Dr. Ashok Kumar

Assistant Professor

Fall 2008 Courses

  • CMPS 430  Computer Architecture 
  • CMPS 455  Operating Systems 
  • CMPS 619  Embedded Systems


    Syllabus, Grading Criteria, Course Objective, Learning Outcomes, Lecture Material, Homework & Projects

    The respective material for each course is available at UL Lafayette's Moodle site. Please go to http://moodle.louisiana.edu, then
    log on using your student id and password, and follow the course link.

    • Office Hours for Fall 2008  (Location: ACTR Room 214)

    Monday:         2:45PM - 4:45PM
    Tuesday:         2:45PM - 4:45PM
    Wednesday:    2:45PM - 4:45PM
    Thursday:        2:45PM - 4:45PM 


     Contact Information     
    E-MAILS
    OFFICE
    PHONE
    ACTR building 214
    337-482-1669

    Address: Room 214, ACTR Hall, UL Lafayette, LA 70504-4330

    Selected Publications:

    1. Ruth Aguilar-Ponce, Ashok Kumar, Jose-Luis Tecpanectl-Xihuitl, Magdy Bayoumi, and Mark Radle “Automated Object Detection and Tracking for Intelligent Visual Surveillance based on Sensor Network”, in Artificial Intelligence and Integrated Intelligent Information Systems: Emerging Techniques and Applications, Idea-Group Press, 2006 (Book chapter).
    2. Mitun Bhattacharyya, Ashok Kumar, and Magdy Bayoumi, "Intelligent Mechanisms for Energy Reduction in Design of Wireless Sensor Networks using Learning Methods," in Integrated Intelligent Systems for Engineering Design, IOS Press, Nov. 2006 (Book Chapter).
    3. “High Performance SoC Verification Solutions”, in System-On-Chip for Real-Time Applications, Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, 711, 2003 (co-authored with M. Joshi; Book Chapter).
    4. Mitun Bhattacharyya, Ashok Kumar, and Magdy Bayoumi, "Design and Analysis of Energy Reference Metric in a Cluster Based Wireless Sensor Network," International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), InderScience Publishers, 2007.
    5. S. Goel, Ashok Kumar, and M. Bayoumi, "Design of robust, energy-efficient full adders for deep submicron design using hybrid-CMOS logic style,” IEEE Trans. on VLSI, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 1309-1321, Dec 2006.
    6. Ruth Aguilar-Ponce, Ashok Kumar, Jose-Luis Tecpanectl-Xihuitl, and Magdy Bayoumi, “A Network of Sensors Based Framework for Automated Visual Surveillance”, Accepted, Journal of Networks and Computer Applications, Elsevier, Scheduled publication in 2006.
    7. Ruth Aguilar-Ponce, Ashok Kumar, Jose-Luis Tecpanectl-Xihuitl, and Magdy Bayoumi, “Autonomous Decentralized Systems based Approach to Object Detection in Sensor Clusters”, Special Joint Issue of IEEE/IEICE, IEICE Transactions on Communication Systems, Japan, Dec. 2005.
    8. Mohamed Elgamel, Ashok Kumar, and Magdy Bayoumi, “Efficient Shield Insertion for Inductive Noise Reduction in Nanometer Technologies”, IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration, IEEE, Vol. 13, No. 03, March 2005.
    9. Ashok Kumar, Magdy Bayoumi, and Mohamed Elgamel, “A Methodology for Low Power Scheduling With Resources Operating at Multiple Voltages”, Integration VLSI Journal, Elsevier, Vol. 37, Issue 1, pp. 29-62, Feb. 2004.
    10. Wael Badawy, Ashok Kumar, and Magdy Bayoumi, “A Co-design methodology for high-performance real-time systems”, IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, IEEE, Vol. 26, Number 3/4, Sept. 2001.
    11. Ruth Aguilar-Ponce, Jose-Luis Tecpanectl-Xihuitl, Ashok Kumar, and Magdy Bayoumi, “Pixel-Level Image Fusion Scheme based on Linear Algebra,” to appear in IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, New Orleans, May 2007.Mitun Bhattacharyya, Ashok Kumar, Magdy Bayoumi, “Algorithms for Energy-Efficient Query-Reduction in Wireless Sensor Networks” The International Workshop on Computer Architecture for Machine Perception and Sensing, CAMPS ’06 Sept. 2006.
    12. Mitun Bhattacharyya, Ashok Kumar, Magdy Bayoumi, “Design and Analysis of Energy Reference Metric in a Cluster Based Wireless Sensor Network”, IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Systems for Communications (ICCSC 06) Bucharest, Romania 6-7 July 2006. 2006.
    13. Ruth Aguilar-Ponce, Jose-Luis Tecpanectl-Xihuitl, Ashok Kumar, and Magdy Bayoumi, “Data Fusion Scheme for Tenet Architecture,” IEEE International Workshop on Computer Architecture for Machine Perception and Sensing, Montreal, Canada, September 18 – 20, 2006.
    14. Ruth Aguilar-Ponce, Jason McNeely, Abu Baker, Ashok Kumar, Magdy Bayoumi, "Multisensor Data Fusion Schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks," International Workshop on Computer Architecture for Machine Perception and Sensing, Montreal, Canada, September, 2006.
    15. R. Aguilar-Ponce, J. Tessier, A. Baker, J. Das, C. Emmela, J. Luis Tecpanecatl-Xihuitl, A. Kumar, and M. Bayoumi, “VLSI Implementation of Wronskian Change Detector”, SiPS 2005.
    16. Ashok Kumar, Sumeer Goel, and M. Bayoumi, “A Fast Leakage-Aware Synthesis Heuristic”, IEEE-MWSCAS 2005
    17. J. Luis Tecpanecatl-Xihuitl, R. Aguilar-Ponce, A. Kumar, and M. Bayoumi, “Design of a Power-Efficient Interleaved CIC Architecture for Software Defined Radio Receivers”, IEEE-MWSCAS 2005.
    18. R. Aguilar-Ponce, J. Tessier, A. Baker, J. Das, C. Emmela, J. Luis Tecpanecatl-Xihuitl, A. Kumar, and M. Bayoumi, “Real-Time Vlsi Architecture For Detection Of Moving Objects Using Wronskian Determinant”, IEEE-MWSCAS 2005.
    19. Walid Elgharbawy, Pradeep Golconda, Ashok Kumar, Magdy Bayoumi, “On Gate Leakage Reduction In Dynamic Cmos Circuits”, IEEE-MWSCAS 2005.
    20. Mustafa Kamal, Magdy Bayoumi, Ashok Kumar, “An Efficient Polynomial-Modulus Based Technique For Multiplication Of Large Integers”, IEEE-MWSCAS 2005.
    21. Walid Elgharbawy, Pradeep Golconda, Ashok Kumar, and Magdy Bayoumi, “A New Gate-Level Body Biasing Technique for PMOS Transistors in Subthreshold CMOS Circuits”, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 23-26 May, Kobe, Japan, 2005.
    22. Mahmoud Elassal, Ashok Kumar, and Magdy Bayoumi, “A Systematic Framework for High Throughput Map Decoder VLSI Architectures”, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 23-26 May, Kobe, Japan, 2005.
    23. Jose Tecpanecatl-Xihuitl, Ashok Kumar, and Magdy Bayoumi, “Low Complexity Decimation Filter for Multi-Standard Digital Receivers”, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 23-26 May, Kobe, Japan, 2005.
    24. Ruth Aguilar-Ponce, Ashok Kumar, Jose-Luis Tecpanectl-Xihuitl, and Magdy Bayoumi, “An Architecture for Automated Scene Understanding”, accepted, International Workshop on Computer Architecture for Machine Perception, Terrasini – Palermo, Italy, 4-6 July 2005.
    25. Mitun Bhattacharyya, Ashok Kumar, and Magdy Bayoumi, “An Energy Efficient Protocol Exploiting Cache Data for Sensor Networks”, IEEE ConTel, Zagreb, Croatia, 2005.
    26. Mitun Bhattacharyya, Ashok Kumar, and Magdy Bayoumi, “Communication Protocol with Interference Awareness for Sensor Networks with Security Enhancements”, Accepted for publication, IEEE Conference on Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Engineering, Egypt, September 2004.
    27. Sumeer Goel, Shilpa Gollamudi, Ashok Kumar, and Magdy Bayoumi, “On the Design of Low-Energy Hybrid CMOS 1-Bit Full Adder Cells”, IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Hiroshima, Japan, July 2004.
    28. Ashok Kumar, Magdy Bayoumi, and Raghava Cherabuddi, "Minimizing Switchings of Function Units through Binding for Low Power”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Orlando, Florida, June 1999.
    29. Wael Badawy, Ashok Kumar, and Magdy Bayoumi, “A Co-Design Based High Performance Real-Time GIS System", Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, October 1999.
    30. M.Al-khatib, A. Kumar, S. Rajupalem, and M. Bayoumi, “A New Architectural Design for a Deflecting Multicast Switch”, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Telecommunications, Zagreb, Croatia, June 1997.
    31. Niki Pissinou, Kia Makki, Mei Hong, Lusheng Ji, and Ashok Kumar, “An Agent Based Mobile System", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1331, Springer-Verlag, 16th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Los Angeles, California, November 1997.