This page lists some of our publications on various topics the Embedded Systems Group has pursued over the years. These publications are copyrighted, so you will need to go to the publisher's Web site (ACM, IEEE, etc.) or to a bricks-and-mortar library for copies of the papers.

Code Compression and Microarchitecture

Haris Lekatsas and Wayne Wolf, “SAMC: a code compression algorithm for embedded processors,” IEEE Transactions on CAD, 18(12), December 1999, pp. 1689-1701.

Haris Lekatsas and Wayne Wolf, “Random access decompression using binary arithmetic coding,” in Proceedings of the IEEE Data Compression Conference, IEEE, 1999, pp. 306-315.

Yuan Xie, Wayne Wolf, and Haris Lekatsas, “A code compression architecture for VLIW processors,” in Proceedings, 34th Annual International Symposium on Microarchitecture, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2001, pp. 66-75.

Tiehan Lv, Joerg Henkel. Haris Lekatsas, and Wayne Wolf, "A dictionary-based en/decoding scheme for low-power data busses," IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, 11(5), October 2003, pp. 943-951.

C. H. Lin, W. Wolf, and Y. Xie, "LZW-based code compression for embedded systems," in Proceedings, DATE 04, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2004.

Smart Cameras

Wayne Wolf, Burak Ozer, and Tiehan Lv, "Smart cameras for embedded systems," IEEE Computer, 35(9), September 2002, pp. 48-53.

Burak Ozer, Wayne Wolf, and Ali Akansu, “Human activity detection in MPEG sequences,” in Proceedings, Workshop on Human Motion, 2000, IEEE, 2000.

Wayne Wolf, “VLSI distributed architectures for smart cameras,” in Media Processors 2001, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4313, SPIE, 2001.

Burak Ozer and Wayne Wolf, “A smart camera for real-time human activity recognition,” in Proceedings, SIPS-01, IEEE, 2001.

Tiehan Lv, Burak Ozer, and Wayne Wolf, “Workload characterization for smart cameras,” in Proceedings, 3rd Workshop on Media and Streaming Processors, IEEE, 2001.

Tiehan Lv, Burak Ozer, and Wayne Wolf, “Smart camera system design,” in Proceedings, PV2002, IEEE, 2002.

Chang Hong Lin, Tiehan Lv, Wayne Wolf, and I. Burak Ozer, "A peer-to-peer architecture for distributed real-time gesture recognition," in Proceedings, International Conference on Multimedia and Exhibition, IEEE, 2004.

Tiehan Lv, Burak Ozer, and Wayne Wolf, "A real-time background subtraction method with camera motion compensation," in Proceedings, International Conference on Multimedia and Exhibition, IEEE, 2004.

Wayne Wolf, Tiehan Lv, and I. Burak Ozer, "An architectural design study for a high-speed smart camera," in Proceedings, 4th Workshop on Media and Streaming Processors, IEEE, 2002.

Jason Schlessman and Wayne Wolf, "Leakage power considerations for processor array-based vision systems," in Proceedings, SASIMI 04, 2004.

Embedded Software

Noureddine Chabini and Wayne Wolf, "Minimizing variables' lifetime in loop-intensive applications," in Rajeev Alur and Insup Lee, eds., Embedded Software, Berlin: Springer, LNCS 2855, 2003, pp. 100-116.

Noureddine Chabini and Wayne Wolf, "An approach for integrating basic retiming and software pipelining," in Proceedings, EMSOFT 2004, ACM Press, 20043, pp. 287-296.

Yanbing Li and Wayne Wolf, "Hardware/software cosynthesis of memory systems," IEEE Transactions on CAD, 18(10), October 1999, pp. 1405-1417.

Wayne Wolf and Mahmut Kandemir, "Memory system optimization of embedded software," Proceedings of the IEEE, 91(1), January 2003, pp. 165-182.

Tin-Man Lee, Joerg Henkel, and Wayne Wolf, "Dynamic runtime re-scheduling allowing multiple implementations of a task for platform-based designs," in Proceedings, DATE '02, IEEE, 2002.

Hua Lin and Wayne Wolf, "Co-design of interleaved memory systems," in Proceedings, CODES '00, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2000.

MPSoCs

J.Henkel, W.Wolf, and S.Chakradhar, "On Chip Networks: A scalable communication-centric embedded system design paradigm," in Procedings, VLSI Design 2004, IEEE, 2004.

J. Xu, W. Wolf, T. Lv, J. Henkel, and S. Chakradhar, "A case study in networks-on-chip design for embedded video," in Proceedings, DATE 04, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2004.

Jiang Xu and Wayne Wolf, "A wave-pipelined on-chip interconnect structure for networks-on-chips," in Proceedings, Hot Interconnects 2003, IEEE, 2003.

Ahmed Jerraya and Wayne Wolf, eds., Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chips, Morgan Kaufman/Elsevier, 2004.

Video Architectures

Santanu Dutta and Wayne Wolf, “Asymptotic limits on video signal processor architectures,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 5(6), December, 1995, pp. 545-561.

Santanu Dutta and Wayne Wolf, “A flexible motion estimation architecture,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 6(1), February, 1996.

Zhao Wu and Wayne Wolf, “Study of cache system in video signal processors,” in Proceedings, IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, IEEE, 1998.

Santanu Dutta, Kevin J. O’Connor, Wayne Wolf, and Andrew Wolfe, “A design study of a 0.25 mm video signal processor,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 8(4), August, 1998, pp. 501-519.

Jason Fritts and Wayne Wolf, “Understanding multimedia application characteristics for designing programmable media processors,” in Multimedia Hardware Architectures 1999, SPIE, 1999.

Jason Fritts and Wayne Wolf, “Multi-Level Cache Hierarchy Evaluation for Programmable Media Processors,” in Proceedings, SiPS 2000, IEEE, 2000.

Jason Fritts and Wayne Wolf, “Evaluation of static and dynamic scheduling for media processors,” in Proceedings, MICRO-33 MP-DSP2 Workshop, ACM, December 2000.

Shengqi Yang, Wayne Wolf, and Vijay Narayanan, "Power modeling of motion estimation VLSI architecture," in Proceedings, 5th Workshop on Media and Streaming Processors, IEEE, 2003.

Theocharis G. Theocharides,G. M. Link, V.Narayanan, M. J. Irwin, and W. Wolf, "Embedded Hardware Face Detection," in Procedings, VLSI Design 2004, IEEE, 2004.

J. Lee, V. Narayanan, W. Wolf, "An Architecture for Motion Estimation in the Transform Domain," in Procedings, VLSI Design 2004, IEEE, 2004.

Shengqi Yang, Wayne Wolf, and N. Vijaykrishnan, "Search speed and power driven integrated software and hardware optimizations for motion estimation algorithms," in Proceedings, International Conference on Multimedia and Exhibition, IEEE, 2004.

Video Algorithms and Delivery Systems

Wayne Wolf, Yiqing Liang, Michael Kozuch, Heather Yu, Michael Phillips, Marcel Weekes, and Andrew Debruyne, “A digital video library on the World Wide Web,” in Proceedings, ACM Multimedia ‘96, ACM Press, 1996, pp. 433-434.

Wayne Wolf, “Hidden Markov Model parsing of video programs,” in Proceedings, ICASSP-97, IEEE Press, 1997, pp. 2609-11.

Heather Yu and Wayne Wolf, “Spectral methods for dissolve detection,” in Storage and Retrieval for Image and Video Databases VI, SPIE, vol. 3312, 1998, pp. 176-187.

Hong-Heather Yu and Wayne Wolf, “A hierarchical multi-resolution video shot transition detection scheme,” Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 75(1/2), July/August 1999, pp. 196-213.

Dimitrios N. Serpanos and Wayne H. Wolf, “Caching Web documents using Zipf’s Law,” in Multimedia Storage and Archiving Systems III, SPIE, vol. 3527, 1998, p. 320-326.

Andrea La Paugh and Wayne Wolf, “DTV-based networking,” in Proceedings, International Conference on Telecommunications, Vanderbilt University, 2000.

A. Aydin Alatan, Ali N. Akansu, and Wayne Wolf, “Comparative analysis of hidden Markov models for multi-modal dialogue scene indexing,” in Proceedings, ICASSP ‘00, IEEE, 2000.