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Architecting Automotive Software for the Emerging Compute-in-the-Network Paradigm

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Authors:

Saad Mubeen, Mohammad Ashjaei, John Lundbäck

Research group:

Heterogeneous systems - hardware software co-design

Publication Type:

Conference/Workshop Paper

Venue:

48th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering

Abstract

Emerging compute-capable automotive network switches now allow parts of application functionality to be hosted and executed within the communication fabric, complementing the primary application software execution on electronic control units. This compute-in-the-network paradigm offers opportunities for reducing latency and improving responsiveness in time‑critical automotive systems. However, existing automotive architecture description languages and component models lack abstractions for representing application software residing in network elements, limiting accurate design and analysis. This paper motivates the need to treat the models of onboard network switches as the first-class software architectural entities and outlines research opportunities including unified abstractions, end-to-end timing models extraction, alignment with standards and toolchain interoperability, and addressing new cybersecurity challenges.

Bibtex

@inproceedings{Mubeen7334,
author = {Saad Mubeen and Mohammad Ashjaei and John Lundb{\"a}ck},
title = {Architecting Automotive Software for the Emerging Compute-in-the-Network Paradigm},
month = {April},
year = {2026},
booktitle = {48th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering},
url = {http://www.es.mdu.se/publications/7334-}
}