Research Interests

Computer architecture with focus on complexity, temperature, reliability. To gain further insights systems (SCOORE) are built on FPGAs and ASICs.

Future Conference Deadlines

A list of upcoming and recent FPGA/VLSI/CAD conferences.
A list of computer architecture conferences.
A map of computer architecture conferences.

MICRO'10 (MICRO)   ICCAD'10 (ICCAD)   ISLPED'10 (ISLPED)   PACT'10 (PACT)   HOTCHIPS'10 (HOTCHIPS)  

Recent News

• New PhD Student (Elnaz Ebrahimi)
• Sun Gift ($75K)
• New thermal page

Recent Selected Publications

• Characterizing Processor Thermal Behavior, Francisco J. Mesa-Martinez, Ehsan Ardestani, and Jose Renau, Fifteenth International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS), March 2010.
• SOI, Interconnect, Package, and Mainboard Thermal Characterization, Joseph Nayfach-Battilana and Jose Renau, International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), August 2009 (poster paper).
• Processor Verification with hwBugHunt, Sangeetha Sudhakrishnan, Liying Su, and Jose Renau, IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), March 2008.
• Effective Optimistic-Checker Tandem Core Design Through Architectural Pruning, Francisco J. Mesa-Martinez and Jose Renau, 40th International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO), December 2007.