@conference {106.BoSa09, title = {Creating an Embedded Systems Program from Scratch: Nine years of experience at ALaRI}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2009 Workshop on Embedded System Education}, year = {2009}, month = {October}, address = {Grenoble, France}, abstract = {In 1999, experts form academia and industry met in a workshop dealing with education in Embedded Systems Design: at the time there were no specifically oriented programs, and an {\textquoteright}ideal{\textquoteright} educational track was designed. One year later, that educational design was implemented with a one-year {\textquoteright}executive-type{\textquoteright} Master at Universit{\`a} della Svizzera italiana, in Switzerland; over the years, the program blossomed and extended, with development of a two-year Master of Science program as well. The experience is discussed here; results and perspectives are analyzed.}, keywords = {education, embedded systems}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1719010.1719012}, author = {Bondi, Umberto and Sami, Mariagiovanna} }