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Events for October 21, 2004
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USC Games Summit
Thu, Oct 21, 2004
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Representatives of 8 schools, including Viterbi, gather to discuss the state of the art of interactive gaming, including applications in areas ranging from education to medicine.Complete schedule at:
http://www.GamesSummit.org email GamesSummit@itp.usc.edu to reserve spaceLocation: Davidson Conference Center Vineyard Room
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Eric Mankin
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Bridgestone/Firestone Information Session
Thu, Oct 21, 2004
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives from Bridgestone/Firestone as they discuss employment opportunities within their company.
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 212
Audiences: Graduate/Undergrad Engineers
Contact: Engineering Career Services
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USC Viterbi Graduate School Hosts Information Sessions in India
Thu, Oct 21, 2004
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Associate Dean Margery Berti, Prof. Cauligi Raghavendra, Chairman of the Electrical Engineering Systems Department and Prof. Gerard Medioni, Chairman of the Computer Science Department will host a series of Information Sessions on graduate study and research opportunities at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. For more information, including online registration, please visit http://viterbi.usc.edu/india.
Location: Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmenabad, Mumbai, New Delhi
Audiences: Prospective graduate students interested in pursuing M.S., Engineer or Ph.D. degrees in the U.S.
Contact: Alison Groendal
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Engineering Career Fair
Thu, Oct 21, 2004 @ 10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Receptions & Special Events
This day-long event allows students to network and hand in resumes in a business-casual environment.
Location: E-Quad
Audiences: Engineering Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Contact: Engineering Career Services
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Word-level Statistics Based High Level Crosstalk Estimation
Thu, Oct 21, 2004 @ 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Dr. Srinivas Katkoori
Associate Professor
Computer Science & Engineering Department, University of South Florida
katkoori@csee.usf.edu
http://vcapp.csee.usf.edu/~katkooriABSTRACT: Crosstalk estimation and optimization are critical issues in today's deep-sub-micron designs. We propose two word-level statistical techniques to estimate the probability of crosstalk events on the signal lines of a system bus. Given the word-level statistical parameters, namely mean, standard deviation, and lag-one temporal correlation coefficient, we analytically estimate the bit-level crosstalk probability. To reduce the complexity and efficiently scale the estimation technique for large bus-widths, we modify the first technique by using a procedure that maps disjoint values in a distribution to continuous values in a modified distribution. Experimental results for data streams from different data environments, compared against detailed HSPICE simulations, are presented. The statistical estimators yield average errors less than 7% and 12% respectively for bus-widths ranging from 8bits to 32bits. Compared to HSPICE, the execution times are reduced by factors of over 10x for the first technique and over two orders of magnitude for the second technique. The statistical approaches are shown to be compatible with existing bus re-ordering techniques. Ongoing work uses the proposed technique to estimate crosstalk between buses at the layout level and optimize crosstalk during high-level synthesis of designs. BIO: Dr. Srinivas Katkoori received his doctoral degree in computer engineering from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1998. He joined the CSE department at USF as an Assistant Professor in August of1997. Since 2004, he is working as an Associate Professor with tenure. His research interests are in the general area of VLSI CAD Algorithms and Design Methodologies. Specific research areas include: High level synthesis, Low power synthesis, VLSI CAD for DSM regime, and Radiation Hardness by Design. Dr. Katkoori is a recipient of 2001 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award (Design Automation program) for a five-year duration on the topic "Interconnect-centric High Level Synthesis in DSM regime." Besides NSF, his research is being funded by Honeywell Inc., Clearwater (under their Academic Research Initiative program) and by the I4 High Tech Corridor Initiative Program. Currently, Dr. Katkoori's research group consists of 9 PhD students and several MS students. In 2003, he has received the USF Outstanding Faculty Research Award. Dr. Katkoori is serving as the faculty advisor of the student chapter of IEEE Computer Society. He is a member of ACM and IEEE professional societies. He served as the publicity and registration chair (2000) and as the general co-chair and registration chair (2001) for the Annual Workshop on VLSI held in Orlando, Florida. Since October 2003, he is serving as the editor of the Suncoast Signal, the newsletter of the IEEE Florida West Coast Section (FWCS). He is serving on the Technical Committees of 2004 ISVLSI and 2004 MAPLD. Host: Prof. Sandeep Gupta, sandeep@poisson.usc.edu
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Lisa Inomata-O'Connell
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A Single Chip, Low Power, Impulse-UWB Transceiver for Low-Rate, Indoor, Wireless Systems
Thu, Oct 21, 2004 @ 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Mr. Ian O'Donnell, UC BerkeleyAbstract: This talk describes the system architecture and circuit design constraints for a single-chip, impulse-based Ultra-Wideband transceiver. Targeting a sensor network application, the radio supports ranging and communication over a distance of 10m with a 1mW power budget at 100kb/s. Using simple digital switches to generate a narrow pulse, energy is transmitted in the low frequency band (DC-960MHz) allocated by the FCC for imaging systems and surveillance devices. Reception, after gain and filtering, occurs in a bank of 1-bit A/D converters that capture the pulse in an adjustable window of 16 to 64ns, sampled at 2 GSamples/s. This data is passed to the digital backend which performs matched filtering, acquisition, synchronization, and demodulation. The implementation issues of this system and simulation results will be discussed.Bio: Ian D. O'Donnell received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1993 and 1996 respectively. His master's topic was in the area of digital, low-power, CMOS circuit design for a wireless LAN receiver as part of the InfoPad project. From 1996 to 1999 he worked at Silicon Graphics, Inc. as a digital ASIC designer, and in 1999 he joined NVIDIA, Inc. where he worked on high-speed serial design. In 1998 he returned to Berkeley, joining the Berkeley Wireless Research Center to work in the area of low-power, integrated, picocellular radios. His Ph.D. research focus is the design and implementation of an impulse-based, low-power Ultra-Wideband transceiver in 0.13 micron CMOS suitable for sensor network applications.Host: Dr. Keith Chugg, chugg@usc.edu
Location: Hedco Neurosciences Building (HNB) - 107
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mayumi Thrasher
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Amazon.com Information Session
Thu, Oct 21, 2004 @ 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives from Amazon.com as they discuss employment opportunities within their company.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Graduate/Undergrad Engineers
Contact: Engineering Career Services
