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12 Years of Support from the European Commission for Asynchronous Circuits & Systems. Mark B. Josephs Professor of Computing, London South Bank University & Project Manager, IST-1999-29119 (ACiD-WG) http://www.bcim.lsbu.ac.uk/ccsv/ACiD-WG/. 1992-95. Framework Programme 3:
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12 Years of Support from the European Commission for Asynchronous Circuits & Systems Mark B. Josephs Professor of Computing, London South Bank University & Project Manager, IST-1999-29119 (ACiD-WG) http://www.bcim.lsbu.ac.uk/ccsv/ACiD-WG/
1992-95 Framework Programme 3: • 3 “Basic Research” Working Groups • ACiD-WG 250K ecu (5 workshops, working conference) • INCIDE • CHARME-2 • “Open Microprocessor systems Initiative” Projects • EXACT (handshake circuits + bundled data, asynchronous logic synthesis, I2C I/O expander & DCC error detector) • OMI/MAP (AMULET1) … started 1990 • OMI/DE-ARM (AMULET2e) • OMI/HORN
1996-2000 Framework Programme 4: • “Technologies for Components and Subsystems” Working Group • ACiD-WG €275K (4 workshops, summer school) • “Technologies for Components and Subsystems” Low Power Design Experiments http://www.lowpower.org/Repository/byproject.html • DESCALE €1,113K (contactless smartcard) • PREST €726K (Viterbi decoder) • AMIED €315K (IDEA implementation) • “Open Microprocessor systems Initiative” Projects • OMI/DE2 • OMI/ATOM €2,427K (AMULET3)
2000 to date Framework Programme 5: • “Essential technologies and infrastructure” Thematic Network • ACiD-WG €465K (4 workshops, summer school, winter school) • “Essential technologies and infrastructure” Project • ASPIDA €643K (open-source processor IP) • “New methods of work and electronic commerce” Project • G3CARD €2,300K (secure smartcard)
Support for participation in Async ACiD-WG covered the costs of • 11 researchers attending Async’01, Utah €20K • 23 researchers attending Async’02, Manchester €25K • 7 researchers attending Async’03, Vancouver €13K
Success story: scientific collaboration • 1 August 1992. Jordi Cortadella joined ACiD-WG management committee • 14 September 1992. Jordi met Michael Kishinevsky, Alex Kondratyev and Alex Yakovlev at ACiD-WG/EXACT Workshop on Asynchronous Controllers and Interfacing • 1 May 1996. Luciano Lavagno and Alex Yakovlev joined ACiD-WG management committee
Success story: career development Ad Peeters, CTO of Handshake Solutions • 1 July 1992. Employed on EXACT project • 1-12 February 1993. Visited Manchester University to learn about bundled-data • trip funded by ACiD-WG • 16 June 1996. Awarded PhD by Eindhoven University of Technology • 1 September 2000. Joined ACiD-WG management committee
Forthcoming • ACiD-WG workshop, Turku, Finland, 28-29 June 2004 • ACiD-WG winter school, Cambridge, England, January 2005 Will the EC support research into asynchronous circuits & systems under FP6?