Academic Work

Academic Work

"...trying to find a computer simulation of physics, seems to me to be an excellent program to follow out...and I'm not happy with all the analyses that go with just the classical theory, because NATURE ISN'T CLASSICAL, dammit, and if you want to make a simulation of nature, you'd better make it QUANTUM MECHANICAL, and by golly it's a wonderful problem because it doesn't look so easy."

— Richard Feynman (1981)
(International Journal of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 21, p. 486)

"I have this student, he's thinking about the foundations of quantum mechanics. He is doomed."
— John McCarthy

Tzu-lu asked about the qualities of a true gentleman. The Master said, He cultivates in himself the capacity to be diligent in his tasks. Tzu-lu said, Can he not go further than that? The Master said, He cultivates in himself the capacity to ease the lot of other people. Tzu-lu said, can he not go further than that? The Master said, He cultivates in himeself the capacity to ease the lot of the whole populace. If he can do that, could even Yao or Shun find cause to criticize him? (14:45)
— Analects , Confucius

"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing."
— Wernher von Braun

EECS is fun for me so that is why I am interested in so many diverse topics of this fascinating field.

Computer Architecture and VLSI design

1. On-chip communication architectures for high performance processors

2. Embedded digital system design

Publication:

Xinping Zhu, Sharad Malik, A Hierarchical Modeling Framework for On-Chip Communication Architectures, Proceedings of International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, 2002. ( Postscript, Pdf, Powerpoint)

Hang-Sheng Wang, Xinping Zhu, Li-Shiuan Peh and Sharad Malik, Orion: A Power-Performance Simulator for Interconnection Networks, In Proceedings of the 35th International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO), Istanbul, Turkey, November 2002.

Wei Qin, Subramanian Rajagopalan, Manish Vaccharajani, Hangsheng Wang, Xinping Zhu, David August, Kurt Keutzer, Sharad Malik, Li-Shiuan Peh, Design Tools for Application Specific Embedded Processors , In Proceedings of EMSOFT, France, October 2002

Computer Network and Distributed System

1. WWW technology and XML standard

2. Multicast, Mbone and video conference

3. Security and Cryptography

4. Distance Learning and E-Commerce

5. Peer-to-Peer Networking

Multimedia Signal Processing

1. MPEG and JPEG standard track

2. Neural network and genetic computing

Software Agent and Artificial Intelligence

1. Swarm Intelligence

2. Distance learning based on software agent

Publication:

Xinping Zhu, Chongrong Li et al. Distance learning based on software agents-survey and perspectives, Proceedings of International Conference on Distance Education, Distance Learning and 21st Century Education Development (ICDEDL'99), Beijing, China, April, 1999

Discrete Event Dynamic System And Simulation

Min-max system and its application (B.S. thesis research topic)

Publication:

Qianchuan Zha, Da-Zhong Zhen, and Xinping Zhu, Structure properties of Min-Max systems and existence of global cycle time , IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, Vol. 46, No. 1, 2001.

Presentation Materials

October, 1st, 1999 Event Driven Simulation:Today and Perspective (pdf)

March, 10th, 2000 Raw Architecture (pdf)

July, 26th, 2000 Modelling CoreConnect Archietecture Using PtolemyII (Cadence Berkeley Lab) (ppt)

May, 9th, 2001 Design Reuse Oriented Modelling of On Chip Communication Network (ppt)

Advice on Research and Writing

Some Collection on Essays and Papers

Popular Paper Phrases

Trend of The Day

March, 2001, Intel has the new chip Pentium 4 .

March, 2001, The New York Times published an article on DeCSS .

April, 2001, Faulty embedded software was blamed for the death of Marines and a misfortuned aircraft program.