Soheil Ghiasi

Soheil Ghiasi
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616

Office: 3171 Kemper Hall
Phone: (530) 752-0836
Fax: (530) 752-8428
Email: my-last-name@ucdavis.edu

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I am an associate professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC-Davis, and I lead our team at the Laboratory for Embedded and Programmable Systems (LEPS). I received my PhD in Computer Science from UCLA in 2004.

Research

I am interested in design methodologies for embedded and cyber-physical systems (CPS), which utilize computing to monitor, service and control various application-specific processes, including those in the physical world. My work deals with modeling, analysis and optimization of embedded software, programmable execution platforms, and tools for automating the design process. The area offers an interesting blend of theory and practice: real-world applications give rise to design challenges, and solutions are developed using a combination of analytical and experimental techniques.

Currently, My students and I are working on remote monitoring of patients' physical-therapy drills using wearable sensors, and synthesis of streaming applications targeting embedded multi-processor platforms.

Project Vectors

Design technique for parallel and reconfigurable embedded computing platforms
Methodologies for design of digital systems to monitor and/or control physical processes

Current Projects

Past Projects

PARTS: Parallel Architectures for Programmable Network Measurement
Time Budgeting in Digital System Synthesis
Reconfigurable Logic for Image Processing and Object Tracking

Publications

Teaching

Design and Optimization of Embedded Computing Systems (EEC 284)
Computer Engineering Capstone Design Project (EEC 181A/B)
Digital Systems (EEC 180A/B)

Professional Activities

Organizing Committee Member:

Workshops Co-Chair, International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services (MOBICASE): 2011

Program Committee Member:

Asia Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ASQED): 2011, 2012
SIGDA PhD Forum at IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC): 2009, 2010
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD): 2006, 07, 08
IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC): 2009, 10

IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD): 2007, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS): 2006, 07, 08, 09
IEEE Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Education Conference: 2012, 2013
International Workshop on Software and Compilers for Embedded Systems (SCOPES)/Workshop on Mapping Applications to MPSoCs(Map2MPSoC): 2012, 2013
International Conference on Body Area Networks: 2013

Associate Editor:

International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing (1/2011-Present)

ACM SIGDA Newsletter (1/2008-1/2011)

Graduate Students and Alumni

Mohammad Foroozannejad (PhD 2009 - )
Nicholas Hosein (PhD 2010 - )
Dr. Faisal Khan (PhD 2006-2012 ) first employment: Altera (Co-advised with Professor Chuah)
Dr. Matin Hashemi (PhD 2005-2011) first employment: Sharif University of Technology
Volodymyr Khibin (MS 2010 -2011) first employment: Intel
Trevor Hodges (MS 2007- 08) first employment: Serra
Adam Harbour (MS 2006-07) first employment: Spansion

If you are currently a UC-Davis graduate or undergraduate student and are interested in working on one of the research projects in our group, please email me to discuss your interests.

Advice/Personal/Misc.

Collection of links to articles/talks/resources that I found interesting. highly recommended especially to students who have just started/are about to start college or graduate school.
Collection of quotes some of which are truly inspiring (at least to me!)