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Sven Thijssen

About me

Ph.D. student
Department of Computer Science
University of Central Florida

“Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.”
– George Washington, First Annual Address, Friday, January 08, 1790

Sven Thijssen

Advisors

Professor Ewetz at the University of Central Florida
Professor Jha at the University of Texas at San Antonio

Research

Emerging technologies, path-based computing (in-memory computing), flow-based computing (in-memory computing), technology mapping

Journal publications

  1. Thijssen, S., Jha, S. K., & Ewetz, R. (2022). COMPACT: Flow-Based Computing on Nanoscale Crossbars with Minimal Semiperimeter and Maximum Dimension. In IEEE Trans. on Computer-aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD). (accepted)

Conference publications

  1. S. Thijssen, SK Jha, and R. Ewetz, “PATH: Evaluation of Boolean Logic using Path-based In-Memory Computing”, Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2022 (accepted).
  2. Rashed, M., Thijssen, S., Yao., F., Jha, S.K., & Ewetz, R. (2022). STREAM: Towards READ-based In-Memory Computing for Streaming based Data Processing. In 2022 Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC).
  3. Channamadhavuni, S., Thijssen, S., Jha, S. K., & Ewetz, R. (2021, June). Accelerating AI Applications using Analog In-Memory Computing: Challenges and Opportunities. In Proceedings of the 2021 on Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (pp. 379-384).
  4. Thijssen, S., Jha, S. K., & Ewetz, R. (2021, February). COMPACT: Flow-Based Computing on Nanoscale Crossbars with Minimal Semiperimeter. In 2021 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE) (pp. 232-237). IEEE. (BEST PAPER CANDIDATE)

Awards and nominations

  1. [DATE’21] Nominated for Best Paper Award
  2. ORC Fellowship
  3. Member of Golden Key International Honour Society

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science
University of Central Florida, Orlando, United States of America
In progress		2020 – 2023
Master of Computer Science
University of Central Florida, Orlando, United States of America
Master’s degree		2020 – 2021
Master of Computer Science (Master of Engineering)
KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Completed 9 courses		2018 – 2019
Bachelor of Informatics (Bachelor of Science)
KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Bachelor’s degree		2015 – 2018
Bachelor of Engineering (Bachelor of Engineering)
KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Completed 2 courses		2014 – 2015

Software tools

  • PATH: The source code for the publication “PATH: Evaluation of Boolean Logic using Path-based In-Memory Computing” can be found on GitHub.
  • COMPACT: The source code for the publication “COMPACT: Flow-Based Computing on Nanoscale Crossbars with Minimal Semiperimeter” can be found on GitHub.