Future computing systems
We are developing novel approaches to processing and computation.
Our facilities
We boast an incredible array of facilities, making our innovative future computing systems research possible.
From our foundations with the world's first stored-program computer, we have grown and expanded with society.
Today our focus is on identifying novel ways to exploit the formidable complexity of the billion transistor microchips that semiconductor technology will make commonplace over the next decade.
Areas of expertise
Our researchers focus their work in the following specialist areas:
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FPGAs
Our field-programmable gate array (FPGA) research is yielding processors faster and more efficient than standard central processing units (CPUs).
Contact: Dirk Koch
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Multi-core systems
We are developing hardware/software co-design for advanced low-power many-core systems. Our collaboration with industry leaders, allows us to hit problems at the forefront of the discipline head-on, both in scale and complexity.
Contact: Mikel Lujan
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Neuromorphic computing
Understanding the brain is a grand challenge of 21st century science. We are building a platform to help neuroscientists unravel the mystery that is the mind. The SpiNNaker machine will be capable of simulating a billion simple neurons, or millions of neurons with complex structure and internal dynamics.
Contact: Steve Furber
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VLSI systems and design
We design and build future hardware from I/O interfaces to multi-core processor architectures, all based on emerging technologies. To allow Moore's Law to continue, we develop design technologies, enabling unprecedented energy efficiency, integration density and performance.
Contact: Vasileios Pavlidis
Postgraduate research projects
Future computing systems projects
- A Multi-Tenancy FPGA Cloud Infrastructure and Runtime System
- Balancing security and privacy with data usefulness and efficiency in wireless sensor networks
- Blockchain-based Local Energy Markets
- Cloud Computing Security
- Design and Exploration of a Memristor-enabled FPGA Architecture
- Design and Implementation of an FPGA-Accelerated Data Analytics Database
- Digital Multimedia and Human Memory
- Empirical Web Accessibility Evaluation for Blind Web Users
- Evaluating Systems for the Augmentation of Human Cognition
- Guaranteeing Reliability for IoT Edge Computing Systems
- Job and Task Scheduling and Resource Allocation on Parallel/Distributed machines
- Managing the data deluge for Big Data, Internet-of-Things, Industry 4.0 environments
- Pervasive Technology for Multimodal Human Memory Augmentation
- Power Management Methodologies for IoT Edge Devices
- Power Transfer Methods for Inductively Coupled 3-D ICs
- Programmable Mixed-Signal Fabric for Machine Learning Applications
- Scheduling, Resource Management and Decision Making for Cloud / Fog / Edge Computing
- Security and privacy in p2p electricity trading
- Smart Security for Smart Services in an IoT Context
- Spin waves dynamics for spintronic computational devices
- Spintronics-based Neuromorphic Computing for Deep Learning
Richard Banach projects
Sarah Clinch projects
Simon Harper projects
Dirk Koch projects
Christoforos Moutafis projects
Mustafa Mustafa projects
Vasilis Pavlidis projects
Rizos Sakellariou projects
- Job and Task Scheduling and Resource Allocation on Parallel/Distributed machines
- Managing the data deluge for Big Data, Internet-of-Things, Industry 4.0 environments
- Problems in large graphs (e.g., social networks, VANETs)
- Scheduling, Resource Management and Decision Making for Cloud / Fog / Edge Computing