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Note that throughout the project, we intend to work on algorithmic and schedulability-analysis issues, implementation, and evaluations in parallel.
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\item \textbf{Year 1:} During Year~1, we will focus on identifying energy-efficient configurations that yields the tightest schedulability tests, as summarized in Section~\ref{sec:step1}. In the second half of this year, we will begin  developing more aggressive energy-saving techniques, as summarized in Section~\ref{sec:step2}
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\item \textbf{Year 2:} During Year~2, we expect to complete all research problems related to the design and analysis of resource allocation methods. We will then begin working on conducting overhead-aware energy and schedulability studies, as described in Section~\ref{sec:step3}.
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\item \textbf{Year 3:} During Year~3, we intend to focus our attention on experimental and case-study evaluations (and  may improve implementation details based on evaluation), as described in Section~\ref{sec:step4}.
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We expect that our research will result in approximately five to eight conference and journal papers per year (based upon our past publication rates).