Computer Engineering Research Teaching

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Computer EngineeringResearch Teaching

• S. Vassiliadis
• Computer Engineering Laboratory
• Electrical Engineering
• TU Delft

Outline General information Teaching Research

• CE Faculty
• H. Corporaal
• S.D. Cotofana
• A.J.C. van Gemund
• A.J. van de Goor (emeritus)
• B.H.H. Juurlink
• E. Varvarigos
• S. Vassiliadis

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Computer Engineering Putting software and
hardware together to make computers.
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EE Electrical Engineers CE Computer
Engineers CS Computer Scientists SA System
Analysts CP Computer Programmers
Banen
1.92 (SA)
1.90 (CE)
1.89 (CS)
1.20 (EE)
1.12 (CP)
1.000
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Current Group Formation
7 Faculty Members
2 Post-docs
4 Scientific/ administrative staff
15 PhD Students
12 MSc Students
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Scientific Results (94-98)

• Degrees
• PhD Theses................................ 9
• Eng. Degrees.............................. 5
• MSc............................................ 87
  
• Publications
• Books/Chapters.......................... 7
• Journal Papers............................ 47
• Conference Papers..................... 165
• Patents........................................ 50
  
• VSNU Evaluation (Research Quality Assessment)
• Scored 19 out of 20 points
• 1 of 4 excellent Electrical Engineering groups
• Committee comments
• One of the leaders in the academic world
• High relevance work
• Impressive industrial co-operation
• Productivity extremely high, particularly in
  patents
• Excellent viability

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VSNU Evaluation
Excellent
18.5
17.5
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12.5
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Industrial Academic Impact

• 5 Start-ups
• Hardware
• IBM AS400 mod 400, 500, 501, 405, 505
• IBM Advanced 36
• IBM s/390 G4 G5
• Motorola/Apple/IBM PowerPC 603e, 604e
• Motorola/Apple/IBM 750
• MWAVE 3780i DSP
• Motorola Activec Multimedia
• Spase Nijmegen
• TNO-FEL MOVE

• Software
• UC Berkeley
• Un. of Amsterdam
• Un. of Utrecht
• TNO
• Indian Institute of Science
• Philips Research
• OCE
• NEC (Princeton Research)
• Expressed Interests
• HP
• GDM
• Nokia

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Education

• Undergraduate Courses
• Logic Design
• Computer Programming
• Computer Architecture I
• Interpretation of Computer Programs
• Microprocessors
• Computer Architecture II
• Graduate Courses
• Computer Architecture III
• Logic Design II
• Performance Analysis
• Instruction Level Parallelism
• Embedded System Design

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Research Projects
MOLEN Embedded system architecture,
multimedia, java. MOVE Embedded system
synthesis, compilers, hardware software
co-design. PAMELA Performance analysis and
languages. D-ILIAD Computer architecture,
implementation, computer arithmetic,
switches. NANOCOMP Single Electron Logic
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Embedded Systems

• Facts
• Billions of embedded Systems sold anually
• Most embedded processor have special requirements
  (Performance, Cost, Functionality, Power...)
• Processing is heterogeneous
• Short design cycles for rapid requirement changes

• Conclusion
• Pay special attention to shifting paradigms
• Fast technology transfer to industry
• Our involvement
• 2 Projects (MOLEN, MOVE) for embedded systems

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MOLENEmbedded System Design

• Topics
• Processor Embedded Architecture
• Multimedia
• Java
• Embedded System Tools
• Embedded Agents
• Current Contributions
• Java Processor
• Multimedia Instructions
• Specialized Units
• FPGA Units
• Future Directions
• Parametrical heterogeneous Embedded Systems

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Minimal Multi-Agent Systems

• Can small independent systems work together to
  reach global goals with only local knowledge?
• How intelligent must the programs be for the
  system to work as a single entity?
• Must we impose some form of centralized control?
• Are patterns like cooperation, negotiation and
  planning concepts that have to be pre-programmed?

? Embedded Agents
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MOVE
Semi-automatic generation of application specific
processors
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MOVE

• Current Contributions
• Transport triggered architecture
• Operational design framework (add any unit you
  like, no restrictions)
• Several cheap designs (data logger,
  video-enhancher, MPEG-decoder, wireless
  communications)
• Future Directions
• Tune your application to suit your processor
• System design
• Multiprocessor TTA
• Low-power processors

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PAMELAPerformance Analysis of Computer Systems

• Current Contributions
• Specialized Languages
• Simulation Tools Methodology
• Parallel Algorithms
• Delft Architecture Workbench
• Future Directions (immediate)
• Coplete the Delft Architecture Workbench

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D-IliadHigh Performance General Purpose Computers

• Topics
• Uni Multiprocessors
• Internet Processing
• Computer Design
• High Speed Switches
• Current Contributions
• Instruction level parallel machines (Superscalar,
  SCISM)
• New Complex Instructions
• New Designs of Arithmetic Processing
• New Switch Design
• Future Directions
• New Architectural paradigm

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NanoComp
Goal Investigating devices based on quantum
physics to break limits in speed and
miniaturisation.

• Speculative research
• Multi-disciplinary
• Quantum scale devices

• Motivation
• Scalability research of electronic devices
  scalable down to atomic sizes.
• Speed current semiconductor devices are
  predicted to max out at clock speeds of ? 10
  GHz.

• What do we do?
• Arithmetic operations (e.g., addition..) using
  non-Boolean math and nano-devices

• Projections
• Experimental speed of 770 GigaHertz accomplished
  with quantum flux devices.
• Non-Volatile RAM modules of 256 Gigabytes and
  more.
• Feature size can shrink to less than 1 nm.
• Ultra low power consumption.