17th IEEE Dallas Circuits and Systems
April 19-April 21, 2024, Dallas, Texas
Organizing Committee
General Chair Special Sessions Chair
Benjamin Carrion Schaefer, University of Texas at Dallas Soheil Salehi, The University of Arizona
Ava Hedayatipour, California State University, Long Beach
General Vice-Chair
Premananda Indic, University of Texas at Tyler Web/Social Media: Webmaster
Niharika Katika
Technical Program Chairs Aiswariya Thazhathethi
Ifana Mahbub, University of Texas at Dallas
Jungkwun Kim, University of North Texas
Prabha Sundaravadivel, University of Texas Tyler
Awards and Proposals Chair
Tooraj Nikoubin, University of Texas at Dallas
Local Chair: Zohreh Hashami, University of Texas at Dallas
Finance Chair: Kaveh Shamsi, University of Texas at Dallas
Publicity Chair
Chenyun Pan, University of Texas at Arlington
Shawana Tabassum, University of Texas Tyler
Welcome
General Chairs’ Welcome
It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 2024 IEEE Dallas Circuits and Systems Conference (DCAS 2024 ) in Dallas, Texas. We are all honored
to organize DCAS 2024 in Dallas this year and extend our welcome to attendees from around the globe to this exciting city. We hope that you enjoy
what the conference has to offer this year, both for the scientific discussions, and for the social events.
Dallas is one of the fastest growing urban areas in America, with one million residents coming to the region every seven years. It is also one of the
most demographically diverse and young cities in the country, which imbues the city with a friendly, outgoing sense of hospitality and genuine civic
pride. Here you will find a large collection of international corporations, nationally recognized sports teams, and world class shopping. The Dallas
Arts District and the many parks and gardens throughout Dallas will provide you with opportunities to enjoy the local culture while you are here.
DCAS2024 brings together VLSI circuit researchers, practitioners, developers, and users from all over the world to explore cutting-edge ideas and
results. It provides an environment to conduct intellectual discussions. From its inception, DCAS has established itself as a forum to exchange
ideas. Its reputation continues to grow and is reflected in the prestigious technical program of high-quality papers, workshops, tutorials, panel
discussion and prestigious keynote addresses.
DCAS 2024 would not have been possible without the help of numerous volunteers. We first want to thank all the authors who have submitted
their work to DCAS – without their commitment DCAS 2024 would never have been possible. We also thank the program chairs, the program
committee and the entire IEEE organization for their dedication and commitment. Special thanks go to Ms. Erica Glover and her team for the
wonderful handling of the organization. Last but not least, we would like to express our gratitude to our generous sponsors of the conference,
listed in the program, for their valuable support.
We hope that you will find this program interesting and thought-provoking and that the conference will provide you with a valuable opportunity to
share ideas with other researchers and practitioners from institutions around the world. We wish you a pleasant and enjoyable stay in Dallas,
Texas.
Dr. Benjamin Carrion Schaefer Dr. Premananda Indic
DCAS 2024 General Chair DCAS 2024 General Vice-Chair
University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas at Tyler
Welcome
Program Chairs’ Welcome
Welcome to the 17th IEEE Dallas Circuits and Systems Conference!
On behalf of the Technical Program Committee of the 17th IEEE Dallas Circuits and Systems conference (DCAS 2024), it is a great
honor and privilege for us to welcome you to Denton, Texas, USA.
The DCAS 2024 program is continued to be offered in a hybrid format with the first day having exclusively online presentations and the
two consecutive days taking place in person.
The technical program this year consists of 7 keynote speakers from academic and industry, academic presentations, special sessions
and for the first time a workshop on Tiny ML. Its regular technical program covers the traditional areas of interest of the Circuits and
Systems (CAS) Society.
The technical program committee has put particular efforts in organizing the student poster competition as one of the main missions of
DCAS is to give graduate students the opportunity to showcase their research.
We would like to thank the special session organizers, session chairs, and reviewers for making this conference memorable. Our biggest
thanks go to the authors and participants of the conference.
We believe that DCAS 2024 will be an exciting forum to learn about new technologies and exchange of ideas. We hope everyone finds
the conference engaging, enlightening, and inspiring!
Ifana Mahbub Jungkwun Kim Prabha Sundaravadivel
University of Texas at Dallas University of North Texas University of Texas Tyler
Keynote 1 – April 19, 9:30am (Virtual)
[Link] Kurshan
Head of AI/ML Research & Methodology Morgan Stanley
Rebuilding AI: Hardware and Systems Approach for Next Generation AI and AGI
Artificial Intelligence encounters three grand challenges: The Energy Challenge, characterized by a
troubling and unsustainable rise in training energy consumption; The Alignment Challenge, where
jailbroken and misaligned AI pose significant safety and societal threats; and The AGI Challenge,
involving the transition to Artificial General Intelligence, of fully integrated, coherently functioning
modalities and higher level functions.
I argue that effective tackling these challenges relies on system design. To enhance energy efficiency, it is
essential to leave the current restrictive view of AI as a software only solution and embrace fully
integrated system design and novel hardware technologies, such as neuromorphic computing.
Addressing alignment challenges involves recognizing the pivotal role of system architecture in moral
decision-making, echoing the human brain's reliance on signal comparators, feedback mechanisms, and
control functions, without which it will be nearly impossible to achieve alignment. System design also
proves essential for advancing AGI solutions from multiple narrow AI models to integrated co-processing
and high-level AGI functions.
Keynote 2 – April 20, 9:30am
Prof. Jason Cong
Professor Computer Science University of California Los Angeles
(UCLA)
Space and Time Co-Optimization in Electronic Design Automation
In the conventional electronic design automation (EDA) flow, space and time decisions of logic
operations are carried out in separate steps. In this talk, I shall show that co-optimization of space
and time can be highly beneficial. In particular, I shall present our recent work on TAPA, which is a
task-parallel dataflow high-level synthesis (HLS) framework that couples with physical planning.
TAPA improves the final clock frequency by 2X and compiles 7X faster than Vitis HLS. TAPA
framework won two Best Paper Awards at FPGA'21 and FPGA'22, and has been used successfully for
developing efficient accelerators for a large number of applications, including stencil computation,
graph processing, systolic arrays, and sparse linear algebra. If time permits, I shall also discuss other
EDA tools developed in my lab which applies space and time co-optimization successfully, including
systolic array synthesis and quantum layout synthesis.
Keynote 3 – April 20, 2:00pm
Prof. Ioannis Savidis
Associate Professor Drexel University
AI/ML for EDA: The Current and Future of Learning Algorithms in Analog and Digital
Physical Design
In the ever-evolving landscape of Electronic Design Automation (EDA), the integration of
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) has emerged as a transformative force.
This keynote presentation delves into the dynamic intersection of AI/ML and EDA, exploring
the state-of-the-art techniques shaping the analog and digital physical design space. Machine
learning, specifically deep learning, has the potential to significantly improve the accuracy,
speed, efficiency, and reliability of EDA tasks such as circuit modeling, simulation, layout
design, and optimization. Delving into such cutting-edge advancements, we will explore how
AI/ML promises to transcend traditional paradigms, with the goal of enabling designers to
navigate complexities with unparalleled efficiency and accuracy.
Keynote 4 – April 21, 9:30am
Prof. Sung Jin Kim
Professor University of Louisville
Nanophotonics: Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research for Biomedical and Energy Applications
Nanophotonics investigates the behavior of light on nanometer scales as well as interactions of
nanometer-sized objects with light. The fascinating light-matter interactions in nanoscale
structures allow us tailored and efficient device functions and extremely sensitive responses.
The Kim group at the University of Louisville focuses on nanophotonics and device research for
sensing and energy applications using plasmonic nanostructures or various nanomaterials such
as quantum dots, metal oxide nanoparticles, and ferroelectric nanoparticles. We have
developed a plasmon field-effect transistor (FET) that directly converts the surface plasmon
resonance energy into the electrical current with controlled signal amplification. Using this new
device structure, we have successfully demonstrated an ultrawideband photodetection and
biomedical sensing platform using plasmon FET. We also explore a novel mechanism for next-
generation energy harvesting devices using solution-processable nanocrystal quantum dots
and ferroelectric nanomaterials. The solution process-based approaches with nanomaterials
enable the advanced manufacturing of various devices for in-space use. Collaborative research
projects across different disciplines will be presented and show how our interdisciplinary team
uses ideas and approaches to develop innovative and sustainable technologies for a healthy
and energy-efficient society.
Industry Presentation – April 20, 1:00pm
Sarmad Dahir
Sr. Principal Application Engineer Cadence Design Systems
Stratus High-Level Synthesis enables full-flow hardware design automation and optimization
In this presentation we will explain the advantages of constructing digital hardware using
Higher-Level Languages such as C++/SystemC, or MathWorks MATLAB-code. These higher-level
models are synthesized directly to Hardware using the full Cadence Digital Implementation
Solution. We will delve into the design space exploration and optimization and explain how the
Cadence Stratus HLS technology along with Logic-Synthesis (Genus), RTL Power Analysis
(Joules), Equivalence Checking (Jasper), and Machine Learning (Cerebrus) can produce optimal
production quality hardware and dramatically decrease the design implementation cycle. As a
result, the overall design Power, Performance, and Area are optimized while significantly
shortening the project Schedule at the same time.
Workshops -TinyML
What will you learn
Embedded machine learning, also known as
TinyML, is the field of machine learning when
applied to embedded systems. You'll learn:
• How to collect high-frequency data from real
sensors
• Use signal processing to clean up data
• Build a neural network classifier
• How to deploy your model back to a device.
Program – Friday, April 19 (Online)
Program – Friday, April 19 (Online)
Program – Saturday, April 20 (UT Dallas)
Program – Saturday, April 20 (UT Dallas)
Program – Sunday, April 21 (UT Dallas)
Program – Sunday, April 21 (UT Dallas)
Student Poster Competition
Posters
1. Chaitali Sathe, Machine Learning-Based Approximate Modeling of Redacted Circuit
2. James Jenkins, Omar Madera, Cristian Guerrero, Ken King Man Siu, Amir Jafari and Trevor Exley,
Comprehensive Motor Control System for Treadmill with Adjustable Stiffness
3. Jun Ying Tan, Albert Kim and Jungkwun'Jk' Kim, AN OPTIMIZATION OF PERFORATION DESIGN ON A
PIEZOELECTRIC-BASED SMART STENT FOR BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING AND LOW-FREQUENCY
VIBRATIONAL ENERGY HARVESTING
4. Jun Ying Tan, Malea Williams, Santosh Kumar Mandal, Anna Bottiglieri, Aabila Tharzeen, Rahul Sheth,
Balasubramaniam Natarajan, Punit Prakash and Jungkwun'Jk' Kim, DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-MODAL
ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSING (MES) DEVICE FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING OF TUMOR
MICROENVIRONMENT PARAMETERS IN CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY
5. Danah Omary, Multiple Modalities in Customizable, Accessible Mixed Reality Framework
6. Md Imtiaz Rashid, Making Legacy Hardware Robust against Side Channel Attacks via High-Level Synthesis
7. Alena Fisher and Sarbagya Ratna Shakya. An Edge Computing Based Elderly Fall Detection System using
Wearable Devices
8. Mohammad Solaiman, Rhythem Tahrin, Shah Zayed Riam, Elvis Sangmen and Shawana Tabassum,
Innovative Development of a Flexible Humidity Sensor for Uninterrupted Monitoring of Humidity Levels
within Tomato Plants
9. Tasnim Sarker and Shawana Tabassum, A Photonic Crystal Sensor for Endoscopic observation in Plant
Venue
The 17th Dallas Circuits and Systems Conference will Address of the Conference Venue
be held at the University of Texas at Dallas in The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, Texas USA from April 19, 2024, to April Engineering and Computer Science South (ECSS)
22, 2023. The first day of the conference will be 800 W. Campbell Road
online (April 19) Richardson, Texas, 75080, USA
Sponsors
Gold Sponsors