Andy Nisbet


Department of Computing & Mathematics
Andy is a member of HiPEAC European Network of Excellence on High Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation. Dr. Nisbet & Dr. Emre Ozer (ARM, UK) were awarded a HiPEAC travel and networking research cluster grant (2008) on Value Profiling Driven Optimisations for Embedded Processor Architectures and Applications. This used a combination of Pin, LLVM and simics. Publications and grant proposals for EPSRC/EU-FP7 are in preparation. Work concerning Pin, LLVM and simics are likely to become incorporated into undergraduate courses and final year projects. A follow on project for travel and networking (2009) under HiPEAC2 entitled Value Based Optimisation is extending the work for general purpose and Sparse Matrix floating-point based applications. Google's PageRank application utilised by its search engine is an example of an important sparse matrix application used unknowingly everyday by billions of people. For my office hours and general availability please consult my timetable.

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Research Groups: Novel computation group

Research Areas: Iterative Compilation,Hardware Compilation, Embedded FPGA Systems, summary,

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Contact Details: Senior Lecturer in Computer Science Room E137, John Dalton Building, Oxford Road, Manchester. Phone: (+44)-(0)161-247-1556
Fax: (+44)-(0)161-247-1483
Skype: drandynisbet
Twitter: drandynisbet		 E-mail: A.Nisbet@mmu.ac.uk
Qualifications:B.Sc.II(i) in Physics and Electronic Engineering, Manchester University, 1988. Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Manchester University, 1993. Honorary M.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 2004.
Lectures: Network Management and Security 63SN3202
 Networks & Operating Systems 63SN5301
 Software Architectures (Compilers and Run-Time Systems) Advanced MSc. 63SW7301
 Multimedia & Internet Applications 63MM7301 Conversion MSc
 SE Team Project
Undergraduate Projects: SE GROUP PROJECT INFORMATION Graham Markall08 Value Profiling
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Postgraduate Opportunities: Hardware compilation for embedded systems using FPGAs, parallelisation using GPUs. Compiler work using loop/data transformations implemented in LLVM/Open64/GCC and application studies in SystemC and computer architecture work using simics. I am also developing an interest in decompilation. I'm interested in helping suitable people to write Marie Curie fellowships to be held at MMU, see www.cordis.lu or email me for more details, the next call should be announced soon.
Postgraduate Vacancies: My projects will be in the area of hardware compilation and embedded applications for FPGAs, virtualisation, dynamic binary rewriting and instrumentation. If you are interested in these areas then please email me. We expect to have some Ph.D. vacancies in the Novel Computation Group under EU, EPSRC and UK RAE funding. Postgraduate Students: Adeel Hashmi 10/2006-- self funding Ph.D student Hardware Acceleration of Snort Intrusion Detection
Previously Funded Projects as principal investigator: IDEAS: Iterative Design Tools for Embedded FPGA Systems, 113978 Euro, Enteprise Ireland Research Innovation Fund, 2yr project, IDEAS/IF2002/035 Hardware Acceleration of High Performance Computing Applications, 143928 Euro, Enterprise Ireland, Basic Research Grant, 3yr project, SC/02/288 Virtually Healthy: Creating a compelling on-line environment to help young people access positive mental health information., 214487 Euro, HEA/Media Lab Europe. 3 year project. Marie-Curie Intra-European Fellowship for Milan Tichy, LFAPDIFI 502085, Digital Filtering using Fast Affine Projection and Logarithmic Arithmetic , 2yr project, 123000 Euro, EU FP6.
Funded Projects as collaborator: FIAMMA: Finite Iterative Algorithm Matrix Mathematics Accelerator TD/04/205, 350000 Euro, Principle Investigator, Dermot Geraghty, Trinity College, 2yr project, Enterprise Ireland, Commercialisation Fund World's Fastest Java Interpreter, Principal Investigator, David Gregg, Trinity College, Enterprise Ireland, Research Innovation Fund.

 
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