The IEEE International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP) explores trends in Rapid Prototyping of Computer Based Systems. Its scope ranges from embedded system design, formal methods for the verification of systems, engineering methods, process and tool chains to case studies of actual software and hardware systems. It aims to bring together researchers from the hardware and software communities to share their experiences and to foster collaboration of new and innovative Science and Technology. The 22nd annual Symposium focus will encompass theoretical and practical methodologies, resolving technologies of specification, completeness, dynamics of change, technology insertion, complexity, integration, and time to market.

This edition will emphasize Automotive, Medical and Avionics embedded systems design challenges. Submission of industrial research is welcome.

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

* System on Chip design challenges
* Embedded System Architecture Integration
* Real Time embedded system challenges
* Specification and Language Models for hardware/software systems
* Methodologies and Tools for hardware/ software intensive systems
* Heterogeneous multi-domain embedded systems
* Very large scale system engineering
* Embedded System verification/validation
* Critical Embedded Systems design
* Applying formal methods to prototyping
* Reliability and failure analysis
* Emerging Technologies and Applications
* Prototypes in engineering processes
* Model Driven Engineering and prototyping
* Prototyping of Embedded Real Time Systems
* Virtual prototyping of physical systems
* Prototype to product transition
* Prototyping case studies
* Reconfigurable products or systems
* Industrial Designs in Automotive, Medical and Avionics domains

For years, extended versions of best papers have been proposed to be published in special issues of prestigious journals. This strategy will be continued for RSP 2011.