KEYNOTE: Tulika Mitra
National University of Singapore
Embedded Exponentials: Milestones, Momentum, and the Frontier
Abstract: Embedded computing systems form the invisible fabric of our modern world, driving advancements from safety-critical autonomous vehicles to everyday consumer electronics. As we commemorate the 20th anniversary of ESWEEK, this keynote will explore the exponential growth of embedded systems research, celebrating significant milestones that have shaped our field, examining the momentum behind current innovations, and envisioning the frontiers that will define our next challenges.
We will trace key milestones, highlighting how breakthroughs from model-based hardware-software co-design and real-time systems to architectural design and security have enabled the seamless integration of physical and cyber domains, underpinning a world with over 17 billion IoT devices. Today, the embedded systems community is pioneering advances in on-device intelligence and AI accelerators, expanding the capabilities of resource-constrained systems and revolutionizing industries from industrial automation to immersive computing.
Looking ahead, we face critical challenges in edge intelligence, particularly concerning performance, safety, security, and sustainability. By fostering interdisciplinary research and leveraging emerging technologies across the entire system stack, the ESWEEK community is uniquely positioned to bridge the gap between hardware and software, theory and practice. Together, we have the opportunity—and the responsibility—to shape an intelligent, interconnected future.
Bio: Tulika Mitra is Provost’s Chair Professor of Computer Science and Vice-Provost (Academic Affairs) at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Her research focuses on the design automation of smart, energy-efficient, safety-critical embedded computing systems. Her work is characterized by a systems-centric approach spanning hardware and software to advance accelerator design, power/thermal management in heterogeneous computing systems, and WCET analysis of real-time systems. She has served as the Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, General/Program Chair of ICCAD, and General Chair of ESWEEK. Tulika has been recognized with the Embedded Systems Week (ESWEEK) Test-of-Time Award, several best paper award or candidates in top conferences, Indian Institute of Science S. K. Chatterjee Award for Outstanding Woman Researcher, and ACM SIGDA Distinguished Service Award among others.
