Informatikkolloquium (vcg) mit Dr. Kenneth Kent
Dr. Kenneth Kent, Leiter des UNB Information Technology Center an der Faculty of Computer Science der University of New Brunswick in Fredericton/Kanada, hält am 08.12.2010 einen Vortrag im Rahmen des Informatikkolloquiums der Visual Computing Group.
Thema:Exploring Advanced Field Programmable Gate Array Architectures
wann: 08. Dezember 2010, 16:30 Uhr
wo: C 116, Campus Sankt Augustin
Abstract:
Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are hardware devices that permit rapid prototyping of computer architecture designs. With the increase in applications of embedded systems, FPGAs are often used in applications that have low unit sales. The primary goal of recent FPGA architecture research is in adding dedicated "hard" logic to accelerate common functionalities. Some of these dedicated hard logic elements include multipliers and memories. To effectively evaluate a FPGA device, one must test proposed architectural designs with benchmark circuits. This requires a complete software Computer Aided Design (CAD) flow to support the proposed FPGA.
In this talk, Kenneth Ken will give an overview of the complete CAD flow we are developing and some details of the front-end compiler - Odin-II. Preliminary research results will be presented as well as a discussion of how we validate our results given the physical FPGA under test does not exist.
Vita:
Dr. Kenneth Kent obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Victoria (Victoria, Canada) in 2003, his M.Sc. from the same in 1999, and his B.Sc. from Memorial University (Newfoundland, Canada) in 1996. Since 2002, he has been a faculty member at the University of New Brunswick (Fredericton, Canada) in the Faculty of Computer Science. Currently, he is also serving as the Director of the Information Technology Centre - an industrial collaboration arm of the Faculty of Computer Science. Dr. Kent's research interests include hardware/software co-design, reconfigurable computing, embedded systems, and computer architecture. Dr. Kent has completed significant research on Java virtual machine technology including the use of distributed computing and dedicated hardware to accelerate Java execution. This research work is the basis of a recent collaboration with IBM Canada to establish an IBM Centre of Advanced Studies at UNB. The inaugural project is examining ways in which to best exploit multicore computing to accelerate the Java virtual machine. Recently, Dr. Kent has worked on finding parallelism in behavioral specifications to improve execution performance of digital circuits and improving computer-aided design tools for FPGA architecture exploration. His work thus far has contributed to several industrial collaborations and over 60 publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings.
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