1. Instructor: Dr. Phillip Jones
CPRE 583 Reconfigurable Computing Lecture 22: Fri 12/1/2010 (Class Project Work)
Instructor: Dr. Phillip Jones
Reconfigurable Computing Laboratory
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa, USA

2. Announcements/Reminders
HW3: finishing up (hope to release this evening) will be due Fri12/17 midnight.
Two lectures left
Fri 12/3: Synthesis and Map
Wed 12/8: Place and Route
Two class sessions for Project Presentations
Fri 12/10
Wed 12/15 (??)
Take home final given on Wed 12/15 due 12/17 5pm

3. Initial Project Proposal Slides (5-10 slides)
Project team list: Name, Responsibility (who is project leader)
Team size: 3-4 (5 case-by-case)
Project idea
Motivation (why is this interesting, useful)
What will be the end result
High-level picture of final product
High-level Plan
Break project into mile stones
Provide initial schedule: I would initially schedule aggressively to have project complete by Thanksgiving. Issues will pop up to cause the schedule to slip.
System block diagrams
High-level algorithms (if any)
Concerns
Implementation
Conceptual
Research papers related to you project idea

4. Projects Ideas: Relevant conferences
FPL
FPT
FCCM
FPGA
DAC
ICCAD
Reconfig
RTSS
RTAS
ISCA
Micro
Super Computing
HPCA
IPDPS

5. Initial Project Proposal Slides (5-10 slides)
Project team list: Name, Responsibility (who is project leader)
Project idea
Motivation (why is this interesting, useful)
What will be the end result
High-level picture of final product
High-level Plan
Break project into mile stones
Provide initial schedule: I would initially schedule aggressively to have project complete by Thanksgiving. Issues will pop up to cause the schedule to slip.
System block diagrams
High-level algorithms (if any)
Concerns
Implementation
Conceptual
Research papers related to you project idea

6. Weekly Project Updates
The current state of your project write up
Even in the early stages of the project you should be able to write a rough draft of the Introduction and Motivation section
The current state of your Final Presentation
Your Initial Project proposal presentation (Due Fri 10/22). Should make for a starting point for you Final presentation
What things are work & not working
What roadblocks are you running into

7. Projects: Target Timeline
Teams Formed and Idea: Mon 10/11
Project idea in Power Point 3-5 slides
Motivation (why is this interesting, useful)
What will be the end result
High-level picture of final product
Project team list: Name, Responsibility
High-level Plan/Proposal: Fri 10/22
Power Point 5-10 slides
System block diagrams
High-level algorithms (if any)
Concerns
Implementation
Conceptual
Related research papers (if any)

8. Projects: Target Timeline
Work on projects: 10/ /8
Weekly update reports
More information on updates will be given
Presentations: Last Wed/Fri of class
Present / Demo what is done at this point
15-20 minutes (depends on number of projects)
Final write up and Software/Hardware turned in: Day of final (TBD)

9. Project Grading Breakdown
50% Final Project Demo
30% Final Project Report
30% of your project report grade will come from your 5-6 project updates. Friday’s midnight
20% Final Project Presentation

10. Next Lecture
Finish up synthesis process, MAP

11. Notes
Notes