Speaker: Marco Zec, University of Zagreb Title: "Area/speed tradeoffs in a retargetable FPGA-optimized processor core" Date: Friday, July 15, 2016 Time: 11:00 AM Location: CECS Conference Room (Engineering Hall 3206) Host: Prof. Daniel Gajski Abstract: Can portable yet efficient, FPGA-optimized processor cores be constructed using generic HDL, without depending on any vendor-specific primitives? In this talk […]
Title: "Towards Computer-Aided Design of Electrical Energy Systems: Challenges and Solutions" Speaker: Professor Massimo Poncino, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy Date and Time: Friday, April 22, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Location: Engineering Hall 2430 Hosts: Professor Mohammad Al Faruque Abstract: Electrical energy systems (EESs) include energy generation, distribution, storage, and consumption, and […]
Name: Jun Luan Location: EH 4106 Date: February 24, 2016 Time: 1:00pm Committee: Pai Chou (Chair), Mohammad Al Faruque, Fadi Kurdahi Abstract: Medical sensing systems collect and analyze the patients’ physiological data for monitoring, aid or diagnostic purposes. System designers are faced with stringent requirements on not only correctness and safety but also power. Reference […]
Name: SeungJae Lee Date: April, 5, 2016 Time: 3:00p.m. Location: EH 4106 Committee: Pai H. Chou (Chair), Fadi Kurdahi, Tony Givargis Abstract: Wearable embedded systems with sensing, communication, and computing capabilities have given rise to innovations in e-health and telemedicine in general. The scope of such systems ranges from devices and mobile apps to cloud […]
Title: “Energy-Efficient Capacitance-to-Digital Converters for Low-Energy Sensor Nodes” Speaker: Professor Khaled N. Salama, King Abdullah, University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia Date and Time: Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. Location: Engineering Hall 2430 Hosts: Fadi J. Kurdahi and Ahmed Eltawil Abstract: Energy efficiency is a key requirement for wireless sensor nodes, biomedical […]
Title: Mitigating BTI-induced Device Degradation: A Circuit and System Persepctive Speaker: Professor Ing-Chao Lin, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Date and Time: Monday, February 8, 2016 at 1:30 P.M. Location: Donald Bren Hall 3011 Host: Professor Nikil Dutt Abstract: Bias temperature instability which causes a shift in the transistor's threshold voltage and decreases circuit switching […]
Title: “Mobile Technology Enabling Frictionless HealthCare” Speaker: Aiman Abdel-Malek, Vice President, Engineering, Qualcomm Life, Founder & CEO, Frictionless Life Analytics Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Time: 3:00 p.m. Location: Engineering Hall 2430 Host: Prof. Fadi J. Kurdahi Abstract: With Smart mobile devices being the fastest growing consumer platform in history, it is becoming a huge […]
Title: When Lyapunov meets Church, automated synthesis of complex systems emerges Speaker: Prof. Majid Zamani, Technische Universität München, Germany Date: Thursday, September 24, 2015 Time: 3:30 p.m. Location: Engineering Colloquia Room 2430 Host: Faryar Jabbari and Solmaz S. Kia Abstract: Software plays a crucial role in many everyday applications. Modern vehicles and airplanes, for instance, […]
Name: Chengjia Huo Location: EH 4404 Date: September 30, 2015 Time: 1pm Committee: Pai H. Chou (chair), Phillip Sheu, Rainer Doemer Abstract: The Internet of Things (IoT) has been receiving growing attention in recent years as the next wave of computing revolution made possible by all types of networks of things (NoTs), where devices powered […]
Speaker: Prof. Muhammad Mustafa Hussain, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Title: "Flexible-Stretchable-Reconfigurable CMOS Electronics Through Hybrid Integration of Heterogeneous Materials for Wearable Interactive Electronic Systems" Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 Time: 2:00 PM Location: Harut Barsamian Colloquia Room (Engineering Hall 2430) Host: Prof. Fadi Kurdahi Abstract: Our research is focused on heterogeneous […]
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 […]