Director of the MIST Center
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Minnesota
200 Union Street S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0154
TEL: (612) 626-1591
FAX: (612) 626-7191
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Advanced Architectures
Computer Systems Design and Verification. Development and analysis of new computer architectures,
including simulators and related performance analysis tools. Development of new techniques and
designs for building future computer systems and reconfigurable processors from emerging
technologies. Development of verification tools for ensuring that computer systems perform
according to their specifications. Development of programmable fabrics such as FPGAs, VPGAs and
structured ASICs as well as reconfigurable computing support systems to manage system adaptation
to application and environment requirements.
Faculty:
Professor David Lilja
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High-Performance SoC Modeling
Modeling and verification of complex systems-on-chip (SoCs) using SystemC, SystemVerilog,
Simulink and other high-level tools. Rapid development of hardware/software prototypes
using FPGAs with embedded processor cores. High-performance SoC implementations on
network-on-chip architectures. Highly parallel implementations of applications on FPGAs
and other programmable fabrics
Faculty:
Professor Gerald Sobelman
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High-Speed Digital Design
Development of core digital and mixed-signal circuit techniques for high performance,
low power, and robust VLSI systems in nanoscale CMOS technologies. Target applications
range from high-speed microprocessors, portable computing, sensor networks, to biomedical
instruments.
Faculty:
Professor Chris Kim, Professor Gerald Sobelman
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Analog / RF Design
Design of analog and RF circuits for communication systems with particular emphasis
on CMOS designs. Research efforts focus on the development of high-performance front-end
component designs for broadband and multi-standard wireless systems and the development
of next generation high-speed wired communication systems. Research is focused on furthering
the state of the art in terms of both basic understanding and the development of new circuit
topologies. Other research areas of interest include data converters and sensor interface
circuits, analog and mixed-signal test and micro-power analog circuit design.
Faculty:
Professor Ramesh Harjani, Professor Jaijeet Roychowdhury
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Advanced Simulation Techniques
Development of circuit- and system-level techniques and tools for the design
of advanced analog, RF and mixed-signal blocks. Current activities include the
development of algorithms for automated macromodelling, methods for fast and
accurate noise prediction (including random and as well as interference noise),
efficient simulation of fast/slow behavior using multiple time scales and envelope
techniques, and techniques and software infrastructure for system-level simulation.
An area of particular activity is algorithms for the design of oscillators and
phase-locked loops (PLLs). This focus area also includes the development of
computational design tools for nanotechnological and
biological systems.
Faculty:
Professor Jaijeet Roychowdhury
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Computer-Aided Design
Techniques for the analysis and optimization of nanoscale integrated circuits,
including performance-driven layout, statistically-based design, including the
analysis and optimization techniques for circuit timing, power, noise margins,
and reliability. Target platforms include full-custom, ASIC and programmable
fabrics.
Faculty:
Professors Marc Riedel, Sachin Sapatnekar and Kia Bazargan
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