The Carnegie Pulse: Pulse Scheduler: 18-766 The Art and Science of System Level Design

18-766 The Art and Science of System Level Design

Units:	12.0
Department:	Electrical & Comp. Eng.
Prerequisites:	18-760 and (18-347 or 18-447 or 18-349 or 15-213)
Related URLs:	http://www.ece.cmu.edu/

The objective of this course is to present the necessary background, useful abstractions and needed techniques for system-level modeling, analysis and optimization. The course is primarily intended to provide the fundamentals on using concurrency theory concepts to represent and evaluate the behavior of different embedded applications. These include choosing the appropriate modeling formalism, constructing, solving and optimizing the model, and finally make the appropriate design decisions towards an efficient practical implementation. While the emphasis is on both computation and communication aspects involved in the Systems-On-a-Chip design of embedded applications, parts of the course will also cover modern topics related to nanotechnologies, ambient intelligence and systems biology. The main idea is to illustrate the beauty and the power of the system-level approach at work for a variety of practical systems. Topics to be covered include: models of concurrency, specification & modeling of embedded applications, communication-based design, self-similarity and criticality issues, on-chip networks, low-power & reliable design, design paradigms for nanotechnologies, ambient intelligence, systems biology. The course requirements consist of a few homework assignments, a semester-long project, and class presentations based on relevant papers and students work on the project.

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Spring 2005 times

Sec	Time	Day	Instructor	Location
A	2:30 - 4:20 pm	M	Marculescu	PH A18B

	4:30 - 6:20 pm	T	Marculescu	HH B131

	2:30 - 4:20 pm	W	Marculescu	PH A18B