Citations

The LITMUS^RT project is an open source project based on Linux. It was initially launched in 2006 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). It is maintained primarily by Björn Brandenburg with some help from the real-time groups at MPI-SWS and UNC.

When referencing LITMUS^RT, please cite two publications:

1. The original LITMUS^RT paper: J. Calandrino, H. Leontyev, A. Block, U. Devi, and J. Anderson, “LITMUS^RT: A Testbed for Empirically Comparing Real-Time Multiprocessor Schedulers”, Proceedings of the 27th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, pp. 111–123, December 2006.

2. The description of the current version: B. Brandenburg, “Scheduling and Locking in Multiprocessor Real-Time Operating Systems”, PhD thesis, UNC Chapel Hill, 2011.

While [1] is the first publication on LITMUS^RT, the first public release of LITMUS^RT was actually based on a reimplementation in 2007. All versions since 2007 are best described by the detailed description in [2].

Contributors

Many researchers have helped with improving LITMUS^RT over the years. Come join us!

Current contributors:

• Björn B. Brandenburg (maintainer, MPI-SWS, 2006–)
• Namhoon Kim (UNC, 2016–)
• Nathan Otterness (UNC, 2017–)

Inactive contributors:

• Manohar Vanga (MPI-SWS, 2012–)
• Andrea Bastoni (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, now at SYSGO AG, 2009–)

Past contributors:

• Pratyush Patel (MPI-SWS, 2015–2016)
• Mahircan Gül (MPI-SWS, 2016–2017)
• Geoffrey Tran (ISI, 2015–2016)
• Glenn Elliot (UNC Chapel Hill, 2009–2014)
• Roy Spliet (MPI-SWS, 2013–2014)
• Felipe Cerqueira (MPI-SWS, 2012–2013)
• Jonathan Hermann (UNC Chapel Hill, 2010–2013)
• Christopher Kenna (UNC Chapel Hill, 2010–2012)
• Mac Mollison (UNC Chapel Hill, 2009–2012)
• Aaron D. Block (UNC Chapel Hill, 2006–2007)
• John M. Calandrino (UNC Chapel Hill, 2006–2009)
• UmaMaheswari Devi (UNC Chapel Hill, 2006)
• Hennadiy Leontyev (UNC Chapel Hill, 2006–2007)

The LITMUS^RT logo was designed by Jasper McChesney of Break for Sense Design.

Support

The LITMUS^RT development effort has been supported by grants from AT&T, IBM, Sun, and Northrop Grumman Corps.; the National Science Foundation (grants CNS 0834270, CNS 0834132, CNS 1016954, CNS 1115284, CNS 1218693, and CNS 1239135); the U.S. Army Research Office (grant W911NF-09–1–0535); the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (grant FA 9550–09–1–0549); and the Air Force Research Laboratory (grant FA8750–11–1–0033). We gratefully acknowledge the continued support.

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