021)
2021Program committee member, International Workshop on Time-Sensitive and Deterministic Networking (TENSOR 2021)
2020Program committee member, Workshop on Fog Computing and the Internet of Things. (Fog-IoT 2020)
2019Lecturer, IoT Hub Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP), talk: Optimization challenge – The TSN scheduling problem
2019Program committee member, 2nd Workshop on Benchmarking Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things (CPS-IoTBench 2019)
2019Program committee member, Workshop on Fog Computing and the Internet of Things. (Fog-IoT 2019)
2018Program committee member, 16th ACM-IEEE International Conference on Formal Methods and Models for System Design (MEMOCODE 2018)
2018Program committee member, 9th International Workshop on Analysis Tools and Methodologies for Embedded and Real-time Systems (WATERS 2018)
2018Program committee member, 9th International Real-Time Scheduling Open Problems Seminar (RTSOPS 2018)
2018Program committee member, Brief Presentation (BP) session, 24th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS 2018)
2017Speaker, real-time summer school L’École d’Été Temps Réel 2017 (ETR 2017)
2017Program committee member, 15th ACM-IEEE International Conference on Formal Methods and Models for System Design (MEMOCODE 2017)
2017Program committee member, Work-in-Progress (WiP) session, 23th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS 2017)
2011Web co-chair for the European Conference on Computer Systems (Eurosys 2011)
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