Tim Cheng

Professor

Contacts

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

tel: (805) 893-7294
fax: (805) 893-3262
timcheng@ece.ucsb.edu

Personal web site

Research Description

Prof. Cheng manages two research labs: SoC Design and Test Lab and Learning-based Multimedia Lab.

SoC Design and Test Lab focuses on developing methodologies, algorithms, techniques, and tools for verifying, testing, and analyzing nanometer system-on-chip (SoC) devices. We are currently exploring in the following research directions:

A. Embedded self-test for heterogeneous SoC;
B. Design and test of high-speed serial IO interfaces;
C. Design for relaibility for nanometer devices; and
D. Formal and semi-formal verification for SoC.

The Learning-Based Multimedia (LBMM) Group has wide interests in various algorithms and techniques for multimedia applications. We are currently exploring in the following research directions:

Objects Detection/Tracking/Recognition: Our primary focus is using latest machine learning techniques, such as Boosting and SVM, to efficiently recognize specific object categories including face, text, pedestrian and etc.

Objectionable Information Filtering: We are developing a multimodal personalized information system to empower end-users to screen out objectionable information, such as pornographic image, junk mail and etc.

Research Groups

• SoC Design and Test Lab
• Learning-Based Multimedia Group

Biography

He worked at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ, from 1988 to 1993 and joined the faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1993 where he is currently Professor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He was the founding director of UCSB's Computer Engineering program (1999-2002) and Chair of the ECE Department (2005-2008). His current research interests include design validation, verification, testing and multimedia computing. He has published over 300 technical papers, co-authored four books and holds 11 U.S. Patents in these areas. He has also been working closely with US industry and government agencies for projects in these areas. Cheng, a fellow of IEEE, received Best Paper Awards at the 1994 and 1999 Design Automation Conferences, 2003 Conference of Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), 2007 Asian Test Symposium, and 1987 AT&T Conference on Electronic Testing. He also received 2001 Annual Best Paper Award in Journal of Information Science and Engineering and the UCSB College of Engineering???s Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award for 2004-2005. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Design and Test of Computers, Editor of IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, Associate Editor for ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, Associate Editor for Formal Methods in System Design, Editor for Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications, and Editor for Foundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation. He has served as general and program chair for numerous international conferences on design, and design automation and testing.

Awards/Honors

• Best Paper Award, Asian Test Symposium, 2007
• Best Paper Award, Conference of Design Automation and Test in Europe, 2003
• Annual Best Paper Award in Journal of Information Science and Engineering, 2001
• Fellow, IEEE, 2000
• Best Paper Awards, Design Automation Conference, 1999
• Best Paper Awards, Design Automation Conference, 1994
• Best Paper award, AT&T Conference on Electronic Testing, 1987

Selected Publications