In the last decade the technology for manufacturing integrated circuits has seen an explosive growth. Modern highly integrated circuits may contain hundreds millions of transistors and switching elements. Due to the large sizes of the integrated circuits encountered in industry and their complexity, the design techniques has shifted from ASIC-like design to Advanced VLSI circuits allowing the integration of complex systems into one chip. In addition, due to security requirements, biometry systems will be widely used in the near future. The convergence between VLSI and biometry opens new routes and challenges. The objectives of this program is to make students familiar with new developments, recent progress, and innovations in the field of image and signal processing as well as design and implementation of complex VLSI circuits. Emphasis is on current and future challenges in research and development in both academia and industry.
CORE SYLLABUS n Core technical skills > Hardware architectures > CMOS circuits > VHDL for simulation and synthesis > Digital and analog signal processing > Object technology, C++ programming > Operating systems analog signal processing > Data communication networks n Fundamentals of international business > Economics principles > Intercultural relations > Corporate organization > Communication, negotiation n French Course INTERNSHIP (Third Semester) The internship with an international company (5 to 12 months) will enable to display valuable professional skills and attitudes developed during the two academic semesters. ISEP will help you in finding an internship. Companies usually give an allowance to the trainees. The whole program is taught in English www.isep.fr First Semester Second Semester n Image and Signal Processing for Security: > Image acquisition systems > Tools for image processing (2D Fourier transform, histogram, wavelet transform, PCA…) > Image processing techniques (pre-processing, segmentation) System & architecture design > Image analysis (representation, features extraction, fusion, classification) n System Specification and Validation : > System specification languages structures > SystemC > Esterel > VerilogC > Functional verification n Hardware Software Partitioning: > Multiprocessors based partitioning > Heterogeneous platforms > Sw/Hw interface issues… n Hardware Architectures: > Embedded Processors (MPU, DSP, ASSP) > Memory Hierarchy > Interconnect networks > Wrappers > Standard interfaces… n Platforms for Rapid Prototyping: > Reconfigurable Platforms > Prototyping and Emulation n Advanced VLSI Design: > Advanced VHDL modeling > RTL synthesis > Advanced Digital Circuit Design > Low power design techniques > Power management > Test > Layout implementation (Place and Route)… n Project: The project makes the link between most of the previous topics. It starts with algorithms development, validation and profiling on a biometry software platform. After partitioning, the biometry system will be mapped on a platform based on a DSP and an FPGA that includes an embedded microprocessor. One block of the system will be implemented as a VLSI chip. The project will be conducted in parallel during a full semester.
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