ArtistDesign is an EU/IST FP7 network of excellence on design of embedded systems. It is a follow-up project to the FP6 NoE Artist2. The objective of ArtistDesign is to strengthen European research in Embedded Systems Design, and promote the emergence of this new multi-disciplinary area. ArtistDesign gathers together the best European teams from the composing disciplines, and will work to forge a scientific community.

Internally ARTIST2 is divided into four thematic clusters (Modeling and Validation; SW Synthesis, Code Generation and Timing Analysis; Operating Systems and Networks, and Hardware Platforms and MPSoC Design) and one tranversal integration cluster. Lund is a member of the Operating Systems and Networks cluster. Karl-Erik Årzén is also the leader of the Design for Adaptivity activity within the integration cluster.