Speaker: Prof. Avi Mendelson, Technion, Israel Institute of TechnologyTitle: The Future of Heterogeneous Massive Parallel Systems Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Time: 3:00PM - 4:30PM Location: Donald Bren Hall 3011 Host: Prof. Alex Nicolau View Details
Speaker: Professor Sungjoo Yoo, Computing and Memory Architecture Lab, Seoul National University Title: Reviving Processing-in-Memory for LArge Data Workload on Existing Computer Architecture Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 Time: 11:00 AM Location: Donald Bren Hall 3011 Host: Nikil Dutt Abstract: Processing-in-memory (PIM) is rebounding from its unsuccessful attempts in 1990s due to two main reasons, recent […]
Speaker: Prof. Jörg Conradt Title: Computational Neuroscience for Technology: Event-based Vision Sensors and Information Processing Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 Time: 3:00 p.m. Location: Donald Bren Hall 4011 Host: Jeff Krichmar and Nikil Dutt Abstract: In recent decades the field of Computer Vision has developed sophisticated algorithms for problems such as object tracking or motion extraction […]
Name: Ting-Shuo Chou Date: May 21, 2015 Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm Location: Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway 2200 Conference Room Committee Chair: Jeffrey Krichmar (Chair), Nikil Dutt, Alexandru Nicolau Abstract: Neurodevelopmental disorders, such as Attention-Deficit–Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), have core clinical symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity (often hyper- and hypo- […]
Name: Volkan Gunes Date: May 27, 2015 Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM Location: Donald Bren Hall 3013 Conference Room Committee: Tony Givargis (Chair), Alexandru Nicolau, Ian Harris, Steffen Peter Abstract: The cyber-physical system (CPS) is a term describing a broad range of complex, multi-disciplinary, physically-aware next generation engineered systems that integrate embedded computing technologies (cyber part) […]
Name: Jun Yong Shin Date: May 18th, 2015 Time: 2:00PM Location: EH2430, Harut colloquia room Committee Chair: Nikil Dutt Abstract: Over the last few decades, chip performance has increased steadily due to continuous and aggressive technology scaling. However, it leaves chips quite vulnerable to several issues at the same time; high power densities in some […]
Speaker: Prof. Rainer LeupersTitle: Design Technologies for Embedded Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chip Date: Thursday, April 9, 2015 Time: 11:00am Location: Harut Barsamian Colloquia Room (Engineering Hall 2430) Host: Mohammad Al Faruque Abstract: The trend towards Multicore and even Manycore architectures affects virtually all areas of computing today. Especially in the mobiles and consumer domains, an extremely high architectural efficiency (MIPS/Watt) is […]
Final Defense - Abbas Banaiyanmofrad May 20, 2015 3pm - 5pm Donald Bren Hall 3011 Conference Room Committee: Nikil Dutt (Chair), Alex Nicolau, Alex Veidenbaum Title: Resilient On-Chip Memory Design in the Nano Era Abstract: Aggressive technology scaling in the nano-scale regime makes chips more susceptible to failures. This causes multiple reliability challenges in the […]
Name: Yong hun EomDate: April 15, 2015 Time: 10:00am Location: EH 2430 Committee Chair: Professor Demsky Committee members: Prof. Pai Chou and Prof. Rainer Doemer Title: Self-stabilizing Java: Tool Support for Building Robust Software Abstract: Developing robust software systems remains an open research problem. The current approaches for improving software reliability mainly focus on minimizing […]
Speaker: Nael Abu-GhazalehTitle: Architectural Support for Security in Emerging Platforms Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 Time: 10:00am Location: Harut Barsamian Colloquia Room (Engineering Hall 2430) Host: Fadi Kurdahi Abstract: Computer systems are facing a growing threat from increasingly motivated, organized and sophisticated attackers. The problem is complicated by the rapid evolution that computing platforms are experiencing towards mobile and […]
Speaker: Francesco RegazzoniTitle: Towards the Automatic Application and Verification of Countermeasures Against Physical Attacks Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 Time: 2:00pm Location: Donald Bren Hall 3011 Host: Nikil Dutt & Rosario Cammarota Abstract: Physical attacks exploit the physical weaknesses of cryptographic devices to reveal the secret information stored on them. Countermeasures against these attacks are often considered only in […]
Title: Inertial and Bio-potential-based Wearable Computers: Algorithms and Applications Speaker: Professor Roozbeh Jafari Date/Time: Thursday, February 12, 2015, 11:00am to 12:00pm Location: Donald Bren Hall 4011 Host: Eli Bozorgzadeh Abstract: Wearable computers bring to fruition many new opportunities to continuously monitor human body with sensors placed on body; whether they are intended to detect an early […]