Lin Zhang

PhD student

Group	:	Digital Systems and Computer Vision Research Group
Supervisor	:	Dr. Steven F Quigley ; Prof. Andrew H C Chan
E-mail	:	Internal Mailbox; External Mailbox

Biography

Oct. 2007-Present	PhD student in Department of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK;
Oct. 2006-July 2007	Continue Bachelar degree in University of Birmingham, UK, Majored Communication System Engineering with Business as an exchange student;
Sep.2003-July 2006	BEng in Electronic and Infromation, Department of Electronics and Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China;
	BM in Business Administration, School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.

Research interests

ASIC design (both digital and analogue), FPGAs and reconfigurable computing.

Current project

Hardware acceleration for real time solution of the discrete element finite element equations

The discrete element finite element method (DEFEM) is a promising approach for creating virtual reality and gaming environments that exhibit highly realistic physical behaviour. However, the DEFEM equations are computationally expensive, and cannot be solved in real time on desktop PCs and workstations for complex virtual environments.

Many numerical problems can be greatly speeded up by using hardware accelerators, specialized integrated circuits that exploit high levels of parallelism to give rapid solution.

The aim of this project is to investigate the issues involved in creating hardware accelerators for real-time solution of the DEFEM equation on low cost plug-in boards for desktop PCs. This will involve investigation of a variety of formulations of the DEFEM in order to identify which can be best accelerated by low cost hardware with a clean partition between hardware and software. It will also involve design of the hardware accelerators and evaluation of their effectiveness and scalability to large-scale problems.

Research Reports

Publications

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