Lecture Schedule
Please check for schedule updates regularly as the schedule will be updated as guest speaker seminars are finalized.
| Date | Weekday | Lecture Topic | Slides | Preparatory Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-19 | Wednesday | Intro to Cloud Computing & FPGAs | slides | -- |
| 30-Aug-19 | Friday | Cloud FPGA Infrastructures | slides | -- |
| 2-Sep-19 | Monday | no classes, labor day | -- | |
| 4-Sep-19 | Wednesday | Verilog -- A Tutorial Introduction | slides | Read Chapter 1 |
| 9-Sep-19 | Monday | Amazon F1 HDK and SDK | slides | -- |
| 11-Sep-19 | Wednesday | Logic Synthesis | slides | Read Chapter 2 |
| 16-Sep-19 | Monday | no lecture | -- | |
| 18-Sep-19 | Wednesday | Behavioral Modeling | slides | Read Chapter 3 |
| 23-Sep-19 | Monday | Advanced eXtensible Interface (AXI) | slides | -- |
| 25-Sep-19 | Wednesday | Concurrent Processes | slides | Read Chapter 4 |
| 30-Sep-19 | Monday | Module Hierarchy | slides | Read Chapter 5 |
| 2-Oct-19 | Wednesday | no lecture -- guest seminar postponed to Oct. 31 | -- | |
| 7-Oct-19 | Monday | Logic Level Modeling | slides | Read Chapter 6 |
| 9-Oct-19 | Wednesday | Cycle-Accurate Specification | slides | Read Chapter 7 |
| Advanced Timing | slides | Read Chapter 8 | ||
| 14-Oct-19 | Monday | Project overview presentations | -- | |
| 16-Oct-19 | Wednesday | no classes, recess | -- | |
| 21-Oct-19 | Monday | Design Simulation and Testing on Amazon F1 | slides | -- |
| 24-Oct-19 | THURSDAY, Seminar, 10:30am, Dunham Lab 107 | Guest Seminar -- Prof. Russell Tessier, U. Massachusetts, Amherst | -- | |
| 28-Oct-19 | MONDAY, Seminar, 1:30pm, Dunham Lab 107 | Guest Seminar -- Najwa Aaraj and Marc Manzano, from Technology Innovation Institute | -- | |
| 30-Oct-19 | Wednesday | User-Defined Primitives | slides | Read Chapter 9 |
| Switch Level Modeling | slides | Read Chapter 10 | ||
| 31-Oct-19 | THURSDAY, Seminar, 4:00pm, AKW 200 | Guest Seminar -- Marty Deneroff, COO, Emu Technology | -- | |
| 4-Nov-19 | Monday | Xilinx FPGAs Used in Cloud FPGA Infrastructures | slides | -- |
| 6-Nov-19 | Wednesday | Intel FPGAs Used in Cloud FPGA Infrastrctures | slides | -- |
| 11-Nov-19 | Monday | Partial Reconfiguration | slides | -- |
| 13-Nov-19 | Wednesday | Towards Multi-Tennant Cloud FPGAs | slides | -- |
| 18-Nov-19 | Monday | Single-Tenant Cloud FPGA Security | slides on Canvas | -- |
| 20-Nov-19 | Wednesday | Multi-Tenant Cloud FPGA Security | slides on Canvas | -- |
| 22-Nov-19 | FRIDAY, Seminar, 2:00pm, Dunham Lab 107 | Guest Seminar -- Prof. Vincent Mooney, Georgia Tech | -- | |
| 25-Nov-19 | Monday | recess | -- | |
| 27-Nov-19 | Wednesday | recess | -- | |
| 2-Dec-19 | Monday | Recent Advances in FPGAs and Cloud FPGA Infrastructures | slides | -- |
| 4-Dec-19 | Wednesday | Course review | -- | |
| 9-Dec-19 | Monday (reading period) |
Reading period, no classes | -- | |
| 11-Dec-19 | Wednesday (reading period) |
Final project presentations | -- | |
| 16-Dec-19 | Monday (exam period) |
Final reports due and code due | -- | |
| 18-Dec-19 | Wednesday (exam period) |
Final exams end, no class | -- |