• Part I: “Development of Low-End Embedded Processors for Some SoC Applications” Part II: “The Application-Specific Design for Signal Processing Applications”

    Title: Part I: "Development of Low-End Embedded Processors for Some SoC Applications"Part II: "The Application-Specific Design for Signal Processing Applications" Speaker: Prof. Fitzgerald Sungkyung Park, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea Prof. Chester Park, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea Date and Time: Monday, August 7, 2017, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Location: Donald Bren Hall 3011 Abstract: Low-end processor cores can […]

  • Accelerators and Enablement for Application-Specific Multicore Platforms

    Title: "Accelerators and Enablement for Application-Specific Multicore Platforms" Speaker: Dr. Andreas Herkersdorf, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Technische Universität München Date and Time: Monday, July 31, 2017 at 2:00PM-3:00PM Location: DBH 3011 Abstract: Multicore technology plays a pivotal role in conquering key societal challenges. For example, safe, ecological mobility, wide-spread rollout of eHealth, smart industrial automation and […]

  • “Optimizing Private Local Memories in Heterogeneous Architectures”

    Title: "Optimizing Private Local Memories in Heterogeneous Architectures" Speaker: Christian Pilato, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland Date and Time: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 11:00AM-12:00PM Location: ICS 432 Abstract: Modern Systems-on-Chip (SoC) architectures and state-of-the-art computing platforms that integrate CPUs with FPGAs are heterogeneous systems featuring an increasing number of hardware accelerators. Private […]

  • Mobile and Emerging Computing Systems: challenges and research opportunities

    Title: "Mobile and Emerging Computing Systems: challenges and research opportunities" Speaker: Dr. Raid Ayoub, Intel Strategic CAD Lab, Portland, Oregon, USA Date and Time: Friday, June 23, 2017 at 11:00AM-12:00PM Location: DBH 3011 Abstract: The computing systems have been evolving at a fast pace and they are increasingly ubiquitous. This trend is driven by advancements […]

  • Self-Awareness in Remote Health Monitoring Systems using Wearable Electronics

    Title:  "Self-Awareness in Remote Health Monitoring Systems using Wearable Electronics" Speaker: Prof. Axel Jantsch, TU Wien Date and Time:  Friday,  June 16, 2017 at 11 A.M. Location: 2430 Engineering Hall Host: Prof. Nikil Dutt 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 […]

  • Quoc-Viet Dang PhD Defense

    Name: Quoc-Viet Dang Date: May 30, 2017 Time: 02:00 P.M Location: Engineering Hall 3206 Committee: Professor Daniel Gajski (Chair), Fadi Kurdahi, Rainer Doemer Abstract: Public education is on the brink of a potential crisis attempting to significantly increase student enrollment while maintaining quality of education. Online courses have been proposed and debated among members of the […]

  • Robust Data Hiding in Multimedia for Authentication and Ownership Protection

    Name: Farhan A. Alenizi Date: May 26th, 2017 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Engineering Hall 3206 Committee: Professor Fadi Kurdahi Abstract: Establishing robust and blind data hiding techniques in multimedia is very important for authentication, ownership protection and security. The multimedia being used may include images, videos and 3D mesh objects. A hybrid pyramid Discrete-Wavelet-Transform (DWT) Singular-Value-Decomposition (SVD) data hiding scheme […]

  • Millimeter-wave and Sub-THz Signal Generation and Detection in Silicon Technologies

    Name: Peyman Nazari Date: May 15, 2017 Time: 10:00 AM Committee: Prof. Payam Heydari (Chair). Prof. Michael Green, Prof. Ahmed Eltawil Abstract:  MM-wave/sub-Terahertz (THz) signal generation, radiation, and detection have become increasingly attractive due to its fast-growing applications in spectroscopy, radar, biomedical and security imaging as well as high-speed wireless communication. Silicon technology, in one hand, […]

  • Heterogeneous Chip Architectures for Big Data Analytics

    Title: "Heterogeneous Chip Architectures for Big Data Analytics" Speaker: Houman Homayoun, George Mason University, Virginia Date and Time: Friday, April 28, 2017 at 11:00AM Location: 2430 Engineering Hall Abstract: There is a fundamental shift underway now in various industry sectors to transport their big data to the clouds, thus increasing their efficiency and improving cash flow. In […]

  • Distinguished Lecture at CECS

    Title:  "Processor Paradigms: Evolution or Disruption and the importance of the Transformation Hierarchy Moving Forward" Speaker: Prof. Yale N. Patt, University of Texas, Austin TX Date and Time: Friday, March 31, 2017 at 3:30 p.m. Location: Donald Bren Hall 4011 Hosts: Professor Alex Nicolau View Details Here

  • Optimizing Many-Threads-to-Many-Cores Mapping in Parallel Electronic System Level Simulation

    Name: Guantao Liu Date: March 2, 2017 Time: 4:00 PM Location: Engineering Hall 3206 Committee: Rainer Doemer (Chair), Kwei-Jay Lin, Mohammad Al Faruque Abstract: In hardware/software co-design, Discrete Event Simulation (DES) has been in use for decades to verify and validate the functionality of Electronic System Level (ESL) models. Since the parallel computing platforms are readily available […]

  • Low Power Reliable Design using Pulsed Latch Circuits

    Name: Wael Mahmoud Elsharkasy Date: February 15, 2017 Time: 11:00 AM Location: Engineering Hall 3206 Committee: Prof. Fadi J. Kurdahi, Prof. Ahmed Eltawil, Rainer Doemer Abstract: System-on-Chip (SoC) faced lots of challenges over the past decade. With nowadays applications centered around Internet-of-Everything (IoE), these challenges are expected to be more critical. Among these challenges are the reduction of power consumption […]