Globally-distributed projects are rapidly becoming the norm for large software systems, even
as it becomes clear that global distribution of a project seriously impairs critical coordination …

Global software development (GSD) faces additional challenges as compared to single-site
software development. Some of the better known challenges include temporal …

As a globally operating company with about 30,000 software engineers worldwide, Siemens
has accumulated a wide variety of experiences in global development. Many individuals and …

Routing protocol security is the key element in the research of secure wireless sensor
networks. Due to its special characteristic, designing security routing protocol is a challenge …

This thesis researches communication and coordination in offshore custom software
development (CSD) projects. Nowadays, a lot of organizations are offshoring their …

The distinct advantage of SRAM-based Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) is their
flexibility for configuration changes. But this opens up the threat of intellectual property (IP) …

Today the embedded system market is a highly fragmented market, where custom-designed
solutions dominate, resulting in a significant duplication of development effort for hardware …