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Advanced Circuits, Architecture, and Computing Lab

Research Overview

My primary research interests are in: (1) Computer architecture & VLSI covering modeling and analysis of microarchitectural (computational, communication, and storage) components of current and future (CMOS and beyond-CMOS) nanoscale systems and design techniques to optimize them w.r.t. their: (i) performance: memory and interconnect latency, bandwidth, and capacity; (ii) energy: leakage and dynamic, active and standby; (iii) dependability: tolerance to process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) variations and to soft and hard errors, and security; and (iv) cost: area, design, and time-to-market costs, functional and parametric yields, and design for manufacturability. (2) Parallel & high-performance computing encompassing: (i) algorithmic techniques: data management, load balancing, memory-hierarchy awareness, efficient communication, computational recovery and steering, adaptation to problem and computing system characteristics, and satisfying QoS requirements; (ii) applications: discrete optimization, computational biology, and data mining; and (iii) problem-solving environments. I combine theoretical and analytical methods with design, simulation, and implementation to address practical challenges. I am interested in multidisciplinary approaches where appropriate and in integrating research with education activities. For information on specific projects in progress, selected publications, people involved, and sponsors, click on the links above or on the left.
Contact information:  Phone: (517) 432-4617 • Fax: (517) 353-1980 • E-mail: nrm(@)egr.msu.edu
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