Ingrid Verbauwhede - Research Projects (not up to date)

The research in this group is focused on VLSI system, architecture and circuit design, and VLSI design methodologies for special purpose processors and ASIC's as they end up in embedded systems. We typically start with a study of the application domain, i.e. extract specific requirements. Then we profile on existing implementation platforms, such as embedded micro-controllers, DSP processors and/or FPGA's. Lastly, we develop reconfigurable or reprogrammable architectures and design methodologies for the given application domain. More specifically, we have research in the following general topics:


Topics:

Cryptography

  • AES - Rijndael implementation  Presentation at the Annual Research Review 2000
  • Elliptic curve Public Key encryption systems on FPGA's
  • Circuit techniques against power and timing attacks
  • Reconfigurable architectures and interconnect for cryptographic algorithms
  • Programmable DES processor (my Ph.D. work)
  • Wireless communications:

  • DSP processors for wireless communications
  • Turbo coding implementations
  • Baseband processing for Bluetooth and its interaction with the RF front-end
  • Embedded routers

  • Programmable/Reconfigurable co-processors for header processing
  • This work fits in the Distributed Embedded Systems Program (DESP)


    Research Publications