The main research interests of the EDA group are in the study and development of computer-aided design (CAD) algorithms, methodologies, and prototype tools for digital VLSI circuits and systems. In particular, the following topics are covered:

VLSI CAD

• System-Level, Behavioral-Level and RTL Synthesis.
• Logic Synthesis and Optimization.
• Layout-Driven Synthesis and Physical Design.
• Power Modeling, Estimation and Optimization.
• Battery Modeling, Design and Management for Mobile Systems.
• Reconfigurable Computing (Design of FPGA-Based Systems).
• Decision Diagrams (BDDs, ADDs, ZDDs).
• Symbolic Graph Algorithms.
• FSM and Finite State Systems Verification.
• Process Variation-Aware Design
• Thermal-Aware Design
• Modeling and Estimation of Ageing effects on nanometer Design

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Moreover, the research activities of the EDA Group interest both bioinformatics and biotechnologies, with particular emphasis on the following topics:

Bioinformatics

• Biological and molecular imaging
• Quantitative immunohistochemistry and fluorescence analysis
• Biological system modelling
• Artificial intelligence
• High-troughput data mining for biomedical applications, classification and clustering
• Data mining techniques for clinical functional genomics and system biology
• Gene and biochemical network design (regulative and associative)

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In addition, the EDA Group is interested in Smart city and Smart systems research activities. The main covered topics are:

Smart Systems & Cities

• Wireless Sensor and Actuator Network for environment monitoring and control
• Middleware for network interoperability
• Interactive visualization of energy information

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