Nis, March 4th, 2005 Public Reporting on Project Results

Review of Activities of Working Group for Computer Architecture

Mile StojcevOliver Vojinovic

Faculty of Electronic Engineering of Nis

March 4th, 2005

Overview

Initial statusJoint proposal for the CA Core of Knowledge InnovationsInnovations - published booksInnovations - books in printing procedureNew course - Embedded systemsInnovations - SimArch

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Initial status (B.T. - Before Tempus)

6 courses concerning Computer Architectures are delivered at FEEN Computer Systems (semester IV) Computer Organization (semester V - VI) Microcomputer Systems and Input/Output

Devices (semester VII - VIII) Parallel Computer Systems (semester VII - VIII) Algorithms and Architectures of Specialized

Computer Systems (semester IX) Microprocessor systems (Dept. of Electronic,

semester VII - VIII)

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Initial status (B.T. - Before Tempus) (Cont.)

Each course contained lectures, oral exercises, lab practices Lectures were delivered using

blackboard Oral exercises - solving problems on

blackboard

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Joint proposal for the CA Core of Knowledge

Joint work on innovations in CA courses of experts form different academic institutions resulted with paper in CCSS journal.

Computer Architecture Core of Knowledge for Computer Science Studiesby Mile Stojcev, Ivan Milentijevic, FEEN

Dimitris Kehagias, TEIA Rolf Drechsler, University of Bremen Marjan Gusev, FNSMS

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Innovations (A.T. - After Tempus)

5 published books2 books in publishing procedureInnovations in existing coursesOn-line material on faculty’s web siteA new course on Embedded SystemsNew teaching tool

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Innovations - published books

Microcomputer systems - The Collection of Solved ProblemsMicroprocessor Architecture, Part ILaboratory Manual for Microprocessor Systems Computer Architecture and OrganizationLab Manual for Parallel Computer Systems Course       

March 4th, 2005

Innovations - published books

Microcomputer systems - The Collection of Solved Problems     

M. Stojcev, T. StankovicMicroprocessor Architecture, Part ILaboratory Manual for Microprocessor Systems Computer Architecture and OrganizationLab Manual for Parallel Computer Systems Course

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Innovations - published books

Microcomputer systems - The Collection of Solved Problems     Microprocessor Architecture, Part I     

M. StojcevLaboratory Manual for Microprocessor Systems     Computer Architecture and Organization     Lab Manual for Parallel Computer Systems Course       

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Innovations - published books

Microcomputer systems - The Collection of Solved Problems     Microprocessor Architecture, Part I     Laboratory Manual for Microprocessor Systems     

T. Stankovic, S. Ristic, M. Krstic, I. Andrejic, and M. StojcevComputer Architecture and Organization     Lab Manual for Parallel Computer Systems Course       

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Innovations - published books

Microcomputer systems - The Collection of Solved Problems     Microprocessor Architecture, Part I     Laboratory Manual for Microprocessor Systems     Computer Architecture and Organization N. MilenkovicLab Manual for Parallel Computer Systems Course       

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Innovations - published books

Microcomputer systems - The Collection of Solved ProblemsMicroprocessor Architecture, Part I     Laboratory Manual for Microprocessor Systems     Computer Architecture and Organization     Lab Manual for Parallel Computer Systems Course       

E. Milovanovic, V. Ciric

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Innovations - books in printing procedure

Computer Systems, part I     M. Stojcev, P. Krtolica

(joint work with FSMN and ETF Sarajevo)

Computer Networks and Data Transfer

M. Stojcev(joint work with ETF Sarajevo)

March 4th, 2005

Innovations in existing courses

New topics in existing courses: Non-blocking cache memories Concepts of VLIW machines Performance improvement Low power design System testing New generation microcontrollers Application specific processor design Configurable and extensible processors

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Innovations in existing courses (Cont.)

Most of lectures now delivered with digital projectors A lot of on-line material Solved problems of previous writing exams Selected topics on advanced computer

architectures

Involving students in preparing new lab exercises

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New course - Embedded systems

Started on October 2004 (semester IX)Topics Modelling of embedded systems High-level synthesis Scheduling, allocation, partitioning Parameter-defined processors Hardware-software codesign Design validation Application areas

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Innovations - SimArch

New multimedia teaching tool, originally developed at FEENInvolvement of students in development process (Student TEMPUS Club)Supports lectures of computer architecturesCan be adapted to meet requirements of any computer architecture courseSingle engine, two interfaces Desktop application - for lectures, displaying with

digital projector Web application - for students' practicing at home

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Innovations - SimArch (Cont.)

Heavy work still in progress New, powerful component-based simulator

in integration stage Connection with extern data providers for

component simulation Improving stability and speed Efforts towards improving usability,

portability and user independence better script syntax (more error tolerant, better

portability) visual tools for presentation creation

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Concluding remarks

Numerious innovations in existing curricula were involvedNew lab practicing exercises createdSeveral new books available to studentsInvolvement of students in teaching processNew teaching environment (digital projectors, on-line content, multimedia teaching tools)Dissemination of results to other accademic institutions