Embedded System Design

since 1998 in which over 60 academic researchers collaborated with industrial colleagues. Through its setup and its results PROGRESS has become a landmark on demand-driven academic research in The Netherlands. This booklet is unique in the way it surveys both the present state of the Dutch academic embedded systems research and the contributions of the projects to that. It presents white papers written by exponents of Dutch academia on the four themes that unite the projects. The white papers were the starting point of symposia on these themes in spring 2006. This combination gave rise to excellent technical discussions between industry and academia, resulting in deepening of the PROGRESS outreach program. From these white papers one can quickly gain insight in eight years of PROGRESS research and get inspiration for a future research agenda on embedded systems. Moreover those interested will enjoy the excellent technical overview.