Circuits and Systems Design Laboratory
Dr. Carla Purdy, EECS
carla DOT purdy AT uc DOT edu

Research Courses People Publications Sponsors Links

Research Focus

Current projects in our research group focus on intelligent embedded systems, trustworthy embedded systems, and software and systems engineering.

Conferences Organized

2013 IEEE Internationsl Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (56th MWSCAS), Columbus, Ohio, August 4-7, 2013
2005 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (48th MWSCAS), Cincinnati, OH, August 7-10, 2005

Publications

Comprehensive list of publications, October 2015

Publications by topic (through 2007):

Computational and Synthetic Biology and Bioinformatics:

R. Krishnan and C. Purdy, Optimized bio-inverter model and its interface to {digital hardware, International Journal of Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, to appear.

S. Subramanian and C. Purdy, Protein structure alignment using fuzzy measures, to appear in Proc. ANNIE 2007.

V. Vallurupalli and C. Purdy, Agent-based modeling and simulation of biomolecular reactions. Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience 8 (2), 2007, 185-196.

R. Krishnan and C. Purdy, Comparison of simulated annealing and genetic algorithm for characterizing and controlling biological pathways, ANNIE 2006, November 2006, St. Louis, MO, published in Smart Systems Engineering: Infra-Structure Systems Engineering, Bio-Informatics and Computational Biology, and Evolutionary Computation, ASME Press Series on Intelligent Engineering Systems through Artificial Neural Networks, Vol. 16, C.H. Dagli, A.L. Buczak, D.L. Enke, M. Embrechts, and O. Ersoy, ed., New York, ASME Press, 2006, pp. 285-292.

R. Krishnan and C. Purdy, Design, modeling and control of the TNF -mediated NF- B signal transduction pathway, Proc. Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics, June 2006.

V. Vallurupalli and C. Purdy, Agent-based modeling and simulation of biomolecular reactions, Proc. Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics, June 2006.

R. Krishnan and C. Purdy, Bio-inverter model and interface to digital hardware, Proc. 2005 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2005), Cincinnati, OH, August 2005.

C. Purdy, S. Neaderhouser, H. Abdel-Aty-Zohdy and R. Ewing, Biomolecular computing paradigms, Proc. 2003 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2003), Special Session on Methods of Biomolecular Computing, Cairo, Egypt, December 2003.

R. Krishnan and C. Purdy, Microarrays for biocomputing, Proceedings of MWSCAS 2003, Special Session on Methods of Biomolecular Computing, Cairo, Egypt, December 2003.

System-on-a-chip:

Srinivasan Raghuraman and Carla Purdy, Hierarchical implementation and performance analysis of Verilog-AMS model of BSIM3v3.3 transistor, Proc. 2007 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2007), August 2007, Montreal, Canada.

J.W. Hauser and C. Purdy, Designing a genetic algorithm for function approximation for embedded and ASIC applications, Proc. 2006 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2006), August 2006, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

G. Purdy, C. Purdy, and K.K. Vedantam, Two binary algorithms for calculating the Jacobi symbol and a fast systolic implementation in hardware, Proc. 2006 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2006), August 2006, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

J. Athreya, M. Mailavaram, and C. Purdy, Realization of cellular neural networks from a neuron component library, Proc. 2005 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2005), Cincinnati, OH, August 2005.

S. Narayanan and C. Purdy, Hardware implementation of genetic algorithm modules for intelligent systems, Proc. 2005 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2005) , Cincinnati, OH, August 2005.

V. Srinivasan, J. Athreya, M. Mailavaram, and C. Purdy, Physical and HDL designs for a library of neuron components for use in intelligent systems, Proc. 2005 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2005), Cincinnati, OH, August 2005.

S. Nibhanupudi, R. Youssif, and C. Purdy, Data-specific signal denoising using wavelets, with applications to ECG data, Proc. MWSCAS 2004, Hiroshima, Japan, July 2004.

B.K. Bharkada, J. Hauser, and C.N. Purdy, Efficient FPGA implementation of a generic function approximator and its application to neural net computation, Proceedings of MWSCAS 2003, Cairo, Egypt, December 2003.

J.W. Hauser and C.N. Purdy, Approximating nonlinear functions with genetic algorithms, Embedded Systems Programming 16 (1), February 2003.

J.W. Hauser and C.N. Purdy, Efficient function approximation for embedded and ASIC applications, Proc. International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD 2001), Austin, TX, September 2001.

D. Gibson, H. Carter, and C. Purdy, The use of hardware description languages in the development of microelectromechanical systems, International Journal of Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing 28 (2), Aug. 2001, 173-180.

J.W. Hauser and C.N. Purdy, Approximating functions for embedded and ASIC applications, Proc. Midwest Symp. on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2001), Dayton, OH, August 2001, 478-481.

R. Ewing, G.Lamont, C.Brothers, M.Oxley, F. Beyette, Jr., J. Boyd, H. Carter, C. Purdy, H. Abdel-Aty-Zohdy, S. Bibyk, Y. Zheng, and K. Thirunayarayan, An interactive video course in multidisciplinarity and collaborative design for systems on a chip, Proc. International Conference on Microelectronics Systems Education (MSE2001), Las Vegas, NV, June 2001, 87-88.

J.W. Hauser and C.N. Purdy, Sensor Data Processing Using Genetic Algorithms, Proc. Midwest Symp. on Circuits and Systems, August 2000.

F. Beyette, Jr. and C.N. Purdy, Teaching modules for a class in mec hatronics, Proc European Workshop on Microelectronics Eduation (EWME2000), May 2000.

H. Carter and C. Purdy, Behavioral modeling to support MEMS simulation, NASA-Glenn Microsystems Partnering Forum (IDEAS), Nov. 1999.

Fred Beyette, Jr. and C.N. Purdy, Tools for integrating multidomain technologies into microelectronic circuit design curricula, Proc. International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education (MSE99), IEEE Computer Society, 1999, 86-87.

D. Gibson and C.N. Purdy, Extracting behavioral data from physical descriptions of MEMS for simulation, Journal of Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing 20 (3) (September 1999), 223-234. Also published in Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems for Signal, Image, and Video Technology 22 (2) (September 1999), 135-146.

Minyi Zhao and C. Purdy, Effective C++, VHDL, and FPGA implementations of lateral feed-forward neural networks for DSP applications, 24th Annual Dayton-Cinc innati Aerospace Science Symposium, April 1999.

D. Gibson, A. Hare, F. Beyette, Jr., and C. Purdy, Design automation of MEMS systems using behavioral modeling, Proc. Ninth Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, R.J. Lomax and P. Mazumder, eds., (March 1999), 266-269.

C.N. Purdy, Significant microelectronics system design experience for a heterogeneous class of CS, CE, and EE students, Proc.International Conference on Microelectronics Systems Education (MSE97), IEEE, 1997.

J.W. Hauser and C.N. Purdy, Estimation of lateral acceleration by polynomial approximation, Proceedings of 1996 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 844-851.

T.D. Bennett, G.J. Grebowski, C.N. Purdy, and J.A. Lookadoo, A single-chip deinterleaving Reed-Solomon decoder for high-performance CCSDS telemetry, 1992 National Telesystems Conference Proceedings, 12-19--12-21.

Intelligent Systems:

R.S. Youssif and C.N. Purdy, Engineering the architectural evolution of an experimental pattern classification system, Proc. Midwest Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science Conference (MAICS), Chicago, IL, April 2007.

E. Namboodiri, P. Harten, and C. Purdy, Agent based modeling of environmental systems, Proceedings of the Midwest Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science Conference (MAICS), Dayton, OH, April 2005.

R. Youssif and C. Purdy, Combining genetic algorithms and neural networks to build a signal pattern classifier, Neurocomputing 61, 2004, 39-56.

R.S. Youssif and C.N. Purdy, Comparing hybrid versus single strategy intelligent systems in signal pattern classification, Proceedings of MWSCAS 2003, Cairo, Egypt, December 2003.

R.S. Youssif and C.N. Purdy, Fuzzy similarity measures for signal pattern classification, Proc. Midwest Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science Conference 2003 (MAICS03), Cincinnati, OH, April 2003.

R. Youssif and C. Purdy, Combining genetic algorithms and neural networks to build a signal pattern classifier, Proc. HIS02 (Hybrid Intelligent Systems 2002), Chile, Dec. 2002.

R. Youssif and C. Purdy, A multistrategy signal pattern classifier, Proc. Midwest Symp. on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2002), Tulsa, OK, August 2002.

Analysis and Visualization for Heuristic Algorithms:

G. Jain and C. Purdy, The analysis of experiments on heuristic algorithms: improving the state of the art, Congressus Numerantium 161, 2003, 33-40.

L. Gao, B. Billups, and C. Purdy, Predicting the performance of FPGA routing algorithms, Proc. Midwest Symp. on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2002), Tulsa, OK, August 2002.

S.-E. Park, A. Chowdhery, and C. Purdy, The agent-based call setup protocol for wireless PCS networks, Sixth World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI 2002), Orlando, FL, July 14-18, 2002.

S.-E. Park and C. Purdy, Parameterized mobile action generator in a wireless PCS network, Proc. 9th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS 2001) , August 2001, Cincinnati, Ohio, pp. 323-330.

S. Park and C. Purdy, Modeling parameterized mobile actions in a wireless PCS network, Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Third Generation Wireless and Beyond (3Gwireless'01), San Francisco, CA, May-June 2001, 60-66.

D. Hertweck, D. Nica, S. Park, and C. Purdy, Standard statistical and visualization tools for heuristic algorithm analysis, Proc. Collaborative Technologies Workshop, R.L. Ewing and H. Carter, Eds., Oakland Univ., Rochester, MI, Nov. 1999, 60-63.

D. Hertweck, M. Nica, S. Park, and C.N. Purdy. Standard data representations for VLSI algorithm development, 1998 Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, M.A. Bayoumi and G. Jullien, eds., 446-451.

M. Nica and C.N. Purdy, Generating benchmark data using Stanford Graphbase, First CERC Workshop, Columbus Ohio, 1996.

Research Sponsors

Our projects have received funding from the State of Ohio DAGSI Program, from the Air Force Research Labs, and from L-3 FOS.

Links

Collaborative Design for System on a Chip: DAGSI-UC-AFIT-OSU-Univ. of Dayton-Wright State-Oakland U. interactive video course, Fall 2000

Design and reuse: Silicon-verified libraries and IP cores