Advisees

My advisees have diverse backgrounds and research interests. However, most of our research focuses on the modeling, analysis, design, and synthesis of embedded systems. I generally list an advisee on the website after the first noteworthy accomplishment, e.g., an completed project and published research paper or commercial product.

Student office

Current advisees with significant research contributions

	Lan Bai is a Ph.D. student working on embedded system design and synthesis. She joined the group in Fall 2005. She holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei. Lan Bai's work with the group has resulted in four conference papers [1, 2, 3, 4] and one journal paper [5].
	David Bild is a Ph.D. student working on temperature-aware integrated circuit design, synthesis, and testing. He joined our research group in Fall 2007. He has a Bachelor's degree at the EECS Department of Northwestern University. David's work with the group has resulted in two conference papers [1, 2].
	Xi Chen joined the group in Fall 2006. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University in Beijing. Xi Chen's work with the group has resulted in four conference papers [1, 2, 3, 4] and one journal paper [5].
	Lide Zhang is a Ph.D. student who is working on power modeling and optimization, as well as temperature- and variation-aware modeling of integrated circuits. She joined our group in Fall 2007. She holds a Bachelor's degree at the Microelectronics Department of Tsinghua University in Beijing. Her work with the group has resulted in two conference papers [1, 2].

Graduated advisees

	Doctor Lei Yang completed her Ph.D. degree requirements in Summer 2008. She worked on a wide range of embedded system design topics including data compression, memory hierarchy design, and user satisfaction driven power management. She joined the group in Fall 2003. She holds a Bachelor's degree from Peking University in Beijing as well as Master's and Ph.D. degrees from Northwestern University. She took a research position with Google. Lei Yang's work with the group has resulted in five conference papers [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], five journal papers [6, 7, 8, 9, 10] a patent disclosure [11], and a dissertation. She won a Graduate School Presidential Fellowship, the most prestigious fellowship for senior Northwestern Ph.D. and MFA students. Her work also won a Computerworld Horizon Award for high-impact commercially-used information technology.
	Mr. Jack Cosgrove completed his Master's degree requirements in Spring 2008. He worked on user-centered computing. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Northwestern University. Jack took a job with Neurobehavioral Systems. Jack's work with the group resulted in one conference paper [1].
	Doctor Zhenyu Gu completed his Ph.D. requirements in Fall 2007. He worked on power-aware and temperature-aware design automation of integrated circuits and systems. He holds a Master's degree from Fudan University in Shanghai. Zhenyu took a job with Synplicity. His collaboration with the group continues. Zhenyu's work with the group has resulted in six conference papers [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] and three journal papers [7, 8, 9].
	Seunghoon Kim completed his Master's degree in Spring 2006 for his work on eliminating voltage regulation circuitry from embedded systems. His research collaboration with the group continues. Dean Lawrence Henschen served as his academic advisor. Prof. Russ Joseph and I served as his research advisors. He took a job with LG. Seunghoon's work with the group has resulted on one conference paper [1].
	Ai-Hsin Liu joined the group in Fall 2005 and completed her Master's degree in Fall 2006. Her research collaboration with the group continues. Ai-Hsin is working on embedded chip-level multiprocessor modeling and simulation. She holds a Bachelor's degree from National Chiao Tung University in HsinChu. She took a job with Marvell Technology Group. Ai-Hsin's work with the group has resulted in one conference paper [1].
	Aaron Beach completed his Bachelor's degree. He is now with Prof. Rick Han's research group at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
	Doctor David Zaretsky completed his Ph.D. degree. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to co-advise him during the last few years of his graduate study. His primary advisor was Prof. Prithviraj Banerjee. David Zaretsky is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Binachip. His work with the group resulted in three conference papers [1, 2, 3] and a book chapter [4].
	John Marszalek completed his Master's degree in Computer Engineering, building upon his Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering. Upon graduating, he took a Design Engineer position with Parker Hannifin and is now a hardware engineer at Edo Nexgen.
	Brian Wedel completed a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering. He took a job with OpNet in Bethesda, Maryland.

Students collaborating on current projects

• Tam Chantem is a Ph.D student in Prof. Xiaobo Sharon Hu's research group at the Notre Dame University. Her research focuses on real-time systems. Her work in collaboration with the group has resulted in two conference papers [1 2].
• Mat Kotowsky is a Research Engineer with the Northwestern University Infrastructure Technology Institute. He works for Prof. Charles Dowding. His research focuses on remote monitoring field systems to nondestructively monitor the condition of infrastructure facilities using the internet. His work in collaboration with the group has resulted in a conference paper [1].
• Bin Lin is a Ph.D. student in Prof. Peter Dinda's research group at Northwestern University. His research focuses on user-driven distributed computing and grid computing. His work in collaboration with the group has resulted in three conference papers [1, 2, 3, 4], and a journal paper [5].
• Nikos Liveris is a co-advised Ph.D. student in Prof. Hai Zhou's research group at Northwestern University. His research focuses on the design of algorithms and systems that can operate reliably on unreliable computation substrates. His work in collaboration with the group has resulted in one conference paper [1].
• Yongpan Liu is an Assistant Professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing. His collaboration with the group began when he was a Ph.D. student advised by Prof. Huazhong Yang and Prof. Rong Luo. His research focuses on power analysis and low-power design. His work in collaboration with the group has resulted in three conference papers [1, 2, 2].
• Arindam Mallik is a Ph.D. student in Prof. Gokhan Memik's research group at Northwestern University. His research focuses on application-specific instruction processor microarchitecture. His work in collaboration with the group has resulted in five conference papers [1, 2, 3, 4 5] and a journal paper [6].
• Alex Shye is a Ph.D. student in Prof. Gokhan Memik's research group at Northwestern University. His research focuses on user-driven computing. His work in collaboration with the group has resulted in three conference papers [1, 2, 3].
• Jia Wang is a Ph.D. student in Prof. Hai Zhou's research group at Northwestern University. His research focuses on floorplanning and floorplan/interconnect-aware design. His work in collaboration with the group has resulted in two conference papers [1, 2] and a journal paper [3].
• Zheng Li is a Ph.D. student in Prof. Yihe Sun's research group at Northwestern University. His research focuses on network-on-chip design. His work in collaboration with the group has resulted in one conference paper [1] and one journal paper [2].
• Yonghong Yang is a Ph.D. student in Prof. Li Shang's research group at Queen's University. Her research focus is thermal analysis of integrated circuits and thermal-aware design. Her work in collaboration with the group has resulted in three conference papers [1, 2, 3] a journal paper [4], and a patent disclosure [5].
• Sausan Yazji is a Ph.D. student in Prof. Peter Scheuermann's research group at Northwestern University. Her research focus is the security of portable computers. Her work in collaboration with the group has resulted in one conference paper [1].
• Changyun Zhu is a Ph.D. student in Prof. Li Shang's research group at Queen's University. His research focus is the synthesis of reliable integrated circuits. His work in collaboration with the group has resulted in three conference papers [1, 2, 3] and a two journal papers [4, 5].

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