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GEMS (Group for Embedded MicroSystems) Research Lab

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Overview 

GEMS Research Lab is the Group for Embedded MicroSystems Research Laboratory. Here is a general overview of our lab:

 

Embedded is defined as making something an integral part of another thing. System is defined as a group of devices or artificial objects or an organization forming a network especially for distributing something or serving a common purpose; Merriam-Webster dictionary. Therefore, embedded systems form larger systems that are expected to function without human intervention like PCs, MP3s, CD players, and many other commercial and industry products. GEMS research lab is concerned with aspects of hardware and software designs and implementations for embedded systems on custom or commercial platforms.

 


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People

Faculty
Graduate students
Recent Alumni
Dr. Voicu Groza Rami Abielmona Igor Sharovar
Dr. Emil Petriu Mohammed El-Kadri Shumin Shen
Dr. Miodrag Bolic Kasia Pakulska Boris Dzerdz
  Judith Aday Tarek Saad
  Peng Fu Rami Abielmona
  Livio Dancea Michal Debski
  Nizar Sakr  
  Mohammed Elbadri  
  Laurentiu Checiu  
  Carlos Nahas  
  Abderrahmane Assal  
  Babak Noory  
  Ashraf Siddiqui  


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Research

Current Projects

  • Floating point ADC (Jan. 2001 - Jan. 2005)
  • HOSES (Hardware Operating SystEmS) (Jan. 2002 - Jan. 2006)
  • ERACE (Embedded Research Architecture for Co-design Environment) (Jan. 2004 - Jan. 2006)

Past Projects

Collaborations

  • SMRLab (Sensing and Modeling Research Laboratory)

Recognitions

 

 

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Events

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Presentations

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Software Tools supplied by the Canadian Microelectronics Corporation (CMC)

      • Cadence
      • Mathworks Matlab
      • Mentor Graphics Modelsim and Precision RTL
      • Xilinx ISE

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Publications

Journal Papers

  1. Groza V., Dzerdz B., “Differential Predictive Floating-Point Analog-to-Digital Converter,” MEASUREMENT Journal of the International Measurement Confederation IMEKO, Elsevier Science, Special Issue on ADC Modelling and Testing, Vol. 35, Issue 4, pp. 139-151, 2004
  2. V. Groza, I. Sharovar, D. Ionescu, E. Petriu, "Smart Sensors with Universal Plug and Play Capabilities," Scientific Bulletin of Polytechnic University of Timisoara, Transactions on Automatic Control and Computer Science, vol. 49 (63), No. 4., ISSN 1224-600X, pp. 153-158, 2004
  3. Groza V., "Experimental Determination of Synchronous Machines Reactances from DC Decay at Standstill," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 158-164, 2003
  4. E.M. Petriu, L. Zhao, S. Das, V.Z. Groza, A. Cornell, “Instrumentation applications of multibit random-data representation,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 175-181, 2003
  5. Groza V., "High Resolution Floating Point Analog-to-Digital Converter," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 50, No. 6, pp.1822-1829, 2001
  6. E. Petriu, N.D. Georganas, D.C. Petriu, D. Makrakis, and V.Z. Groza, "Sensor-Based Information Appliances," IEEE Instrum. Meas. Mag., Vol. 3, No. 4, 2000

Conference Papers

  1. V. Groza, M. Debski, "Self-Calibrating Floating-Point Analog-to-Digital Converter," accepted at the 7-th International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems, ISSCS 2005, Iasi, Romania, 14-15 July, 2005
  2. V. Groza, N. Sakr, M. Elbadri, “Run-Time Reconfigurable System-on-Chip,” IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference IMTC 2005, ISBN 0-7803-8880-1, pp.322-326, Ottawa, 17-19 May, 2005
  3. V. Groza, M. El-Kadri, P. Fu, "Software Development Environment for Run-time Reconfigurable System-on-Chip," IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference IMTC 2005, ISBN 0-7803-8880-1, pp.327-332, Ottawa, Canada, 17-19 May, 2005
  4. V. Groza, R. Leca, “Hypertension Detection Using Standard Pulse Waveform Processing,” IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference IMTC 2005, ISBN 0-7803-8880-1, pp.400-406, Ottawa, Canada, 17-19 May, 2005
  5. V. Groza, M. Debski, “Development Platform for Floating-Point Analog-to-Digital Converters,” IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference IMTC 2005, ISBN 0-7803-8880-1, pp.426-430, Ottawa, Canada, 17-19 May, 2005
  6. A. Sikora, V. Groza, "Coexistence of IEEE 802.15.4 with other Systems in the 2.4 GHz-ISM-Band," IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference IMTC 2005, ISBN 0-7803-8880-1, pp. 1786-1791, Ottawa, Canada, 17-19 May, 2005
  7. M. V. Micea, V. Cretu, V. Groza, “Predictable Signal Generation With The Hard Real-Time Operating Kernel Haretick,” IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference IMTC 2005, ISBN 0-7803-8880-1, pp. 2097-2102, Ottawa, Canada, 17-19 May, 2005
  8. R. Leca, V. Groza, "Online Personal Identification Agent," International Workshop on Measurement Systems for Homeland Security, Contraband Detection and Personal Safety, IMS2005, ISBN 0-7803-9121-7, pp. 17 - 20, Orlando, FL, USA, 29 - 30 March 2005
  9. N. Sakr, V. Groza, “Run-Time Reconfigurable Hardware Blocks for Multimedia Applications,” IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, CCECE / CCGEI, 2005, ISBN 0-7803-8886-0, pp. 1942-1945, May 1-4, 2005, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
  10. N. Sakr, J. Zhao, V. Groza, "Adaptive Watermarking based on a Dynamic Fuzzy Inference System,” IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, CCECE / CCGEI, 2005, ISBN 0-7803-8886-0, pp. 950-953, May 1-4, 2005, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
  11. P. Fu, V. Groza, “Application Modeling Language Applications,” IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, CCECE / CCGEI, 2005, ISBN 0-7803-8886-0, pp. 721-724, May 1-4, 2005, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
  12. M. Elbadri, R. Peterkin, V. Groza, D. Ionescu, A. El Saddik, “Hardware Support of JPEG,” IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, CCECE / CCGEI, 2005, ISBN 0-7803-8886-0, pp. 794-797, May 1-4, 2005, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
  13. V. Groza, R. Abielmona, M. El-Kadri, M. Elbadri, N. Sakr, “A Reconfigurable Co-Processor for Adaptive Embedded Systems,” WISES 2004 - Second Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems, ISBN 3-902463-00-7, pp. 105-116, June 25, 2004 - Graz, Austria
  14. R. Abielmona, V. Z. Groza, “Distributed Intelligent Sensor System: Partial Immersion into a Virtualized Reality Environment,” IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Virtual Environments and their Applications (HAVE 2004), ISBN: 0-7803-8817-8, pp. 123-128, Ottawa, Oct. 2-3, 2004
  15. V. Groza, R. Abielmona, “What next? A hardware operating system?” IMTC 2004 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Como, Italy, 18-20 May 2004
  16. C. Lambiri, D. Ionescu, V. Groza, “A New Method for the Estimation and Measurement of Traffic Packet Loss for Virtual Private Networks Services,” IMTC 2004 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Como, Italy, 18-20 May 2004
  17. V. Groza, M.Debski, D. Ionescu “Design and Implementation of a Self-Calibrating Floating Point Analog-to-Digital Converter,” IMTC 2004 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Como, Italy, 18-20 May 2004
  18. M. Abou-Gabal, R. Peterkin, D. Ionescu, C. Lambiri, V. Groza, “A Shortest Path Processor for Traffic Engineering of VPN Services,” CONTI’2004 - 6th International Conference on Technical Informatics, ISSN 1224-600X, pp. 57-62, 27 - 28 May 2004, Timisoara, Romania
  19. I. Dancea, V. Groza, L. Dancea, “A Family of Hardware Circuits for Run-time Reconfigurable Computing,” CONTI’2004 - 6th International Conference on Technical Informatics, ISSN 1224-600X, pp. 73-7827 - 28 May 2004, Timisoara, Romania
  20. R. Abielmona , V. Groza , N. Sakr, J. Ho, “Low-Level Run-Time Reconfiguration of FPGAs for Dynamic Environments,” accepted at CCECE 2004 - Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 2-5, 2004, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
  21. A. Assal, V. Groza, E. M. Petriu, "Agent-based Resource Management Framework for Smart Robotic Sensors," accepted at CCECE 2004 - Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 2-5, 2004, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
  22. R. Abielmona, V. Groza, E. M. Petriu, “Evolutionary Neural Network-based Sensor Self-Calibration Scheme using IEEE 1451 and Wireless Sensor Networks,” accepted at IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Measurement Systems and Applications CIMSA 2003, Lugano, Switzerland 29-31 July 2003
  23. V. Groza, “Floating-Point Data Acquisition System with Improved Noise Immunity,” IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference IMTC 2003, ISBN 0-7803-7705-2, pp. 1454-1458, Vail, Colorado, 20-22 May, 2003
  24. V. Groza, M. Debski, “Self-Calibrating Differential Predictive Floating Point Analog-to-Digital Converter,” IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference IMTC 2003, ISBN 0-7803-7705-2, pp. 1604-1606, Vail, Colorado, 20-22 May, 2003
  25. R. Abielmona, V. Groza, E. M. Petriu, “Genetic algorithm Synthesis (GaS): A Novel Approach for the Synthesis of LUT-based Archictectures,” IEEE International Workshop on Soft Computing Techniques in Instrumentation, Measurement and Related Applications SCIMA 2003, ISBN 0-7803-7711-7, pp.50-55, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA, May 17, 2003
  26. V. Groza, B. Noory, “A Reconfigurable Approach to Digital Implementation of Neural Networks,” accepted at IEEE International Symposium on Signals, Circuits & Systems, SCS 2003, Iasi, Romania, July 10-11, 2003
  27. R. Abielmona, E. M. Petriu, V. Groza, “Can an Intelligent Society of Robots Survive in a Hostile Environment?” IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, CCECE 2003, Montréal, May 4-7, 2003
  28. D. Makrakis, Dong Liu, V. Groza, “A Channel Condition Dependent QoS Enabling Scheme for IEEE802.11 Wireless LAN and Its Linux Based Implementation", IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, CCECE 2003, Montréal, May 4-7, 2003
  29. D. Makrakis, B. Zhou, V. Groza, “QoS-Capable Micro-mobility MPLS and its Prototype Implementation,” IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, CCECE 2003, Montréal, May 4-7, 2003
  30. M. H. Assaf, R. R. Abielmona, P. Abolghasem, S. R. Das, E. M. Petriu and V. Groza: “JBits Implementation and Design Verification in Space Compressor Design of Digital Circuits,” IASTED International Conference on Modeling, Identification and Control, Innsbruck, Austria, February 10-13, 2003 (Conference Proceedings, pp. 415-420)
  31. Groza V., Dzerdz B. "FPGA Based Implementation of a Floating-Point Analog-to-Digital Converter," 4-th IEE International Conference on Advanced A/D and D/A Conversion Techniques and their Applications & 7-th European Workshop on ADC Modelling and Testing ADDA&EWADC 2002, ISBN 80-01-02540-3, pp.143-146, Prague, Czech Republic, June 26-28, 2002.
  32. Groza V. "Floating-Point ADC Optimized for Acquisition of Deterministic Signals," IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference IMTC 2002, ISBN 0-7803-7218-2, pp. 707 – 712, Anchorage, Alaska, 21-23 May, 2002
  33. Groza V., Abielmona R., Petriu E. “ADPCM environment with a neural network predictor engine,” IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference IMTC 2002, ISBN 0-7803-7218-2, pp. 541 – 546, Anchorage, Alaska, 21-23 May, 2002.
  34. Cretu A.M., Groza V., Al-Dhaher A., Abielmona R., “Performance Evaluation of a Software Cluster,” IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference IMTC 2002, Anchorage, ISBN 0-7803-7218-2, pp. 1543 – 1548, Alaska, 21-23 May, 2002.
  35. E.M. Petriu, G.G. Patry, T.E. Whalen, A.H. Al-Dhaher and V. Z. Groza, “Intelligent Robotic Sensor Agents for Environment Monitoring, ” Proc. VIMS 2002 - IEEE International Symposium on Virtual and Intelligent Measurement Systems, ISBN: 0-7803-7344-8, pp. 14-19, Girdwood, AK, USA, May 2002.
  36. Groza V., Abielmona R., Petriu E., “Reconfigurable Computing: Exploring Emerging Technologies,” INES 2002, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Engineering Systems, ISBN 953-6071-17-7, pp. 539-544, Opatija, Croatia, 25-28 May, 2002
  37. E.M. Petriu, T.E. Whalen, and V.Z. Groza, “Haptic Perception System for Robotic Tele-Manipulation,” INES 2002, 6th International Conference on Intelligent Engineering Systems 2002, ISBN 953-6071-17-7, pp. 51-56, Opatija, Croatia, May 26-28, 2002.
  38. Abielmona R., Groza V. “Intelligence in Architectures: Reconfigurable Learning Techniques in Autonomous Agents,” Canadian Conference of Electrical & Computer Engineering, CCECE'02, ISBN 0-7803-7514-9, pp. 786 – 791, Winnipeg, May 12-15, 2002.
  39. Saad T., Yang T., Makrakis D., Groza V., “Inter-Domain Adaptive Traffic Engineering for IP Differentiated Services MPLS-based Networks,” Canadian Conference of Electrical & Computer Engineering, CCECE'02, ISBN 0-7803-7514-9, pp. 1527 – 1531, Winnipeg, May 12-15, 2002.
  40. Groza V., Cretu V., Bogoevici M. “Distributed Virtual Instrumentation Architecture,” Sicon/01, IEEE and ISA Sensors for Industry Conference, ISBN 0-7803-6659-X, pp. 177-181, Rosemont, Illinois, 5-7 November 2001
  41. Groza V., Cretu V, Zmaranda D., “Issues on Developing Real-Time Control Applications,” Sicon/01, IEEE and ISA Sensors for Industry Conference, ISBN 0-7803-6659-X, pp. 137-142, Rosemont, Illinois, 5-7 November 2001
  42. Abielmona R., Groza V. “Circuit synthesis evolution using a hardware-based genetic algorithm.” CCECE 2001 - Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, pp 963-967, Toronto, June 2001
  43. Groza V., Biriescu M., Liuba Gh., Cretu V. “Experimental Determination of Synchronous Machines Reactances from DC Decay at Standstill.” IMTC’2001, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technical Conference, ISBN: 0-7803-6648-8, pp. 1954-1957, Budapest, Hungary, May 2001
  44. Abielmona R., Groza V. “The design of an evolvable coprocessor.” IMTC’2001, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technical Conference, ISBN: 0-7803-6648-8, pp. 844-847, Budapest, Hungary, May 2001
  45. Abielmona R., Wael H., Groza V., Petriu E. “The Architecture of an IP over ATM Processor.” ICT 2001 – IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications, ISBN 973 – 99995 – 3 – 0, pp. 321-326, Bucharest, Romania, June 4-7 2001

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