Embedded System Design and Modeling

ECE382N.23, Unique: 18090
Semester: Fall 2022

Course Outline

Week	Topic	Notes	Reading	Assignments
1 Aug 23, 25	Introduction, System-level design methodologies	Lecture 1	Orange book, Ch. 1, 2   [1][2]
2 Aug 30, Sep 1	System specification, models of computation (MoCs)	Lecture 2	Orange Book, Sec. 3.1   [3] Marwedel, Sec. 2.1, 2.2
3 Sep 6, 8	Process-based MoCs: process networks, dataflow	Lecture 3	Marwedel, Sec. 2.5   [4],[5] LeeSeshia, Ch. 6.3   [6],[7]	Homework #1
4 Sep 13, 15	State-based MoCs: hierarchical & concurrent state machines	Lecture 4	Marwedel, Sec. 2.4   [8] LeeSeshia, Ch. 3, 5, 6.2   [K]
5 Sep 20, 22	System-level architecture models & design languages	Lecture 5	Orange Book, Sec. 3.3   [9,10] Marwedel, Sec. 2.7   [11]
6 Sep 27, 29	Host-compiled & transaction-level modeling	Lecture 6	Orange Book, Sec. 3.4   [12] Orange Book, Sec. 3.5, 3.6   [13]
7 Oct 4, 6	Estimation and Evaluation	Lecture 7	Marwedel, Ch. 5   [14][15]
8 Oct 11, 13	Machine learning-based predictive modeling	Lecture 8	[16][16][18]	Homework #2
9 Oct 18, 20	System-level synthesis & decision making	Lecture 9	Orange Book, Ch. 4   [19]
10 Oct 25, 27	System mapping & design space exploration	Lecture 10	Marwedel, Ch. 6   [20]
11 Nov 1, 3	System-level design tools	Lecture 11	Orange Book, Ch. 8   [21][22]
12 Nov 8, 10	Accuracy-aware Compilers For Energy-efficient Machine Learning on the Edge   (Sasa Misailovic, UIUC)
13 Nov 15, 17	Review, Midterm	Previous Exams
14 Nov 22, 24	Fall Break
15 Nov 29, Dec 1	Project Presentations			Project Report