Kara Poon

I am a Master Student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver , BC. I am a member of the FPGA research team under the supervision of Dr. Steve Wilton. Dr. Wilton is a wonderful supervisor. Also, my research team is enthusiastic and supportive to each other. I enjoy working with everyone in my research team. As part of the UBC System-On-Chip (SoC) Research Group here, my team also shares the same goal with our fellows in the Soc Lab and has made significant effort on System-On-Chip research.

My research area is on the power estimation of Field Programmable Gates Arrays (FPGAs). Power has become a critical issue for FPGA vendors. Understanding the power dissipation within FPGAs is the first step in developing power-efficient architectures and CAD tools for FPGAs. I have developed a detailed and flexible power model, which is essential for evaluating architectural tradeoffs and the efficiency of power-aware CAD tools.This power model is available online for non-commercial use.

Details about the power model:

• My Master Thesis: ``Power Estimation for Field-Programmable Gate Arrays''
• K. Poon, A. Yan, S.J.E. Wilton, ``A Flexible Power Model for FPGAs'', 12th International Conference on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications, Sept 2002. Download the paper
• Download the Detailed Flexible Power Model

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My Resume [pdf]