Master’s Thesis Deposited and Published

Published on 2 June 2009 in Recent News.

My Master’s thesis was deposited electronically during the spring semester, and has now been published through U of I’s online database of scholarly work IDEALS. The thesis, entitled “High-Level Resource Binding and Allocation for Power and Performance Optimization”, can be downloaded here. But be warned, it doesn’t make for light reading.

ASP-DAC ’09 Best Paper Award

Published on 4 February 2009 in Recent News.

I and my colleagues, Greg Lucas and Deming Chen, were given a best paper award for our submission to one of the premier, peer-reviewed, international conferences on electronic design automation, the Asia South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), held in Yokohama, Japan in January 2009. This year ASP-DAC had an acceptance rate of 31%, with the number of submissions totaling more than 350, and Best Paper Awards going to 2 papers, making receiving such an award quite an honor.

A picture of the event, which I was unable to attend, can be seen here.

ECE Illinois news article on the award can be found here, and is reprinted below. Continue reading ‘ASP-DAC ’09 Best Paper Award’