Routing of Quantum States in 2D Lattices

Running quantum algorithms in a quantum machine may solve some complex problems that are intractable for even the most powerful classical computers. Quantum algorithms can be described by quantum circuits consisting of a set of qubits and a sequence of gates operating on those qubits when the quantum circuit model of computation is adopted. This...

Towards Real-Time Detection and Tracking of Spatio-Temporal Features: Rodent Whisker Tracking

The rodent whisker system is becoming a prominent experimental subject for the study of active sensing. As a result of improved video recording hardware/software and progressively better neurophysiological methods, there is now the prospect of precisely analyzing the intact vibrissal sensorimotor system. The vibrissae and snout analyzer (ViSA),...

Design & development of public-key based authentication architecture for IoT devices using PUF

Secure communication has been paramount throughout history. Although in the early ages it was mainly found in niche applications such as the military and royal society, today it is an inevitable part of our daily lives. The recent rapid proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT), a diverse set of devices that are connected to the Internet,...

A Domain Specific Language for Computation-in-Memory

The memory-wall problem is a big challenge that classical Von Neumann-based computer systems face. This problem is caused by the increasing performance gap between the main memory and the central processing unit. The novel Computation-in-Memory (CiM) architecture can solve the memory wall problem by using emerging memristor technology to perform...

Si/SiGe transistors for addressing large-scale qubit arrays for Quantum Computer

The use of quantum computer can dramatically increase the computation power when compared with a classical computer. This is achieved by the manipulation of qubits. Qubits are the basic unit of quantum computation, and assumes a superposition of the two classical states ’0’ and ’1’. Qubits can be realized in many ways, namely; Ion traps,...

Improving compression of DNA sequencing data by clustering on quality score alphabet

The intensive research interest in studying genomes has led to a series of advances in DNA sequencing methods and technologies, resulting in a high pace of data production. As a result, the need for storing, managing and transmitting DNA sequencing data in an affordable and efficient way becomes urgent. Data compression is used as a solution...

Cryogenic CMOS LNA for RF readout of spin qubits

Quantum computation is bringing excitement and motivation into the scientific community to build a practical quantum computer. This would enable the solution of problems today intractable, thanks to the exponential decrease in the required number of operations with respect to a classical computer. Nevertheless, this extraordinary computer needs...

Cryogenic frequency generation for scalable control and read-out of qubits

Recent advances in solid-state qubit technology are paving the way to fault-tolerant quantum computing systems. However, qubit technology is limited by qubit coherence time and the scaling of quantum processors is limited by the complexity of coupling quantum systems with a classical electronic infrastructure. Hence, the proposed approach is to...

High Performance OpenCL Implementation of Medical Image Processing Algorithms [CP]

Current X-ray machines use lower radiation doses which introduces noise to the output images. Therefore such systems need to enhance the image and reduce the noise via different algorithms to provide the best possible output. In addition, it is crucial to accelerate these image processing algorithms as the output is intended to be a real time...

Fabrication and Characterization of a Flexible CMOS SPAD Image Sensor

Photon counting technology plays an important role in many advanced biomedical applications such as implantable retinal prosthesis, wearable near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) monitor, fluorescence-lifetime imaging microscopy and so on. Such applications put forward higher requirements for the detectors, like front and backside illumination,...

Software To Hardware: Alternatives For Reducing Design Time Of Optimized FPGA Implementations In Medical Devices [CP]

Current X-ray machines often rely on off-the-shelf PCs to implement image processing chains. These PCs have a limited lifetime and need to be replaced every few years. If such a PC is not commercially available anymore, the image processing chain has to be redeveloped for a new target platform to ensure the exact same performance and functional...

High Resolution, Fully Digital Photon-Counting Image Sensors in DSM CMOS Technologies

Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPAD) have gradually become the top choice for time-resolved imaging applications thanks to their high timing resolution and single-photon sensitivity. However, a variety of factors complicate the implementation of SPAD sensors with large pixel arrays that achieve comparable specifications with competing...

Design of a Sub-harmonically Injection-Locked TDC Array for Space Applications

Over the past two decades, successful orbital missions undertaken to map the Earth, Mars, Mercury and the Moon have proved that light detection and ranging (LIDAR) measurements are powerful catalysts in space exploration. LIDAR based technologies help evaluate the topography of a land and its surface features along with gathering data to...

SparkJNI: A Reference Design for a Heterogeneous Apache Spark Framework

The digital era's requirements pose many challenges related to deployment, implementation and efficient resource utilization in modern hybrid computing infrastructures. In light of the recent improvements in computing units, the defacto structure of a high-performance computing cluster, ordinarily consisted of CPUs only, is superseeded by...