Sorin Cotofana
I was born in Mizil Romania, in 1959; received the MSc degree in Computer Science from "Politehnica" University of Bucharest, Romania, and the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, in 1984 and 1998, respectively.
I worked for a decade with the Research and Development Institute for Electronic Components (ICCE), Bucharest and I am currently an Associate Professor with the Computer Engineering Laboratory at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.
My current research is focused on: (i) design and implementation of dependable/reliable systems out of unpredictable/unreliable components; (ii) ageing assessment/prediction and lifetime reliability aware resource management; and (iii) unconventional computation paradigms and computation with emerging nano-devices.
I (co-)authored 44 journal, 205 international conference, and 38 local conferences and workshops papers; received 13 Best Paper Awards in international conferences, e.g., 2012 IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, 2012 ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Nanoscale Architectures, 2005 IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, 2001 International Conference on Computer Design. I served as: Chair of the Giga-Nano IEEE Circuits and System Society (CASS) Technical Committee; IEEE Nano Council CASS representative; Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I (2009-2011), IEEE Transactions on Nanothechnology (2008-2014), and Nano Communication Networks (2010-2014); have been involved in the organization of many international conferences, e.g., ISCAS, NANORACH, ASAP, DATE. Currently, I serve as Senior Editor and Associate Editor in Chief for IEEE Transactions on Nanothechnology, Senior Editorial Board member for IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, and Steering Committee member for IEEE Transactions on Multi-Scale Computing Systems,
I am IEEE Fellow and HiPEAC member.
Research
My current research is focused on:
- Design and implementation of dependable/reliable systems out of unpredictable/unreliable components;
- Aging assessment/prediction and lifetime reliability aware resource management;
- Unconventional computation paradigms and computation with emerging nano-devices.
As general research policy I'm probing the future via speculative research projects while still remaining well anchored in nowadays technological reality. In this line of reasoning I consider a good balance between speculative research aimed to stretch the technological limits of computer technology, thereby considering a long term horizon, and short term (applied) research of premium importance. Additionally, I consider the collaboration with industry as an important objective for applied research as well as for more speculative projects.
More details about my past and current research and my research strategy can be found in My Research Statement.
Projects
I'm currently involved into the following projects:
- NEMSIC - Hybrid Nano-Electro-Mechanical / Integrated Circuit Systems for Sensing and Power Management Applications
- 3DIM3 - 3D Integration for Multimedia and Mobile Applications
- COBRA - Computing Fabric for High Performance Applications
- RELY - Design for RELIABILITY of SoCs for Applications like Transportation, Medical, and Industrial Automation
- i-RISC - Innovative Reliable Chip Designs from Low-Powered Unreliable Components
Teaching
- ET4074 - Modern Computer Architectures (see BlackBoard)
- IN4340 - Embedded Computer Architecture (see BlackBoard)
- ET4170 - Computer Arithmetic (see BlackBoard)
- ET4171 - Processor Design Project (see BlackBoard)
Students
Current PhD Students
- Marius Enachescu - "Hybrid Nano-Electro-Mechanical / Integrated Circuit Systems for Power Management".
- George Voicu - "3D Processor & Platform Architecture".
- Mihai Lefter - "3D Memory Arrays, Architecture, & Hierachies".
- Nicoleta Cucu-Laurenciu - "Architectural and Runtime Support for Non-Intrusive Observation and Adaptation Mechanisms for Dependable Computation".
- Changlin Chen - "Dependable Interconnect for Multi/Many Processor Platforms".
Alumni
- Yao Wang - "Aging Assessment and Reliability Aware Computing Platforms", 2013.
- Dan Crisu - "Processor Architecture for Computer Graphics Applications on Mobile Terminals", 2012.
- Kazeem Alagbe Gbolagade - "Effective Data Conversion in Residue Number System Processors", 2010.
- Anca Molnos - "Task Centric Memory Management for an On-Chip Multiprocessor", 2009.
- Ferran Martorel - "The Tolerant Cell", (Joint advise with Antonio Rubio, UPC Barcelona, Spain), 2009.
- Casper Lageweg - "Single Electron Tunneling Based Arithmetic Computation", 2004.
- Mihai Sima - "The ρ-TriMedia Processor", 2004.
- Pyrrhos Stathis - "Sparse Matrix Vector Processing Formats", 2004.
- Peter Celinsky - "High Speed Threshold Logic Circuits" (Joint advise with Derek Abbot from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Australia), 2004.
- Chaohong Hu - "Single Electron Tunneling Based Analog to Digital Conversion" (Joint advise with Jiang Jianfei, Research Institute of Micro/Nanometer Science & Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China), 2004.
