1 - ECpE 583 (Reconfigurable Computing): Project Introductions Iowa State University (Ames) CPRE 583 Reconfigurable Computing Lecture 16: Wed 10/14/2011 (Project Introductions) Instructor: Dr. Phillip Jones Reconfigurable Computing Laboratory Iowa State University Ames, Iowa, USA

2 - ECpE 583 (Reconfigurable Computing): Project Introductions Iowa State University (Ames) Projects: Let me know if you do not have a team! MP3 will be release today, pushed due date to Friday 11/4 Announcements/Reminders

3 - ECpE 583 (Reconfigurable Computing): Project Introductions Iowa State University (Ames) Project Grading Breakdown 50% Final Project Demo 30% Final Project Report –20% of your project report grade will come from your 5-6 project updates. Friday’s midnight 20% Final Project Presentation

4 - ECpE 583 (Reconfigurable Computing): Project Introductions Iowa State University (Ames) FPL FPT FCCM FPGA DAC ICCAD Reconfig RTSS RTAS ISCA Projects Ideas: Relevant conferences Micro Super Computing HPCA IPDPS

5 - ECpE 583 (Reconfigurable Computing): Project Introductions Iowa State University (Ames) Teams Formed and Topic: Mon 10/10 –Project idea in Power Point 3-5 slides Motivation (why is this interesting, useful) What will be the end result High-level picture of final product –Project team list: Name, Responsibility High-level Plan/Proposal: Fri 10/14 –Power Point 5-10 slides (presentation to class Wed 10/19) System block diagrams High-level algorithms (if any) Concerns –Implementation –Conceptual Related research papers (if any) Projects: Target Timeline

6 - ECpE 583 (Reconfigurable Computing): Project Introductions Iowa State University (Ames) Work on projects: 10/ /9 –Weekly update reports More information on updates will be given Presentations: Finals week –Present / Demo what is done at this point –15-20 minutes (depends on number of projects) Final write up and Software/Hardware turned in: Day of final (TBD) Projects: Target Timeline

7 - ECpE 583 (Reconfigurable Computing): Project Introductions Iowa State University (Ames) Initial Project Proposal Slides (5-10 slides) Project team list: Name, Responsibility (who is project leader) –Team size: 3-4 (5 case-by-case) Project idea Motivation (why is this interesting, useful) What will be the end result High-level picture of final product High-level Plan –Break project into mile stones Provide initial schedule: I would initially schedule aggressively to have project complete by Thanksgiving. Issues will pop up to cause the schedule to slip. –System block diagrams –High-level algorithms (if any) –Concerns Implementation Conceptual Research papers related to you project idea

8 - ECpE 583 (Reconfigurable Computing): Project Introductions Iowa State University (Ames) Weekly Project Updates The current state of your project write up –Even in the early stages of the project you should be able to write a rough draft of the Introduction and Motivation section The current state of your Final Presentation –Your Initial Project proposal presentation (Due Wed 10/19). Should make for a starting point for you Final presentation What things are work & not working What roadblocks are you running into

9 - ECpE 583 (Reconfigurable Computing): Project Introductions Iowa State University (Ames) Project Introductions

10 - ECpE 583 (Reconfigurable Computing): Project Introductions Iowa State University (Ames) Miderm solution overview Coregen Introduction Next Lecture