Tony Givargis (cv)

Publications

Book

• B2. A. Nacul, M. Lajolo, T. Givargis.
  Interface-Centric Abstraction level for Rapid Hardware/Software Integration, Book Chapter in Applications of Specification And Design Languages for SOCs.
  Springer, ISBN: 1-4020-4997-8, July 2006. pdf

• B1. F. Vahid, T. Givargis.
  Embedded System Design: A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction.
  John Wiley and Sons, ISBN: 0471386782, October 2001.

Journal

• J19. S. Choudhuri, T. Givargis.
  Deterministic Service Guarantees for NAND Flash using Partial Block Cleaning.
  Academy Publisher Journal of Software (JSW), vol. 4, no. 7, pp. 728-737, September 2009. pdf

• J18. M.A. Ghodrat, T. Givargis, A. Nicolau.
  Optimizing Control Flow in Loops using Interval and Dependence Analysis.
  Springer Journal on Design Automation of Embedded Systems (DAES), vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 193-221, September 2009. pdf

• J17. S. Sirowy, D. Sheldon, T. Givargis, F. Vahid.
  Virtual Microcontrollers.
  ACM SIGBED Review, vol. 6, no. 1, January 2009. pdf

• J16. A. Nacul, T. Givargis.
  Synthesis of Time-Constrained Multitasking Embedded Software.
  ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 822-847, October 2006. pdf

• J15. M.A. Ghodrat, T. Givargis, A. Nicolau.
  Expression Equivalence Checking using Interval Analysis.
  IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 830-842, August 2006. pdf

• J14. C.V. Lopes, A. Haghighat, A. Mandal, T. Givargis, P. Baldi.
  Localization of Off-the-Shelf Mobile Devices Using Audible Sound: Architectures, Protocols and Performance Assessment.
  ACM Mobile Computing and Communications Review (MC2R), vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 38-50, April 2006. pdf

• J13. T. Givargis.
  Zero Cost Indexing for Improved Embedded Processor Cache Performance.
  ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 3-25, January 2006. 2006 TODAES Best Paper Award. pdf

• J12. T. Givargis, D. Eppstein.
  Memory Reference Caching for Activity Reduction on Address Buses.
  Elsevier Journal of Microprocessors and Microsystems (MICPRO), vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 145-153, May 2005. pdf

• J11. A. Ghosh, T. Givargis.
  Cache Optimization for Embedded Processor Cores: An Analytical Approach.
  ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 419-440, October 2004. pdf

• J10. A. Nacul, T. Givargis.
  Adaptive Cache Management for Low Power Embedded Systems.
  Korea Multimedia Society, Key Technology of Next Generation IT, ISSN 1229-778X, pp. 30-39, December 2003. pdf

• J9. T. Givargis, F. Vahid, J. Henkel.
  Instruction-Based System-level Power Evaluation of System-on-a-Chip Peripheral Cores.
  IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 856-863, December 2002. pdf

• J8. T. Givargis, F. Vahid, J. Henkel.
  System-Level Exploration for Pareto-Optimal Configurations in Parameterized System-on-a-Chip.
  IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 416-422, December 2002. pdf

• J7. T. Givargis, F. Vahid.
  Platune: A Tuning Framework for System-on-a-Chip Platforms.
  IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design (TCAD), vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 1317-1327, November 2002. pdf

• J6. F. Vahid, T. Givargis, S. Cotterell.
  Power Estimator Development for Embedded System Memory Tuning.
  Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers (JCSC), vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 459-476, October 2002. pdf

• J5. T. Givargis, F. Vahid.
  Tuning of Cache Ways and Voltage for Low-Energy Embedded System Platforms.
  Springer Journal on Design Automation of Embedded Systems, vol. 7, issue 1-2, pp. 35-51, September 2002. pdf

• J4. T. Givargis, F. Vahid, J. Henkel.
  Evaluating Power Consumption of Parameterized Cache and Bus Architectures in System-on-a-Chip Designs.
  IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 500-508, August 2001. pdf

• J3. F. Vahid, T. Givargis.
  Platform Tuning for Embedded Systems Design.
  IEEE Computer, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 112-114, March 2001. pdf

• J2. J. Farrell, T. Givargis, M. Barth.
  Real-Time Differential Carrier Phase GPS-Aided INS.
  IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (TCST), vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 709-721, July 2000. pdf

• J1. J. Farrell, T. Givargis.
  Differential GPS Reference Station Algorithm - Design and Analysis.
  IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (TCST), vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 519-531, May 2000. pdf

Conference

• C43. M.A. Ghodrat, T. Givargis.
  Efficient Dynamic Voltage/Frequency Scaling through Algorithmic Loop Transformation.
  International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS), pp. 203-209, Grenoble, October 2009. pdf

• C42. S. Sirowy, F. Vahid, T. Givargis.
  Digitally-Bypassed Transducers: Interfacing Digital Mockups to Real-Time Medical Equipment.
  International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), to appear. pdf

• C41. A. Ghosh, T. Givargis.
  Source Routing made Practical in Embedded Networks.
  International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), pp. 1-6, San Francisco, August 2009. pdf

• C40. A. Ghosh, T. Givargis.
  QoS Routing in Wired Sensor Networks with Partial Updates.
  World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASED), pp. 389-393, Oslo, July 2009. pdf

• C39. S.K. Mylavarapu, S. Choudhuri, A. Shrivastava, J. Lee, T. Givargis.
  FSAF: File System Aware Flash Translation Layer for NAND Flash Memories.
  Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), pp. 339-344, Dresden, April 2009. pdf

• C38. S. Choudhuri, T. Givargis.
  FlashBox: A system for logging non-deterministic events in deployed embedded systems.
  International ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), pp. 1676-1682, Honolulu, March 2009. pdf

• C37. M.A. Ghodrat, T. Givargis, A. Nicolau.
  Control Flow Optimization in Loops using Interval Analysis.
  International Conference on Compilers, Architecture, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES), pp. 157-166, Atlanta, October 2008. 2008 CASES Best Paper Award. pdf

• C36. F. Vahid, T. Givargis.
  Highly-Cited Ideas in System Codesign and Synthesis.
  International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS), pp. 191-196, Atlanta, October 2008. pdf

• C35. S. Choudhuri, T. Givargis.
  Deterministic Service Guarantees for NAND Flash using Partial Block Cleaning.
  International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS), pp. 19-24, Atlanta, October 2008. pdf

• C34. S. Choudhuri, T. Givargis.
  Real-Time Access Guarantees for NAND Flash using Partial Block Cleaning.
  Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Embedded & Ubiquitous Systems (SEUS), pp. 138-149, Italy, September 2008. pdf

• C33. A. Ghosh, T. Givargis.
  A Software Architecture for Accessing Data in Sensor Networks.
  International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems (INSS), pp. 67-70, Japan, June 2008. pdf

• C32. S. Choudhuri, T. Givargis.
  Performance Improvement of Block Based NAND Flash Translation Layer.
  International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS), pp. 257-262, Salzburg, September 2007. pdf

• C31. M.A. Ghodrat, T. Givargis., A. Nicolau.
  Short-Circuit Compiler Transformation: Optimizing Conditional Blocks.
  Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), pp. 504-510, Tokyo, January 2007. pdf

• C30. S. Choudhuri, T. Givargis.
  System Architecture for Software Peripherals.
  Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), pp. 56-61, Tokyo, January 2007. pdf

• C29. A. Nacul, T. Givargis.
  Phantom: A Serializing Compiler for Multitasking Embedded Software.
  American Control Conference (ACC), Minneapolis, pp. 1918-1923, Minneapolis, June 2006. 2006 ACC Best Paper Award. pdf

• C28. M.A. Ghodrat, T. Givargis, A. Nicolau.
  Equivalence Checking of Arithmetic Expressions using Fast Evaluation.
  International Conference on Compilers, Architecture, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES), pp. 147-156, San Francisco, September 2005. pdf

• C27. A. Nacul, T. Givargis.
  Lightweight Multitasking Support for Embedded Systems using the Phantom Serializing Compiler.
  Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), pp. 740-747, Munich, March 2005. pdf

• C26. A. Ghosh, T. Givargis.
  LORD: A Localized, Reactive and Distributed Protocol for Node Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks.
  Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), pp. 190-195, Munich, March 2005. pdf

• C25. A. Mandal, C.V. Lopes, T. Givargis, A. Haghighat, R. Jurdak, P. Baldi.
  Beep: 3D Indoor Positioning Using Audible Sound.
  IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), pp. 348-353, Las Vegas, January 2005. pdf

• C24. A. Nacul, T. Givargis.
  Code Partitioning for Synthesis of Embedded Applications with Phantom.
  International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), pp. 190-196, San Jose, November 2004. pdf

• C23. A. Nacul, T. Givargis.
  Dynamic Voltage and Cache Reconfiguration for Low Power.
  Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), pp. 1376-1377, Paris, February 2004. pdf

• C22. M. Buss, T. Givargis, N. Dutt.
  Exploring Efficient Operating Points for Voltage Scaled Embedded Processor Cores.
  Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), pp. 275-281, Cancun, December 2003. pdf

• C21. A. Ghosh, T. Givargis.
  Cache Optimization for Embedded Processor Cores: An Analytical Approach.
  International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), pp. 342-347, San Jose, November 2003. pdf

• C20. T. Givargis.
  Improved Indexing for Cache Miss Reduction in Embedded Systems.
  Design Automation Conference (DAC), pp. 872-880, Anaheim, June 2003. pdf

• C19. A. Ghosh, T. Givargis.
  Analytical Design Space Exploration of Caches for Embedded Systems.
  Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), pp. 650-655, Munich, March 2003. pdf

• C18. T. Givargis, D. Eppstein.
  Reference Caching Using Unit Distance Redundant Codes for Activity Reduction on Address Buses.
  International Workshop on Embedded System Hardware/Software Codesign (ESCODES), San Jose, September 2002. pdf

• C17. M. Palesi, T. Givargis.
  Multi-Objective Design Space Exploration Using Genetic Algorithms.
  International Workshop on Hardware/Software Codesign (CODES), Estes Park, May 2002. pdf

• C16. T. Givargis, F. Vahid, J. Henkel.
  System-Level Exploration for Pareto-Optimal Configurations in Parameterized Systems-on-a-Chip.
  International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), San Jose, November 2001. pdf

• C15. T. Givargis, F. Vahid. J. Henkel.
  Trace-Driven System-Level Power Evaluation of System-on-a-Chip Peripheral Cores.
  Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Yokohama, January 2001. pdf

• C14. G. Stitt, F. Vahid, T. Givargis, R. Lysecky.
  A First-Step Towards an Architecture Tuning Methodology.
  International Conference on Compilers, Architecture, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES), San Jose, November 2000. pdf

• C13. T. Givargis, F. Vahid, J. Henkel.
  Instruction-Based System-Level Power Evaluation of System-on-a-ChipPeripheral Cores.
  International Symposium on System Synthesis (ISSS), Madrid, September 2000. pdf

• C12. R. Lysecky, F. Vahid, T. Givargis.
  Experiments with the Peripheral Virtual Component Interface.
  International Symposium on System Synthesis (ISSS), Madrid, September 2000. pdf

• C11. T. Givargis, F. Vahid.
  Parameterized System Design.
  International Workshop on Hardware/Software Codesign (CODES), San Diego, May 2000. pdf

• C10. T. Givargis, F. Vahid, J. Henkel.
  Fast Cache and Bus Power Estimation for Parameterized System-on-a-Chip Design.
  Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Paris, March 2000. pdf

• C9. R. Lysecky, F. Vahid, T. Givargis.
  Techniques for Reducing Read Latency of Core Bus Wrappers.
  Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Paris, March 2000. 2000 DATE Best Paper Award. pdf

• C8. T. Givargis, F. Vahid. J. Henkel.
  A Hybrid Approach for Core-Based System-Level Power Modeling.
  Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Yokohama, January 2000. pdf

• C7. T. Givargis, J. Henkel, F. Vahid.
  Interface and Cache Power Exploration for Core-Based Embedded System Design.
  International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), San Jose, November 1999. pdf

• C6. R. Lysecky, F. Vahid, T. Givargis, R. Patel.
  Pre-Fetching for Improved Core Interfacing.
  International Symposium on System Synthesis (ISSS), San Jose, November 1999. pdf

• C5. J. Farrell, T. Givargis.
  Experimental Differential GPS Reference Station Evaluation.
  American Control Conference (ACC), San Diego, June 1999. pdf

• C4. J. Farrell, T. Givargis. M. Barth.
  Differential Carrier Phase GPS-Aided INS for Automotive Applications.
  American Control Conference (ACC), San Diego, June 1999. pdf

• C3. F. Vahid, T. Givargis.
  The Case for a Configure-and-Execute Paradigm.
  International Workshop on Hardware/Software Codesign (CODES), Rome, May 1999. pdf

• C2. F. Vahid, T. Givargis.
  Incorporating Cores into System-Level Specification.
  International Symposium on System Synthesis (ISSS), Hsinchu, December 1998. pdf

• C1. T. Givargis, F. Vahid.
  Interface Exploration for Reduced Power in Core-Based Systems.
  International Symposium on System Synthesis (ISSS), Hsinchu, December 1998. pdf

Workshop

• W3. S. Sirowy, D. Sheldon, T. Givargis, F. Vahid.
  Virtual Microcontrollers.
  Workshop on embedded system education (WESE), Atlanta, October 2008. pdf

• W2. A. Nacul, M. Lajolo, T. Givargis.
  Interface-Centric Abstraction Level for Rapid Hardware/Software Integration.
  Forum on Specification and Design Languages (FDL), Lausanne, September 2005. pdf

• W1. A. Haghighat, C. Lopes, T. Givargis, and A. Mandal.
  Location-Aware Web System.
  Workshop on Building Software for Pervasive Computing at the Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages and Applications (OOPSLA) Conference, Vancouver, October 2004. pdf