Current Lab Members
Lab Director - Lesley Shannon
I'm interested in all sorts of non-traditional computer design. As the lab director, I have supervised all of the lab members (past and present), participating in all of the projects described below in some capacity. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me directly or visit my website.
School of Engineering Science
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6
CANADA
Office: ASB 8819
Voice: (778) 782-7672
FAX: (778) 782-4951
Email: lshannon@ensc.sfu.ca
URL: http://www.ensc.sfu.ca/~lshannon
Edward Chen (PhD)
His work deals with high-level abstractions for FPGA-based control systems to improve usability and reduce design time. Firstly, a new CAD tool is developed to extend software automation. Secondly, a framework is created that incorporates the use of Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration (DPR). The framework abstracts the low-level design details and leverages software engineering concepts to facilitate the development of FPGA-based control applications. HMs within the framework are encapsulated with light-weight, customizable wrappers that provide highlevel communication functionality.
Farnaz Gharibian (PhD)
She is working on CAD algorithms, Specifically FPGA placement algorithms.
Zia Jalali (MASc)
He is working on the PolyBlaze project. The aim of the project is to add SMP support to MicroBlaze processor. His contribution to the project is to create a new L1 cache for the MicroBlaze that supports coherency protocols. In addition to the L1 cache, I am creating arbiter modules that maintain coherency between L1 caches.
Eric Matthews (MASc)
He is working on investigations into hardware support for profiling system level interactions in multicore processor systems.
Mohammad Mohammadnia (MASc)
He is working on numerical analysis and implementation of fixed-pint FD-OCT system on FPGA and GPGU.