Edited by

Jari Nurmi
Tampere University of Technology
Finland

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Dedication

To Pirjo, Lauri, Eero, and Santeri

List of Contributing Authors

Anant Agarwal
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Computer Science and Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory
32 Vassar Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA

Tapani Ahonen
Tampere University of Technology
Institute of Digital and Computer Systems
P.O. Box 553
FI-33101 Tampere
Finland

Saman Amarasinghe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
32 Vassar Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA

James Ball
Altera, Inc.
110 Cooper St., Suite 201
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
USA

Ian Bratt
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
32 Vassar Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA

Claudio Brunelli
Tampere University of Technology
Institute of Digital and Computer Systems
P.O. Box 553
FI-33101 Tampere
Finland

Fabio Campi
STMicroelectronics
FTM/CCDS/Configurable Logics
Viale C. Pepoli 3/2
40123 Bologna
Italy

Matt Frank
Massachusetts Institute of Technology