NEXT Lab
Next Generation Computing and Sensing Lab
Smiles in the Lab
2022
End-of-Pandemic Grins
2021
Chilling on the Deck (pre-covid)
2020
Research Interests
Reconfigurable Computing on both Networked FPGA Cluster and Edge Devices
Domain-Specific Architecture (DSA) Design for Algorithm Acceleration (Scientific Computing and Optimization Algorithms, including Machine Learning)
Mixed-Signal Circuit Design (Analog, Digital, and Optics) for Sensor and Sensing Systems
Applied Machine Learning
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NEXT Lab published papers in leading Instrumentation Journals, including IEEE TIM (Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement), IEEE/OSA JLT (Journal of Lightwave Technologies), IEEE JSTQE (Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics), etc.
NEXT Lab published papers on top Reconfigurable Computing and Architecture Conferences, including ACM/IEEE ISCA (International Symposium on Computer Architecture), ACM/SIGDA FPGA, IEEE FCCM (Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines), FPL (The International Conference on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications), etc.
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NEXT Lab alumni are working in the areas of RF design, chip design, FPGA design, and system design with technology giants such as Apple, Amazon, Analog Device, Infineon, etc.
NEXT Lab is well funded by NSF, ONR, NASA, and industry partners.
NEXT Lab is currently recruiting both graduate and undergraduate researchers in the area of FPGA and SW/HW co-design. Interested candidates can forward their resumes to Dr. Tao Wei (twei2@g.clemson.edu) for further discussion.
In the News
06/09/2023 NEXT Lab website is alive! NEXT Lab moved from the University of Rhode Island to Clemson University (Warmer Here!).
06/09/2023 Dr. Tao Wei serves as the coordinator of the Clemson Cadence Project.
07/19/2023 One paper was Nominated for the Best Paper Award of the 34th IEEE International Conference on Application-specific Systems, Architectures and Processors (ASAP2023). Congratulations!
"A Novel FPGA-Based Circuit Simulator for Accelerating Reinforcement Learning-Based Design of Power Converters, Zhenyu Xu, Miaoxiang Yu, Qing Yang, Yeonho Jeong, Jillian Cai, and Tao Wei" Website: https://www.asap2023.org/
09/17/2023 Alfred (Zhenyu) Xu received the NSF Travel Grant for IEEE Cluster 2023. Congratulations!
09/19/2023 Dr. Tao Wei delivered an invited talk to the Amazon Wireless Summit 2023.
09/27/2023 NEXT Lab led the effort in the Cadence Night Event, which served to celebrate Clemson's partnership with Cadence, the opening of the new Cadence Lab, and the kickoff for the Clemson Cadence Challenge.
11/03/2023 Alfred (Zhenyu) Xu presented his paper at IEEE Cluster 2023, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
"A Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) solver with linearly scalable performance in an FPGA cluster, Zhenyu Xu, Miaoxiang Yu, Jillian Cai, Qing Yang, and Tao Wei"
11/08/2023 Dr. Tao Wei delivered an invited talk to the Savannah River National Lab (SRNL) AI Workshop.
11/13/2023 Braeden Waugh joined NEXT Lab as an Ugrad researcher. Welcome!
12/15/2023 Kelsey (Yazhe) Zhang joined NEXT Lab as a Grad researcher. Welcome!
01/16/2024 Simon Walker joined NEXT Lab as a visiting Grad student from OST Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland. Welcome!