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Zeljko Zilic - Publications

The list below was kept up-to-date up to 2014; since then, fairly authoritative and easy to check is the data on Google Scholar.

Papers sorted by:   Chronological List             List by Topics

Publications: Books, Journal Papers, Conferences, Workshops, Patents

Books

  1. Y. Fan and Z. Zilic, "Accelerating Test, Validation and Debug of High Speed Serial Interfaces" , Springer, 2011. ISBN: 978-90-481-9397-4 (Publisher Site)
  2. M. Boule and Z. Zilic, "Generating Hardware Assertion Checkers: for Hardware Verification, Emulation, Post-Fabrication Debugging and On-Line Monitoring" , Springer, 2008. ISBN: 978-1-4020-8585-7 (Publisher Site)
  3. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Verification by Error Modeling: Using Testing Techniques for Hardware Verification" , Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003. ISBN: 978-1-4020-7652-7 (Publisher Site)

Book Chapters

  1. O. Sarbishei, M. Janidarmian, A. R. Fekr, B. Nahill, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Multi-sensory Integration Dependability" , Chapter 18 in Book Technologies for Smart Sensors and Sensor Fusion, edited by K. Yallup and K. Iniewski, pp. 319-335, 2013.
  2. B. Mihajlovic, W. Gross and Z. Zilic, "Software Debugging Infrastructure for Multi-Core Systems-on-Chip" , Chapter X in Book VLSI, edited by M. Y. Qadri and S. J. Sangwine, 29 pages, 2013.
  3. H. Zarrabi, Z. Zilic, Y. Savaria and A. Al-Khalili, "On the Efficient Design and Synthesis of Differential Clock Distribution Networks" , Chapter 17 in Book VLSI, edited by Z-F. Wang, InTech Publishers, ISBN 978-953-307-049-0, 2011, pp. 331-352.
  4. B. Mihajlovic, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Infrastructure for Testing Nodes of a Wireless Sensor Network" , Book Chapter in Handbook of Research on Developments and Trends in Wireless Sensor Networks: From Principles to Practice, edited by H. Jin and W-B. Jiang, IGI Global 2010.

Journal Papers

  1. A. Roshan Fekr, M. Janidarmian, K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "A Medical Cloud-Based Platform for Respiration Rate Measurement and Hierarchical Classification of Breath Disorders", Sensors, , Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 11204-11224, 2014.
  2. MH. Neishaburi and Z. Zilic, "On a New Mechanism of Trigger Generation for Post-silicon Debugging", IEEE Transactions on Computers, , Vol. 63, No. 5, pp 1532-1548, 2013.
  3. J. Tong, M. Boule and Z. Zilic, "Test Compaction Techniques for Assertion-Based Test Generation", ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 1-15, (paper 9), Dec. 2013.
  4. MH. Neishaburi and Z. Zilic, "System on Chip Failure Rate Assesment Using the Executable Model of a System", Journal of Computing, , 2013, pp. 1-15. DOI 10.1007/s00607-013-0372-7.
  5. MH. Neishaburi and Z. Zilic, "A Fault Tolerant Hierarchical Network on Chip Router Architecture", Journal of Electronic Testing and Testing Applications, , 2013, pp. 1-13. DOI 10.1007/s10836-013-5398-4.
  6. R. Najafi, C. Banville, M. Hafed and Z. Zilic, "Oversampled Multi-Phase Time-Domain Bit-Error Rate Processing for Transmitter Testing", Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, , Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 143-153, Nov. 2013.
  7. MH. Neishaburi and Z. Zilic, "NISHA: A Fault-tolerant NoC Router Enabling Deadlock-free Interconnection of Subsets in Hierarchical Architecture", Journal of Systems Architecture, , Vol. 59, No. 7, pp. 551-569, Aug. 2013.
  8. MH. Neishaburi and Z. Zilic, "An Infrastructure for Debug Using Clusters of Assertion Checkers", Microelectronics Reliability, , Vol. 52, No. 11, pp. 2781-2798, November 2012.
  9. O. Sarbishei, K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Analytical Optimization of Bit-Widths in Fixed-Point LTI Systems", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, , Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 343-355, 2012.
  10. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "Flexible and Reconfigurable Mismatch-tolerant Serial Clock Distribution Networks", IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 523-536, 2012. doi:10.1109/TVLSI.2011.2104982
  11. Z. Zilic, P. Mishra and S. Shukla "Challenges of Rapidly Emerging Consumer Space Multiprocessors", IEEE Design and Test of Computers, Vol. 28, No. 3, Jun. 2011, pp. 52-53.
  12. P. Mishra, Z. Zilic and S. Shukla "Guest Editor's Introduction: Multicore SoC Validation with Transaction-Level Models", IEEE Design and Test of Computers, Vol. 28, No. 3, Jun. 2011, pp. 6-9.
  13. S. Shukla, P. Mishra and Z. Zilic "A Brief History of Multiprocessors and EDA", IEEE Design and Test of Computers, Vol. 28, No. 3, Jun. 2011, pp. 96.
  14. K. Morin-Allory, M. Boule, D. Borrione and Z. Zilic, "Validating Assertion Language Rewrite Rules and Semantics with Automated Theorem Provers", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Vol. 29, No. 9, Sep. 2010, pp. 1436-1448.
  15. S. Bourduas and Z. Zilic, "Modeling and Evaluation of Ring-based Interconnect for Network-on-Chip", Journal of System Architecture, Vol. 57, No. 1, 2011, pp. 39-60, doi:10.1016/j.sysarc.2010.07.002
  16. Y. Pang, K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Optimization of Imprecise Circuits Represented by Taylor Series and Real-Valued Polynomials", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Vol. 29, No. 8, August 2010, pp. 1177-1190.
  17. J. Tong, M. Boule and Z. Zilic, "Defining and Providing Coverage for Assertion-Based Dynamic Verification", Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications, Vol. 26, Issue 2, April 2010, pp. 211-225.
  18. Y. Fan and Z. Zilic, "Qualifying Serial Interface Jitter Rapidly and Cost-Efficiently", Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications, Vol. 26, Issue 2, April 2010, pp. 177-193.
  19. H. Chan and Z. Zilic, "Performance-Driven Circuit and Layout Co-optimization for Deep-Submicron Analog Circuits", Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Vol. 60, No. 1-2, Aug. 2009, pp. 43-55.
  20. S. Bourduas, J-S. Chenard and Z. Zilic, "A Quality Driven Design Approach for Network-on-Chip", IEEE Design and Test of Computers (Special Issue on Interconnects for Multicore Chips), Vol. 25, No. 5, Oct. 2008, pp. 416-428.
  21. M. Boule and Z. Zilic, "Automata-Based Assertion Checker Synthesis of PSL Properties", ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (Special Issue on High-level Design Validation and Test), Vol. 13, No. 1, Paper 4, Jan. - Mar. 2008, 20 pages.
  22. Y. Fan and Z. Zilic, "Bit Error Rate Testing of Communication Interfaces", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements, Vol. 57, No. 5, May 2008, pp. 897-906.
  23. J-S. Chenard, Z. Zilic and M. Prokic "A Laboratory and Teaching Methodology for Wireless and Mobile Embedded Systems", IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 51, No. 3, Aug. 2008, pp. 378-384.
  24. M. Boule, J-S. Chenard and Z. Zilic, "Debug Enhancements in Assertion-Checker Generation", IET Computers and Digital Techniques (formerly IEE Proceedings on Computers and Digital Techniques), Special Issue on Silicon Debug and Diagnosis, Vol. 1, No. 6, pp. 669-677, November 2007.
  25. Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Scaling and Better Approximating Quantum Fourier Transform by Higher Radices", IEEE Transactions on Computers (Special Issue on Nano-Systems and Computing), Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 202-207, February 2007.
  26. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Arithmetic Transforms for Compositions of Sequential and Imprecise Datapaths", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, pp. 1382-1391, July 2006.
  27. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "GALDS: A Complete Framework for Designing Multi-clock ASICs and SoCs", IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 641-654, Jun. 2005.
  28. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Design Verification by Test Vectors and Arithmetic Transform Universal Test Sets", IEEE Transactions on Computers , Vol. 53, No. 5, pp. 628-640, May 2004.
  29. S. McCracken, Z. Zilic and H. Chan, "Real Laboratories in Distance Education", Journal on Computing and Information Technology", Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 67-76, June 2003.
  30. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic. "A Deterministic Multivariate Polynomial Interpolation Algorithm for Small Finite Fields", IEEE Transactions on Computers , Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 1100-1105, September 2002.
  31. M. Boule and Z. Zilic. "An FPGA Move Generator for the Game of Chess", Journal of International Computer Chess Association, ICGA Journal (formerly: Journal of Computer Chess) , Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 85-96, June 2002.
  32. Y. Danan and Z. Zilic. "HANP: A Highly Adaptive Network Processor for FPGAs", IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Architecture, TCCA, Newsletter, (currently: IEEE Computer Architecture Letters) No. 10, pp. 64-71, October 2001.
  33. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic. "Using Decision Diagrams to Design ULMs for FPGAs", IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 47, No. 9, pp. 971-982, September 1998.
  34. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic. "Polynomial Interpolation Algorithms for Reed-Muller Transform for Incompletely Specified Functions", Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing. Vol. 2, pp. 217-243, August 1997.
  35. Zeljko Zilic, Synthesis of Parallel Algorithms, by J. H. Reif, Journal on Computing and Information Technology "CIT", Vol. 2, No. 3., pp. 246-248.
  36. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic. "A Multiple-Valued Reed-Muller Transform for Incompletely Specified Functions", IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 44, No. 8, pp. 1012-1020, August 1995.
  37. Z. Zilic, "Experiments with Data Compression Methods in Digital Image Compression", Automatika, vol. 31, No. 1-2, pp. 31-36, June 1990.

Refereed Conference Papers

  1. M. Janidarmian, A. Roshan Fekr, K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Affordable eRehabilitation Monitoring Platform", Proceedings of IEEE International Humanitarian Technology Conference, IHTC, Jun. 2014.
  2. A. Roshan Fekr, M. Janidarmian, K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Multi-sensor Blind Recalibration in mHealth Applications", Proceedings of IEEE International Humanitarian Technology Conference, IHTC, Jun. 2014.
  3. J. Tong, M. Boule and Z. Zilic, "Efficient Data Encoding for Improving Fault Simulation Performance in GPUs ", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Electronic System Design, ISED, Dec. 2013.
  4. M. Janidarmian, A. Roshan Fekr, K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Cloud-based Mobile Rehabilitation Platform", Proceedings of Wireless Health, WH2014, Nov. 2013.
  5. Y. Pang, Q. Lei, J. Lin, Z. Luo, Z. Li, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "SAR Computation and Channel Modeling of Body Area Networks", Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Body Area Networks, BODYNETS2013. Sep. 2013.
  6. A. Ramdial, B. Nahill, H. Zeng, M. Di Natale and Z. Zilic, "A Multicore FPGA Implementation of Wait-free Semantic-Preserving Communication Structures ", Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, EFTA 2013. Sep. 2013.
  7. J. Tong, M. Boule and Z. Zilic, "Mu-GSIM: A Mutation Testing Simulator on GPUs ", Proceedings of IEEE Asia Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ASQED, Aug. 2013. Best Paper Award
  8. O. Sarbishei, B. Nahill, A. Roshan Fekr, M. Janidarmian, K. Radecka, Z. Zilic and B. Karajica, "An Efficient Fault-Tolerant Sensor Fusion Algorithm for Accelerometers, Proceedings of 10th Annual Body Sensor Networks Conference, BSN 2013. May 2013.
  9. A. Suyyagh, B. Nahill, A. Courtemanche, E. Kirshin, Z. Zilic and B. Karajica "Managing the Microprocessor Systems Course Scope Expansion, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics Systems Education, MSE 2013. Jun. 2013.
  10. K. Jayawardene, J. Carriot, Z. Zilic and K. Cullen, "Inertial Measurement-based Speed Skater Tracking. ", Proceedings of Wireless Health, WH2012, Oct. 2012.
  11. A. Roshan Fekr, M. Janidarmian, O. Sarbishei, B. Nahill, K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "MSE Minimization of Fault-Tolerant Data Fusion with Multi-Sensor Systems. ", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD, Oct. 2012.
  12. E. Kadric, N. Manjikian and Z. Zilic, "An FPGA Implementation for a High-Speed Optical Link with a PCI interface. ", Proceedings of IEEE International Systems on Chip Conference, SOCC, Sep. 2012.
  13. L. Montesi, Z. Zilic, T. Hanyu and D. Suzuki, "Building Blocks to use in Innovative non-volatile FPGA Architecture Based on MTJs", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on VLSI, June 2012.
  14. R. Najafi, C. Banville, M. Hafed and Z. Zilic, "Oversampled Multi-phase Time-domain Bit-error Rate Processing for Transmitter Testing", Proceedings of IEEE International NEWCAS Conference, June 2012.
  15. M. Janidarmian, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Issues in Multi-Valued Multi-Modal Sensor Fusion", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic, ISMVL, June 2012.
  16. MH. Neishaburi and Z. Zilic, "An Enhanced Debug-aware Network Interface for Network-on-chip", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED, March 2012.
  17. Z. Zilic and B. Karajica, "Training for Inter-disciplinary Multi-sensor Design at All Levels", Proceedings of IEEE Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Education Conference, IEDEC'12, Mar. 2012.
  18. J. Tong, M. Boule and Z. Zilic, "Assertion Clustering for Compacted Test Sequence Generation", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED, March 2012.
  19. Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Fault Tolerant Glucose Sensor Readout and Recalibration", Proceedings of Wireless Health, WH2011, Oct. 2011.
  20. MH. Neishaburi and Z. Zilic, "A Fault Tolerant Hierarchical Network on Chip Router", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance, DFT 2011, Oct. 2011.
  21. Z. Zilic and B. Karajica, "High-level Design of Integrated Microsystems - Arithmetic Perspective", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Robotics and Sensor Environments, ROSE 2011, Oct. 2011.
  22. MH. Neishaburi and Z. Zilic, "Debug-aware AXI-based Network Interface ", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance, DFT 2011, Oct. 2011.
  23. MH. Neishaburi and Z. Zilic, "Hierarchical Embedded Logic Analyzer for Accurate Root-Cause Analysis", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance, DFT 2011, Oct. 2011.
  24. J. Tong, D. Sarraf, M. Boule and Z. Zilic, "Generating Compact Assertions for Control-based Logic Signals", Proceedings of IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS2011, August 2011.
  25. MH. Neishaburi and Z. Zilic, "Failure Rate Assessment Technique Using and Executable Model of the System", Proceedings of Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2011, August 2011.
  26. Z. Zilic and B. Karajica, "Teaching for Evolution towards Embedded Multi-sensor Interfaces", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Microeletronics Systems Education, MSE'11, May 2011.
  27. MH. Neishaburi and Z. Zilic, "A Distributed AXI-based Platform for Post-Silicon Validation", Proceedings of IEEE International VLSI Test Symposium, VTS 2011, May 2011.
  28. B. Mihajlovic and Z. Zilic, "Real-Time Address Trace Compression for Emulated and Real System-on-Chip Processor Core Debugging", Proceedings of IEEE International Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, GLVLSI 2011, May 2011.
  29. MH. Neishaburi and Z. Zilic, "On Post-Silicon Root-Cause Analysis and Debug using Enhanced Hierarchical Triggers", IEEE European Test Symposium, ETS 2011, May 2011.
  30. MH. Neishaburi and Z. Zilic, "Post-silicon Infrastructure with Assertion Support", Proceedings of IEEE VLSI Design Automation and Test Conference, VLSI-DAT 2011, Apr. 2011.
  31. MH. Neishaburi and Z. Zilic, "Enhanced Reliability Aware NoC Router", Proceedings of International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 2011, Mar. 2011.
  32. Y. Pang, K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "An Efficient Hybrid Engine to Perform Range Analysis and Allocate Integer Bit-widths for Arithmetic Circuits", Proceedings of Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC 2011, Jan. 2011.
  33. O. Abdelfattah, A. Swidan and Z. Zilic, "Direct Residue-to-Analog Conversion Scheme Based on Chinese Remainder Theorem", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS 2010, Dec. 2010.
  34. Y. Pang, K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "An Efficient Method to Perform Range Analysis for DSP Circuits", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS 2010, Dec. 2010.
  35. O. Abdelfattah, A. Swidan and Z. Zilic, "Efficient Direct Analog-to-Residue Conversion Schemes", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Signals and Electronic Systems, ICSES 2010, Sep. 2010.
  36. Y. Pang, O. Sarbishei, K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Challenges in Verifying and Optimizing Fixed-point Arithmetic-intensive Designs", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics, AQTR 2010, May. 2010. Invited Talk
  37. V. Kallankara, MH. Neishabouri, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Using Assertions for Wireless System Monitoring and Debugging ", Proceedings of IEEE International NEWCAS Conference, Jun. 2010.
  38. MH. Neishabouri and Z. Zilic, "Enabling Efficient Post-silicon Debug by Clustering of Hardware Assertions ", Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Design Automation and Test in Europe, DATE'10, Mar. 2010.
  39. J. Tong, M. Boule, Z. Zilic, "Airwolf-TG: A Test Generator for Assertion-Based Dynamic Verification ", Proceedings of IEEE High-level Design Validation and Test Workshop, HLDVT'09, Nov. 2009.
  40. I. Bilicki, V. Sundaresan, D. Maier, N. Grcevski and Z. Zilic, "Cache Line Reservation: Exploring a Scheme for Cache-Friendly Object Allocation", Proceedings of the Center for Advanced Study Conference, CASCON'09, Nov. 2009.
  41. Y. Fan and Z. Zilic, "A Versatile Scheme for the Validation, Testing and Debugging of High Speed Serial Interfaces", Proceedings of IEEE High-level Design Validation and Test Workshop, HLDVT'09, Nov. 2009.
  42. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "Serial reconfigurable mismatch-tolerant clock distribution", Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, DAC'09, Jul. 2009.
  43. Z. Zilic, "Designing and Using FPGAs Beyond Classical Binary Logic: Opportunities in Nano-scale Integration Age", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic, ISMVL'09, May. 2009. Invited Talk
  44. Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Enabling Practical Uses of Arithmetic Transform - A Comprehensive Analysis", Proceedings of Ninth International Workshop on Reed-Muller Transform and its Applications, RM'09, May. 2009.
  45. M. Neishabouri and Z. Zilic, "Reliability Aware NoC Router Architecture Using Input Channel Buffer Sharing", Proceedings of ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, GLVSI'09, May. 2009.
  46. Y. Oddos, M. Boule, K. Morin Allory, D. Borrione and Z. Zilic "Automata-Based On-line Test Generator for Assertion-Based Verification", Proceedings of Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, GLVSI'09, May. 2009.
  47. Y. Fan and Z. Zilic, "Accelerating Jitter Tolerance Qualification for High Speed Serial Interfaces", Proceedings of International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED'09, Mar. 2009.
  48. K. Morin-Allory, M. Boule, D. Borrione and Z. Zilic, "Proving and Disproving Assertion Rewrite Rules by Automated Theorem Provers", Proceedings of High-level Design Validation and Test Workshop, HLDVT'08, Nov. 2008.
  49. S. Bourduas, J-S. Chenard and Z. Zilic, "Hyper-Rings: A Cost Effective Improvement of the Hierarchical Rings for Networks-on-Chip", Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration, VLSI-SoC'08, Oct. 2008
  50. M. Boule and Z. Zilic, "Assertion Checkers - Enablers of Quality Design", Proceedings of First Microsystems and Nanoelectronics Research Conference, MNRC'08, Oct. 2008.
  51. S. Bourduas and Z. Zilic, "A Comparison of Two Multistage Ring Architectures for NoC using High-level Simulation Models", Proceedings of First Microsystems and Nanoelectronics Research Conference, MNRC'08, Oct. 2008.
  52. Y. Pang, K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Fast Algorithms for Compositions of Arithmetic Transforms and their Extensions", Proceedings of joint 6th International NEWCAS-TAISA Conference, Jun. 2008.
  53. Y. Pang, K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Verification of Fixed-point Circuits Specified by Taylor Series using Arithmetic Transform", Proceedings of joint 6th International NEWCAS-TAISA Conference, Jun. 2008.
  54. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "Built-in Clock Skew System for On-line Debug and Repair", Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Design Automation and Test in Europe, DATE'08, Mar. 2008
  55. Y. Fan, Y. Cai and Z. Zilic, "A High Accuracy, High Throughput Jitter Test Solution on ATE for 3 Gbps and 6 Gbps Serial-ATA", Proceedings of IEEE International Test Conference, ITC'07, Oct. 2007, 10 pages.
  56. S. Bourduas and Z. Zilic, "Latency Reduction of Global Traffic in Wormwhole-routed Meshes Using Hierarchical Rings for Global Routing", Proceedings of 18th IEEE International Conference on Application-specific Systems, Architectures and Processors, ASAP 2007, July 2007, 6 pages
  57. H. Chan and Z. Zilic, "Modeling of Simultaneous Switching Noise-Induced Jitter for System-on-Chip Phase-Locked Loops" , Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, DAC07, June 2007, 6 pages.
  58. Z. Zilic, J-S. Chenard and M. Prokic, "A Laboratory for Wireless and Mobile Embedded Systems", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education Conference, MSE07, June, 2007.
  59. S. Bourduas and Z. Zilic, "A Hybrid Ring/Mesh Interconnect for Network-on-Chip Using Hierarchical Rings for Global Routing", Proceedings of ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Networks-on-Chips, NOCS 2007, Princeton, May 2007.
  60. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "Reconfigurable Clock Distribution Circuitry", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2007, May 2007.
  61. H. Chan and Z. Zilic, "A Performance Driven Layout Compaction Optimization Algorithm for Analog Circuits", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2007, May 2007.
  62. Z. Zilic, K. Radecka and A. Kazampur, "Reversible Circuit Technology Mapping from Non-reversible Specifications", Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Design Automation and Test in Europe, DATE 2007, April 2007.
  63. M. Boule, J-S. Chenard and Z. Zilic, "Assertion Checkers in Verification, Silicon Debug and In-Field Diagnosis", Proceedings of International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 2007, March 2007.
  64. M. Boule and Z. Zilic, "Efficient Automata-Based Assertion-Checker Synthesis of SEREs for Hardware Emulation", Proceedings of the 12th ACM/IEEE Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC 2007, January 2007.
  65. H. H. Y. Chan and Z. Zilic, “Parasitic-aware Physical Design Optimization of Deep Sub-Micron Analog Circuits”, Proceedings of IEEE Midwest/NEWCAS Symposium, pp. 1022-1026, Aug. 2007. Invited Paper
  66. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, “Design and Operating Characteristics of a
    Reconfigurable Clock Distribution Network”, Proceedings of IEEE Midwest/NEWCAS Symposium, pp. 9-13, Aug. 2007.
  67. H. Zarrabi, Z. Zilic, A. Al-Khalili and Y. Savaria, “A Methodology for Parallel Synthesis of Zero Skew Differential Clock Distribution Networks”, Proceedings of IEEE Midwest/NEWCAS Symposium, pp. 799-802, Aug. 2007.
  68. B. Mihajlovic, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, “Compression and Encryption of Self-test Programs for Wireless Sensor Network Nodes”, Proceedings of IEEE Midwest/NEWCAS Symposium, pp. 1344-1347, Aug. 2007.
  69. K-L. Lim and Z. Zilic, “An Undersampled Duty Cycle Jitter BIST Circuit”, Proceedings of IEEE Midwest/NEWCAS Symposium, pp. 201-204, Aug. 2007.
  70. S. Bourduas, H. H. Y. Chan and Z. Zilic, “Blocking-Aware Task Assignment for Wormwhole Routed Network-on-Chip”, Proceedings of IEEE Midwest/NEWCAS Symposium, pp. 1396-1399, Aug. 2007.
  71. Y. Pang, K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Algorithms for Compositions of Arithmetic Transforms and Their Extensions", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS06, Dec. 2006.
  72. Y. Pang, K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Arithmetic Transforms of Imprecise Datapaths by Taylor Series Conversion", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS06, Dec. 2006.
  73. M. Boule and Z. Zilic, Efficient Automata-Based Assertion-Checker Synthesis of PSL Properties , Proceedings of IEEE International High Level Design Validation and Test Workshop, HLDVT 2006 , Nov. 2006.
  74. S. Bourduas, J-S. Chenard and Z. Zilic, "A RTL-Level Analysis of a Hierarchical Ring Interconnect for Network-on-Chip Multi-Processors", Proceedings of International System-on-a-Chip Design Conference, ISOCC 2006, Seoul, Oct. 2006.
  75. Y. Fan, Y. Cai, L. Fang, A. Verma, W. Burchanowski, Z. Zilic and S. Kumar, "An Accelerated Jitter Tolerance Test Technique on ATE for 1.5 Gb/S and 3 GB/s Serial-ATA", Proceedings of IEEE International Test Conference, ITC 06, Oct. 2006.
  76. M. Boule, J-S. Chenard and Z. Zilic, "Adding Debug Enhancements to Assertion Checkers for Hardware Emulation and Silicon Debug", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 06, Oct. 2006.
  77. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "Reference-Based Clock Distribution Architectures", Proceedings of IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Aug. 2006.
  78. R. Zhang, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Structuring Measurements for Modeling and the Deployment of Industrial Wireless Networks", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE '06, Jul. 2006.
  79. M. Prokic, J-S. Chenard, R. Zhang and Z. Zilic, "Low-Power Personal Area Network Application Development Platform", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE '06, Jul. 2006.
  80. S. Bourduas, B. Kuo, Z. Zilic and N. Manjikian, "Modeling and Evaluation of an Energy-Efficient Hierarchical Ring Interconnect for System-on-Chip Multiprocessors", Proceedings of IEEE-NEWCAS Conference, Jun. 2006.
  81. A. Chureau, J-F. Boland, Y. Savaria, C. Thibeault and Z. Zilic, "Building Heterogeneous Functional Prototypes Using Articulated Interfaces", Proceedings of IEEE-NEWCAS Conference, Jun. 2006.
  82. R. Zhang, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Energy-Efficient Software-Based Self-Test of Wireless Sensor Network Nodes", Proceedings of IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, VTS '06, Apr. 2006.
  83. M. Boule and Z. Zilic, "Incorporating Efficient Assertion Checkers into Hardware Emulation and Simulation", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 05, Oct. 2005.
  84. M. Prokic, J-S. Chenard, A. U. Khalid, R. Zhang and Z. Zilic, "IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Conference Management System, Proceedings of IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Aug. 2005.
  85. J-S. Chenard, C. Y. Chiu, Z. Zilic and M. Popovic, "Design Methodology for Wireless Nodes with Printed Antenna", Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, DAC 05, Jun. 2005.
  86. J-S. Chenard, A. U. Khalid, M. Prokic, R. Zhang, K-L. Lim, A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "Expandable and Robust Laboratory for Microprocessor Systems", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, MSE 05, Jun. 2005. Honorary Mention
  87. H. Chan and Z. Zilic, "Modeling Layout Effects for Sensitivity-based Analog Circuits Optimization", Proceedings of International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 05 , Mar. 2005.
  88. J-F. Boland, C. Thibeault and Z. Zilic, "Using Matlab and Simulink in a SystemC Verification Environment", Proceedings of Design and Verification Conference, DVCon05, Feb. 2005. Best Paper Award
  89. M. W. Chiang, Z. Zilic, J-S. Chenard and K. Radecka, "Architectures of Increased Availability Wireless Sensor Network Nodes", IEEE International Test Conference, ITC, Oct. 2004.
  90. A. U. Khalid, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "FPGA Emulation of Quantum Circuits", IEEE International Conference on Computer Design , Oct. 2004.
  91. J-F. Boland, C. Thibeault and Z. Zilic, "Efficient Multi-Abstraction Level Functional Verification Methodology for DSP Applications", Global Signal Processing Expo and Conference, GSPx, Oct. 2004.
  92. K. L. Lim and Z. Zilic, "A Novel Phase Detector for PAM-4 Clock Recovery in High Speed Serial Links", IEEE International System on Chip Conference Sep. 2004.
  93. Y. Fan and Z. Zilic, "A Novel Scheme of Implementing High Speed AWGN Communication Channel Emulators in FPGAs", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 2004.
  94. J-F. Boland, A. Chureau, C. Thibeault, Y. Savaria, F. Gagnon and Z. Zilic, "An Efficient Methodology for Design and Verification of an Equalizer for a Software Defined Radio", 2nd International IEEE Northeastern Workshop on Circuits and Systems, NEWCAS, May. 2004.
  95. S. McCracken and Z. Zilic, "Design for Testability of FPGA Blocks", IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, Mar. 2004.
  96. Y. Fan, Z. Zilic and M-W. Chiang, "A Versatile High Speed Bit Error Rate Testing Scheme", IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, Mar. 2004.
  97. H. Chan and Z. Zilic, "Estimating Phase-Locked Loop Jitter due to Substrate Coupling: A Cyclostationary Approach", IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 2004, Mar. 2004.
  98. M-W. Chiang and Z. Zilic, "Layered Approach to Designing Test System Interfaces, Proceedings of IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, VTS2003, Apr. 2003.
  99. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "A Globally Asynchronous Locally Dynamic System for ASICs and SoCs", Proceedings of ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI", GLVLSI, Apr. 2003.
  100. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "On Combinational Verification by Universal Test Set Simulation, SAT and BDDs", Proceedings of 6th IEEE International Workshop on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems, Apr. 2003.(reviewed)
  101. Y. Fan and Z. Zilic, "Testing for Bit Error Rates in FPGAs", Proceedings of ACM International Symposium on Field Programmable Gate Arrays, FPGA 2003, Feb. 2003.
  102. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Specifying and Verifying Imprecise Sequential Datapaths by Arithmetic Transforms", Digest of Technical Papers, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, November 2002.
  103. W. Zhu, Z. Zilic and R. Negulescu, "A Single-rail Handshake CDMA Correlator", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Electronic Circuits and Systems , Sep. 2002.
  104. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "High Speed Asynchronous Structures for Inter-clock Domain Communication", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Electronic Circuits and Systems , Sep. 2002.
  105. C. Cote and Z. Zilic, "Automated SystemC to VHDL Translation in Hardware/Software Codesign", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Electronic Circuits and Systems , Sep. 2002.
  106. H. H. Y. Chan and Z. Zilic, "Substrate Coupling Fault Testing in System-on-a-Chip Digital Circuits", Proceedings of IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Tulsa, Aug. 2002. Invited Talk
  107. J. Radecki, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Echo Cancellation in IP Networks", invited presentation at Proceedings of IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Tulsa, Aug. 2002.
  108. M. Boule and Z. Zilic, "FPGA Move Generator for the Game of Chess", Proceedings of IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC 2002, May 2002.
  109. Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "On Role of Super-fast Transforms in Speeding up Quantum Algorithms", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Multiple Valued Logic, May 2002.
  110. B. Polianskikh and Z. Zilic, "Design and Implementation of Error Detection and Correction Circuitry for Multilevel Memory Protection", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Multiple Valued Logic, ISMVL 2002., May 2002. (used in US patent 6,976,194 and 6973613 by Sun Microsystems.)
  111. S. McCracken and Z. Zilic, "FPGA Test Time Reduction Through a Novel Interconnect Testing Scheme", Proceedings of ACM International Symposium on Field Programmable Gate Arrays, FPGA 2002., February 2002.
  112. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Identifying Redundant Wires for Synthesis and Verification", Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference,ASP-DAC'02, Bangalore, Jan. 2002.
  113. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Identifying Redundant Gate Replacements in Verification by Error Modeling", Proceedings of IEEE International Test Conference, Oct. 2001.
  114. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Arithmetic Transforms for Verification of Sequential Datapaths", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, Sept. 2001.
  115. I. Brynjolfson and Z. Zilic, "Clock Managed System on a Chip", Proc. IEEE ASIC/SOC Conference, Sept. 2001.
  116. B. Polianskikh and Z. Zilic, "New Embedded Memory for Enhanced Yield, Performance and Power Consumption", Proc. IEEE International Conference on Electronic Circuits and Systems, Aug. 2001.
  117. H. Chan and Z. Zilic, "A Practical Substrate Modeling Algorithm with Active Guardband Macromodel for Mixed-Signal Substrate Coupling Verification", Proc. IEEE International Conference on Electronic Circuits and Systems, Aug. 2001.
  118. K. Radecka, Z. Zilic and K. Khordoc, "Combinational Verification by Simulation, SAT and BDDs", Proc. IEEE International Conference on Electronic Circuits and Systems, Aug. 2001.
  119. B. Polianskikh and Z. Zilic, "Induced Error-Correcting Code for 2bit-per-cell Multi-Level DRAM", Proc. IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Aug. 2001.
  120. H. Chan and Z. Zilic, "Substrate Coupled Noise Reduction and Active Noise Suppression Circuits for Mixed-Signal on a Chip Designs", Proc. IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Aug. 2001. IEEE Myril B. Reed Best Paper Award
  121. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Relating Arithmetic and Walsh Spectra for Verification by Error Modeling", Proc. 5th International Workshop on Applications of Reed-Muller Expansions in Circuit Design, Aug. 2001.
  122. Z. Zilic, "Phase- and Delay-Locked Loops Clock Control in Digital Systems", On-line Symposium of Electrical Engineering, Boston, Massachussets, Jul. 2001. (This article has been in top 10 list of most popular design articles on TechOnline.com for much of 2006 - you can see the link. Also, it is cited in US patent 7,050,034. by Sony Corp.) Slideshow
  123. W. Zhu, R. Negulescu and Z. Zilic, "Using Design Patterns for Fast Hardware/Software Performance Estimation", Proc. IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications , Bucharest, Romania, Jun. 2001.
  124. I. Brynjolfson and Z. Zilic, "A New PLL Design for Clock Management Applications", Proc. Int. Symposium on Circuits and Systems , Sydney, Australia, May 2001.
  125. R. Grindley, T. Abdelrahman, S. Brown, S. Caranci, D. DeVries, B. Gamsa, A. Grbic, M. Gusat, R. Ho,  G. Lemieux. K. Loveless, N. Manjikian, P. McHardy, S. Srbljic, M. Stumm Z. Vranesic and Z. Zilic, "The NUMAchine Multiprocessor", Proc. Int. Conf. Parallel Processing, ICPP2000, Toronto, ON,  Aug. 2000.
  126. S. McCracken, Z. Zilic  and H. Chan, "Real Laboratories in Distance Education", Proc. Int. Conf. Adv. Infrastructure for Business, Science and Education on Internet, SSGRR2000, L'Aquilla, Italy,  Aug. 2000.
  127. I. Brynjolfson and Z. Zilic , "Low-Power Clock Management for FPGAs", Proc. Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC 2000, Orlando,  FL,  May. 2000.
  128. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Using Arithmetic Transform for Verification of Datapath Circuits via Error Modeling", Proc. VLSI Test Symposium, VTS 2000, Montreal, QC, May 2000.
  129. I. Brynjolfson and Z. Zilic , "FPGA Clock Management for Low-Power Applications", Proc. Int. Symposium on FPGAs, FPGA 2000, Monterrey,  CA,  Feb. 2000., poster.
  130.  Z. Zilic , "Alternatives in Teaching System-Building Skills", Proc. Int. Symposium on Microelectronics Systems Education, MSE99, Arlington, VA,  Aug. 1999.
  131. Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "On Feasible Multivariate Polynomial Interpolations over Arbitrary Fields", Proc. ACM International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computing, Vancouver, BC, Jul. 1999.
  132. A. Grbic, S. Brown, S. Caranci, R. Grindley, M. Gusat, G. Lemieux, K. Loveless, N. Manjikian, S. Srbljic, M. Stumm, Z. Vranesic, and Z. Zilic, "Design and Implementation of the NUMAchine Multiprocessor," Proc. 35th IEEE Design Automation Conference, DAC98, San Francisco, Jun. 1998.
  133. Z. Zilic, Z. G. Vranesic and K. Radecka, "A Finite Field Polynomial Interpolation Algorithm", Ninth International Approximation Theory Conference, AT IX, Nashville, Tennessee, Jan. 1998.
  134. Z. Zilic, Z. G. Vranesic and K. Radecka, "A Small Finite Field Polynomial Interpolation Algorithm", Fourth International Conference on Finite Fields and Applications, Fq4, Waterloo, Ontario, Aug. 1997.
  135. S. Brown, N. Manjikian, Z. Vranesic, S. Caranci, A. Grbic, R. Grindley, M. Gusat, K. Loveless, Z. Zilic and S. Srbljic "Experience in Designing a Large-Scale Multiprocessor using Field-Programmable Devices and Advanced CAD Tools, in Proc. 33rd Design Automation Conference, DAC96, Las Vegas, Jun. 1996.
  136. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic, "Parallel Sparse Finite Field Polynomial Interpolation" Proc. Workshop on Randomized Parallel Computing, pp. 21-25, Honolulu, Apr. 1996.
  137. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic, "New Interpolation Algorithms for Reed-Muller Forms", 26th International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic, Santiago De Campostela, Spain, May 1996.
  138. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic, Using BDDs to Design ULMs for FPGAs, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on FPGAs, Monterey, February 1996. pp. 24-30. color slides
  139. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic, "Reed-Muller Forms for Incompletely Specified Functions via Sparse Polynomial Interpolation", Proceedings of the 25th International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic, Bloomington, Indiana, May 1995.
  140. T. Abdelrahman, S. Brown, T. Mowry, K. Sevcik, M. Stumm, Z. Vranesic, S. Zhou, A. Elkateeb, M. Gusat, P. Pereira, B. Gamsa, R. Grindley, O. Krieger, G. Lemieux, K. Loveless, N. Manjikian, G. Ravindran, S. Srbljic and Z. Zilic , "An Overview of the NUMAchime Multiprocessor Project", Supercomputing Symposium SS'94, pp. 283-295, Toronto, Jun. 1994.
  141. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic, "Multiple Valued Logic in FPGAs", Proceedings of 36th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 1553-1556, Detroit, Michigan, August 1993.
  142. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic, "Current-Mode CMOS Galois Field Circuits", Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic", pp. 245-250, Sacramento, California, May 1993.
  143. Z. Zilic and G. Peskir, "Performance Issues in IEEE 802.6 MAN Subnetwork", Proceedings of the Mediterranean IEEE Conference "Melecon '91", pp. 1011-1014, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 1991.
  144. V. Glavinic and Z. Zilic, "An Integrated Environment for Specification of OSI Systems", Proceedings of the Mediterranean IEEE Conference "Melecon '91", pp. 1007-1010, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 1991.
  145. D. Bosnar and Z. Zilic, "Using Formalisms for Concurrent Process Description in Functional Description of Digital Systems", Conference Etan '91, Ohrid, Macedonia, May 1991.
  146. Z. Zilic, "Data Compression Methods in Digital Image Compression", Conference YUGRAPH '90, Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 1990.
  147. Z. Zilic, "Model of One CSMA/CD-Based Access Method", Proceedings of the Conference Etan '90, pp. 243-350, Zagreb, Croatia, May 1990. Honorary Mention.

Workshop and Conference Papers

  1. Z. Zilic " Multi-Sensor Integration: From Devices to Applications and Back", 2012 Emerging Technology Conference, CMOS ET, Vancouver, July 2012.
  2. L. Montesi, Z. Zilic, T. Hanyu and D. Suzuki " Considerations of Incorporating MTJ-based Blocks into Existing FPGA Architecture Families", 20th International Workshop onPost-Binary Ultra Large Scale Integrated Systems, Tuusula, Finland, May 2011.
  3. J-S. Chenard, M.H. Neishabouri, J. Grabowski, V. Kallankara, B. Mihajlovic and Z. Zilic, " Assertion Checker Instrumentation for Debug in a Distributed Manner", Invited Plenar Presentation at Workshop on Diagnostic Services in Network-on-Chips, Anahiem, June 2010.
  4. Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Enabling Practical Uses of Arithmetic Transforms", Proceedings of Reed-Muller Workshop, RM 2009.
  5. Z. Zilic, " NoC: Catalyzer or Burden for Validation and Debug of Future Systems?," Invited Panel Presentation at DATE'09 Workshop on Diagnostic Services in Network-on-Chips, Nice, April 2009.
  6. N. Azuelos, W. Gross and Z. Zilic, " Integrated Functional Solutions for Multi-core Programming, " Proceedings of the Israeli Experimental Systems Conference, SYSTOR, May 2009.
  7. B. Mihajlovic, M.H. Neishabouri, J. Tong, N. Azuelos, Z. Zilic and W. Gross, " Providing Infrastructure Support to Assist NoC Software Development " Proceedings of Workshop on Diagnostic Services in Networks-on-Chips, DSNOC, Apr. 2009.
  8. B. Mihajlovic, Z. Zilic and W. Gross, " On Transparently Exploiting Data-level Parallelism on Soft Processors", First Workshop on Soft Processor Systems (WoSPS), Oct. 2008.
  9. N. Azuelos, W. Gross and Z. Zilic, " SQUID Programming Language for Cell Processor " Cell BE Programming Workshop, May 2008.
  10. J-S. Chenard and Z. Zilic, " Architecture de Reseau sur Puce pour le Traitement de Donnes Digitales a Tres Haut Debit" FETCH'08, Francophone Doctoral Exposition, Jan. 2008.
  11. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, " A CMOS Averaging Circuit for Programmable Clock Distributions", CMC TEXPO Research Exhibition, Oct. 2007.
  12. J-S. Chenard, M. Boule, S. Bourduas and Z. Zilic, "Hardware Assertion Checkers in On-line Detection of Network-on-Chip Faults", Workshop on Diagnostic Services in Networks-on-Chips - Test, Debug and On-line Monitoring, Nice, April. 2007.
  13. J-F. Boland, C. Thibeault and Z. Zilic, "Sur la Verification des Systemès Mixtes", French Doctoral Work Exposition, 2007.
  14. Z. Zilic, "FPGAs and Modeling Challenge - Quantum Modeling Perspective", 2nd Workshop on Mixed Molecular/MOS Technology Systems, Advanced Research Development Agency, ARDA, Park City, Utah, August, 2005, Invited Talk.
  15. M. Boule and Z. Zilic, "A Tool for Generating Efficient Emulation Hardware from PSL Assertions, Annual CMC TEXPO Exposition, CMC Symposium on Microelectronics Research and Development , Ottawa, October 2005.
  16. M. Prokic, J-S. Chenard, R. Zhang and Z. Zilic, "Rapid Development and Robust Deployment of Wireless Sensor Network Applications, Micronet R&D Annual Workshop, Aylmer, Apr. 2005.
  17. H. H. Y. Chan and Z. Zilic , ”Automated Radio-frequency Integrated Circuit Software Design Tool using Intelligent Systems,” Proceedings of IRIS/PRECARN 14th Annual Canadian Conference on Intelligent Systems, Ottawa, 2004.
  18. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "Low Power Circuit Techniques for Dynamic Frequency Scaling using Asyncronous Interconnect",Micronet R&D Annual Workshop, Aylmer, Apr. 2004.
  19. M. Boule and Z. Zilic, "From Chess Playing to Theorem Proving: Using Reconfigurable Hardware to Speed up Combinatorial Search, Micronet R&D Annual Workshop, Toronto, Apr. 2003.
  20. Y. Fan and Z. Zilic, "Efficient Implementation of High-speed AWGN Communication Channel Emulators", Proceedings of First Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems, Montreal, June 2003.
  21. A. U. Khalid, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Quantum Circuit Emulation by FPGAs and Quantum Measurement by Frames", CMC TEXPO Exposition, 2003.
  22. B. Kuo, K-L. Lim, C-K. Lam and Z. Zilic, "Modeling Networks-on-Chip in StepNP Platform: Study of Ring-of-Rings Topology", CMC TEXPO Exposition, 2003.
  23. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, Globally Synchronous, Locally Dinamically Asynchronous Clock Distributions", Micronet R&D Annual Workshop, Toronto, Apr. 2003.
  24. M. Boule and Z. Zilic, "An FPGA Move Generator for the Game of Chess", TEXPO Exposition, CMC Symposium on Microelectronics Research and Development, Ottawa, Jun. 2002.
  25. J-F. Boland, S. Bourduas, Y. Fan, Y. Wang and Z. Zilic, "Intellectual Core Design and Verification", TEXPO Exposition, CMC Symposium on Microelectronics Research and Development, Ottawa, Jun. 2002.
  26. S. McCracken and Z. Zilic, "Using Reconfigurability as a Resource for Speeding up Testing and Diagnosis", Micronet R&D Annual Workshop, Aylmer, Apr. 2002.
  27. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Transformations for Combined Vector/Formal Verification of Datapaths", Micronet R&D Annual Workshop, Aylmer, Apr. 2002.
  28. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Relating Arithmetic and Walsh Spectra in Verification by Implicit Error Modeling", Proc. of 5th Intl. Workshop on Applications of the Reed-Muller Expansions in Circuit Design, pp. 205-214, Aug. 2001.
  29. M. Boule, A. Chattophadyay, M-W. Chiang, S. McCracken and Z. Zilic, MCSoC 2: A Second Generation Managed Clock System-on-a-Chip", TEXPO Exposition, CMC Microelectronics Research and Development, Ottawa, Jun. 2001. Honorary Mention
  30. Y. Danan and Z. Zilic, "HANP: A Highly Adaptive Network Processor for FPGAs", TEXPO Exposition, CMC Microelectronics Research and Development, Ottawa, Jun. 2001.
  31. K. Radecka, Z. Zilic and K. Khordoc, "Arithmetic Transform in Verification of Sequential Datapaths", Pres. Ph. D. Forum at Design Automation Conference, Jun. 2001.
  32. H. Chan, I. Brynjolfson, Y. Danan, B. Polianskikh and Z. Zilic, "MCSoC: A Research Testbed for Clock Management and Substrate Modeling", Micronet R&D Annual Workshop, Aylmer, Quebec, Apr. 19-20, 2001.
  33. K. Radecka, Z. Zilic and K. Khordoc, "Verification of Combinational Circuits by Simulations, SAT, ATPG and BDDs", Micronet R&D Annual Workshop, Aylmer, Quebec, Apr. 19-20, 2001.
  34. I. Brynjolfson and Z. Zilic, "Dynamic Clock Management for Low Power Applications", Micronet R&D Annual Workshop, Ottawa, Ontario, Apr. 19-20, 2000.
  35. Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Don't Care FDD Minimization by Interpolation", International Workshop on Logic Synthesis, IWLS'98, Lake Tahoe, CA., Jun 10-14, 1998.
  36. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic, "On feasible transforms for incompletely specified functions", Proceeding of the 1997 Workshop on Post-Binary Ultra-Large Scale Integration, Antinogish, N.S., May 1997.
  37. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic, "Application of Order to Interpolation and Learning", Workshop "ORDAL '96", "Order and Decision Making", Ottawa, Aug. 5 - 9, 1996.
  38. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic, "Using Decision Diagrams to Design ULMs for FPGAs", Proceeding of the 1996 Workshop on Post-Binary Ultra-Large Scale Integration, Santiago de Campostela, May 1996.
  39. Z. Zilic, G. Lemieux, K. Loveless, S. Brown and Z. G. Vranesic, "Designing for High Speed-Performance in CPLDs and FPGAs", Proceeding of the Third Canadian Workshop on FPGAs, FPD 95, Montreal, Montreal, June 1995.
  40. Z. Zilic, On Designing High-Speed Controllers Using FPGAs and PLDs , TRIO/ITRC Retreat, Kingston, Ontario, May 1995.
  41. Z. Zilic, Multiple-Valued Logic in FPGAs, First University of Toronto "Field-Programmable Retreat", Port Stanton, Ontario, June 1993.
  42. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic. "On Retargeting with FPGA Technology", Proceedings of the First Canadian Workshop on Field Programmable Gate Arrays, Winnipeg, May 1993, 14-1 - 14-5.

Technical Reports

  1. Z. Zilic, K. Loveless, S. Caranci, R. Grindley, M. Gusat, G. Lemieux and N. Manjikian Implementation of the Processor Card for the NUMAchine Multiprocessor , Technical Report, University of Toronto, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, March 1996.
  2. Z. Vranesic, S. Brown, M. Stumm, S. Caranci, A. Grbic, R. Grindley, M. Gusat, O. Krieger, G. Lemieux, K. Loveless, N. Manjikian, Z. Zilic, T. Abdelrahman, B. Gamsa, P. Pereira, K. Sevcik, A. Elkateeb, S. Srbljic, The NUMAchine Multiprocessor Technical Report, . ( postscript )
  3. Z. Zilic, "Current-Mode Galois Field Circuits and Implementation of Multiple-Valued Logic Circuits", M. A. Sc. Thesis, University of Toronto, 1993.
  4. Z. Zilic and M. Molle "Modelling the Exponential Backoff Algorithm in CSMA-CD Networks", Technical Report CSRI-279, Computer Systems Research Institute, Toronto, Oct. 1992.
  5. Z. G. Vranesic, S. Zaky, C. Hamacher, A. Sanwalka and Z. Zilic: "An Implementation of the Tornet2 Local Area Network", Technical Report, University of Toronto, Department of Electrical Engineering, September 1991.

Book Reviews

  1. Zeljko Zilic, Synthesis of Parallel Algorithms, by J. H. Reif, published in Journal on Computing and Information Technology "CIT", Vol. 2, No. 3., pp. 246-248.

 

Patents

  1. Z. Zilic and M. Boule, "Automata Unit, a Tool for Designing Checker Circuitry and a Method of Manufacturing Hardware Circuits Incorporating Checker Circuitry", US Patent , Sep. 2011. 135 pages. (submitted: Sep. 2007)
  2. Z. Zilic, H. Nguyen, G. Powell, W-B. Andrews and R. Stuby, "Signalling Voltage Range Discriminator", US Patent 6124732, Sep. 2000.
  3. L. R. Albu, Z. Zilic, W-B. Leung, R. Stuby, J. Thompson and B. Britton. "A Programmable Clock Manager that Can be Programmed without Reconfiguring the Device", US Patent 6060902, May.  2000.
  4. L. R. Albu, Z. Zilic, W-B. Leung, R. Stuby, J. Thompson and B. Britton. "A Programmable Clock Manager that Can Implement Delay-Locked Loop Function", US Patent 6043677, Mar.  2000.
  5. L. R. Albu, Z. Zilic, W-B. Leung, R. Stuby, J. Thompson and B. Britton. "A Programmable Clock Manager that Can Generate at Least Two Different Clocks", US Patent 6028463, Feb  2000.
  6. I. Brynjolfson and Z. Zilic, Dynamic Clock Divider, US Patent Pending, Jun. 2000.

 

Papers by Selected Topics:

 

Assertion-based Design

  1. J-S. Chenard, M. Boule, S. Bourduas and Z. Zilic, "Hardware Assertion Checkers in On-line Detection of Network-on-Chip Faults", Workshop on Diagnostic Services in Networks-on-Chips - Test, Debug and On-line Monitoring, Nice, April. 2007.
  2. M. Boule, J-S. Chenard and Z. Zilic, "Assertion Checkers in Verification, Silicon Debug and In-Field Diagnosis", Proceedings of International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 2007, March 2007.
  3. M. Boule and Z. Zilic, "Efficient Automata-Based Assertion-Checker Synthesis of SEREs for Hardware Emulation", Proceedings of the 12th ACM/IEEE Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC 2007, January 2007.
  4. M. Boule and Z. Zilic," Efficient Automata-Based Assertion-Checker Synthesis of PSL Properties," Proceedings of IEEE International High Level Design Validation and Test Workshop, HLDVT 2006 , Nov. 2006.
  5. M. Boule, J-S. Chenard and Z. Zilic, "Adding Debug Enhancements to Assertion Checkers for Hardware Emulation and Silicon Debug", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 06, Oct. 2006.
  6. M. Boule and Z. Zilic, "Incorporating Efficient Assertion Checkers into Hardware Emulation and Simulation", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 05, Oct. 2005.

Testing and Testable Design

  1. Y. Fan, Y. Cai, L. Fang, A. Verma, W. Burchanowski, Z. Zilic and S. Kumar, "An Accelerated Jitter Tolerance Test Technique on ATE for 1.5 Gb/S and 3 GB/s Serial-ATA", Proceedings of IEEE International Test Conference, ITC 06, Oct. 2006.
  2. R. Zhang, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Structuring Measurements for Modeling and the Deployment of Industrial Wireless Networks", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE '06, Jul. 2006.
  3. R. Zhang, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Energy-Efficient Software-Based Self-Test of Wireless Sensor Network Nodes", Proceedings of IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, VTS '06, Apr. 2006.
  4. M. W. Chiang, Z. Zilic, J-S. Chenard and K. Radecka, "Architectures of Increased Availability Wireless Sensor Network Nodes", IEEE International Test Conference, ITC, Oct. 2004.
  5. S. McCracken and Z. Zilic, "Design for Testability of FPGA Blocks", IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, Mar. 2004.
  6. Y. Fan, Z. Zilic and M-W. Chiang, "A Versatile High Speed Bit Error Rate Testing Scheme", IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, Mar. 2004.
  7. M-W. Chiang and Z. Zilic, "Layered Approach to Designing Test System Interfaces, Proceedings of IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, VTS2003, Apr. 2003.
  8. Y. Fan and Z. Zilic, "Testing for Bit Error Rates in FPGAs", Proceedings of ACM International Symposium on Field Programmable Gate Arrays, FPGA 2003, Feb. 2003. (poster)
  9. H. H. Y. Chan and Z. Zilic, "Substrate Coupling Fault Testing in System-on-a-Chip Digital Circuits", Proceedings of IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Tulsa, Aug. 2002. Invited Talk
  10. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Identifying Redundant Wires for Synthesis and Verification", Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference,ASP-DAC'02, Bangalore, Jan. 2002.
  11. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Identifying Redundant Gate Replacements in Verification by Error Modeling", Proceedings of IEEE International Test Conference, Oct. 2001.
  12. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Arithmetic Transforms for Verification of Sequential Datapaths", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, Sept. 2001.
  13. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Using Arithmetic Transform for Verification of Datapath Circuits via Error Modeling", Proc. VLSI Test Symposium, VTS 2000, Montreal, QC, May 2000.

Design Automation

  1. H. Chan and Z. Zilic, "Modeling of Simultaneous Switching Noise-Induced Jitter for System-on-Chip Phase-Locked Loops" , Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, DAC07, June 2007.
  2. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Arithmetic Transforms for Compositions of Sequential and Imprecise Datapaths", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, pp. 1382-1391, July 2006.
  3. Z. Zilic, K. Radecka and A. Kazampur, "Reversible Circuit Technology Mapping from Non-reversible Specifications", Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Design Automation and Test in Europe, DATE 2007, April 2007.
  4. J-S. Chenard, C. Y. Chiu, Z. Zilic and M. Popovic, "Design Methodology for Wireless Nodes with Printed Antenna", Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, DAC 05, Jun. 2005.
  5. A. U. Khalid, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "FPGA Emulation of Quantum Circuits", IEEE International Conference on Computer Design , Oct. 2004.
  6. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Specifying and Verifying Imprecise Sequential Datapaths by Arithmetic Transforms", Digest of Technical Papers, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, November 2002.
  7. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Identifying Redundant Wires for Synthesis and Verification", Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference,ASP-DAC'02, Bangalore, Jan. 2002.
  8. Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Don't Care FDD Minimization by Interpolation", Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Logic Synthesis, IWLS'98, Lake Tahoe, CA., Jun 10-14, 1998.
  9. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic. "Using Decision Diagrams to Design ULMs for FPGAs", IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 47, No. 9, pp. 971-982, September 1998.
  10. A. Grbic, S. Brown, S. Caranci, R. Grindley, M. Gusat, G. Lemieux, K. Loveless, N. Manjikian, S. Srbljic, M. Stumm, Z. Vranesic, and Z. Zilic, "Design and Implementation of the NUMAchine Multiprocessor," Proc. 35th IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference, DAC98, San Francisco, Jun. 1998.
  11. S. Brown, N. Manjikian, Z. Vranesic, S. Caranci, A. Grbic, R. Grindley, M. Gusat, K. Loveless, Z. Zilic and S. Srbljic "Experience in Designing a Large-Scale Multiprocessor using Field-Programmable Devices and Advanced CAD Tools, in Proc. 33rd IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference, DAC96, Las Vegas, Jun. 1996.
  12. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic. "Polynomial Interpolation Algorithms for Reed-Muller Transform for Incompletely Specified Functions", Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing . Vol. 2, pp. 217-243, Aug. 1997.
  13. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic. "A Multiple-Valued Reed-Muller Transform for Incompletely Specified Functions", IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 44, No. 8, pp. 1012-1020, August 1995.

Functional Verification

  1. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Verification by Error Modeling: Using Testing Techniques for Hardware Verification" , Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003, 250 pages.
  2. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Design Verification by Test Vectors and Arithmetic Transform Universal Test Sets", IEEE Transactions on Computers , Vol. 53, No. 5, pp. 628-640, May 2004.
  3. J-F. Boland, C. Thibeault and Z. Zilic, "Using Matlab and Simulink in a SystemC Verification Environment", Proceedings of Design and Verification Conference, DVCon05, Feb. 2005. Best Paper Award
  4. A. U. Khalid, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "FPGA Emulation of Quantum Circuits", IEEE International Conference on Computer Design , Oct. 2004.
  5. J-F. Boland, C. Thibeault and Z. Zilic, "Efficient Multi-Abstraction Level Functional Verification Methodology for DSP Applications", Global Signal Processing Expo and Conference, GSPx, Oct. 2004.
  6. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Specifying and Verifying Imprecise Sequential Datapaths by Arithmetic Transforms", Digest of Technical Papers, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, November 2002.
  7. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Identifying Redundant Wires for Synthesis and Verification", Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference,ASP-DAC'02, Bangalore, Jan. 2002.
  8. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Identifying Redundant Gate Replacements in Verification by Error Modeling", Proceedings of IEEE International Test Conference, Oct. 2001.
  9. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Arithmetic Transforms for Verification of Sequential Datapaths", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, Sept. 2001.
  10. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Using Arithmetic Transform for Verification of Datapath Circuits via Error Modeling", Proc. VLSI Test Symposium, VTS 2000, Montreal, QC, May 2000.

 

Clocking Schemes

  1. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "Built-in Clock Skew System for On-line Debug and Repair", Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Design Automation and Test in Europe, DATE'08, Mar. 2008.
  2. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "GALDS: A Complete Framework for Designing Multi-clock ASICs and SoCs", IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 641-654, Jun. 2005.
  3. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "Reconfigurable Clock Distribution Circuitry", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2007, May 2007.
  4. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "Reference-Based Clock Distribution Architectures", Proceedings of IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Aug. 2006.
  5. K. L. Lim and Z. Zilic, "A Novel Phase Detector for PAM-4 Clock Recovery in High Speed Serial Links", IEEE International System on Chip Conference Sep. 2004.
  6. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "A Globally Asynchronous Locally Dynamic System for ASICs and SoCs", Proceedings of ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI", GLVLSI, Apr. 2003.(acceptance rate: 17%)
  7. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "High Speed Asynchronous Structures for Inter-clock Domain Communication", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Electronic Circuits and Systems , Sep. 2002.
  8. I. Brynjolfson and Z. Zilic, "Clock Managed System on a Chip", Proc. IEEE ASIC/SOC Conference, Sept. 2001.
  9. Z. Zilic, "Phase- and Delay-Locked Loops Clock Control in Digital Systems", On-line Symposium of Electrical Engineering, Boston, Massachussets, Jul. 2001. (This article has been in top 10 list of most popular design articles on TechOnline.com for much of 2006 - you can see the link. Also, it is cited in US patent 7,050,034. by Sony Corp.) Slideshow
  10. I. Brynjolfson and Z. Zilic, "A New PLL Design for Clock Management Applications", Proc. Int. Symposium on Circuits and Systems , Sydney, Australia, May 2001.
  11. L. R. Albu, Z. Zilic, W-B. Leung, R. Stuby, J. Thompson and B. Britton. "A Programmable Clock Manager that Can be Programmed without Reconfiguring the Device", US Patent 6060902, May.  2000.
  12. I. Brynjolfson and Z. Zilic , "Low-Power Clock Management for FPGAs", Proc. Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC 2000, Orlando,  FL,  May. 2000. (cited in US Patent 7072824)
  13. L. R. Albu, Z. Zilic, W-B. Leung, R. Stuby, J. Thompson and B. Britton. "A Programmable Clock Manager that Can Implement Delay-Locked Loop Function", US Patent 6043677, Mar.  2000.
  14. L. R. Albu, Z. Zilic, W-B. Leung, R. Stuby, J. Thompson and B. Britton. "A Programmable Clock Manager that Can Generate at Least Two Different Clocks", US Patent 6028463, Feb  2000.
  15. I. Brynjolfson and Z. Zilic, Dynamic Clock Divider, US Patent Pending, Jun. 2000.

Design for Quality

  1. Y. Fan and Z. Zilic, "Bit Error Rate Testing of Communication Interfaces", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements, Vol. 57, No. 2, Mar. 2008, 10 pages.
  2. Y. Fan, Y. Cai and Z. Zilic, "A High Accuracy, High Throughput Jitter Test Solution on ATE for 3 Gbps and 6 Gbps Serial-ATA", Proceedings of IEEE International Test Conference, ITC'07, Oct. 2007, 10 pages.
  3. A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "Built-in Clock Skew System for On-line Debug and Repair", Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Design Automation and Test in Europe, DATE'08, Mar. 2008.
  4. H. Chan and Z. Zilic, "A Performance Driven Layout Compaction Optimization Algorithm for Analog Circuits", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2007, May 2007.
  5. H. Chan and Z. Zilic, "Modeling Layout Effects for Sensitivity-based Analog Circuits Optimization", Proceedings of International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 05 , Mar. 2005.
  6. M. W. Chiang, Z. Zilic, J-S. Chenard and K. Radecka, "Architectures of Increased Availability Wireless Sensor Network Nodes", IEEE International Test Conference, ITC, Oct. 2004.
  7. Y. Fan and Z. Zilic, "A Novel Scheme of Implementing High Speed AWGN Communication Channel Emulators in FPGAs", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 2004.
  8. H. Chan and Z. Zilic, "Estimating Phase-Locked Loop Jitter due to Substrate Coupling: A Cyclostationary Approach", IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 2004, Mar. 2004.
  9. S. McCracken and Z. Zilic, "Design for Testability of FPGA Blocks", IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, Mar. 2004.
  10. Y. Fan, Z. Zilic and M-W. Chiang, "A Versatile High Speed Bit Error Rate Testing Scheme", IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, Mar. 2004.
  11. B. Polianskikh and Z. Zilic, "Design and Implementation of Error Detection and Correction Circuitry for Multilevel Memory Protection", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Multiple Valued Logic, ISMVL 2002., May 2002. (used in US patent 6,976,194 and 6973613 by Sun Microsystems.)
  12. H. H. Y. Chan and Z. Zilic, "Substrate Coupling Fault Testing in System-on-a-Chip Digital Circuits", Proceedings of IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Tulsa, Aug. 2002. Invited Talk
  13. H. Chan and Z. Zilic, "Substrate Coupled Noise Reduction and Active Noise Suppression Circuits for Mixed-Signal on a Chip Designs", Proc. IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Aug. 2001. IEEE Myril B. Reed Best Paper Award
  14. Z. Zilic, H. Nguyen, G. Powell, W-B. Andrews and R. Stuby, "Signalling Voltage Range Discriminator", US Patent 6124732, Sep. 2000.

 

Systems on Chip, NoCs, Multiprocessors

  1. S. Bourduas and Z. Zilic, "Latency Reduction of Global Traffic in Wormwhole-routed Meshes Using Hierarchical Rings for Global Routing", Proceedings of 18th IEEE International Conference on Application-specific Systems, Architectures and Processors, ASAP 2007, July 2007, 6 pages
  2. S. Bourduas and Z. Zilic, "A Hybrid Ring/Mesh Interconnect for Network-on-Chip Using Hierarchical Rings for Global Routing, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Networks-on-Chips, NOCS 2007, Princeton, May 2007.
  3. S. Bourduas, J-S. Chenard and Z. Zilic, "A RTL-Level Analysis of a Hierarchical Ring Interconnect for Network-on-Chip Multi-Processors", Proceedings of International System-on-a-Chip Design Conference, ISOCC 2006, Seoul, Oct. 2006.
  4. S. Bourduas, B. Kuo, Z. Zilic and N. Manjikian, "Modeling and Evaluation of an Energy-Efficient Hierarchical Ring Interconnect for System-on-Chip Multiprocessors", Proceedings of IEEE-NEWCAS Conference, Jun. 2006.
  5. A. Chureau, J-F. Boland, Y. Savaria, C. Thibeault and Z. Zilic, "Building Heterogeneous Functional Prototypes Using Articulated Interfaces", Proceedings of IEEE-NEWCAS Conference, Jun. 2006.
  6. I. Brynjolfson and Z. Zilic, "Clock Managed System on a Chip", Proc. IEEE ASIC/SOC Conference, Sept. 2001.
  7. R. Grindley, T. Abdelrahman, S. Brown, S. Caranci, D. DeVries, B. Gamsa, A. Grbic, M. Gusat, R. Ho,  G. Lemieux. K. Loveless, N. Manjikian, P. McHardy, S. Srbljic, M. Stumm Z. Vranesic and Z. Zilic, "The NUMAchine Multiprocessor", Proc. Int. Conf. Parallel Processing, ICPP2000, Toronto, ON,  Aug. 2000.
  8. A. Grbic, S. Brown, S. Caranci, R. Grindley, M. Gusat, G. Lemieux, K. Loveless, N. Manjikian, S. Srbljic, M. Stumm, Z. Vranesic, and Z. Zilic, "Design and Implementation of the NUMAchine Multiprocessor," Proc. 35th IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference, DAC98, San Francisco, Jun. 1998.
  9. S. Brown, N. Manjikian, Z. Vranesic, S. Caranci, A. Grbic, R. Grindley, M. Gusat, K. Loveless, Z. Zilic and S. Srbljic "Experience in Designing a Large-Scale Multiprocessor using Field-Programmable Devices and Advanced CAD Tools, in Proc. 33rd IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference, DAC96, Las Vegas, Jun. 1996.

Wireless System Design

  1. J-S. Chenard, C. Y. Chiu, Z. Zilic and M. Popovic, "Design Methodology for Wireless Nodes with Printed Antenna", Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, DAC 05, Jun. 2005.
  2. M. Prokic, J-S. Chenard, R. Zhang and Z. Zilic, "Low-Power Personal Area Network Application Development Platform", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE '06, Jul. 2006.
  3. R. Zhang, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Structuring Measurements for Modeling and the Deployment of Industrial Wireless Networks", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE '06, Jul. 2006.
  4. R. Zhang, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Energy-Efficient Software-Based Self-Test of Wireless Sensor Network Nodes", Proceedings of IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, VTS '06, Apr. 2006.
  5. M. W. Chiang, Z. Zilic, J-S. Chenard and K. Radecka, "Architectures of Increased Availability Wireless Sensor Network Nodes", IEEE International Test Conference, ITC, Oct. 2004.

Neat Algorithms for Future Microsystems

  1. Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Scaling and Better Approximating Quantum Fourier Transform by Higher Radices", IEEE Transactions on Computers (Special Issue on Nano-Systems and Computing), Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 202-206, February 2007.
  2. Z. Zilic, K. Radecka and A. Kazampur, "Reversible Circuit Technology Mapping from Non-reversible Specifications", Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Design Automation and Test in Europe, DATE 2007, April 2007.
  3. A. U. Khalid, Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "FPGA Emulation of Quantum Circuits", IEEE International Conference on Computer Design , Oct. 2004.
  4. Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "On Role of Super-fast Transforms in Speeding up Quantum Algorithms", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Multiple Valued Logic, May 2002.
  5. K. Radecka and Z. Zilic, "Relating Arithmetic and Walsh Spectra for Verification by Error Modeling", Proc. 5th International Workshop on Applications of Reed-Muller Expansions in Circuit Design, Aug. 2001.
  6. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic. "A Deterministic Multivariate Polynomial Interpolation Algorithm for Small Finite Fields", IEEE Transactions on Computers ,Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 1100-1105, Sep. 2002.
  7. Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "On Feasible Multivariate Polynomial Interpolations over Arbitrary Fields", Proc. ACM International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computing, Vancouver, BC, Jul. 1999.
  8. Z. Zilic and K. Radecka, "Don't Care FDD Minimization by Interpolation", Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Logic Synthesis, IWLS'98, Lake Tahoe, CA., Jun 10-14, 1998.
  9. Z. Zilic, Z. G. Vranesic and K. Radecka, "A Finite Field Polynomial Interpolation Algorithm", Ninth International Approximation Theory Conference, AT IX, Nashville, Tennessee, Jan. 1998.
  10. Z. Zilic, Z. G. Vranesic and K. Radecka, "A Small Finite Field Polynomial Interpolation Algorithm", Fourth International Conference on Finite Fields and Applications, Fq4, Waterloo, Ontario, Aug. 1997.
  11. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic, "On feasible transforms for incompletely specified functions", Proceeding of the 1997 Workshop on Post-Binary Ultra-Large Scale Integration, Antinogish, N.S., May 1997.
  12. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic, "Application of Order to Interpolation and Learning", Workshop on Partially Ordered Sets and its Applications, "ORDAL '96", "Order and Decision Making", Ottawa, Aug. 5 - 9, 1996.
  13. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic, "Parallel Sparse Finite Field Polynomial Interpolation" Proc. Workshop on Randomized Parallel Computing, pp. 21-25, Honolulu, Apr. 1996.
  14. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic, "New Interpolation Algorithms for Reed-Muller Forms", 26th International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic, Santiago De Campostela, Spain, May 1996.
  15. Z. Zilic and Z. G. Vranesic, Using BDDs to Design ULMs for FPGAs, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on FPGAs, Monterey, February 1996. pp. 24-30. color slides (cited or used in US Patents: 7167025, 7157933, 7145361, 7126381, 7126373, 7109752)

 

Computer Engineering Education

  1. J-S. Chenard, Z. Zilic and M. Prokic, "A Laboratory and Teaching Methodology for Wireless and Mobile Embedded Systems", IEEE Transactions on Education, 2008.
  2. Z. Zilic, J-S. Chenard and M. Prokic, "A Laboratory for Wireless and Mobile Embedded Systems", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, MSE07, Jun. 2007.
  3. J-S. Chenard, A. U. Khalid, M. Prokic, R. Zhang, K-L. Lim, A. Chattopadhyay and Z. Zilic, "Expandable and Robust Laboratory for Microprocessor Systems", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, MSE05, Jun. 2005. Honorary Mention
  4. S. McCracken, Z. Zilic and H. Chan, "Real Laboratories in Distance Education", Journal on Computing and Information Technology", Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 67-76, Jun. 2003.
  5. S. McCracken, Z. Zilic  and H. Chan, "Real Laboratories in Distance Education", Proc. Int. Conf. Adv. Infrastructure for Business, Science and Education on Internet, SSGRR2000, L'Aquilla, Italy,  Aug. 2000.
  6.  Z. Zilic , "Alternatives in Teaching System-Building Skills", Proc. Int. Symposium on Microelectronics Systems Education, MSE99, Arlington, VA,  Aug. 1999.