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Cristian Grecu

CRISTIAN GRECU

Ph.D. CANDIDATE, SYSTEMS-ON-CHIP RESEARCH GROUP

B.A.Sc. (T.U.I.), M.A.Sc. (UBC)

Tel: 604.822.6845
Fax: 604.822.9506
E-mail: grecuc(at)ece.ubc.ca
Office Location: Room 4025, 2332 Main Mall,
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4 (Google map)

 

                                                        PUBLICATIONS

Journals

[1]      C. Grecu, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, P.P. Pande, "Testing Networks-on-chip Communication Infrastructures", to appear, IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design (accepted April 2007).

[2]      A. Ganguly, P. P. Pande, C. Grecu, “Design of Low Power & Reliable Networks on Chip Through Joint Crosstalk Avoidance and Multiple Error Correction Coding”, to appear, Journal of Electronic Testing, Theory and Applications JETTA (accepted June 2007).

[3]      P. P. Pande, A. Ganguly, H. Zhu, C. Grecu, “Energy Reduction through Crosstalk Avoidance Coding in Networks on Chip”, to appear, Journal of Systems Architecture, Elsevier (accepted August 2007).

[4]      R. B. Foist, C. Grecu, A. Ivanov, R. F. Turner, “An FPGA Design Project: Creating a PowerPC Subsystem plus User Logic”, to appear, IEEE Transactions on Education (accepted August 2007).

[5]      R. Saleh, S. Wilton, S. Mirabbasi, A. Hu, M. Greenstreet, P. P. Pande, C. Grecu, A. Ivanov, “System on Chip: Reuse and Integration ”, Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 94, Issue 6, June 2006, pp. 1050-1069.

[6]      P. P. Pande, C. Grecu, M. Jones, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, "Performance Evaluation and Design Trade-offs for MP-SoC Interconnect Architectures”, IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 54 (8), 2005, pp. 1025-1040.

[7]      C. Grecu, P. P. Pande , A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, "Timing Analysis of Network on Chip Architectures for MP-SoC Platforms", Microelectronics Journal, Elsevier, Volume 36, Issue 9, September 2005, pp. 833-845.

[8]      P. P. Pande, C. Grecu,André Ivanov, Res Saleh, Giovanni De Micheli, "Design, Synthesis and Test of Networks on Chip: Challenges and Solutions", IEEE Design and Test of Computers, vol. 22,  no. 5,  Sept/Oct,  2005, pp. 404-413.


Conferences and Workshops

[1]      H. Zhu, P. P. Pande, C. Grecu, "Performance evaluation of adaptive routing algorithms for achieving fault tolerance in NoC fabrics," IEEE International Conference on Application-specific Systems, Architectures and Processors, ASAP 2007, July 9th - 11th , 2007.

[2]      C. Grecu, L. Anghel, P. P. Pande, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, "Essential fault-tolerance metrics for NoC infrastructures", IEEE International Online Testing Symposium (IOLTS), 9th -11th July, 2007

[3]      P. P. Pande, A. Ganguly, B. Feero, C. Grecu, "Applicability of energy efficient coding methodology to address signal integrity in 3D NoC fabrics", IEEE International Online Testing Symposium (IOLTS), 9th -11th July, 2007.

[4]      A. Ganguly, P. P. Pande, B. Belzer, C. Grecu, "Addressing signal integrity in networks-on-chip interconnects through crosstalk-aware double error correction coding", Proceedings of  IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), 9th -11th May 2007.

[5]      C. Grecu, A. Ivanov, P.P. Pande, A. Jantsch, E. Salminen, U. Ogras, R. Marculescu, "Towards open network-on-chip benchmarks", Proceedings of The 1st  ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Networks-on-Chip, May, 2007.

[6]      C. Grecu, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, E. S. Sogomonyan, P.P. Pande, "On-line fault detection and location for NoC interconnects", 12th IEEE International Symposium on On-Line Testing, IOLTS06, July 2006, pp: 145 - 150

[7]      C. Grecu, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, P.P. Pande, "NoC interconnect yield improvement using crosspoint redundancy", IEEE Sypmosium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, 2006, DFT '06, Oct. 2006, pp:457 – 465.

[8]      P. P. Pande, A. Ganguly, B. Feero, B. Belzer, C. Grecu, "Design of low power and reliable networks on chip through joint crosstalk avoidance and forward error correction coding", IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI  Systems (DFT'06), 2nd - 4th October 2006.

[9]      P. P. Pande, H. Zhu, A. Ganguly, C. Grecu, "Crosstalk-aware energy reduction in NoC communication fabrics", IEEE International SOC Conference, SOCC 2006, 24th-27th September, 2006.

[10]   P. P. Pande, H. Zhu, A. Ganguly, C. Grecu, “Energy reduction through crosstalk avoidance coding in NoC paradigm” Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2006, 30th  August-1st  September 2006.

[11]   C. Grecu, P. P. Pande, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, " BIST for network on chip interconnect infrastructures", IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, VTS 2006, 30th April – 4th May, 2006.

[12]   C. Grecu, P. P. Pande, B. Wang, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, "Methodologies and algorithms for testing switch-based NoC interconnects ", IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems (DFT 2005), 3-5th  October, 2005, Monterey, USA.

[13]   P. P. Pande, C. Grecu, M. Jones, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, “Effect of traffic localization on energy dissipation in NoC-based interconnect infrastructures”, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2005, 23-26th May, Kobe, Japan.

[14]   P. P. Pande, C. Grecu, M. Jones, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, "Evaluation of MP-SoC interconnect architectures: A Case Study", Proceedings of 4th IEEE International Workshop on Systems-on-Chip IWSOC, 19th -21st July, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

[15]   C. Grecu, P. P. Pande, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, "Structured interconnect architecture: a solution for the non-scalability of bus-based SoCs", The Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI GLSVLSI 2004, 26-28th April, Boston.

[16]   C. Grecu, P. P. Pande, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, "A scalable communication-centric SoC interconnect architecture", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 2004, San Jose, California, USA, 22-24th March, 2004.

[17]   P. P. Pande, C. Grecu, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, "Design of a switch for network on chip applications", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2003, vol. V, pp. 217-220, Bangkok, Thailand.

[18]   P. P. Pande, C. Grecu, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, "Switch-based interconnect architecture for future systems on chip", SPIE, VLSI Circuits and Systems, vol. 5117, pp. 228-237, 2003, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain.

[19]   P. P. Pande, C. Grecu, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, "High-throughput switch-based interconnect for future SoCs", The 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Systems-on-Chip IWSOC 2003, pp. 304-310, 2003, Calgary, Canada.

Other contributions:

[1]      C. Grecu, A. Ivanov, P. P. Pande, A. Jantsch, E. Salminen, U. Ogras, R. Marculescu, “An initiative towards open network-on-chip benchmarks”, white paper, http://www.ocpip.org/socket/whitepapers/NoC-Benchmarks-WhitePaper-15.pdf, 2007.

[2]      C. Grecu, P. P.  Pande, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, “Making networks-on-chip happen”, Electronic Design Automation Technology Forum, June 2005.

[3]      A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, P. P. Pande, C. Grecu, “A 'network-centric' approach to on-chip interconnect”. Article published in EETimes Design News, May 2004.

[4]      C. Grecu, P. P. Pande, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, “Design and test of networks-on-chip”. Micronet R&D Annual Workshop, 2005, Ottawa.

[5]      C.  Grecu, P.P. Pande, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, “A highly pipelined network-on-chip for multi-core SoC platforms”. Micronet R&D Annual Workshop, 2004, Ottawa.

[6]      P. P. Pande, C. Grecu, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, “High throughput interconnect architecture for future SoCs”. Micronet R&D Annual Workshop, 2003, Toronto.

 

Presentations:

  •  C. Grecu, A. Ivanov, A. Jantsch, P. P. Pande, “Benchmarks for NoC test and reliability”, Workshop on Diagnostic Services in Network-on-Chips, DATE 2007, Nice, France.
  •  C. Grecu, P. P. Pande, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, “BIST for NoC interconnects”, Special Workshop on Future Interconnects and Networks on Chip, DATE 2006, Munich, Germany.
  •  C. Grecu, P. P. Pande, B. Wang, A. Ivanov "Methodologies and algorithms for testing switch-based NoC interconnects", IEEE International Workshop on Infrastructure IP (I-IP), May 4-5 2005, Palm Springs, California.




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08-May-2007 Last reviewed 25-Feb-2007

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