Marek A. Perkowski, Resume

Last Update of this Vitae: April 18, 1997.

UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS AT PSU

EE 170 - Introduction to Logic Design / EE 171 - Digital Circuits.
EE 270 - Logic Circuits and Systems / EE 271 - Digital Systems.
EE 371 - Introduction to Computer Architecture / EE 371 - Microprocessors.
EE 372 - Microprocessors.
EE 406 - Design Project / EE 406 - Special Projects.
EE 478 - Intelligent Robotics I.
EE 479 - Intelligent Robotics II.

GRADUATE CLASSES IN THE CATALOG.

EE 521 - Network Analysis and Synthesis.
EE 522 - VLSI I (Design Techniques and Methodology).
EE 523 - VLSI II (Testing of VLSI Circuits).
EE 570 - Switching Circuits and Systems I.
EE 571 - Switching Circuits and Systems II.
EE 572 /EE 672 - Advanced Logic Synthesis.
EE 573 / EE 673 - Control Unit Design.
EE 574 / EE 674 - High-Level Synthesis and Design Automation.
EE 578 - Intelligent Robotics I.
EE 579 - Intelligent Robotics II.

OMNIBUS GRADUATE CLASSES.

EE 510DA - Design Automation.
EE 510VA - Fast VLSI Prototyping I.
EE 510VAb - Fast VLSI Prototyping II.
EE 510DA - Advanced Design Automation I.
EE 510DA - Advanced Design Automation II.
EE 10-03-1 - Computer Architectures for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics I.
EE 10-03-2 - Computer Architectures for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics II.

INDIVIDUAL COURSES.

EE 501 - Research,
EE 503 - Thesis,
EE 505 - Reading and Conference,
EE 506 - Special Projects,
EE 507 - Seminar,
EE 601 - Research,
EE 603 - Thesis,
EE 604 - Cooperative Education/Internship,
EE 605 - Reading and Conference.

SEMINARS ORGANIZER.

TU of W, 1976-1981 - Digital Systems and Circuits (Prof. Traczyk's group).
U of M, 1981-1983 - Design Automation (Professors E. Lee, A. Tuszynski, R. Kain).
PSU, 1984-1985 - EE Department (Prof. P. Frick).
PSU, 1988-present (some together with Prof. Jeske) - DIADES Research Group, Computer Vision Architectures, PSUBOT, FPGA computers, Exor synthesis.
PSU, Spring 1991 - Spring 1992 - graduate seminar, EE 507.

LABORATORIES DEVELOPED.

TU of W, 1973-1978 - Digital Systems Laboratory (hardware).
TU of W, 1976-1981 - Introductory Logic Laboratory (hardware).
TU of W, 1973-1981 - Programming Laboratory - CAD of VLSI (software).
U of M, 1981-1983 - Programming Laboratory - CAD of VLSI (software).
PSU, 1983-1989 - Programming Laboratory - CAD of VLSI and Logic Synthesis (software).
PSU, 1985-1989 - EE 406 Project Laboratory PCAT 20A,B, hardware and software.
PSU, Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, PCAT 20 A,B, in development (robotic wheelchair PSUBOT, Stepper Motor Control, fundamental image processing, Hough Transforms, planning for mobile robots, problem-solving languages).

SPECIAL TEACHING AND ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AT THE UNIVERSITIES.

At Technical University of Warsaw.

Organization of Logic Circuits Laboratory. I have designed boards for logic and automata analysis and synthesis, hardware realization of Turing machines, linear automata, regular expressions and nondeterministic automata.
Introductory Exams Committee, 1979-1981, deputy secretary in 1981.
Honor Class digital laboratory supervisor. Advanced individual projects with emphasis on project integration, student's creativity and problem solving.

RECOGNITION FOR TEACHING.

At Technical University of Warsaw.
- Several awards of the Dean of School of Electronics for the high quality of teaching.
At Portland State University.
- 1991 ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference Scholarship Award (extension) $ 12,000.
- 1990 ACM Book Award from DAC, (for Edmund Pierzchala) $ 1,000.
- 1988 ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference Scholarship Award (extension) $ 6,000.
- 1987 ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference Scholarship Award (extension) $ 7,000.
- 1986 ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference Scholarship Award $ 8,000.

OTHER TEACHING AND ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AT THE UNIVERSITIES.

Library advisor for Institute of Automatic Control at TU of W.
Books ordering, acquisition and cataloguing.
Student Scientific Societies Advisor.
Micro-Mouse Society at PSU 1987-1989.
Cybernetical Society at Warsaw Technical University. Organizer and supervisor of two-week scientific foreign excursions and problem-solving camps.
Supervisor of student vacation cooperative education in Warsaw's electronics industry companies ( ~ 250 students in 6 companies).
Laboratory Director. For a period of two years I was a director of digital circuits laboratory at Technical University of Warsaw that served more than 250 students in a semester. I supervised the workshop foreman and his six technicians, as well as the workstudy students in designing, repairing and maintaining the laboratory equipment. Participated in the design, construction, and production supervision of a prototype modular laboratory that was next produced in small series for order of another universities, and brought money to our Institute. All product planning and construction stages were covered.

ACTIONS TAKEN TO IMPROVE PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND TEACHING SKILLS

NSF course for faculty on "VLSI Design" at Stanford University, 1987 (by invitation only).
Several short courses at Honeywell, Intel and tutorials at conferences about software tools.
Several conferences of American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS, Simulation, IASTED, PTC, and other that included sessions about teaching technical subjects. I delivered two papers related to teaching "open-ended design projects", and "logic synthesis" at National ASEE Conferences:
- [te2] M. Perkowski, J.E. Brown, "An Unified Approach to Designs Implemented with Multiplexers and to the Decomposition of Boolean Functions," Proc. of the 1988 ASEE National Conference, Portland, Oregon, June 19-23, 1988, pp. 1610-1619.
- [te1] M. Perkowski, "Digital Systems Laboratory of the Institute of Automatic Control, Warsaw Technical University," Proc. of the 1984 ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake CitY, Utah, 24-28 June 1984, pp. 204 - 211.

SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

Portland State University, 1991-current, Patent application, disclosure No. 247-B436-91 for "A Programmable Interconnect Architecture Based on Regular Pattern and Local Interconnection, Especially for Programmable Filter Realization" by Edmund Pierzchala and Marek Perkowski has been filed through the Office of the Vice-Provost for Research to a Patent Attorney firm and U.S. Patent Office. Patent is pending.
Pattern Theory Group, Avionics Directoriate, Wrights Laboratories, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. 1994. Consultant in logic synthesis.
Cypress Semiconductor, Beaverton, Oregon. 1989-1991. Consultant and CAD system programmer. Development of VHDL-based synthesis/simulation tool for programmable integrated circuits.
Sharp Microelectronics Technology, Camas, Washington. 1988 - 1989. Design automation, Digital Signal Processing and Computer Vision.
Intel Scientific Computers, Beaverton OR. Distinguished Summer Professor, June 15 - September 19, 1986. Programmed the iPSC Hypercube computer.
GTE Laboratories Incorporated, Waltham, Massachusetts, Summer Professor, June-September 1985. Silicon compilation project Silc.
Nicolaus Copernicus Center of Astronomy of Polish Academy of Sciences 1978-present. Software package for symbol manipulation in General Relativity and Theoretical Physics.
Interdisciplinary Research Unit on Heuristics by Praxiology Department of Polish Academy of Science, 1976-1980, AI Programmer.
Institute of Mathematical Machines of Polish Academy of Sciences, 1969. Operating System Programmer.

CONSULTING TO OREGON COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS

1993-present Analogix Corporation, Director of Research.
1989-1991. Consulting to Cypress Semiconductor in the area of CAD software development for Electronically Programmable Logic Devices.
1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, Northcon Conference Inner Circle.
1986-1988, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Advisory Committee on Artificial Intelligence, collaboration on writing a proposal.
1984, 1985, 1986, Professional Engineer Examination Course, IEEE, Portland, OR, lecturer in introductory logic design.

COLLABORATION WITH MEDICAL DOCTORS

1993-1994. Collaboration with oral surgery clinics on developing a digital device to measure and visualize teeth contacts.
1991-present. Collaboration with Northwest Family Services. Development of new programs and data-bases for Natural Family Planning methods.
1980-1981, Research Group on Human Ovulation, Lodz Medical Academy. Founding member, design of a microprocessor based instrument for detection of ovulation by vaginal measurements. Software design. Data-Base.

COMMUNITY, TRADE UNIONS AND POLITICAL

1985-1990, 1992. Polish Library Association, Portland, OR, organization of theater performances, cultural activities and computer literacy courses.
1988, St. Stanislaw Parish Church, (polish ethnic), North Portland, member of the Parish Council. Taught polish language class to children.
1984-present, Polish National Alliance Lodge 195, Portland, Oregon, 1985-1989 Vice-President (elected official).
1980-1981, Free Independent Union "Solidarity".

SOCIAL SERVICE

1985-1992, Volunteer service. Translations (English to Polish, and Polish to English) for several government and state agencies and refugee groups. Guide/interpeter, helping polish, russian and cambodian refugees.

PROFESSIONAL AND INTRODUCTORY COURSES TAUGHT.

July 1982, Professional Development Course, MTC-ES Honeywell, Duluth, MN, lecturer.
January 1980, Professional Development Course for Working Engineers, National Organization of Technology, Warsaw, Poland, lecturer and organizer.
1980, Short Course in Artificial Intelligence and Creative Problem Solving, Maria Curie - Sklodowska University of Lublin, lecturer.
1980, Course for Candidates to a Ph.D Program, Polish Academy of Sciences, lecturer.
1978-1980, Continuing Education Course in Digital Technology, Scientific-Production Center for Semiconductors, Warsaw, lecturer.

SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT

1993-present, University Scholastic Standards Committee.
1985-1988, University Research and Publication Committee.
1983-present, Several "ad hoc" assignments by Vice-Provost and other.
1989, helped to develop a videotape advertising School of Engineering and EE Department in high schools.
1986-1987, School of Engineering and Applied Science Curriculum Committee.
1986-1990, School of Engineering and Applied Science Awards Committee.
1985-1986, School of Engineering and Applied Science Open House Committee.

SERVICE TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

1994-present, Graduate Coordinator.
1993-present, Teaching Assistant Assignment Committee.
1993-present, Departmental Committee on Committees.
1993-present, Departmental Promotion and Tenure Commitee, Chair.
1992-present, Departmental Staff Review Committee.
1992-present, Departmental Publicity Committee, Chair since Fall 1993.
1991, "Ad Hoc" EE Departmental Charter Committee.
1991-1992, Eta Kappa Nu, advisor,
1992, "Ad Hoc" Committee to define criteria for merit increases.
1991-1992, Departmental Committee on Committees.
1990-present, Digital Program Area Committee.
1989-1990, Computer Engineering, VLSI Design Field Area Committee, Chair.
1989-1990, Controls, Robotics Field Committee.
1989-1990, Undergraduate Academic Advisor.
1989-1990, Departmental Development Committee.
1989-1990, Graduate Development Committee.
1989-1992, Departmental Promotion and Tenure Committee.
1988-present, taught several courses at OCATE.
1987-1989, Micro-Mouse Society, advisor,
1986-present, organization of digital projects laboratory in room PCAT 20A,B.
1984-1985, chair, 1987-1991, 1992-present, Departmental Curriculum Committee.

SERVICE TO PROFESSION

MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARD.
"Multiple Valued Logic. An International Journal". Gordon and Breach Science Publishers. Member of Editorial Board.
PAPER REVIEWER.
National Science Foundation, since 1991, 9 Grant Proposals.
IFIP WG 10.5 Workshop on Applications of the Reed-Muller Expansion in Circuit Design, 8 papers.
Intern. Symp. on Logic and Microprocessors (July 1992, Kyushu, Japan), 3 papers.
International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic, since ISMVL '89, 18 papers.
IEEE Transactions on Reliability (journal), 1991, 1 paper.
Algorithmica, 1 paper.
Design Automation Conference, since DAC '89, 18 papers.
VLSI '89 Conference, 4 papers.
IEEE Transactions on Computers, 1989-present, 8 papers.
Progress in CAD of VLSI, 1988 - 1992, 7 papers.
1989 International Symposium on Parallel Processing, 3 papers.
PBS Company, 2 books,
Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, since 1988, 12 papers.
IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 1987-present, 19 papers.
Second Symposium on Probability and Information Theory, 1989, 2 papers.
Archives of Automatic Control, since 1980, 2 papers.
Scientific Letters of the Technical University of Warsaw, 1979, 1 paper.

ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES

ORGANIZATION COMMITEE, ORGANIZER OF SESSIONS

Program Committee Member, Euromicro-97.
Program Chairman for Americas, ISMVL'95, International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic, Bloomington, Indiana, May 22-26, 1995.
International Organizing Committee of the Second IFIP Workshop on Applications of the Reed-Muller Expansion in Circuit Design, to be held in Makuhari, Japan, August 27-29 1995.
International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic, Boston, MA, May 1994. Organizer and Chairman of the Special Session on "New Developments in Logic Synthesis for FPGAs".
IFIP WG 10.5 Workshop on Applications of the Reed-Muller Expansion in Circuit Design, Hamburg, Germany, September 16-18, 1993. Member of International Program and Organizing Committee, Chairman of the session on "Theoretical Aspects".
Northcon '91, Chairman and Session Organizer, session "Robotics for Handicapped".
International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 9-11, 1989, Portland, Oregon, special session organizer and chairman - "Integration of High-Level and Logic Synthesis in Design Automation Systems".
International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 9-11, 1989, Portland Oregon, session chairman - "VLSI Design II".
International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 9-11, 1989, Portland Oregon, Workshop/Tutorial Organizer and Chairman of the session "Modern Trends in Digital Systems Design and Design Automation".
IAESTED International Conference on Expert Systems, Theory and Applications, Dec. 12-14, 1988, Los Angeles - member of International Program Committee.
Northcon '86, Chairman and Session Organizer, session 11 - "Digital IC Design".

SESSION CHAIRMAN AND PANELIST

Second International Workshop on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications, FPL'92, Vienna, Austria, August 31-September 2, 1992, panelist.
IFIP Workshop on Control Dominated RTL Synthesis, Grenoble, France, September 3-4, 1992, panelist.
International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic, Sacramento, CA, May 1993. Chairman of the session.
International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic, Sendai, Japan, May 1992. Session Chair, session IIIA - "Logic Minimization".
Northcon '87, Chairman, session on "Robotics and Factory Automation".
Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems 1985, Chairman of the session "Digital Systems".

INVITED SPEAKER

International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic, Invited speaker, Sendai, Japan, May 1992.
Invited by the National Science Foundation to participate in the Workshop to establish policies on Undergraduate Teaching of VLSI Design, Washington, D.C., December 1987.
Invited by the organizers to participate in three IEEE Workshops on High-Level Synthesis, Santa Barbara 1986, North Carolina 1987, Orcas Islands 1988.

ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

1987 Design Automation Conference University Committee (IEEE Comp. Soc. and SIGDA of ACM).
1986-1990, VIFASG Committee of Computer Society of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Development of internal format standards for VHDL hardware description language.
1980-1981, Working Group on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, former Comecon countries international scientific group coordinating research cooperation in AI of Eastern European countries and former Soviet Union. Member of the Committee, one of four official representatives of Poland.
1980-1981, Polish Computer Science Society. Main Computer Society in Poland. member-founder, one of the first three initial founders. Secretary of the Organizing Committee. Responsible for preparation of scientific/organizational development plan of the society.
1974-1981, Polish Cybernetical Society. Member of Heuristics section, organizer of four seminar series and international and national conferences.

RECENT EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS (CASH)

[g19] National Science Foundation, "Use of FPGA Hardware Emulator and VHDL to Teach Digital Design," May 1994.
[g17] Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Summer Research Extension Program (SREP) Proposal, "Functional Decomposition of Binary, Multiple-Valued, and Fuzzy Logic for Applications in Pattern Theory". January 1995.
[g16] ABTECH Corporation, "A New Approach to Machine Learning: Develop software to link Curtis Decomposer to Abductive Network."

FORMER EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS (CASH)

[g15] The Research Corporation Technologies, 1991.
[g14] "A Multi-Level Logic Optimization Program which Generates Optimal Mix of AND, OR, and EXOR Gates," National Science Foundation, MIP (Microelectronics Information Processing Systems) Division, Design, Tools, and Test.
[g13] "Design Automation Tools for Field Programmable Analog Gate Arrays," SIGDA/IEEE Design Automation Scholarship,
[g12] "Application to Sharp Microelectronics Technology's Advanced Components in the area of Digital Signal Processing Architectures, Algorithms, and System Logic Implementation," (Digital Signal Processing Tools/Applications for Transforms and Image Processing), Sharp Microelectronics Technology, 1989-1990, Principal Investigator.
[g11] "System for Designing Concurrent Finite State Machines," SIGDA of ACM Design Automation Conference, 1989.
[g10] "Methods and Algorithms for the High-Level Behavioral Front-End to the Sharp Microelectronics Technology Design Automation System," Sharp Microelectronics Technology, 1988-1989, Principal Investigator.
[g9] ACM/IEEE Design Automation Scholarship Award, 1988-1989.
[g6] "Design Automation System DIADES and Logic Design Machine (continuation)," ACM/IEEE Design Automation Scholarship Award, 1987-1988, Principal Investigator.
[g5] "Image Processing for Cervical Mucus Ferning Patterns," National Institute of Health, 1987-1988, Principal Investigator.
[g4] "Design Automation System DIADES and Logic Design Machine," ACM/IEEE Design Automation Scholarship Award, 1986-1987, Principal Investigator.
[g3] "Logic Minimization System for Programmable Logic Arrays Based on Graph Coloring," Honeywell Solid State Division, Minneapolis, MN, 1982-1983, Co-Principal Investigator.
[g2] "Design Automation for VLSI," 3M Corporation, Minneapolis, MN, 1981-1982, Co-Principal Investigator.
[g1] "Research on the Computerized Instrument to Predict and Detect Ovulation," Commission for Families of Roman Catholic Church, Vatican City, Vatican, 1981, Co-Principal Investigator.

EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT DONATIONS AND OTHER

[ed8] "Fast Fourier Transform Computer", Sharp Microelectronics Technology, donation of two computer boards with software, 1994.
[ed7] "Hypercube Parallel Computer". Computer system donation from Intel Corporation, 1989. Co-principal Investigator, with L. Shapiro, M. Driscoll and R.Daasch.
[ed6] "Digital Signal Processor," Texas Instrument. 1989.
[ed5] "Parallel Computer," Intel donation of FBE-96P. 20 systems with software. Principal Investigator.
[ed3] "Programmable Logic," Intel donation of software and hardware for IBM PC AT for design of EPLDs. Principal Investigator.
[ed2] "Programmable Logic," Lattice Corporation, donation of GAL 39V18 Design Development Kit, 1988.
[ed1] "Design of Testable VLSI Circuits," National Science Foundation MOSIS Fabrication Services, 1984-1986, Principal Investigator.

INTERNAL SUPPORT AT PSU

[psu14] "Decomposition of Finite State Machines into Sequential Cells Available in Field Programmable Gate Arrays to Maximize Speed," PSU Research and Scholarship Program, 1992. Principal Investigator.
[psu13] "Multi-Level AND/EXOR Circuits for New Field Programmable Gate Arrays," Research and Publications Committee of PSU, 1992-1993. Principal Investigator.
[psu12] "Interval Arithmetic Approach to Robot Localization," PSU Faculty Development Grant, 1991-1992. Principal Investigator.
[psu11] "PSUBOT - A Computerized Wheelchair Equipped with Artificial Intelligence Software," PSU Research and Publications Committee, 1990-1991, Principal Investigator.
[psu10] "Hardware Based Fourier and Walsh Transforms: Algorithms and Applications to Design Digital Circuits," PSU Research and Publications Committee, 1989-1990, Principal Investigator.
[psu9] "Use of Hypercard as an Interface to Parallel Computer," PSU Research and Publication Committee, 1988-1989, Co-principal Investigator, with Rajinder Aggarwal.
[psu8] "Parallel Processor for Orthogonal Transforms", Faculty Development Award of PSU, 1989-1990. Principal Investigator.
[psu7] "Parallelism in the High-Level Design Automation System", Faculty Development Award of PSU, 1989-1990, Principal Investigator.
[psu6] "Use of Hypercard to Teach Elementary Electronics Courses," PSU Fund for the Advancement of Teaching, 1988-1989, Co-principal Investigator, with Rajinder Aggarwal.
[psu5] "Vision System for OvuloComputer," PSU Research and Publication Committee, 1988-1989, Principal Investigator.
[psu4] "System to Design Finite State Machines," PSU Research and Publication Committee, 1987-1988, Principal Investigator.
[psu3] "Development of Computer Controlled Robot: Micro-Mouse," PSU's Faculty Development Program, 1987-1988, Principal Investigator.
[psu2] "A Multi-Parameter Microprocessor-based Ovulation Predictor/Detector," PSU Research and Publication Committee, 1987-1988, Principal Investigator.
[psu1] "Diades - Berkeley Tools Interface," PSU Research and Publication Committee, 1984-1985, Principal Investigator.

HONORS AND AWARDS.

Listed in:
"Best Paper Award"
(together with A. Coppola, R. Anderson, and J. Freedman from Cypress Corporation), for paper "VHDL Synthesis of Concurrent State Machines to a Programmable Logic Devices," presented at the Proc. of VHDL International User's Forum, May 3 - 6, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1992.
Third Degree National Award
of the Department of Science, Higher Education and Technology of the Republic of Poland "for scientific research in the area of CAD of VLSI", 1981.
Award of the President of TU of W for Scientific Research, 1980.
Award of the President of TU of W for Scientific Research, 1975.
Award of the President of TU of W for Scientific Research, 1973.
High Distinction Award for the Best Master Thesis from the National Organization of Engineers, Warsaw, Poland, 1970.
Special Award of the President of Technical University of Warsaw for the Best Graduate Student, TU of W, 1970.
Government Regular Scientific Scholarship for Best Students. Technical University of Warsaw, 1967-1970.
"The Best Student of the School of Electronics", 1968.
"The Best Student of the School of Electronics", 1967.