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Harvard Mixed-Signal VLSI |
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Combining Circuits and Architecture to Combat Variability |
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(Summer 2007) |
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About Me |
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I received my BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1994, 1997, and 2001, respectively. In August 2000, I joined Accelerant Networks (now a part of Synopsys) in Beaverton, Oregon as a Senior Design Engineer, where I worked on a 5-Gbps backplane transceiver with adaptive equalization. As the internet bubble was showing signs of bursting, I joined Harvard University as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering in January 2002. I was promoted to Associate Professor in 2006. I am now preparing my tenure case. I started my research career thinking about system-level energy optimization and my PhD thesis focused on implementations of power-supply regulators for dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) and how it can be applied to high-speed parallel links. Since then, my research interests have broadened somewhat. While I still work on a variety of links-related projects, I’ve recently found myself collaborating closely with Professor David Brooks on several projects to investigate different ways circuits and architecture (and software when appropriate) can work together to better deal with variability issues facing modern IC designs. Looking forward, I find myself thinking more about costs related to IC design and am interested in ways to improve the BIPS^3/W/$ metric. Besides my research activities, I currently teach students how to design chips in the VLSI Design course (CS148/CS248) and think about important circuits and systems issues through a graduate-level reading course that covers a wide range of topics related to Mixed-Signal IC Design (ES271r). · CV |
