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Designs on the Future in Asynchronous Circuits and Systems


Presenters:


  1. •Douglas Robinson – ESIEE-Management (France)

 

  1. •Aurelie Delemarle – ESIEE-Management (France)

 

  1. •Bernard Kahane – ESIEE-Management (France)



Contact address:


douglas.robinson@teqnode.com



Keywords and scope of the tutorial:


Asynchronous design, Future-oriented Analysis, open-ended roadmapping.



Abstract:


Asynchronous design has been “emerging” since the early 1940s, but it is only recently that it has become recognized as a competitor of the dominant synchronous regime of processor designs. Are we seeing the dominant synchronous design approach, following the “development  rhythm”  of Moore's-law, transforming into a multiple-rhythm world of synchronous and asynchronous systems? How will this transition occur? What are the knowledge bases needed to create such an integration?  What are the design challenges for the interface?  How are the potential advantages of asynchronous systems envisioned by those developing new concepts and demonstrators?

This roundtable (animated by the presenters) will kick start an 18-month study on the emergence and future directions of asynchronous design.  Funded by the British ESRC and French ANR, after a preliminary review of the field prior to the event  the organizers of this special event will structure a  round table discussion of leading actors in the world of asynchronous design, to map potential trajectories of development and to explore mechanisms of embedment of asynchronous approaches into the currently synchronous regime.

The outcome of this session will be a small report circulated to the participants shortly after the event, plus the results will feed into a year-long further analysis of the field which we plan to present in a special session at the 19th IEEE International Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems. 



Presenters’ biography:


  1. •Douglas K. R. Robinson (PhD, MSS, MPhys) Educated as a physicist and space scientist, with research experience in the medical sector, Douglas did a PhD in constructive technology assessment and future studies of emerging technologies at the University of Twente (NL). Currently, he is a part-time Post-Doctoral fellow investigating new technologies and emerging markets, at Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés (LATTS) and ESIEE Management, Marne-la-Vallée, France. He is also Managing Director of the newly established consultancy teQnode, which has a particular focus on the mapping, understanding and prospective analysis of new and emerging science and technologies including neuroelectronics, asynchronous systems, biocomposites, medical devices, nanotechnologies and synthetic biology.


  1. •Aurélie Delemarle (PhD, MA) Graduated in business (Iéseg, 2002) and management of technology(Copenhagen Business School, 2002), PhD in management (ENPC, 2007). Aurelie Delemarle is an assistant professor at the newly created Université de Paris-Est (ESIEE Management, Laboratoire Territoires, Techniques, Sociétés - LATTS) since April 2008. She is in charge of management of innovation courses at ESIEE Ingénieurs (Engineering School). Previously she was a post-doctoral researcher at CNRS and C’Nano Ile de France (2007-2008). She is a member of the “science and society” board at C’Nano Ile de France and member of the French AFNOR standardisation committee as well as a French delegate in the ISO and CEN nanotechnology commissions. Her research interests are on new emerging sciences and breakthrough innovations and on research and innovation policies.


  1. •Bernard Kahane (PhD, MD) Graduated in medicine (1987), in Political sciences (IEP Paris, 1990), PhD in strategy (HEC, 2000). Bernard Kahane is professor in strategy and in management of innovation at Université Paris Est (ESIEE Management) and researcher at LATTS. His interest lies in R&D systems of innovations, in narration processes in the formulation and implementation of innovation strategies and more recently in technology dynamics and visualisation tools to assess these changes. His current work focuses on nanotechnologies but also on other emerging fields such as sustainable development, additive manufacturing technologies and asynchronous logic.


Roundtable