M. Hassan Najafi - Teaching

ECSE 600 - Next Generation Computing

Description: This graduate-level course explores important aspects of modern computer system design with emphasis on emerging design technologies. We cover principles, techniques, and examples related to the hardware efficient design of computer systems. Students learn in this class core abstractions and techniques that generally apply to the hardware design of computer systems. We discuss emerging system design technologies, from brain-inspired hyperdimensional computers to stochastic processors, stochastic computing systems, and unary computers.

Term offered: Fall 2024.

CSCE 585 - VLSI Design I

Description: This is a broad VLSI design course for students without another VLSI course background. We start from technology and device related ideas, move within circuit design concepts, and later go through system building issues. Two simultaneous flows are followed in the class and parallel computer assignments. In classes, CMOS process and technology, implementation alternatives, CMOS logic families, combinational and sequential designs, important arithmetic and logic blocks, timing and signal integrity, and system integration issues are discussed. In computer assignments, we go over Verilog system modeling, synthesis of digital circuits, auto place and route procedures, layout design, and precise SPICE characterization of digital circuits.

Term offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018.

CSCE 583 - Computer Design and Implementation

Description: This course explores important aspects of computer system design, implementation, and evaluation. We cover principles, techniques, and examples related to the construction of computer systems. Students learn in this class core abstractions and techniques that generally apply to the hardware design of computer systems ranging from embedded/personal devices to large-scale distributed, networked computers.

Term offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019.

CSCE 595 - Graduate Seminar

Description: In this course, we invite active researchers from academia, engineers and managers from industry, and successful university graduates to share their knowledge, experiences, and recent works with students. Most lectures are recorded and publicly made available on the CMIX Seminar Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@cmixseminars-ullafayette/

Term offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021.