PhD in Engineering - Embedded and FPGA-Based System Design Research Lab in Windsor Canada | University of Windsor

Research Focus
Energy-efficient FPGA hardware acceleration for High Performance Computing (HPC), high-level synthesis (HLS) targeting FPGAs and automotive embedded systems, with emphasis on autonomous vehicles (AVs) and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).
Building large-scale software systems using C++ for Electronic Design Automation (EDA), HPC, and embedded applications.
FPGA system design for practical implementations in Automotive, Networking, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), and related fields.
Computer-Aided Design (CAD) algorithms and development tools for FPGA and multi-FPGA platforms.

Research Facilities
Cutting-edge FPGA development boards from Xilinx and Intel, along with acceleration platforms from Nallatech and Terasic.
Advanced CAD tools for HLS and FPGA system design from Intel and Xilinx, including Intel SDK for OpenCL and Xilinx Vivado.
Industry-leading CAD tools for VHDL/Verilog compilation and simulation from Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, and Cadence. Embedded System Design solutions from Mentor Graphics.

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