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Satellite Beach, Florida, US

Halide implementation of ML ops. ONNX runtime comparison infrastructure development. Research the impact of data layout on convolution performance in convolutional neural networks. Translation of training scripts from bash to python.

Oregon City, Oregon, US

FPGA VHDL development

Beaverton, Oregon, US

Develop kite flight control software using Python (including asyncio for concurrent task management), Dronekit, and Navio2 running on Raspberry Pi (Linux). Developed kite control GUI in WxPython to run on both Linux and Windows. Data capture from kite for eventual use in reinforcement learning. Python, C++, Dronekit, asyncio.

Hillsboro, OR, US

Machine Learning. Investigating Meta-learning and Neural Architecture Search and efficient hardware implementations of Neural Networks (Python, PyTorch).

Mentor for ONNX.jl project to import ONNX (Open Neural Network eXchange) into Julia's Flux.jl machine learning framework.

Oregon City, Oregon, US

Porting LLVM and binutils to new highly parallel processor architecture. Created architecture-specific optimization passes and improved instruction scheduling. Analyzed generated assembly code to improve optimization.

Hillsboro, OR, US

Develop machine learning algorithms (neural networks, genetic algorithms) for video processing. Develop Python scripts to generate Verilog code from algorithmic descriptions. Created GUI (Python/Tkinter) to enable downloading weight parameters to the FPGA via JTAG - also created a Python script to generate the Verilog for the weight parameter shift.

Santa Clara, California, US

Emulation. Virtual Platform. Software development for a hardware group.

Server-side Javascript. node.js, redis, websockets. Creating a messaging system for real-time web app.

Wilsonville, OR, US

Developed backend HDL code generation module (netlister) for the CatapultC highlevel synthesis tool on the Linux platform. The netlister generated RTL and cycle accurate VHDL, Verilog and SystemC. Developed IPXACT generator flow. Development languages: C++/Tcl

Santa Clara, California, US

Architect and develop C++ based middleware for a Linux-based, mobile medical product. Developed Ruby-based code generation framework to generate C++ classes from XML resource files. Developed automatic unit testing framework for middleware using Ruby metaprogramming, XMLRPC.

Developed Image Processing algorithms for fusing infrared (IR) and millimeter-wave (MMW) images in C++ and VHDL

Visiting researcher investigating hardware implementations of Support Vector Machines (SVMs). Developed software to generate VHDL code for the SVM for realization in FPGA.

US

Developed a VHDL FMI (Foreign Model Interface) C++ model to communicate between the Cadence simulator (ncsim) and Synplicity's Identify product using IPC (pipes). Developed a PLI C++ model for Verilog. Setup wiki for team communication.

Developed and maintained a cross-platform tool (Windows and Linux) in C++ to determine which Intel software tools are installed on customer's system and prompt user to register software and download licenses. GUI developed in Ruby/FLTK. Incorporated SSL into the tool to provide secure data transfer between user and Intel registration center. Setup web.

Developed a Linux-based layout verification tool in C++ to check for polygon intersections and overlap. Setup version control software for the group (CVS). Setup unit testing framework using swig and Ruby that allowed for quick detection of both logical and coding errors following a Test Driven Development methodology.

San Jose, CA, US

Developed strategies for ensuring that Cypress's Warp Logic Synthesis tool correctly parses VHDL/Verilog and correctly and efficiently synthesizes logic from input VHDL/Verilog descriptions. Participated in both QA and development projects. Development on Solaris, Windows and Linux.

8051 programming. Hardware Prototyping.