low-power processor Architectures, Low power circuit design techniques, Analog a

nd mixed-signal circuit design, RF device modeling and RF circuit design, Rapid

prototyping of Digital Systems, Industrial Automation, reconfigurable processors
, Digital Arithmetic, Advanced Processor Architectures , VLSI Implementation of
Speech and Image processing algorithms, Biomedical signal processor design, test
ing and formal verification, memory design, Embedded VLSI, asynchronous circuits
, CAD tools, Graph theory and Optimisation problems in VLSI.
Digital architectures for communication systems
ElectroChemiLuminescent Sensors
Methodologies and circuits for VLSI digital and mixed-signal design
Nanogap fabrication for molecular electronics and biomedical applications
Systems-on-Chip and Networks-on-Chip
VLSI architecture for multimedia applications
Voltammetric systems and Electrochemical Sensors
Multi / Many Core Architecture
Crypto VLSI Hardware and VLSI Hardware Security
System-on-Chip and Network-on-Chip
Video and Image Processing Applications
Heterogeneous Architectures and Models
Low Power VLSI Circuits
Embedded Systems
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Verification and Validation
3D IC
FPGA/GPU Hybrid Computing and FPGA Based System Design
Hardware/Software Co-Design, Synthesis and Verification
Disruptive Technologies
VLSI Testing and Reliability
Energy-Efficient and Fault-Tolerance Design


Research @ VDTT
Electronics Design Automation (Comp. Sc. & Engg. Department)
Design automation tools for VLSI, Parallel algorithms for VLSI CAD, High-level S
ynthesis, Hardware Specification and Verification, Low Power Design and Synthesi
s.
Embedded Systems (Comp. Sc. & Engg. Department)
Methodology for Synthesis of Embedded Systems, CAD and Architectures for Embedde
d Systems, Real-time Operating systems for Embedded Systems, Application Specifi
c Processor Design, Hardware Software CoDesign, VLIW ASIPs.
Reconfigurable Computing (Comp. Sc. & Engg. Department)
Design of Reconfigurable Systems, Run-time Reconfiguration, FPGA based Design &
Design tools, Design Automation for Platform FPGAs
System Level Design and Modelling (Comp. Sc. & Engg. Department)
SoC Design, System Level Power Estimation & Modeling, Transaction Level Modeling
, Specification Languages, Design Space Exploration.
Microelectronics (Electrical Engg. Department)
Nanoscale SOI MOSFETs for CMOS applications, Strained Silicon Devices, SiC devic
es, SiGe HBTs, Power semiconductor devices and Metal-Semiconductor devices
CAD for VLSI/Neural Networks (Electrical Engg. Department)
Biological Neural Networks - Visual processing, Neuromorphic Chip Design, Machin
e Learning, Optimization.
Circuit Design (Electrical Engg. Department)
Analog and Mixed Signal Circuit Design, Digital Circuit Design, Low power and lo
w voltage circuit techniques, Measurement and instrumentation techniques
Microelectronics (CARE Department)
Modeling of Si-Ge Hetero-junction Bipolar Transistors, Linkage Learning Genetic
Algorithms, Infinite Impulse Response Realization of Surface Acoustic Wave Devic
es, Low loss Surface Acoustic Wave Filters for CDMA applications, RF Modeling of
Surface Acoustic Wave Devices, Radio Frequency Identification, Application of P
iezoelectric Films in nano-tips, Micro-electro-mechanical Systems (MEMS), Alumin
um Nitride film based MEMS, Non-destructive testing of MEMS structures.
Signal Processing (CARE Department)
Underwater acoustic signal processing and communications, Acoustical Imaging, Se
nsor system design and simulation, Underwater acoustic vector sensors, Digital s
peech processing including coding, recognition, synthesis and enhancement, Audit
ory perception modeling and intrusive/non-intrusive speech quality evaluation.