EEL 6686: Embedded Systems Seminar

General Information Instructor: Ann Gordon-Ross Office: Benton 319 Email: ann@ece.ufl.edu Office Hours – By appointment only on TR Web page: linked from http://www.ann.ece.ufl.edu/ Nothing on E-learning or Sakai. Communication: When sending email, include [EEL6935] in the subject line Everything will be linked off of the course schedule! That will be the most important page for you!

How this Class is Different! Seminar style course geared for those with prior embedded systems background and interested in more in depth knowledge No required textbook No class projects Required readings include conference and journal publications – state-of-the-art, cutting edge research Class presentations over the material

How this Class is Different! What you will learn: How to identify current, quality research Conference and journal quality Different for computer science vs. engineering How to read research papers Difficult to learn the process, MUST practice to get better Learn what research really is, how to evaluate it Is a PhD for you? Gain presentation skills Excellent for job interviews Progressive feedback from peers and myself

How this Class is Different! What you will learn: Wide knowledge of embedded system design aspects In depth knowledge of your chosen topics I love this class! Always learn new things Review of 60 papers, but only read approximately 6 No project Group work Public speaking

Course Information Prerequisites Reading Computer architecture Digital logic design Programming experience with C and/or C++ Assembly languages Basic UNIX/LINUX OS and compiler knowledge Reading No textbook Research papers as assigned, linked off of course schedule

Course Components Tests - 45% (not cumulative) 3 Midterms, each 15% Questions covering presentations and related papers Midterm 3 will be the last day of class – Tues April 22 Class Presentation – 40% 2 Long – 40 minutes over 2 related papers 1 Short – 20 minutes over 1 paper Class Participation – 15%

Groups You will be required to work in groups Each group will be exactly 2 members Large class, maybe 4 groups of 3 First requests will get consideration Approved/denied after add drop deadline Jan 12 @ 11:59pm Must submit group requests via email to me (ann@ece.ufl.edu) by Jan 13 @ 8pm

Class Presentations Each group will give several short/long presentations 5 minutes for questions/answers Each presentation will cover 1/2 papers (short/long, respectively) 2 papers for long presentations must be related You will choose them and I will approve them Must submit papers via email to me for approval at least 2 weeks prior to presentation day Each presentation will cover a different topic Select topics via email by Jan 13 @ 8pm Limited slots per topic, first come first serve Presentation date will be assigned, but will roughly follow topic list…

Class Presentation Topics Must choose different topics: Topic 1 - Sensor Networks Topic 2 - Communications Topic 3 - Aero-space Applications Topic 4 - Real-time Systems Topic 5 - Reconfiguable Computing Topic 6 - Hardware-Software Partitioning and Co-Design Principles Topic 7 - Memory/Cache Optimization Techniques Topic 8 - General Low Power/Energy Optimization Techniques Topic 9 - Architectural Optimizations

Paper Selection Search top embedded system conferences…. CASES, CODE+ISSS, ISPLED, SOCC, LCTES, DAC, FCCM, DATE, ICCAD, etc. Consider tier 1 vs tier 2 vs tier 3 conferences Search top embedded systems journals… IEEE TVLSI, IEEE TCAD, ACM Transactions on Computers, IEEE Transactions on Computers, DAES, TACO, etc. Not just IEEE or ACM Google Scholar and Citeseer

Presentation Preparation Cover enough background so that viewers can understand Cover details of the papers’ implementations Results Last slide by identify questions/shortfalls/disadvantages/future directions Number slides X of Y

Presentation Preparation Submit PPT to me via email by 8PM the night before your presentation so I can post it Each person must submit 4 potential test questions with answers via email by 8PM the night before your presentation PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!!!

Presentation Deliverables Papers submitted for approval 2 weeks before presentation date Presentation and questions (each person submits their own questions) by 8 PM the day before your talk

Presentation Timeline 9 topics, roughly 12 presentation weeks Topic choice gives you a rough idea of when your talk will be, I will assign the date Midterm dates will be added Special topics/guests may be added Talks begin Jan 20! Just a little over a week to prepare If you choose topic 1, you might present Jan 20 or Jan 22 but you will get 10% extra credit, and you can choose your own topic.

Grading Criteria Timing – 20/40 minutes Preparation – slides are presentable and understandable with good formatting and use of visual aids Submitting papers/slides/questions on time Presentation clarity Ability to answer audience questions Identification of questions/shortfalls/disadvantages/future directions If groups, each student talks for ½ of time (1/3 if group of 3)

Class Participation 15% of Grade Presenter feedback During each presentation, audience will note strengths/weaknesses for each presenter Anonymous, just leave the notes at the front of the class for the speakers Honor system Question participation Ask questions after talk I will record, and keep track of each question