• Reflective On-Chip Resource Management Policies for Energy-Efficient Heterogeneous Multiprocessors

    Name: Tiago Mück Date: May 16, 2018 Time: 2:00pm Location: Donald Bren Hall 2011 Committee: Nikil Dutt (Chair), Alex Nicolau, Tony Givargis Abstract: Effective exploitation of power-performance tradeoffs in heterogeneous many-core platforms (HMPs), requires intelligent on-chip resource management at different layers, in particular at the operating system level. Operating systems need to continuously analyze the application […]

  • “Self-aware Computing: Combining Learning and Control to Manage Complex, Dynamic Systems”

    <stThese self-aware systems are distinguished by awareness of user goals and operating environment; they continuously monitor themselves and adapt their behavior and foundational models to ensure the goals are met despite the challenges of complexity (diverse hardware resources to be managed) and dynamics (unpredictable changes in input workload or resource availability). In this talk, I […]

  • SIMD Assisted Fault Detection and Fault Attack Mitigation

    Name: Zhi Chen Date: May 15, 2018 Time: 2:30pm Location: Donald Bren Hall 3011 Committee: Professor Alex Nicolau (Chair), Alex Veidenbaum, Nikil Dutt Abstract: Modern processors continue to aggressively scale down the feature size and reduce voltage levels to run faster and be more energy efficient. However, this trend also poses significant reliability concern as it makes transistors […]

  • “Protocol-fuzzing mobile networks with open-source tools to enhance the security of LTE and 5G mobile networks”

    Title: "Protocol-fuzzing mobile networks with open-source tools to enhance the security of LTE and 5G mobile networks" Speaker: Roger Piqueras Jover, Security Researcher at Bloomberg LP Date and Time: Tuesday, May 15 at 10:00 a.m. Location: Donald Bren Hall 3011 Abstract:  The Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the latest mobile communications standard being deployed globally to provide connectivity […]

  • “Efficient Acceleration of Computation Using Associative In-memory Processing”

    Title: "Efficient Acceleration of Computation Using Associative In-memory Processing" Speaker: Hasan Erdem Yantir, University of California, Irvine Date and Time: Monday, May 14, 2018 at 9:00AM Location: Engineering Hall 3206 Committee: Professor Fadi Kurdahi (Chair), Ahmed Eltawil, Rainer Doemer Abstract: The complexity of the computational problems is rising faster than the computational platforms' capabilities. This forces […]

  • “A Compiler Infrastructure for Static and Hybrid Analysis of Discrete Event System Models”

    Title: "A Compiler Infrastructure for Static and Hybrid Analysis of Discrete Event System Models" Speaker: Tim Schmidt, University of California, Irvine Date and Time: Friday, April 20, 2018 at 10:00AM-11:00PM Location: Engineering Hall 3206 Committee: Professor Rainer Doemer (Chair), Fadi Kurdahi, Kwei-Jay Lin Abstract: The design of embedded systems is a well-established research domain for many […]

  • “ASSISTECH: Assistive Technology for the Visually Impaired”

    Title: “ASSISTECH: Assistive Technology for the Visually Impaired” Speaker: Professor Mayandiambalam Balakrishnan, CSE, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India Date and Time: Monday, March 26 at 3:00PM-4:00PM Location: Donald Bren Hall 4011 Abstract:  More than ten years back we started on the ASSISTECH journey - a laboratory dedicated to finding technology solutions for the mobility and education of the visually impaired. […]

  • ”Cost and Power Efficient Deep Neural Network Acceleration”

    Title: "Cost and Power Efficient Deep Neural Network Acceleration” Speaker: Associate Prof. Jongeun Lee, School of ECE, UNIST, Ulsan, Korea Date and Time: Monday, February 26, 2018 at 11:00am – 12:00pm Location: EH 2430 Abstract: Deep neural networks prove to be a right direction after all, but the enormous computational complexity calls for new research into novel […]

  • “Near-Threshold Computing: The bottom floor for Energy in IoT devices and its Vanishing Design Noise Margins”

    Title: “Near-Threshold Computing: The bottom floor for Energy in IoT devices and its Vanishing Design Noise Margins” Speaker: Prof. Sergio Bampi, Informatics Institute – Microelectronics Design – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Date and Time: Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 2:00PM-3:00PM Location: ICS 432 Abstract: Promising opportunities for research on heterogeneous Internet-of- Things (IoT) devices […]

  • “Digital Early Warning Scoring – A Cognitive IoT based approach”

    Title: "Digital Early Warning Scoring – A Cognitive IoT based approach" Speaker: Prof. Pasi Liljeberg, University of Turku Date and Time: Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 2:00PM-3:00PM Location: Engineering Hall 2430 Abstract: In healthcare, effective monitoring of patients plays a key role in detecting health deterioration early enough. Many signs of deterioration exist as early as 24 hours […]

  • “Hierarchial Non-Intrusive In-Situ Requirements Monitoring for Embedded Systems”

    Title:“Hierarchial Non-Intrusive In-Situ Requirements Monitoring for Embedded Systems” Speaker: PhD Candidate Minjun Seo, University of Arizona, Tuscon Date and Time: Thursday, December 21, 2017 at 2:00PM-3:00PM Location:  Engineering Hall 2430 Abstract: Accounting for all operating conditions of a system at the design stage is typically infeasible for complex systems. In-situ runtime monitoring and verification can […]

  • “I/O Optimization for Mobile Flash Storage”

    Title: "I/O Optimization for Mobile Flash Storage" Speaker: Prof. Chun Jason Xue, City University of Hong Kong Date and Time: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 10:00AM-11:00AM Location: DBH 3011 Abstract: NAND flash memory is the primary choice of data storage for mobile devices due to its high performance, shock resistance and low power consumption. However, compared to high-end solid-state […]