• Tony Givargis Receives ICS Dean’s Award

    Professor of Computer Science Tony Givargis won ICS Dean's Award for Donald Bren School of ICS for his service as the former ICS Associate Dean for Student Affairs. Congrats Prof. Givargis!

  • “Application Mapping Methodologies for NoC-Based MPSOCs”

    Title: “Application Mapping Methodologies for NoC-Based MPSOCs” Speaker: Jürgen Teich, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Date and Time: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 3:00PM-4:00PM Location: DBH 4011 Abstract:  In this talk, we give an overview of novel techniques for systematically mapping applications to NoC-based multi-core architectures (MPSoCs). Complex applications requiring heterogenous processing resources are often described by task graphs with data […]

  • “Detecting Hardware Trojans Hidden in Unspecified Design Functionality”

    Title: “Detecting Hardware Trojans Hidden in Unspecified Design Functionality” Speaker: Dr. Nicole Fern, University of California, Santa Barbara Date and Time: Thursday, November 16th, 2017 at 2:00PM-3:00PM Location: Donald Bren Hall 3011 Abstract: Traditional verification methods and metrics attempt to answer the question: does my design correctly perform the intended functionality?  This talk will look at […]

  • QV Dang Won Best Paper Award for Computer-Based Education, ICEBT 2017

    Assistant Professor Quoc-Viet Dang won the Best Paper Award for the 2017 International Conference on E-Education, E-Business and E-Technology with paper "Utilizing Latent Semantic Analysis to Provide Automated Educational Support." Congrats QV!

  • 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, […]