03. July 2012

Lecture "App-Development for Android System"

Android from Google is currently the most increasing free software platform for smart phones and tablets. A simple programming of applications is made possible by the java based technique Dalvik. Nevertheless the most systems based on android are embedded systems.

These systems have a much more restricted availability of resources than other modern desktop systems. The storage area, for example, is much more limited.  In order to gain the longest battery life possible, the lacking of constant power supply demands an efficient usage of the CPU.

Together with the Society for Informatics (GI) of the regional group OWL and the German Chapter of the ACM, Dr. Simon Oberthür from the Research Group for Design for Distributed Embedded Systems had invited to the Heinz Nixdorf Institute for a lecture, in which the differences in the programming of android based systems in contrast to desktop systems have been explained. With more than 90 visitors the lecture has met particular interest in the local economy. In order to be qualified for applications with firm real-time requirements,  the Heinz Nixdorf Institute is currently researching in how far it is required to adapt to android based systems.