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https://cal.ucf.edu/person/ronald-f-demara/
Director

Pegasus Professor of ECE, Digital Learning Faculty Fellow

CV  Bio

 

IEEE IEMtronics 2020 Keynote

 

Research Projects

IUSE-HSI 

 

E2CDA 
ARO 

 

CCSS 

 

SRC 

 

DRL 

 

Recent Publications

  1. 26 Jan 2023: Our paper titled “Image Quantization Tradeoffs in a YOLO-based FPGA Accelerator Framework”, has been accepted in IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED).
  2. 20 Jan 2023: Our paper titled “Energy-/Area-Efficient Spintronic ANN-based Digit Recognition via Progressive Modular Redundancy”, has been accepted in IEEE International Symposium of Circuits and Systems (ISCAS).
  3. 25 Sep 2022: Our paper titled “Scalable Reasoning and Sensing using Processing-in-Memory with Hybrid Spin/CMOS-based Analog/Digital Blocks,” has been accepted to IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC): Thematic Section on Memory-centric Designs: Processing-in-Memory, In-memory Computing, and Near-memory Computing for Real World Applications.
  4. 14 Sep 2022: Our book chapter titled “MRAM-Based FPGA: A Survey,” submitted to the book under the working title “Field-Programmable Gate Arrays,” has been accepted for publication at Intechopen.
  5. 24 August 2022: Our paper “Energy-Efficient Recurrent Neural Network with MRAM-based Probabilistic Activation Functions” accepted to IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC).
  6. 19 August 2022: Our paper “Utilization of Data Augmentation Techniques to Enhance Learning with Sparse Datasets” accepted to IEEE Conference on AI for Industry (AI4I).
  7. 16 July 2022: Our paper “Non-uniform Compressive Sensing via Ohmic Voltage Attenuation: A Memristive Crossbar Design Approach Leveraging Intrinsic Computation,” accepted in IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD).
  8. 20 July 2022: Our paper “Personalizing Digitized Assessments and Remediation using an Automated Micro-Credentialing Framework for Canvas LMS” accepted to OLC Accelerate 2022 Conference on Accelerating Online Learning Worldwide.
  9. 15 March 2022: Our paper  “The Impact on Learning Outcomes using Three-Attempt Tests in an Engineering Undergraduate Core Course: Dynamics,” accepted in Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE-SE-2022)
  10. 05 March 2022: Our paper “Rehosting YOLOv2 Framework for Reconfigurable Fabric-Based Acceleration,” accepted to IEEE SoutheastCon 2022.
  11. 17 December 2021: Our paper “Generalized Exponentiation using STT Magnetic Tunnel Junctions: Circuit Design, Performance, and Application to Neural Network Gradient Decay,” accepted to Springer Nature Computer Science.
  12. 10 December 2021: Our paper “Spin-Orbit Torque Neuromorphic Fabrics for Low-Leakage Reconfigurable In-Memory Computation,” selected to Special Issue on Hardware for AI, Machine Learning, and Emerging Electronic Systems IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (TED).
  13. 05 December 2021: Our paper “Algorithm and Hardware Co-Design Co-Optimization Framework for LSTM Accelerator using Fully Decomposed Tensor Train,” accepted to Work-in-Progress paper at ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC).
  14. 01 November 2021: ”Digitally Mediated Team Learning: Foundational Perspectives – Book Shares on Designing Learning for Everyone,” Book Share Session Presentation at Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Chicago, IL, USA, published as hardcover book.
  15. 03 October 2021: Our paper “Non-uniform Compressive Sensing via Ohmic Voltage Attenuation: A Memristive Crossbar Design Approach Leveraging Intrinsic Computation,” accepted to IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD).
  16. 30 September 2021: Our paper “The Impact on Learning using Three-Attempt Tests in an Engineering Undergraduate Core Course: Dynamics,” accepted to 2022 American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Conference.
  17. 30 September 2021: Our paper “Longitudinal Learning Outcomes from Engineering-Specific Adaptions of Hybrid Online Undergraduate Instruction,” accepted to International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET).
  18. 30 September 2021: Our paper “High Accuracy DBN-Fuzzy Neural Networks using MRAM-based Stochastic Neurons,” accepted to Special Topic on Emerging Hardware for Cognitive Computing, Special Issue in IEEE Journal of Exploratory Solid-State Computational Devices and Circuits (IEEE JxCDC). 
  19. 16 September 2021: Our paper “Embedded STT-MRAM Energy Analysis for Intermittent Applications using Mean Standby Duration,” accepted to IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems (ICECS-2021).
  20. 16 July 2021: Our paper “Long Short-Term Memory with Spin-Based Binary and Non-Binary Neurons,”  accepted to IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS).
  21. 07 July 2021: Our paper titled “An Efficient Real-Time Object Detection Framework on Resource-Constricted Hardware Devices via Software and Hardware Co-design,” accepted to IEEE International Conference on Application-specific Systems, Architectures and Processors (IEEE ASAP).
  22. 20 April 2021: Our paper “An Efficient Video Prediction Recurrent Network using Focal Loss and Decomposed Tensor Train for Imbalance Dataset,” accepted to IEEE Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI).
  23. 13 April 2021: Our paper “Process Variation Sensitivity of Spin Orbit Torque Perpendicular Nanomagnets in DBNs,” accepted to IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (TMAG).
  24. 29 March 2021: Our paper “A Reconfigurable and Compact Spin-based Analog Block for Generalizable nth Power and Root Computation,” accepted to IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI-2021).
  25. 16 February 2021: Our paper “Authenticated Testing during Blended Delivery: Impacts on Assessment Scores within an Engineering Undergraduate Core Course,” accepted to American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE-SE-2021).
  26. 02 February 2021: Our paper “Low-Energy Acceleration of Binarized Convolutional Neural Networks using a Spin Hall Effect based Logic-in-Memory Architecture,” accepted o IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC).
  27. 16 February 2021: Our paper with lab alum Dr. Salehi now at UCD titled “Adaptive Non-Uniform Compressive Sensing using SOT-MRAM Multi-bit Precision Crossbar Arrays,” accepted to IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology (TNANO).

Advancement and Congratulations

  • 31 January 2023: Professor DeMara elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) with citation “For outstanding contributions in computer systems design and architecture with emphasis on emerging computing devices for machine learning, adaptive and reconfigurable hardware, and digitization of STEM education.”
  • 18 November 2022: Congratulations to Harshavardhana Reddy Thummala for passing M.S. dissertation defense.
  • 12 September 2022: Congratulations to 2022 Ph.D. graduate Hossein Pormeidani for starting work as Senior GPU Performance Engineer, at Samsung Electronics.
  • 15 August 2022: Congratulations to 2020 Ph.D. graduate Soheil Salehi for commencing Assistant Professor of ECE at University of Arizona
  • 12 July 2022:  Professor DeMara serving as General Co-Chair of ACM/IEEE GLSVLSI-2023
  • 12 July 2022: Congratulations to Shadi Sheikhfaal for full-time employment at MixComm as a Digital Designer.
  • 30 June 2022: Congratulations to Soheil Salehi for full-time employment at University of Arizona as Assistant Professor of ECE.
  • 15 April 2022: Professor DeMara recognized with UCF Teaching Initiative Program (TIP) Award: for “sustaining high levels of teaching effectiveness” University of Central Florida, 2021 – 2022.
  • 15 April 2022: Professor DeMara recognized with Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Award: for “outstanding contributions to the scholarship of teaching and learning within discipline or to the teaching and learning community” University-level, University of Central Florida, 2021 – 2022.
  • 15 February 2022: Professor DeMara recognized with UCF Research Initiative Award (RIA): “for outstanding research, scholarly, and creative activity” University of Central Florida, 2021 – 2022.
  • 20 December 2021: Congratulations to Mousam Hossain on winning Best poster presentation in Design and Automation Conference Young Fellows (DAC-YF) program.
  • 01 December 2021:  Professor DeMara serving as Program Co-Chair of ACM/IEEE GLSVLSI-2022.
  • 27 October 2021: Congratulations to Hossein Pourmeidani for passing Ph.D. dissertation defense.
  • 01 September 2021: Congratulations to Meghana Reddy Vangala for passing M.S. dissertation defense.
  • 07 May 2021: Congratulations to NSF REU Daniel Mulvaney for graduating with BSEE Degree Summa Cum Laude and extend best wishes at L3 Harris Corporation.
  • 07 May 2021: Congratulations to NSF REU Natesha Ramdahni for graduating with BSEE Degree Summa Cum Laude and extend best wishes at Lenovo Corporation.
  • 19 April 2021: Congratulations to Mousam Hossain on receiving the Danny Craig Endowed Scholarship.
  • 19 April 2021: Congratulations to Hossein Pourmeidani on receiving the Frank M. Hubbard Engineering Endowed Scholarship.
  • 29 March 2021: Congratulations to Shadi Sheikhfaal for passing Ph.D. dissertation defense.
  • 22 January 2021: Congratulations to Mousam Hossain for receiving UCF Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching at the ECE Department.
  • 29 October 2020: Our paper titled “Towards Ultra-Efficient QCA Reversible Circuits” has become one of the most cited articles published since 2017, in Microprocessors and Microsystems Journal.
  • 24 September 2020: Professor DeMara recognized as a “Top Five Published Faculty” at UCF, spanning Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Research Centers, Medical School, and 13 College Units housing more than 200 degree programs.
  • 21 July 2020: Congratulations to May 2020 Ph.D. graduate Soheil Salehi for selection as NSF-Sponsored CI Postdoctoral Fellow under Prof. Houman Homayoun of UC-Davis in August 2020.
  • 15 July 2020: Congratulations to Daniel Mulvaney on receiving an undergraduate intern offer from L3Harris Technologies.
  • 19 Jun 2020: Congratulations to Paul Wood on receiving an undergraduate intern offer from Intel Corporation.
  • 01 May 2020: Congratulations to Adedoyin Adepegba on receiving an undergraduate intern offer from Intel Corporation.
  • 22 April 2020: Congratulations to Adrian Tatulian on receiving the Daniel D. Hammond Engineering Endowed Scholarship.
  • 01 April 2020: Professor DeMara receives Pegasus Professor, which is the highest academic recognition available to a faculty member at UCF.
  • 18 March 2020: Congratulations to Professor DeMara for receiving UCF Award for Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students.
  • 17 March 2020: Professor DeMara to serve on the Technical Program Committee of the  IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD-2020).
  • 17 March 2020: Congratulations to Mousam Hossain for receiving UCF Award for Best Tutor of Evaluation and Proficiency Center.
  • 16 March 2020: Congratulations to Adrian Tatulian for passing M.S. dissertation defense.
  • 13 March 2020: Professor DeMara to serve on the Technical Program Committee of the 9th IEEE Non-Volatile Memory Systems and Applications Symposium (NVMSA-2020).
  • 08 March 2020: May 2019 Ph.D. graduate in Arman Roohi to become Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, commencing August 2020.
  • 02 March 2020: Congratulations to Soheil Salehi for passing Ph.D. dissertation defense.
  • 22 January 2020: Professor DeMara to serve on IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI-2020).
  • 18 January 2020: Professor DeMara to serve on IEEE Computer Society Awards Committee – Education Track for 2020.
  • 5 January 2020: Professor DeMara to serve on the Technical Program Committee of the ACM Annual Southeast Conference (ACMSE-2020).
  • 12 December 2019: Professor DeMara serving on Editorial Board of IEEE Spectrum for two-year term: 2020-2021.
  • 14 November 2019: Congratulations to Adedoyin Adepegba on being selected as a recipient of WINGS (Wise Investment iN Graduate Success) participant for the Fall 2019 semester.
  • 19 September 2019: Congratulations to Shadi Sheikhfaal on a Best Poster Award of CAPSL 2019.
  • 19 September 2019: Congratulations to Gustavo Camero on becoming a McNair Scholar.
  • 19 September 2019: Congratulations to Paul Wood on receiving the Alireza Shahnami Scholarship.
  • 19 September 2019: Congratulations to Adedoyin Adepegba on receiving the Leonard T. Murphy Scholarship.
  • 07 May 2019: Congratulations to Adedoyin Adepegba on receiving the AT&T Wireless Endowed Scholarship.
  • 07 May 2019: Congratulations to Adedoyin Adepegba on receiving the Kris and Bill Sammons Engineering Scholarship.
  • 07 May 2019: Congratulations to Soheil Salehi on receiving the Frank Hubbard Engineering Endowed Scholarship.
  • 05 May 2019: Congratulations to Soheil Salehi on receiving a Ph.D. Forum travel grant to attend the ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC).
  • 12 April 2019: New Ph.D. graduate Ramtin Zand to become Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of South Carolina commencing August 2019.
  • 06 April 2019: New Ph.D. graduate Faris Alghareb to become Assistant Professor of ECE at Ninevah University commencing August 2019.
  • 05 April 2019: Congratulations to Adedoyin Adepegba for receiving the 2019 UCF Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence (SURE) Judges’ Choice Award.
  • 26 March 2019: Professor DeMara serving Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions of Emerging Topics in Computing (IEEE-TETC).