Tarek M. Taha
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clemson University
Education
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002
M.S.E.E., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998
B.S.E.E., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996
B.A., DePauw University, 1996
Research
General area: computer architecture.
Specific projects:
- Neuromorphic computing: This project aims to develop computing
architectures to implement models of the neocortex. The architecture is
based on hierarchical cortical column models of the neocortex. Both large
scale supercomputer based systems and embedded computing architectures to
implement these models are being developed. This work has applications in
image recognition, data mining, and homeland security. This work is
supported by an NSF CAREER award and grants from the US Air Force.
- Processor performance prediction: The time to design
microprocessors in increasing steadily as systems become more complex.
Evaluating different design alternatives through simulation is a time
consuming and expensive process. This work aims to reduce this time and
cost through perfomance prediction models.
- Low power architectures: Power consumption is a limiting factor
in the design of modern processors. Data transfer is a significant
component of the power conumption. The objective of this work is to reduce
this component of the power by desiging low power on-chip and off-chip bus
communication protocols.
