US-Egypt Cooperative Research: Development of Evolvable Hardware Design Methodology

美国-埃及合作研究：可进化硬件设计方法的开发

• 批准号: 0323578
• 负责人: Wagdy Mahmoud
• 金额: $ 2.4万
• 依托单位: Tennessee Technological University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-01 至 2005-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0323578&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Egypt; Cooperative; Research; Development

0323578MahmoudDescription: This award supports a joint research project between Dr. Wagdy Mahmoud, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee and Dr. Alaa Sheta, Electronics Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt. The goal of this research is to develop a methodology for designing and evolving practical digital hardware designs. The investigators plan to develop a methodology for automating the design of practical evolvable digital hardware on field programmable gate array (FPGA) platforms. Evolvable Hardware (EHW) methodology is necessary for designing hardware structures that are re-configurable and fault tolerant and that can operate properly for many years in extremely harsh conditions and adapt to changes in their environment. The methodology will address two challenges facing EHW designers; scalability and portability, and will enable automating the hardware adaptation process through the replacement of traditional digital design methods with evolutionary techniques. The capability of the system will be demonstrated through the implementation of two digital arithmetic circuits. The investigations will enhance the emerging and interdisciplinary field of EHW.Scope: The Evolvable Hardware (EHW) methodology has numerous applications including space exploration missions, and remotely operated circuitry. Developing the methodology for designing and evolving practical digital hardware designs requires the application of artificial evolution techniques to the design process of the hardware circuitry. The project should lead to improving current design techniques or to the development of new ones. The research work will include graduate students at the two institutes, and may lead to the development of graduate courses in this promising field.

0323578 Mahmoud描述：该奖项支持田纳西州库克维尔田纳西理工大学电气和计算机工程系Wagdy Mahmoud博士和埃及开罗电子研究所Alaa Sheta博士之间的联合研究项目。 本研究的目标是开发一种设计和发展实用的数字硬件设计的方法。研究人员计划开发一种方法，用于在现场可编程门阵列（FPGA）平台上自动设计实用的可进化数字硬件。 可进化硬件（EHW）方法是设计可重新配置和容错的硬件结构所必需的，并且可以在极其恶劣的条件下正常运行多年并适应环境的变化。 该方法将解决EHW设计人员面临的两个挑战：可扩展性和可移植性，并将通过用进化技术取代传统的数字设计方法来实现硬件自适应过程的自动化。 该系统的能力将通过两个数字运算电路的实施证明。 调查将提高新兴的和跨学科领域的EHW.Scope：进化硬件（EHW）的方法有许多应用，包括太空探索任务，和远程操作电路。 开发用于设计和进化实际数字硬件设计的方法需要将人工进化技术应用于硬件电路的设计过程。 该项目应导致改进现有的设计技术或开发新的设计技术。 研究工作将包括两个研究所的研究生，并可能导致在这个有前途的领域的研究生课程的发展。