VLSI System and Computation Lab (VSCLAB) Weekly Seminar Schedule

 

Note that the some slides are copyrighted by the original authors and organizations.

 

 

Spring 2015

Time:  Wednesday  1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: WCH 361

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Taeyoung Kim

Introduction to Git and GitHub for distributed project management

March 3, 2015

Research review

 

 

 

 

 

Winter 2015

Time:  Wednesday  1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Taeyoung Kim

Dynamic reliability management for dark silicon and high performance processors

March 11, 2015

Research review

David Hosson David

Iterative Failure Region Diagnosis by Smart sample selection and parameters specification guidance

March 4, 2015

Mock LATS2015 talk

Kai He

EM-based on-chip aging sensor

Feb. 25, 2015

Research review

 

 

 

Fall 2014

 

Time:  Wedneday  1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

David Hosson David

Statistical Failure Region Analysis by Iterative Locating
and Elite Sample Selection

Oct. 29, 2014

Research review

Taeyoung Kim

Lifetime optimization for real-time embedded systems considering EM effects

Oct. 22, 2014

ICCAD mock presentation

Xin Huang

IR-drop based chip-scale EM assessment

Oct.15, 2014

Research review

Xiaoli Zhi

Cloud and Big Data:

Research trends and focuses in Shanghai

Oct. 8, 2014

Research review

 

 

Spring 2014

 

Time:  Wedneday  1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Yue Zhao

EM-induced reliability optimization on embedded systems

May 28, 2014

Research review

Yan Zhu

Statistical analog analysis based on hierarchical  graph-based analysis on GPU platforms

May 21, 2014

Research review

Haibao Chen and Xin Huang

New dynamic Electromigration modeling and analysis

May 14. 2014

Research review

Zao Liu

System-level Thermal Modeling and Management for Multi-Core and 3D Microprocessors

2:00pm May 9, 2014

Zao Liu’s Final PhD defense.

Taeyoung Kim

Advanced Battery Management System for Smart Building

 

May 7, 2014

Research review

 

 

 

 

Winter 2014

 

Time:  Wedneday  1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Taeyoung Kim

Advanced Battery Management System for Smart Building

March 12, 2014

Research review

Dr. Valeriy Sukharev

New EM-modeling and assessment

March 5th, 2014 (at 11:00am)

SRC project review

Kai He

Column-based Right-Looking Parallel Sparse LU Factorization

  Method for Circuit Simulation on GPU Platforms

Feb. 26, 2014

Research review

Dr. Hai-bao Chen

H^2-based Finite Element Linear Solver for Transient

  Thermal Analysis of High-Performance ICs

Feb. 19, 2014

Research review

Xin Huang/Tan Yu

Physics-based Electromigration Assessment for Power Grid Networks

Feb. 12, 2014

Research review

Zao Liu

EM-Reliability System Modeling and Performance Optimization for High-Performance Microprocessors

Feb. 5, 2014

Research review

 

 

 

Fall 2013

 

Time:  Tuesday 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Dr. Hai-bao Chen

Recent model order reduction techniques

Nov. 12, 2013

Research review

Kai He

Parallel power grid analysis using preconditioned GMRES solvers on CPU-GPU platforms

Nov. 5, 2013

ICCAD mock presentation

Zao Liu

Compact lateral thermal resistance modeling and characterization for TSV and TSV array

Oct 29, 2013

ICCAD  mock presentation

 

 

Spring 2013

Time:  Wed  2:00pm to 3:00pm

Location: WCH (Eng-II) 361

 

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Zao Liu and Sahana Swarup

Lateral thermal resistance modeling for TSV modeling and characterization

May 15, 2013

Project review

Xin Huang

H-matrix  based direct solver for thermal analysis of 3D-ICs.

May 8, 2013

Project review

Zao Liu

Distributed dynamic thermal management considering both transient effects and low power mode

May 1, 2013

Project review

Kei He / Tan Yu

Fast SpMV algorithms on GPU platforms and its application on thermal analysis

April 24, 2013

Project review

 

Dr. Valéry Sukharev

Beyong Black’s equation: Full-chip EM/SM Assessment in 3D IC stack

April 22, 2013

Invited talk, EE department Colloquium.

 

 

Winter 2013

Time:  Tuesday 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Xuexin Liu

Parallel and Statistical Analysis and Modeling of Nanometer VLSI Systems

March 11, 2013

Ph.D. defense

 

 

Fall 2012

 

Time:  Tuesday 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Dr. Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle

Circuit Variation

Analysis By Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms

Dec. 4, 2013

 

Zao Liu

Compact nonlinear thermal modeling of packaged integrated systems

Nov. 6, 2012

 

ASPDAC 13 mock presentation

Xuexin Liu

Fast GPU-accelerated iterative solver and its application for parallel thermal analysis

Oct. 30, 2012

Research review

Peng Deng

Software synthesis of real-time embedded system

Oct. 16, 2012

Research review

Zao Liu

Dynamic Thermal Management for Multi-core Microprocessors Considering Transient Thermal Effects

Oct. 9, 2012

ASPDAC 13 mock presentation

 

 

Spring 2012

 

Time:  Tuesday 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Dr. Wenjian Yu,

Tsinghua University

Fast Floating Random Walk Solver for Interconnect Capacitance Extraction

May 30, 2012

Invited talk

Mr. XueXin Liu/ Mr. Adair Palma

 

 Statistical and yield analysis for analog circuits based bound analysis

May 22, 2012

Research review

Mr. Zao Liu

Improved matrix pencil modeling techniques for thermal modeling

May 8, 2012

Research review

 

 

Winter 2012

 

Time:  Wednesday 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Mr. XueXin Liu

 

 Transient Analysis of Large Linear Dynamic Networks on Hybrid GPU-Multicore Platforms

Feb. 8, 2012

Research review

Mr. Hai Wang

Power-Driven Thermal Sensor Placement Algorithm For Dynamic Thermal Manager

Jan 25, 2012

Research review

Mr. Zao Liu

Thermal modeling of Packaged VLSI Systems considering Nonlinear effects

Jan 18, 2012

Research review

 

 

 

 

 

Fall 2011

 

Time:  Tuesday 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Ms. Rui Li

Optimal control and dynamic thermal control research survey

Oct 18, 2011

MSLAB  group seminar

Mr. Xue-Xin Liu

Time-domain bound analysis of analog circuits

Oct 11, 2011

ASPDAC12 presentation

 

 

 

Spring 2011

 

Time: Wednesday  12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Mr. Hai Wang

Fast online Error-Tolerant Thermal Estimation and Prediction for Practical Thermal Management

May 18, 2011

MSLAB group seminar

Mr. Xue-Xin Liu

GPU-accelerated Envelope-Following Algorithm for Switching Power Converter Simulation

May 13, 2011

MSLAB  group seminar

Mr. Joe Gordon

Parallel Computing in VLSI Design

April 25, 2011

Department Colloquium

 

Winter 2011

 

Time: Wednesday  12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Mr. Zhigang Hao

Variational total chip power analysis

Feb 16, 2011

 

Mr. Joe Gordon

Parallel power grid analysis based on multicore computing

Feb 9, 2011

 

Mr Jianan Lv

GPU-based symbolic analysis

Jan 19, 2011

 

Ms. Sahana Swarup

Battery State of Charge modeling

Jan 12, 2011

 

Mr. Zao Liu

Compact Behavioral Thermal Modeling with Spatially Correlated Power Inputs

Jan. 5, 2011

Research review

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall 2010

 

Time: Wednesday  11:00am to 12:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Mr. Zhigang Hao

Performance Bound Analysis of Analog Circuits with Variations

Dec. 1st ,  1100am – 12:00pm

Research review

Ms. Ruijing Shen

A New Voltage Binning Technique for Yield Improvement

Dec. 8th, 1100am – 12:00pm

Research review

 

 

Spring 2010

 

Time: Wednesday  11:00am to 12:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Mr. Hai Wang/Duo Li

Composable thermal modeling for Architecture-Level Thermal Design of Multicore Microprocessors

May 26th, 1100am – 12:00pm

Research review

Mr. Xuexin Liu

A linear algorithm for full-chip statistical leakage power analysis considering weak spatial correlation

May 19th, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Mock presentation for (DAC’10)

Ms. Ruijing Shen

A linear statistical analysis for full-chip leakage power with spatial correlation

May 12th, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Mock presentation for (GLSVLSI’10)

Ms. Ruijing Shen

Fast Chip-Level Statistical Leakage Analysis Considering Spatial Correlations

April 12th, 11:00am – 12:00pm

This seminar was given at the EE department level as the EE Colloquium.

 

 

Winter 2010

 

Time: Wednesday  11:00am to 12:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Mr. Zhigang Hao

Symbolic Moment and Sensitivity Calculation with Applications

Feb. 16 (Tuesday)

Zhigang’s ASPDAC10 paper.

Prof. Naehyuck Chang

Control-Theoretic Cyber Physical System Modeling and Synthesis: A Case Study of an Active Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

Feb. 9, (Tuesday)

Eng-II 205.

Prof. Chang visited UCR on Feb. 9

Mr. Xuexin Liu

A Robust Periodic Arnoldi Shooting Algorithm for

Efficient Large-scale RF/MMIC Simulation

Feb 3, 2010

Xuexin’ DAC10 paper  mock presentation

Mr. Thom Eguia/Mr. Duo Li

Package-level Parameterized Thermal Modeling of Multi-core Microprocessors for General Power Inputs

Jan 27, 2010

Ms Ruijing Shen

A Linear Statistical Analysis for Full-Chip Leakage Power with Spatial Correlation

Jan 13, 2010

Ruijing’s GLSVLSI’10 mock presentation

 

 

 

Fall 2009

 

Time: Tuesday  11:00am to 12:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Mr. Thom Eguia

New subspace system based thermal modeling for multicore systems

Sept 6, 2009

Mr. Ryan Rakid

Recent numerical  results on adaptive model order reductions

Sept 13, 2009

Ms. Muhua Ngan, Kavin Lemen, Daniel Sandez

Post-IRES seminar on research and social activities at Tsinghua University

Nov. 5, 2009

EBU-I, 261

Dr. Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle

Introduction to INAOE, research projects and research topics

Nov. 10, 2009

ENG-II, 361

Dr. Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle

Symbolic analysis based on Nullor

Nov. 17, 2009

ENG-II, 361

 

 

Spring 2009

 

Time: Wednesday 11:00am to 12:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Mr. Jacob Relles

An Introduction to Subspace System Identification and Methodology

April  29, 2009

Mr. Hai Wang

Wideband model order reduction by adaptive complex-valued sampling.

May 13, 2009

Mr. Thom Eguia

Subspace system based thermal modeling for multicore systems

May 20, 2009

Mr. Boyuan Yan

New fast truncated balanced realization reduction method considering two gramians

May 27, 2009

Mr. Duo Li

New power grid IR drop analysis based on reduction based techniques

June 3, 2009

 

 

Winter 2009

 

Time: Wednesday 11:00am to 12:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Mr. Ning Mi

Threading based parallel computing and implementation

March 18, 2009

Mr. Ruijing Shen

Software skin thermal sensor for general computing platforms

March 11, 2009

Mr. Thom Eguia

Statistical decap allocation algorithm by fast numerical quadratic method and variable reduction

Match 4, 2009

Mr. Duo Li

Partitioning based ETBR method for large P/G network analysis

Feb. 25, 2009

Mr. Xuexin Liu

A Fast Non-Monte-Carlo Analysis of Analog Mismatch

An Introduction to Subspace System Identification and Methodology

Feb. 11, 2009

Mr. Hai Wang

Adaptive sampling for reduced order modeling of interconnects.

Feb. 4, 2009

Mr. Boyuan Yan

Passive Rational Interpolation-Based Reduction for General Structure Systems

Jan. 14, 2009

 

 

 

Fall 2008

Time: Wednesday 11:00am to 12:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Ms. Ruijing Shi

Statistical Performance Characterization and Analysis of Nano-Scale VLSI Circuits

Mon. Dec. 8,

Ph.D. Oral exam

Mr. Hai Wang

Variational Analysis of VLSI Interconnects Considering Environmental Uncertainty

Mon. Dec. 8,

Ph.D. Oral exam

Mr. Hai Wang and Boyuan Yan

A survey of RLCK reduction and simulation methods by fast truncated balanced realization

Wed. Nov. 5,

ICSICT’08 invited paper.

Mr. Boyuan Yan

Modeling and simulation for on-chip power grid networks by locally dominant Krylov subspace method

Wed, Oct. 29.

Boyuan’s ICCAD09 mock presentation

Mr. Duo Li

Parameterized transient thermal behavioral modeling for chip multiprocessors

Wed, Oct.  22.

Duo’s ICCAD mock presentation

Mr. Thom Eguia

Statistical decap allocation algorithm using fast numerical quadratic method

Wed, Oct. 15.

 

Mr. Duo Li

Variational ETBR method for statistical p/g grid analysis and IRES activities in Beijing for summer 2008.

Wed, Oct. 8, 11:00am to 12:00am

Duo’s paper in ASPDAC’09

Ms Ning Mi

Direct SPD (symmetric positive definite) matrix solver survey

Wed, Oct. 1, 2008, 10:00am to 11:00pm

Ning’s research work at Synopsys in summer 2008.

Mr. Jacob Relles

Statistical Capacitance extraction using Monte Carlo method

Wed, Oct. 1, 2008, 11:00am to 12:00pm

At EBUII lobby at the post-IRES activities.

 

 

 

Spring 2008

Time: Wednesday 11:00am to 12:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Prof. Wai-shing Luk, Fudan University

Phase optimization for Phase shaft masking in DFM layout

Friday, June 13, 2008

 

Mr. Yi Wang, Fudan University

Clock schedule optimization considering process variations

Friday, June 13, 2008

Yi Wang’s DAC08 presentation.

Dr. Lin Jiang, Xi’an Post and Telcom Institute

A survey of on chip optical interconnect

Wed, June 4, 2008

Research review

Ms. Ning Mi

General non-linear interconnect delay model

Wed, May 28, 2008

 

Mr. Duo Li

Parameterized architecture thermal modeling and analysis

Wed, May 21, 2008

 

Ms. Ruijing Shen

Statistical full-chip leakage computation using orthogonal polynomial

Wed, May 14, 2008

 

Dr. Lin Jiang, Xi’an Post and Telcom Institute

A survey of power and thermal modeling of Network on chip

Wed, May 7, 2008

Sheldon Tan is out of town.

Mr. Hai Wang

Fast incremental TBR for clock tree analysis under environmental uncertainty.

Wed, April 30, 2008

 

Mr. Boyan Yuan

Decentralized MOR and localized power grid network analysis

Wed, April 23, 2008

Mock presentation for Boyan at DAC also.

 

 

Winter 2008

Time: Wednesday 11:00am to 12:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Dr. Lin Jiang, Xi’an Post and Telcom Institute

Communication chip design

Wed. March 12, 2008

Research review of Dr. Lin Jiang’s Lab at Xi’an Post and Telcom Institute.

Mr. Duo Li

ETBR: Extended truncated balanced realization method for on-chip power grid network analysis

Wed. March. 5, 2008

Mock presentation for DATE’08. 

Mr. Ning Mi

Statistical delay computations for interconnects for statistical timing analysis

Wed, Feb 27, 2008

 

Mr. Pu Liu

Review of the fast thermal analysis methods, FEKIS, TMM

Wed., Feb 20, 2008

 

Dr. Sheldon Tan

Robust VLSI on-chip power delivery: challenges and solutions

Wed, Feb 6, 2008

p/g simulation project reviews

Mr. Boyuan Yan

Reduction of Multi-port interconnects using port-partitioning method.

Wed. Jan 30, 2008.

Research review

Ms. Wei Wu

Reliability analysis for cache consider process variations on leakage and thermal effects

Wed. Jan 16, 2008

Research review

Dr. Wenjian Yu, Tsinghua University

Research on 3-D Parasitic Extraction at Tsinghua University

Friday Jan 11, 2008

2:30pm – 3:30pm

Prof. Yu visited UCR on Jan 11 to Jan 12, 2008

Mr. Duo Li

Hierarchical Krylov Subspace Based Reduction of Large Interconnects

Wed, Jan 9, 2008

ASPDAC08 mock presentation

 

 

Fall 2007

Time: Wednesday 11:00am to 12:00pm

Location: Eng-II 361

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Mr. Ning Mi

Fast statistical simulation based Extended Krylov subspace method

Wed. Oct. 31, 2007

ICCAD mock presentation.

Mr David Kwak and Mr. Thom Eguia

Rank-aware Variational Balanced Truncation Based Compact Modeling Method

Wed. Oct. 24, 2007

Research review

Mr. Jian Cui

Variational Capacitance Extraction

Wed, Oct. 17, 2007

Research review

Ms. Ruijing(Rachel) Shen

Introduction of Statistical Timing Analysis

Wed, Oct. 10, 2007

Paper review

Mr. Lingfei Zhou

Efficient Passivity-Preserving Model Reduction: An Interpolation Approach

Wed, Oct. 3, 2007

Invited talk

 

 

Spring 2007

Time: Thursday 11:00am to 12:00pm

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Mr. Boyuan Yan

SBPOR method

May 31, 2007

DAC mock presentation

Mr. David Kwak

Inductance modeling and L C extraction

May 24, 2007

Research topic review

Ms. Wei Wu

Temperature-aware reliability-friendly high speed cache design

May 17, 2007

 Research Review

Ms. Ning Mi

Fast statistical simulation based Extended Krylov subspace method

May 3, 2007

 Research Review

Mr. Boyuan Yan

Second-order Gramian approximation method for passive order reduction of RLC

April 26, 2007

Research Review

Dr. Sheldon Tan

EDA to rescue the silicon roadmap

April 12, 2007

The talk was given by Dr. T. W. Williams as a Keynote in ISQED’07, San Jose, CA.

Mr. Pu Liu

Model order reduction techniques for architecture level fast thermal simulation

April 12, 2007

Research Review

 

 

 

Winter 2007

Time: Thursday 11:00am to 12:00pm

 

Speakers

Title

Date

Comment

Mr. Boyuan Yan

Fast Balanced Truncation Method for MOR of Interconnect

February 22, 2007

Research review

Mr. Duo Li

Behavioral Thermal Modeling

February 15, 2007

Research review

Mr. Jian (Wiles) Cui

Integration of UMFPACK and Matlab

February 8, 2007

Research review

Ms. Wei Wu

The future of Computing, tera-scale computing research overview TCRS001

February 1, 2007

The talk was originally presented by VP of Intel, Joe Schurz at TCRC001 Chalk Talk.

Dr. Xiaoling Yuan

Krylov Subspace Based Stochastic Power/grid network analysis

January 18, 2007

Research review

Mr. James Anthony Pelen

Graphene

January 11, 2007

Research review