Life on the Fringe: Projects in Computer Science and Engineering
Steven Levitan (University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of ECE)
Tuesday, March 27th
12 pm - SENSQ 5317
Refreshments at 11:45 am
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Abstract
In this talk I will present some of the recent results from "Steve and Don's excellent adventures" in research at the interface of computing technology and architecture. These include our work in building experimental devices, components and systems that exploit the unique features of various technology domains (e.g., electrical, optical, mechanical and fluidic) to perform sensing, actuating, computing, communication and storage tasks. Two recent examples are in high speed signaling, and bio-fluidic ?lab-on-chip? applications, Next, I will describe how we have developed methods to model these multi-technology systems with a multi-level simulation environment that couples continuous time component models with discrete time system simulation. Finally, based on our experiences working on advanced technologies and parallel computing systems, I will present some observations about directions for future computer systems.
Biography of Speaker
Steven P. Levitan received the B.S. degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1972. He received his M.S. 1979 and Ph.D. 1984, in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. From 1972 to 1977 he worked for Xylogic Systems designing hardware for computerized text processing systems. He was an Assistant Professor from 1984 to 1986 in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts. In 1987, Dr. Levitan joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty at the University of Pittsburgh where he is the John A. Jurenko Professor of Computer Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Computer Science. He is Past Chair of the ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA). He is the General Chair of the 44th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference Executive Committee. He is a senior member of the IEEE, and a member of SPIE and OSA.