Conference Program
RTNS 2026 · 4–6 November 2026 · Toulouse, France
Wednesday, 4 Nov · Thursday, 5 Nov · Friday, 6 Nov
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
| Time | Program | Speakers / notes |
|---|---|---|
| 08:15–09:00 | Registration & Welcome Desk | |
| 09:00–09:30 | Opening Session | |
| 09:30–10:30 | Keynote - Sergei Chichin (Airbus) | From Training to Flight: The Industrial Realities of Embedded AI in Avionics |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00–12:15 | Session 1 - AI Acceleration and Timing Prediction | |
| 11:00–11:25 | Hard and Soft Real-Time DNN Inference Scheduling on Heterogeneous Multi-Accelerator Systems via Reinforcement Learning | F. Blanco, E. Russo, G. Ascia, D. Patti, M. Palesi |
| 11:25–11:50 | Using CUDA Green Contexts for Dynamic GPU Partitioning | H. ZAHAF, P. Hladik, A. QUEUDET, A. Benhariga |
| 11:50–12:15 | From Robustness to Worst-Case Timing Analysis: Reusing Neural Network Abstract Interpretation with DeepWCET | T. Häberlein, D. Penk, D. Riedelbauch, I. Stilkerich, P. Wägemann |
| 12:20–14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00–14:50 | Session 2 - Real-Time Software: Design, Analysis, and Deployment – Part 1 | |
| 14:00–14:25 | A Bi-Class Task Model and Reservation Sizing Method for Containerized Linux-based Space Applications | M. Kooshmanian, J. Ermont, S. Corbin, L. Miné, F. Boniol |
| 14:25–14:50 | Performance-Aware Deployment of Real-Time Containers in Distributed Embedded Systems | M. Waqas, P. Strandberg, J. Åkesson, S. Mubeen, M. Ashjaei |
| 14:50–15:10 | JRWRTC - Junior Researcher Workshop: Short Presentations | TBA |
| 15:10–15:45 | Coffee Break & JRWRTC Poster Session | |
| 15:45–17:00 | Session 2 - Real-Time Software: Design, Analysis, and Deployment – Part 2 | |
| 15:45–16:10 | A Formal Specification Framework for System Software | D. Nagarajan, M. Baunach, T. Scheipel |
| 16:10–16:35 | Rust for Real: A Performance and WCET Comparison of Rust and C for Real-Time Systems | J. Kühbacher, D. Heim, S. Altmeyer |
| 16:35–17:00 | Reflex: Argument-Aware Bytecode Fingerprints for Cold-Start Execution-Time Prediction in Soft Real-Time Edge Offloading | K. Müller, N. Franchi |
| 18:30 | Welcome Cocktail Reception - Capitole |
Thursday, 5 November 2026
| Time | Program | Speakers / notes |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00–10:00 | Keynote - Alessandro Papadopoulos (DTU / Mälardalen University) | Predictability in the Edge-to-Cloud Continuum: When Time Matters |
| 10:00–10:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30–12:10 | Session 3 - Scheduling and Resource Management | |
| 10:30–10:55 | Response Times Analysis in a Two-Level Hierarchical System with Static Multi-Access | L. Descharmes, H. Bauer, F. Ridouard, A. Choquet-Geniet |
| 10:55–11:20 | ReBoT-MiCS: Reliability-Aware Bounding Time for Enhancing Timing Behavior of Embedded Mixed-Criticality Systems | M. Abbasinia, B. Ranjbar, A. Kumar |
| 11:20–11:45 | Single-Resource Critical-Section Granularity in a Mixed-Criticality System with the PCP-A | F. Suarez, D. Stephens, S. Galvan, C. Nemitz |
| 11:45–12:10 | Awkernel: RTOS Bridging DAG Scheduling Theory and Component-Oriented Real-Time Systems Practice | A. Yano, R. Nishimura, Y. Kobayashi, Y. Takano, T. Ishikawa-Aso, T. Azumi |
| 12:10–13:45 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:45–15:25 | Session 4 - Timing Analysis, Verification, and Architectures | |
| 13:45–14:10 | Formal Modeling of Multi-Core Systems to Investigate Causality in Timing Anomalies | M. Essabyr, F. Brandner, M. Asavoae, S. Faucou, J. Béchennec |
| 14:10–14:35 | SchedFuzz: Theory-Based Semantic Oracles for Fuzzing Real-Time Schedulers | W. Qiu, T. He, B. Ward |
| 14:35–15:00 | From Threads to Fresh Frames: Cross-Layer Modeling and Scheduling of RealSense on Linux | Y. Shen, C. Scholz, B. Vanderborght, W. Joosen, A. Paolillo |
| 15:00–15:25 | On the difficulty of reducing worst-case latency through header-only deflection in routerless on-chip networks | L. Soares Indrusiak |
| 15:25–15:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:45–17:25 | Session 5 - Network Calculus and Distributed Timing | |
| 15:45–16:10 | Maxwait: A Generalized Mechanism for Distributed Time-Sensitive Systems | F. Paladino, S. Li, E. Lee |
| 16:10–16:35 | Algebraic simulation with Network Calculus using the notion of capacity function | D. Guidolin-Pina, M. Boyer, T. Moreau |
| 16:35–17:00 | Forward end-to-end delay Analysis and Network Calculus: a formal equivalence under FIFO and FP/FIFO scheduling | D. Guidolin-Pina, F. Ridouard, H. Bauer, A. Soni |
| 17:00–17:25 | On the Safety of Network Calculus Models for Bounding Latency in Priority-preemptive Wormhole Networks | Y. Zhu, L. Indrusiak, R. Zippo, G. Stea, M. Andreozzi |
| 18:15 | Tour - Muséum de Toulouse | Museum is approximately 20 minutes from the conference venue |
| Afterwards | RTNS Gala Dinner - Muséum de Toulouse |
Friday, 6 November 2026
| Time | Program | Speakers / notes |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00–11:00 | Keynote - Ahlem Mifdaoui (University of Toulouse / ISAE-SUPAERO) | A Journey Towards Predictable Networked Systems: From Isolated Determinism to End-to-End Convergence |
| 11:00–11:20 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:20–13:00 | Session 6 - Time-Sensitive and Networked Systems | |
| 11:20–11:45 | HELEN: A new EDF-based Heuristic Scheduler for Extra-Large TTEthernet Networks | A. Finzi |
| 11:45–12:10 | On Security-Performance Trade-offs of MACsec in TSN-based Networks | M. GUETTATFI, A. Mifdaoui, M. Dehez-Clementi, T. Leydier |
| 12:10–12:35 | MAPS: Mobility-Aware Pre-Subscription for Content-Centric Data Delivery for 5G Teleoperated Driving | K. Yu, L. Cerny, H. Lin, C. Shih |
| 12:35–13:00 | Beamforming in Multi-User Wireless Systems with Data Rate Guarantees | M. Lenka, C. Gao, A. Easwaran |
| 13:00–14:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:30–15:20 | Session 7 - Wireless and Mobility-Aware Real-Time Systems | |
| 14:30–14:55 | Worst-case travel time analysis for urban air mobility: a lease-based approach | D. Aláez, W. Wu, L. Indrusiak |
| 14:55–15:20 | Energy-Efficient Scheduling of Time-Sensitive Packets in Long-Range Wireless Networks with Passive Gateways | M. Boing, L. Indrusiak |
| 15:20–15:35 | Awards & Closing Session | |
| 15:35–15:55 | Farewell Coffee Break | |
| 16:30 | Optional Farewell Tour - Halle aux Machines | For attendees staying in Toulouse for the weekend |
Program times are local to Toulouse (CET). Workshop presentation details will be announced separately.