Prof Dr Klaus D McDonald-Maier’s Home Page

Welcome:

I am a Professor in the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE) at the University of Essex where I am the Director of Research and lead the Embedded and Intelligent Systems (EIS) Research Group. I am also a co-founder and the Chief Scientist of UltraSoC Technologies Ltd.

A brief biography:

I was brought up in Biberach an der Riß, Germany and went to study Electronic Engineering at the University of Ulm (Germany), Cardiff University (Wales), and the Grande École École Supérieur de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon (CPE-Lyon, France). I graduated with a Dipl.-Ing. and a Masters degree in 1995 and subsequently became a Research Associate at the Biomechanics Group of the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany). I completed my doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany) in 1999.

Following this I worked as a system architect / concept engineer on processor cores and peripheral modules for Systems-on-Chip at Infineon Technologies AG, Munich (Germany). In 2001 I joined the University of Kent as Lecturer in the Department of Electronics and moved to the University of Essex in 2005, at the same time I became the founding CTO of UltraSoC Technologies Ltd, a spin-out company from the University of Essex and the University of Kent. I have previously been a visiting Professor at ESIGELEC.

I have authored or co-authored over 180 publications, and 12 pending patents. I have held five EPRSC grants with substantial contributions from industry, three EU grants, several other grants and funded projects.

I am a Senior Member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, SMIEEE), and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET).

Research interests, projects and publications

Core Research Interests:

· Embedded Systems and System-on-Chip (SoC) design, development support /debug and technology to increase security, performance and reliability

· Advanced embedded processor architectures targeted for automotive/industrial robotics, image processing, sensor network nodes and other real-time critical applications

· Low-Power Architectures

· Application of AI for real world problems, robot control and embedded systems

Current and recently completed Grants and Contracts:

· ADS-SoC - Adaptive Development Support for Future Systems-on-Chip funded by EPSRC (EP/I500952/1).

· SYSIASS - Autonomous and Intelligent Healthcare System funded by European Regional Development Fund, Interreg IVA 2 Mers Seas Zeeën Programme

· ReSIP - Reconfigurable System-on-Chip based Networks of Integrated and Distributed Sensor Platform Nodes for Environmental Diagnostic and Sensing funded by EPSRC (EP/C005686/1).

· Networking of Distributed Sensors for Proactive Condition Monitoring of Wind Turbines funded by EPSRC (EP/C014790/1).

· ESPACENET: Evolvable Networks of Intelligent and Secure Integrated and Distributed Reconfigurable System-On-Chip Sensor Nodes for Aerospace Based Monitoring and Diagnostics funded by EPSRC (EP/C54630X/1).

· ACOS – Automated Control and guidance System funded by European Regional Development Fund, Interreg IIIA Programme.

· OMNIVISS - Embedded Omnidirectional Vision System for Environment Reconstruction and Analysis funded by European Regional Development Fund, Interreg IIIA Programme.

· ModEasy – MOdel Driven dEsign for Automative Safety embedded sYstem funded by European Regional Development Fund, Interreg IIIA Programme.

· Proof of Concept Fund Award funded by South East Proof of Concept Fund managed by FinanceSouthEast.

· Debug Support Strategy for Systems-on-Chips with Multiple Processor Cores funded by EPSRC (GR/S13361/01).

· Cached Processors in embedded Real-time Systems funded through a CASE award for new academics by EPSRC and Delphi Diesel Ltd, Gillingham.

Publications

A list of selected publications is available on a separate page.

Awards & Honours

· Finalist, EEDA Running the Gauntlet, 2007

· Shortlisted, IET Innovation Award 2007, Software in Design

· Runner Up, RCUK - Research Councils United Kingdom, Business Plan Competition

· NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems 2007 (AHS-2007), best paper award in the Secure Data and Information Systems category.

· International ICSC / IFAC Symposium on Neural Computation (NC’98), Best Presentation Award

· Scheffelpreis

Research assistants and Ph.D. students

I currently supervise the following research assistants and Ph.D. students:

· Dr Andrew B.T. Hopkins has been working on advanced debug support architectures since he joined the group as a researcher in 2003 and is currently a part time research fellow.

· Dr Yevgeniya V. Kovalchuk, Jenya, works on the SYSIASS project on secure communication technologies.

· Shoaib Ehsan is working on vision processing architectures and reliable embedded systems.

· Wah M Cheung, Philip, is working on model driven design techniques.

· Muhammad Yasir Qadri is a visiting researcher working on low power architectures.

I am also working in collaboration with Dr Gareth Howells at the University of Kent and the following students:

· Thomas Statheros, has initially joined the group as researcher on the ACOS project and is currently studying for PhD in collaborative robot navigation.

· Pierre Lorrenz is working on weightless neural networks as a PhD student.

Jobs / Studying in the School

· If you would like to study for a taught M.Sc. degree, please enquire at ces-gradoffice AT essex.ac.uk.

· If you are interested in studying for a research degree in the school, please contact Marisa Bostock (ces-research AT essex.ac.uk). She will show your application to all academics in the department who could supervise your work.

· Internships: please do not write to me asking for me to pay for internships, I occasionally will take self-funded internships, however, I will blacklist senders asking for me to fund internships.

· PhD Studies in the EIS Research Group: If you have the excellent grades, then you might be eligible for a PhD in the EIS Group. In order to apply please send me (in files under 1 Meg in total), (a) your CV, (b) transcripts of your grades, (c) copies of papers you have published, (d) a project proposal linked to my research projects and interests and (e) the name of two referees.

Directions & Contact Details:

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Prof Klaus D McDonald-Maier
University of Essex
School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Colchester
CO4 3SQ

United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1206 87 4376 direct line
Tel: +44 1206 87 2790 secretary
Fax: +44 1206 87 2788
Email: kdm AT essex.ac.uk

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