nuno alves

cell: (401) 633-4660
email: nuno@brown.edu
aim/mac chat: nuno@brown.edu
repositories: idisk
social networks: linkedin facebook twitter last.fm

office location: room 354, barus and holley @ brown university
address: brown university, engineering box D, providence ri, 02912, usa

about me: i am an electrical engineering phd candidate at brown university. my current academic work is centered on reliable computing for emerging VLSI technologies, with special focus in concurrent error detection methods. my research is being supervised by iris bahar.

on a personal level i thoroughly enjoy experimenting with embedded systems (iphone,arduino), watching science lectures and researching quantitative finance topics. i currently live in providence ri, with my girlfriend and our two cats.

publications

journals:

N. Alves, A. Buben, K. Nepal, R. Iris Bahar, J. Dworak, A Cost Effective Approach For Online Error Detection Using Invariant Relationships, IEEE Transactions on computer-aided design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, (accepted) [pdf][bibtex][website]

refereed conferences:

N. Alves, K. Nepal, R. Iris Bahar, J. Dworak, Compacting Test Vector Sets via Strategic Use of Implications, 2009 International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD), November 2009 [ppt][pdf][bibtex][website]

N. Alves, K. Nepal, R. Iris Bahar, J. Dworak, Detecting Errors using Multi-cycle Invariance Information, European Conference of Design Automation and Test (DATE), 20-24 April 2009 [ppt][pdf][bibtex][website]

K. Nepal, N. Alves, R. Iris Bahar, J. Dworak, Using Implications for Online Error Detection, International Test Conference, 28-30 October 2008 [ppt][website][pdf][bibtex]

workshops:

K. Nepal,N. Alves R. Iris Bahar, J. Dworak, Compacting Test Vector Sets via Strategic Use of Implications, 18th International Workshop on Logic & Synthesis (IWLS), July 2009 [ppt][bibtex][website]

N. Alves, K. Nepal, R. Iris Bahar, J. Dworak, Using Implications for Online Error Detection, 17th IEEE North Atlantic Test Workshop, May 2008 [ppt][bibtex][website]

N. Alves, K. Nepal, J. Dworak, R. I. Bahar, Detecting Multi-cycle Errors using Invariance Information, 13th IEEE European Test Symposium (ETS), 25-29 May 2008 [ppt][bibtex][website]

N. Alves, W. Miranda, F. Fernandes, F. Santana, R. Hohlfeld, N. Cohen, Fractal Element Antenna Genetic Optimization Using a Beowulf PC Cluster, Applied Computational Electromagnetics, March 2002 [ppt][pdf][bibtex][website]

non-refereed contributions / working papers:

N. Alves, Implementing Genetic Algorithms on Arduino Micro-Controllers, February 2010 [pdf] [bibtex]

N. Alves, Decting Errors in Reversible Circuits With Invariant Relationships, December 2008 [pdf] [ppt] [bibtex]