Center for Embedded Systems | An NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center CONFIDENTIAL
CENTER FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMSA NSF Industry University Cooperative Research Center
University of Patras, June 20, 2012
Overview
Spyros Tragoudas, PhD SIUC site Director
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Director: Spyros Tragoudas
Director: Sarma Vrudhula
The Center for Embedded Systems (CES) was established in March 2009 by the National Science Foundation as an Industry/University partnership dedicated to developing a globally recognized center for embedded computing system technologies.
University partners
Member companies
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Research areas
Design, validation, test of embedded– Architectures/processors– Circuits– Sensors– Networked components & cyber-physical systems– MEMS
Embedded systems for– Communications– Control– Image processing
Applications in – Agriculture, Biomedicine, Civil & Environmental,
Mining
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Areas of Expertise
Many of the world’s top companies supplement their own R&D efforts by participating in NSF I/UCRC organizations. The Center for Embedded Systems specializes in research in the following areas:
•Power, Energy and Thermal-Aware Design• Low power circuit architectures and design tools• Dynamic performance, power, energy and thermal
management for multicore embedded systems• Statistical variation aware design of digital systems• Energy efficient architectures and code optimization for
embedded systems
•Electronic System-level (ESL) Design and Technologies
• Modeling and simulation• Hardware/software co-design and optimization• Trusted, reliable, and secure design 4
Center for Embedded Systems | An NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center CONFIDENTIAL
Areas of Expertise• Embedded Multicore Architectures and
Programming• Network-on-Chip design and optimization• Compilation of stream applications on multicore processors• Highly power-efficient programmable accelerators• Soft error resilient system design• Design and programming of low power embedded systems• Embedded GPU computing• Temperature- and variations-aware architectures and
programming
• Embedded Software Systems• Real-time scheduling• Embedded systems for smart grids• Middleware and VM for embedded systems• Embedded software instrumentation and tools
• Cyber-Physical Systems• Modeling and simulation• Model based formal verification and semi-formal testing• Model based synthesis from high-level specifications
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Areas of Expertise
• Integrated Circuit Technologies, Design, and Test
• Semiconductors for hostile environments• Device physics and modeling• Microelectronic device and sensor design and
manufacturing• Analog/RF/mixed signal circuit design and test• Testing and silicon debug of digital circuits
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IUCRC Operation
Project Proposals– Typical duration: 1 or 2 years
Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) & Project Funding– Member companies either through SIUC or ASU
– Each member company is represented at the IAB
– Membership fees are used to fund projects
– IAB recommends proposals in late May (@ SIUC site)
– Site director initiates projects in June
– Projects start in August
– IAB & NSF reviews projects in January (@ASU site)
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Center for Embedded Systems | An NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center CONFIDENTIAL
Benefits of Membership
• Industry-Relevant Research Projects• Participate in timely research in embedded systems• Conduct pre-competitive or exploratory research in an
efficient, cost-effective way• Access the minds and work of more than a dozen faculty
members with laboratory and computing facilities• Chart your own course, as base membership enables a
member-directed research project
• IP Arrangement• Results of shared research projects available to all• Royalty-free non-exclusive IP rights on shared research
projects
• Leverage of Industry/University Partnership• Direct university projects at significantly reduced overhead• Realize greater ROI due to the pooling effect of
memberships• Maximize your research dollars with federal matching funds
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Benefits of Membership
• Internship Program• Access academically outstanding engineering students -
undergraduate and graduate levels• Gain a recruiting advantage by developing relationships
with well-trained interns at an early stage• Hire the best, through your opportunity to select
experienced interns for permanent employment
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Member companies at the SIUC site
Center for Embedded Systems | An NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center CONFIDENTIAL
Member companies (Year 3) SIUC site
Intel – Circuit Labs (OR) & Ultra Mobility Systems (CA)
Rockwell Collins (IA) Caterpillar (IL) General Dynamics (IL) Hamilton Sundstrand (IL) Dickey-john /TSI (MN) EMAC (IL)
ASU site Raytheon (AZ)
Intel (AZ)
Qualcomm (CA)
Toyota (CA)
Marvell (AZ)
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Project information for the SIUC site
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Students involved at SIUC site – Year 3
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Proposal presentations – SIUC site
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Year 1 (9/09, Tempe) Year 2 (6/10, Tempe) &mid-cycle (11/10,
O'Fallon)
Year 3 (6/11, O'Fallon) Year 4 (6/12, O'Fallon)
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Year 3 at SIUC: 18 presented, 11 selectedYear 4 at SIUC: 16 submitted, 14 presented for selection