Abstract

From Smart Homes to Smart Roads, all of these advanced embedded systems require enabling technologies. This talk will discuss the state-of-the-art in Intelligent Transportation Systems and Smart Homes, including Dr. Smith’s research on both; and then will discuss an important enabling technology needed for future advanced embedded systems, asynchronous logic design. The 2012 International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors states that asynchronous circuits currently account for 22% of logic within the multi-billion dollar semiconductor industry, and predicts that this percentage will more than double over the next 10 years. Asynchronous logic has been around for the past 50+ years; but, until recently, synchronous circuits have been good enough to meet industry needs, so asynchronous circuits were primarily utilized for niche markets and in the research domain. However, as transistor size continues to decrease, asynchronous circuits are being looked to by industry to solve power dissipation and process variability issues associated with these emerging sub-90 nm circuits. The talk will discuss the state of the art of asynchronous logic, how asynchronous circuits are currently being utilized in industry, including for smart cities, and the future of asynchronous logic.

Bio

He did B.S. Electrical Engineering, B.S. Computer Engineering, and Minor in Mathematics, August 1992 – May 1996 University of Missouri – Columbia, then M.S. Electrical Engineering, January 1997 – May 1998 (4.0 GPA) University of Missouri – Columbia and Ph.D. Computer Engineering, August 1998 – May 2001 (4.0 GPA) University of Central Florida.

Hi areas of expertise are Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems, Digital Logic, FPGAs, Asynchronous Logic, NULL Convention Logic, CAD Tools for Digital Design, Computer Arithmetic, VHDL, VLSI, Secure/Trustable Hardware, Wireless Sensor Networks, Robotics, Cyber Physical Systems. He had Passed the EIT (FE) Examination (1996).

He had been Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering with Tenure (August 2007 – August 2013) and Adjunct Associate Professor of Computer Science & Computer Engineering(September 2008 – August 2013), Currently he is Professor and Department Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering with Tenure (August 2013 – to date)