• Windows Embedded Academic Program (no cost)
• Windows Embedded Technologies Overview (from Faculty Summit 2004, includes Windows CE & XP Embedded)
• Embedded Systems Request For Proposals (RFP) 2003-2004 (77 projects, 26 countries)
• Hardware Empowerment Program (discounted embedded systems hardware for academics)
• MSDNAA (MSDN Academic Alliance - the best way for academics to get our software and more - list here)
• MSDNAA Curriculum Repository (e.g., search on keyword "embedded", "robot", etc.)
• Academic Resource Kit for .NET (includes embedded, but goes way beyond)
   
• Real-Time issues:
  - Real-Time & Windows Embedded - CE (hard real-time RTOS) & XP Embedded (RTOS extensions available)
  - Real-Time & Windows Embedded - in 3 slides
  
  Real-Time extensions for Windows XP/Windows XP Embedded (CE is already an RTOS):
  - http://www.kuka-controls.com/university/index.html - KUKA's CeWin, adds real-time to XP Embedded
  - http://www.tenasys.com/050201.html - new special Licensing for Educational Institutions from TenAsys!
  - http://www.ardence.com - another real-time extensions manufacturer, Ardence
   
• For students:
  - Windows Embedded Student ChallengE (aka WESC student competition)
  - 2006, 2005, 275 teams! (2005), eBox II, Wiki
  - Imagine Cup (More general student competition with embedded system aspects)
  - The Spoke (Student developer community)
  - MSDN Student Flash (Student developer newsletter - and blog)
  - Student Ambassadors (an MVP program for university students)
  - Student home page at Microsoft.com (includes Microsoft Student 2006, for middle & high school students)
  - Coding4Fun (Students, hobbyists, enthusiasts - hey, everybody!)
   
• Latest news:
  - Windows Embedded DEVWIRE Newsletter (available in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean)
  - All latest publications on MSDN:
   
• More general links on Windows CE, XP Embedded, and .NET appear in  Other Relevant Links  below...

• http://www.roboteducation.org - The Institute for Personal Robots in Education, launched July 12, 2006
  - Hosted at Georgia Tech with Bryn Mawr College
  - Q&A for IPRE (Intro & Overview)   Blog (at roboteducation.org)
   
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/robotics - Microsoft Robotics Studio software, launched June 20, 2006
  - Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS) is releasing a series of CTPs (Community Technology Previews)
  - Blog   Wiki   Newsgroup (support/discussion)  Tutorials   Reference   Channel9 Video1 (Intro & Overview)  
  - Channel9 Video2 (Concurrency Runtime)   MSDN Magazine Article (Concurrency Runtime)
   
• http://www.robotics4.net/ - .NET technologies for Robotics
• http://www.dcl.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/research/lego.NET/ - .NET for Lego Mindstorms
• http://www.robotics4.net/Software/ER1Lib.aspx - .NET for Evolution Robotics ER1
• http://www.cs.ru.ac.za/research/sharpercv/ - .NET for Intel OpenCV library
• http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~hamblen/489X/s04proj/ - some great Windows Embedded student projects
• http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~cs340/ - neat software engineering course using ER1 and .NET
• http://dgc.cornell.edu/CUDGCTechReport.pdf - Cornell's DARPA Grand Challenge robot uses Windows Server 2003
   
• Some example robotics projects reported on our own site:
  Cornell - Nonaped   Cornell - Robocup [blog]  Cornell - CUUAV   UPenn - ROCI
   
• More example robotics projects HERE - includes links to our university partner project sites.
   
• Other projects of interest that we've come across:
  - .NET wrapper for Acroname's Brainstem, leveraging C# and .NET 2.0 in Visual Studio .NET 2005
  - Philip K. Dick Android Project, programmed using C# and .NET
  - Jay Beaver's "Cylon" project, using Windows XP Embedded and .NET (and a Brainstem)
  - The Finalizer, the .NET Compact Framework Battlebot! - see also the Case Study
  - WiMo, the Windows Mobile Smartphone robot! - now running on Lego NXT and the MSRS!
   
• Some interesting commercial robots that use Microsoft software:
  - ZMP Nuvo (Windows CE)
  - Fujitsu MARON-1 (Windows CE)
  - ActivMedia range (various models have full PC option that can run Windows XP)
  - Evolution Robotics ER1 (laptop sits on top, software runs on Windows XP)
  - Coroware's Corobot (Windows XP Embedded - for Vassar College, News Item and Case Study)
  - RoboDynamics MILO (full onboard PC that can run Windows - under development)
  - White Box Robotics (full onboard PC that can run Windows - under development)
  - Acroname PPRK (can use a PocketPC as its main controller)
  - Sony Aibo (as well as its consumer applications on Windows, see the Aibo Remote Framework in the SDE)
  - KUKA Controls (industrial robot controller that can run Windows XP and/or Windows CE)
  - ABB Robot Controller (see also Tulimieri using .NET Compact Framework for ABB robot control)
  - Article on .NET used in the DARPA Grand Challenge (2004 competition, Team Spirit of Las Vegas)
   
• Congratulations to the winners of RoboCup World Championship 2005, FUB, and runners up, Cornell!
• Congratulations to Sebastian Thrun & the Stanford Racing Team on winning the DARPA Grand Challenge 2005!

• http://research.microsoft.com/nec (Network Embedded Computing Group)
• MSR Sense - The MSR Networked Embedded Sensing Toolkit (released January 2006)
• Sensor Networks research projects that we have provided support for
• MSR Sensor Networks Workshop 2005 - presentations are now online
   
• Sensor Networks Get A Kick-Start - MSR website article about the 2005 workshop

• http://research.microsoft.com/mesh/ (self-organizing neighborhood wireless mesh networks)
• Mesh Networking Academic Resource Toolkit - more details here
• Rick Rashid's announcement of the Mesh Networking Academic Resource Toolkit at MobiSys 2005
• MSR Mesh Networking Summit 2004
   
• Digital Inclusion RFP - MSR research funding opportunity open until 13 January 2006 (includes Mesh).

• Donald Thompson - Implementing The CLR for Smart Personal Objects (SPOT/TinyCLR technology)
• Feng Zhao - Wireless Sensor Networks- Seamless computing across the physical and PC worlds
• Johannes Helander - XML Web Services for Invisible Computing (see also MMlite as used by TAMU)
   
• Suggested downloads at Microsoft Research:
  - Microsoft Giano - dual-headed hardware simulator, including both CPU and HDL simulators
  - Invisible Computing - XML web services for very constrained devices
  - Networking Research Group - includes a number of networking technologies (Mesh, Virtual WiFi, IPv6, etc.)
   
• Technical Reports & Publications at Microsoft Research:
  - Semantic Streams (MSR-TR-2005-45, April 2005)
  - Semantics-Based Optimization Across Uncoordinated Tasks (MSR-TR-2005-46, April 2005)
  - Towards Service-Oriented Networked Embedded Computing (MSR-TR-2005-28, February 2005)
  - Secure Invisible Computing (MSR-TR-2003-65, October 2003)
  - MMLite: A Highly Componentized System Architecture (MSR-TR-98-53, September 1998)
   
• Key research groups involving embedded systems at Microsoft Research (MSR):
  - http://research.microsoft.com/nec/ (network embedded computing, sensor networks)
  - http://research.microsoft.com/invisible/ (embedded web services)
  - http://research.microsoft.com/netres (networking)
  - http://research.microsoft.com/hardware/
  - http://research.microsoft.com/vision/
  - http://research.microsoft.com/srg/ (speech)
  - http://research.microsoft.com/signal/ (signal processing)
  - http://research.microsoft.com/mlp/ (machine learning & perception)
  - http://research.microsoft.com/adapt/ (adaptive systems & interaction)
  
  - Singularity (MSR operating system for research on dependable systems; see the Technical Report)

 Robotics

• Microsoft Embedded Technologies and Robotics - Emerging Robotics Technologies & Applications (March 2004)
• Applying 32-bit Operating Systems in Educational Robotics - RoboNexus (October 2004) & UW (December 2004)
• Applying 32-bit Operating Systems in Educational Robotics (updated) - UPenn (May 2005) & PDX (May 2005)
• Robots in Academia (presented by John Nordlinger) - RoboBusiness (May 2005)
• Robots in Academia (extended) - RSS's Education Workshop (June 2005)
• Applying PC Technologies in Educational Robotics - ASEE (June 2005)
• Robotics for Instruction - MSR Faculty Summit & ICAR (July 2005)
• Robotics-Enhanced Computer Science Instruction - RoboNexus (October 2005)
• Using PC technologies in Robots for Teaching Computer Science - Maker Faire (April 2006)
• Maker Faire slideshow - Seattle Robotics Society (May 2006)

 Sensor Networks

• Wireless Sensor Networks: Bridging the physical & enterprise computing worlds with IP - WSS (September 2005)
• MSR Sense: The MSR Networked Embedded Sensing Toolkit - BSAC workshop (March 2006)

 Embedded Systems

• An Overview of Embedded Systems at Microsoft - Vanderbilt University (ISIS) & NCSU (CESR) (November 2004)
• An Embedded & Real-Time Perspective at Microsoft - ISORC (May 2005)
• An Introduction to Windows CE 5.0 - Tongji University/MSR Asia (June 2005)
• Embedded Systems - A Perspective From Microsoft (web) - ASU (EmbSys Consortium)/UIUC (November 2005)
• Windows Embedded Academic Program - ACM SIGCSE flyer (March 2006)
• WEMAP - Restrospective & Directions (with Lindsay Kane) [paper] - WESE (October 2006)
  
  Topical and other articles cited in recent talks:
  - Will the Real Embedded Leader Please Stand Up? (EDN Magazine)
  - Markets Collide in Embedded OS World (ElectronicNews)
  - VDC: Microsoft emerges as #1 embedded software vendor (WindowsForDevices)
  - Microsoft Now Leads in PDA, Embedded OS (InternetNews)
  - RTOS Evaluation Project: Windows CE 5.0 (Dedicated Systems)

 Visual Studio (Application Development - 2005 version supports embedded managed/unmanaged code)

• Visual Studio 2005 (Launched 11/7/05 - Trial editions; Express Editions are FREE!)
• Samples, More Samples, Starter Kits, Training, Documentation, Community, MSDN
• Application Development for Windows Mobile 5.0-based Pocket PC and Smartphone
• Application Development for Windows Mobile previous versions
• Java to C# conversion tool, Other .NET resources for Java developers
• Key Visual Studio languages: C#  C++  VB - over 40 others listed here!

 Windows Embedded (CE and XP Embedded - OS development)

• Windows Embedded Home - download or mail for a 120-day full product evaluation kit here.
• Real-Time & Windows Embedded - see academic section above too
   
• Documentation: CE  XP Embedded
• Downloads: CE  XP Embedded
   
• Source Code: Windows CE for teaching and research (please specify CE 5.0)
• Source Code: Windows XP Embedded for research (please specify XP Embedded SP2)
   
• Windows Embedded Community:   newsgroups, chats, webcasts, events, MVPs, user groups, tips, newsletter
• Windows Embedded non-English sites:   China   France   Germany   Korea   Japan   Taiwan   Russia
   
• Mike Hall's Blog (embedded systems blogger - see also his feed and his podcast )
• Windows CE Base Team Blog (kernel)   Windows Mobile/Embedded Community Blog
   
• Recent Academic Training for Windows CE 5 and Windows XP Embedded SP1a - see also this.
• Windows CE eHow-tos and Tutorials (great resource for all levels).
• Excellent summary of XP Embedded resources for developers getting started.
   
• WindowsForDevices.com (great independent news site)

 Windows Mobile (Compact Framework/Smart Clients, Pocket PC/Smartphone - Application Development)

• Windows Mobile & Embedded Application Developer Home
• Windows Mobile & Embedded Developer Resource Kits
• Smart Clients Home   Smart Clients Definition
• Compact Framework (.NET Framework for Windows CE - Note: full .NET Framework runs on XP Embedded)
• Compact Framework FAQs: General  1.0  2.0
   
• Windows Mobile Team Blog   Compact Framework Team Blog   XP Embedded Team Blog

 Robotics

• .NET used in DARPA Grand Challenge (MSDN Magazine)
• .NET used on ABB's industrial robots (Case Study) - see also KUKA's robot controllers running Windows
• Community sites: Robots.net   Android World   Mobile Robotics
• Robotics organizations: RAS   EURON   JARA   RSJ   IFR   NASA REP
• Robot Competition FAQ

 SPOT

• http://www.dotnetcpu.com/ - The TinyCLR development kit (currently unavailable, sorry)
• Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT) (technical overview at .NET Developer's Journal)
• See also Donald Thompson's talk above in Interesting Research

 Other Technologies

• Visual Studio 2005 and Microsoft approach to Model-Driven Development - see our views on UML
• Software Factories - see also Visual Studio and Software Factories
   
• Microsoft HPC portal (High Performance Computing)
• Microsoft IPv6 portal (also our paper on Mobile IPv6 and involvement in http://ipv6.internet2.edu/ & Moonv6)
   
• Javed Sikander Blog (Microsoft RFID blogger)
• RFID Whitepaper (RFID Enabled Retail Supply Chain using .NET, includes toolkit software with source)

 Windows & Microsoft Events

• MEDC - Las Vegas NV (8-11 May 2006) - see also the various international versions
  
  
   
• WinHEC (with Driver DevCon) - Seattle WA (23-25 May 2006) - 2005 papers & slides here
   
• Pre-2006 events:
  - Science & Engineering at Microsoft (May 2005) - special series of webcasts through May
  - TechEd 2005 - Orlando, FL (5-10 June 2005) - you can order a DVD of the event
  - Faculty Summit - Seattle WA (18-19 July 2005) - our annual showcase event for research professors
  - PDC 2005 Los Angeles (13-16 September 2005) - content downloadable/streamable for 6 months - 27GB!
  - Visual Studio 2005 Launch Tour - FREE events for developers through November-December 2005

 Robotics Events

• ICRA 2005 - Barcelona (18-22 April 2005)
• RSS 2005 - Cambridge MA (7-11 June 2005)
• ICAR 2005 - Seattle WA (17-20 July 2005)
• IROS 2005 - Edmonton (2-6 August 2005)
• RoboNexus 2005 - San Jose (6-9 October 2005)
• ISRR 2005 - San Francisco (12-15 October 2005)
• ICRA 2006 - Orlando FL (15-19 May 2006)
• RSS 2006 - Philadelphia, PA (16-19 August 2006)

 Sensor Networks Events

• IPSN 2005 - Los Angeles CA (25-27 April 2005)
• DCOSS 2005 - Marina del Rey CA (30 June-1 July 2005)
• WSS 2005 - Chicago IL (27-28 September 2005)
• ACM SenSys 2005 - San Diego CA (2-4 November 2005)

 Other Embedded Systems Events

• ISORC - Seattle WA (18-20 May 2005)
• ACM MobiSys 2005 - Seattle WA (6-8 June 2005)
• EMSOFT - Jersey City NJ (18-22 September 2005)
   
• Maker Faire 2005 - San Mateo (22-23 April 2006)
   
• IEEE RAS Calendar of Events   ACM SIGBED Events   ACM SIGMOBILE Events  
• ESC   RTECC   Windows for Devices Events   Windows Embedded Events   Microsoft Events & Webcasts

 Embedded

• http://pinvoke.net/ (for calling unmanaged code from managed)
• http://www.opennetcf.org/ (for Compact Framework)
• http://www.codeproject.com/ (excellent free C++/C# code, .NET articles, etc.)
• Windows CE on a USB key (work in progress, but cool)
• Multi-Device Development Is Here (nice MSDN Webcast on how to use .NET across multiple platforms)
• What's new in Compact Framework 2.0 Beta (Whidbey release of Visual Studio includes embedded development)
• A long list of Compact Framework applications (at the Compact Framework Blog)

 Not Particularly Embedded

• NASA World Wind (zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth using .NET & DirectX - soon PocketPC!)
• 3D Journal (incredible 2D sketches automatically recognized as 3D models using Tablet PC)
• MathPad² (prototype Tablet PC application for mathematical problem solving)
• DateLens (zoomable UI for Outlook calendar on PDA & desktop)
• Piccolo .NET (graphical zoomable UI toolkit for PDA & desktop)
• Pebbles (Assistive, Classroom, Group and Control software for using PDAs to interact with PCs)
• Voice Command (speech interface for PocketPC that really works, and with no training)
• FlexWiki (Wiki system written using .NET)
• F# (Functional Programming ML-style on .NET, from MSR)
• ConferenceXP (high performance conferencing for academic scenarios, from MSR)
• TerraServer (one of the world's largest online databases, maps and aerial photographs of the US)
• SkyServer (Sloan Digital Sky Server, mapping the universe)
• WWMX ("What can you do with a gazillion photos on a single database indexed by their location?")
• MSN Virtual Earth (building on MS's TerraServer and MapPoint experience; see also how to use the API)
• Windows Live (see also the sandbox at http://start.com)
• Microsoft Codename Max ("your opportunity to try an exciting new user experience from Microsoft")
• Monad (the next generation Windows shell - see also the Microsoft TechNet Script Center)

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