Nis, March 4th, 2005Public Reporting on Project Results Review of Activities of Working Group for Computer Architecture Mile Stojcev Oliver Vojinovic Faculty of Electronic Engineering of Nis

March 4th, 2005 Overview Initial status Joint proposal for the CA Core of Knowledge Innovations Innovations - published books Innovations - books in printing procedure New course - Embedded systems Innovations - SimArch

March 4th, 2005 Initial status (B.T. - Before Tempus) 6 courses concerning Computer Architectures are delivered at FEEN Computer Systems (semester IV) Computer Organization (semester V - VI) Microcomputer Systems and Input/Output Devices (semester VII - VIII) Parallel Computer Systems (semester VII - VIII) Algorithms and Architectures of Specialized Computer Systems (semester IX) Microprocessor systems (Dept. of Electronic, semester VII - VIII)

March 4th, 2005 Initial status (B.T. - Before Tempus) (Cont.) Each course contained lectures, oral exercises, lab practices Lectures were delivered using blackboard Oral exercises - solving problems on blackboard

March 4th, 2005 Joint proposal for the CA Core of Knowledge Joint work on innovations in CA courses of experts form different academic institutions resulted with paper in CCSS journal. Computer Architecture Core of Knowledge for Computer Science Studies by Mile Stojcev, Ivan Milentijevic, FEEN Dimitris Kehagias, TEIA Rolf Drechsler, University of Bremen Marjan Gusev, FNSMS

March 4th, 2005 Innovations (A.T. - After Tempus) 5 published books 2 books in publishing procedure Innovations in existing courses On-line material on faculty’s web site A new course on Embedded Systems New teaching tool

March 4th, 2005 Innovations - published books Microcomputer systems - The Collection of Solved Problems Microprocessor Architecture, Part I Laboratory Manual for Microprocessor Systems Computer Architecture and Organization Lab Manual for Parallel Computer Systems Course

March 4th, 2005 Innovations - published books Microcomputer systems - The Collection of Solved Problems M. Stojcev, T. Stankovic Microprocessor Architecture, Part I Laboratory Manual for Microprocessor Systems Computer Architecture and Organization Lab Manual for Parallel Computer Systems Course

March 4th, 2005 Innovations - published books Microcomputer systems - The Collection of Solved Problems Microprocessor Architecture, Part I M. Stojcev Laboratory Manual for Microprocessor Systems Computer Architecture and Organization Lab Manual for Parallel Computer Systems Course

March 4th, 2005 Innovations - published books Microcomputer systems - The Collection of Solved Problems Microprocessor Architecture, Part I Laboratory Manual for Microprocessor Systems T. Stankovic, S. Ristic, M. Krstic, I. Andrejic, and M. Stojcev Computer Architecture and Organization Lab Manual for Parallel Computer Systems Course

March 4th, 2005 Innovations - published books Microcomputer systems - The Collection of Solved Problems Microprocessor Architecture, Part I Laboratory Manual for Microprocessor Systems Computer Architecture and Organization N. Milenkovic Lab Manual for Parallel Computer Systems Course

March 4th, 2005 Innovations - published books Microcomputer systems - The Collection of Solved Problems Microprocessor Architecture, Part I Laboratory Manual for Microprocessor Systems Computer Architecture and Organization Lab Manual for Parallel Computer Systems Course E. Milovanovic, V. Ciric

March 4th, 2005 Innovations - books in printing procedure Computer Systems, part I M. Stojcev, P. Krtolica (joint work with FSMN and ETF Sarajevo) Computer Networks and Data Transfer M. Stojcev (joint work with ETF Sarajevo)

March 4th, 2005 Innovations in existing courses New topics in existing courses: Non-blocking cache memories Concepts of VLIW machines Performance improvement Low power design System testing New generation microcontrollers Application specific processor design Configurable and extensible processors

March 4th, 2005 Innovations in existing courses (Cont.) Most of lectures now delivered with digital projectors A lot of on-line material Solved problems of previous writing exams Selected topics on advanced computer architectures Involving students in preparing new lab exercises

March 4th, 2005 New course - Embedded systems Started on October 2004 (semester IX) Topics Modelling of embedded systems High-level synthesis Scheduling, allocation, partitioning Parameter-defined processors Hardware-software codesign Design validation Application areas

March 4th, 2005 Innovations - SimArch New multimedia teaching tool, originally developed at FEEN Involvement of students in development process (Student TEMPUS Club) Supports lectures of computer architectures Can be adapted to meet requirements of any computer architecture course Single engine, two interfaces Desktop application - for lectures, displaying with digital projector Web application - for students' practicing at home

March 4th, 2005

Innovations - SimArch (Cont.) Heavy work still in progress New, powerful component-based simulator in integration stage Connection with extern data providers for component simulation Improving stability and speed Efforts towards improving usability, portability and user independence  better script syntax (more error tolerant, better portability)  visual tools for presentation creation

March 4th, 2005

Concluding remarks Numerious innovations in existing curricula were involved New lab practicing exercises created Several new books available to students Involvement of students in teaching process New teaching environment (digital projectors, on-line content, multimedia teaching tools) Dissemination of results to other accademic institutions