Projects

EN2912C - Fall '08: Future Directions in Computing

Instructor: Prof. Sherief Reda
Scalable Computing Systems Laboratory
Meeting Times: T-Th 2:30PM to 3:50PM
Office Hours: TBD
Location: B & H 194

Lectures

	Topic 0: Introduction 1. Th Sept 4: Introduction NO LECTURE ON TUES SEPT 9 2. Th Sept 11: Silicon-based computing 3. Tu Sept 16: Challenges for silicon-based computing (+ P1)
	Topic 1: Fundamental Physical Limits To Technology Scaling 4. Th Sept 18: Physical limits to computation (+ P2) 5. Tu Sept 23: Thermal noise and physical limits to computation (+P3 and +P4) 6. Th Sept 25: The thermodynamics of computation and reversibility 1/2 (+P5 and +P6) 7. Tu Sept 30: The thermodynamics of computation and reversibility 2/2 (+P7 and +P8)
	Topic 2: Emerging Computing Technologies 8. Th Oct 2: Overview 9. Tu Oct 7: Carbon nanotubes (+P09 + P10) 10. Th Oct 9: Graphere transistors (+P11 / P12) 11. Tu Oct 14: Photonic interconnects (+P13) 12. Th Oct 16: 3D integration (+P14) 13. Tu Oct 21: Quantum cellular automata (+P15) 14. Th Oct 23: Spintronics (+P16)
	Topic 3: Emerging Computing Paradigms: Quantum Computing 15. Tu Oct 28: Introduction 16. Th Oct 30: Linear algebra refresher 17. Tu Nov 4: Postulates of quantum computing 18. Th Nov 6: Quantum gates, Deutsch algorithm NO CLASS ON NOV 11 --. Th Nov 13 (class canceled) 19. Tu Nov 18: Superdense coding, teleportation / Grover's search algorithm 20. Th Nov 20: Quantum error correction / Quantum circuit implementation technologies
	Topic 4: Emerging Computing Paradigms: Molecular DNA-based Computing 22. Tu Nov 25: Introduction to molecular biology 21. Th Nov 27: No class; Thanksgiving recession 22. Tu Dec 2: Solving combinatorial problems using molecular DNA computing [+P17] 24. Th Dec 4: Universal Computation via self assembly of DNA [+P18] 23. Tu Dec 9: In vitro DNA-based Circuits [+P19]