Research Inititation Award: Ouroboros-Investigation of Dynamic Reconfigurable Optical Network-on-Chip Architectures

研究启动奖(RIA)为开始建立研究计划的历史黑人学院和大学(HBCU)的初级教师提供支持，以及为需要重新指导和重新建立研究计划的职业生涯中期教师提供支持。预计该奖项有助于进一步提高教师的研究能力和效率，改善研究人员所在机构的研究和教学，并让本科生参与研究经验。马里兰大学东岸分校(UMES)拥有的优势是，它是唯一在整个马里兰州东岸地区提供工程课程的机构。HBCU-RIA旨在改善未来的计算系统，特别是通过研究超级计算机系统设计。该项目致力于创新的光网络片上网络(ONoC)架构，该架构可以动态重新配置，以满足各种应用需求。这种新的体系结构，即Ouroboros网络，具有通用的开放拓扑结构，可以重新配置为任何基于欧拉循环的网络。除了对UMES在计算机科学和工程方面的研究能力做出贡献外，该项目还将通过其传播努力，通过更广泛的本科生STEM教育来整合研究和教育。传播活动包括一个项目网站、STEM会议报告和发表的论文。此外，该项目将通过将研究融入课程教学和高级顶石设计，为STEM课程和计算机工程课程做出贡献。本科生和高中生也将通过该地区积极的本科生研究体验(REU)和陆军教育外联计划(AEOP)活动等项目纳入相关研究。

Research Initiation Awards (RIAs) provide support for junior faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) who are starting to build a research program, as well as for mid-career faculty who need to re-direct and re-build a research program. It is expected that the award helps to further the faculty member's research capability and effectiveness, improves research and teaching at the researcher's home institution, and involves undergraduate students in research experiences.The University of Maryland-Eastern Shore (UMES) holds the advantage of being the only institution that offers engineering programs in the entire eastern shore area of Maryland. The HBCU-RIA is aimed at improving future computing systems, particularly through research on supercomputer system design. The project addresses an innovative Optical Network-on-Chip (ONoC) architecture that can be dynamically reconfigured to meet various application needs. This new architecture, the Ouroboros Network, features a generalized open-topology structure that can be reconfigured to any Eulerian Cycle based network. In addition to contributing to UMES's research capability in computer science and engineering, the project will integrate research and education by promoting undergraduate STEM education more broadly through its dissemination efforts. Dissemination activities include a project website, STEM conference presentations, and published papers. Furthermore, the project will contribute to STEM courses and curricula in computer engineering by integrating the research into course teaching and the senior capstone design. Undergraduate and high school students will also be incorporated into related research through programs such as the area's active REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) and AEOP (Army Educational Outreach Program) activities.