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Luca Daniel

Luca Daniel
Emanuel E. Landsman Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering

PUBLICATIONS

THESES:

 

1.       Luca Daniel, "Design and Fabrication of MicroInductors for DC/DC Power Converters," Laurea Thesis, Universita' degli Studi di Padova, Jun 1996.

2.       Luca Daniel, "Simulation and Modeling Techniques for Signal Integrity and Electromagnetic Interference on High Frequency Electronic Systems," Ph.D. Thesis, University of California at Berkeley, May 2003. (2003 SIGDA / ACM Best Thesis Award, B. Friedman Memorial Prize from the UCB Math Dept, and D. J. Sakrison Memorial Prize from the EECS Dept.)

 

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS AND REFEREED CONFERENCES:

 

1.       L. Daniel, C. R. Sullivan and S. R. Sanders, "Design of Microfabricated Inductors", in Proceedings of the 27th Annual IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, Baveno, Italy, pt. 2, vol. 2, p. 1447-55, June 1996.

2.       L. Daniel, C. R. Sullivan, S. R. Sanders. “Design of Microfabricated Inductors”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 14, no. 4, p. 709-23, July 1999. (Power Electronic Society Award for Best Journal Paper in the year 1999).

3.       L. Daniel, J. White, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, "Electromagnetic Modeling using Conduction Modes as Global Basis Functions", TECHCON 2000 conference, Phoenix AZ, 21-24 September 2000. (Best Paper in Session, and Best Overall Presentation Awards).

4.       L. Daniel, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, J. White, "Electromagnetic Modeling using Conduction Modes as Global Basis Functions", in Proceedings of the IEEE 9th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packages and Systems, Scottsdale, AZ, p. 203-6, October 2000. (IBM Corporation Prize Paper Award).

5.       L. Daniel, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, J. White, "Using Conduction Modes for Efficient Electromagnetic Analysis of on-Chip and off-Chip Interconnect", IEEE/ACM 38th Design Automation Conference, Las Vegas, NV, p. 563-6, June 2001.

6.       L. Daniel, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, J. White, "Techniques for Including Dielectrics when Extracting Low-Order Models of High Speed Interconnect". IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer Aided Design, San Jose, CA, p. 240-4, November 2001.

7.       L. Daniel, C. S. Ong, S. C. Low, K. H. Lee, J. White, "Geometrically Parameterized Interconnect Performance Models for Interconnect Synthesis", IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Physical Design, San Diego, CA, p. 202-7, May 2002.

8.       J. Phillips, L. Daniel, L. M. Silveira, "Guaranteed Passive Balancing Transformations for Model Order Reduction", IEEE/ACM 39th Design Automation Conference, New Orleans, LA, p. 52-7, June 2002. (DAC Best Paper Award).

9.       L. Daniel, J. Phillips, "Model Order Reduction for Strictly Passive and Causal Distributed Systems", IEEE/ACM 39th Design Automation Conference, New Orleans, LA, p. 46-51, June 2002.

10.   L. Daniel, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, J. White, "Proximity Templates for Modeling of Skin and Proximity Effects on Packages and High Frequency Interconnect", IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer Aided Design, San Jose, CA, p. 326-33, November 2002.

11.   J. Phillips, L. Daniel, L. M. Silveira, "Guaranteed Passive Balancing Transformations for Model Order Reduction", IEEE Transaction on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 22, no. 8, p. 1027-41, August 2003.

12.   X. Hu, L. Daniel, J. White, "Partitioned conduction modes in surface integral equation-based impedance extraction," Proceedings of the IEEE 12th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electrical Packaging and Systems, p. 355-8, October 2003.

13.   L. Daniel, J. White, "Automatic generation of geometrically parameterized reduced order models for integrated spiral RF-inductors", Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Workshop on Behavioral Modeling and Simulation, San Jose, CA, p. 18-23, October 2003.

14.   A. Nardi, H. Zeng, J. Garrett, L. Daniel, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, "A Methodology for the Computation of an Upper Bound on Noise Current Spectrum of CMOS Switching Activity", IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer Aided Design, p 778-85, San Jose, CA, p. 778-85, November 2003.

15.   L. Daniel, J. White, “Numerical techniques for extracting geometrically parameterized reduced order interconnect models from full-wave electromagnetic analysis”, Proceedings of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Symposium, pt. 3, vol 3, p. 3293-6, April 2004.

16.   L. Daniel, C. S. Ong, S. C. Low, K. H. Lee, J. White, "A Multiparameter Moment Matching Model Reduction Approach for Generating Geometrically Parameterized Interconnect Performance Models", IEEE Transaction on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 23, no. 5, p. 678-93, May 2004.

17.   T. Klemas, L. Daniel, and J. White, "A Fast Full-Wave Algorithm to Generate Low Order Electromagnetic Scattering Models", International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, pt. 2A, vol. 2A, Washington, DC, p. 135-8,  June 2005.

18.   T. Klemas, L. Daniel and J. White, "Segregation by Primary Phase Factors: A Full-wave Algorithm for Model Order Reduction", Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, Anaheim, CA, p. 943-6, June 2005.

19.   J. H. Lee, D. Vasilyev, A. Vithayathil, L. Daniel, and J. White, "Accelerated Optical Topography Inspection Using Parameterized Model Order Reduction", IEEE International Microwave Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, p. 4, June 2005.

20.   X. Hu, J. White, and L. Daniel, "Analysis of Conductor Impedance Over Substrate using Novel Integration Techniques", IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference, p. 147-52, June 2005.

21.   K. C. Sou, A. Megretski, L. Daniel, "A Quasi-Convex Optimization Approach to Parameterized Model Order Reduction", IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference, Anaheim, CA, p. 933-8, June 2005.

22.   Daniel, L., “Invited paper: Krylov Subspace Moment Matching Parameterized Model Order Reduction of Large Circuit Structures,” SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications, New Orleans, LA, p. 1, July 2005.

23.   B. Bond and L. Daniel, "Parameterized Model Order Reduction of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems", Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer-Aided Design, San Jose, CA, p. 487-94, November 2005. 

24.   X. Hu, T. Moselhy, J. White and L. Daniel, "Optimization-based Wideband Basis Functions for Efficient Interconnect Extraction", IEEE Conference on Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), p. 1200-1205, April 2007.

25.   T. Moselhy , X. Hu, L. Daniel, "pFFT in FastMaxwell: A Fast Impedance Extraction Solver for 3D Conductor Structures over Substrate", IEEE Conference on Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), p. 1194-1199, April 2007.  (Best Paper Award Nomination).

26.   L. Daniel, "Approaches to Model Order Reduction of PDE-Described Systems", Invited Paper, 6th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Zurich, July 2007.

27.   T. Moselhy, L. Daniel, "Stochastic High Order Basis Functions for Volume Integral Equation with Surface Roughness", IEEE 16th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems, p. 73-6, October 2007. (Best Student Paper Award Nomination).

28.   K. C. Sou, A. Megretski, L. Daniel, "Bounding L2 Gain System Error Due to Approximations of the Nonlinear Vector Field", Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer-Aided Design, San Jose, p. 879-86, November 2007.

29.   B. Bond and L. Daniel, "Stabilizing Schemes for Piecewise-Linear Reduced Order Models via Projection and Weighting Functions", Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer-Aided Design, San Jose, p. 860-7, November 2007. (Best Paper Award Nomination).

30.   B. Bond, L. Daniel, "Stabilizing Schemes (and other advances) for Trajectory-Based Models of Nonlinear Systems", Invited paper, Symposium on Recent Advances in Model Order Reduction, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands, November 2007.

31.   B. N. Bond, L. Daniel, "A Piecewise-Linear Moment-Matching Approach to Parameterized Model-Order Reduction for Highly Nonlinear Systems", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 26, no. 12, p. 2116–2129, December 2007.

32.   K. C. Sou, A. Megretski, L. Daniel, "A Quasi-Convex Optimization Approach to Parameterized Model Order Reduction", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 27, no. 3, p. 456-469, March 2008.

33.   T. Moselhy and L. Daniel, "Stochastic Integral Equation Solver for Efficient Variation Aware Interconnect Extraction", IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference, Anaheim, CA, p. 415-20, June 2008.

34.   B. Bond and L. Daniel, "Guaranteed Stable Projection-Based Model Reduction for Indefinite and Unstable Linear Systems" Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer-Aided Design, San Jose, p. 728-35, November 2008. (IEEE/ACM William J. McCalla ICCAD Best Paper Award).

35.   T. Moselhy, I. M. Elfadel, and L. Daniel, "A Capacitance Solver for Incremental Variation-Aware Extraction", Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer-Aided Design, San Jose, p. 662-9, November 2008.

36.   K. C. Sou, A. Megretski, L. Daniel, "Convex Relaxation Approach to the Identification of the Wiener-Hammerstein Model", Proceedings of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun Mexico, p. 1375-82, December 2008.

37.   T. Moselhy, I. M. Elfadel, L. Daniel, “A Generalized Floating Random Walk Algorithm for Variation-Aware Electrical Extraction,” submitted to IEEE Transaction on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 14 pages, May 2009.

38.   B. N. Bond, Z. Mahmood, R. Sredojevic, Y. Li, A. Megretski, V. Stojanovic, Y. Avniel, and L. Daniel, “Compact Modeling of Nonlinear Analog Circuits using System Identification via Semi-Definite Programming and Robustness Certification,” submitted to IEEE Transaction on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 14 pages, June 2009.

39.   T. Moselhy, L. Daniel, “Efficient Solution Techniques of Stochastic Linear Systems of Equations for Variation-Aware Impedance Extraction,” submitted to IEEE Transaction on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 14 pages, June 2009.

40.   Y. C. Hsiao, T. Moselhy, L. Daniel, “Efficient Capacitance Solver for 3D Interconnect Based on Template-Instantiated Basis Functions,” in Proceedings of the 18th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems, 4 pages, Portland, Oregon, October 2009.

41.   B. N. Bond, L. Daniel, "Stable Macromodels for Nonlinear Descriptor Systems through Piecewise-Linear Approximation and Projection", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 28, no. 10, p. 1467-1480, October 2009.

42.   K. C. Sou, A. Megretski, L. Daniel, “Convex Relaxation Approach to the Identification of the Wiener-Hammerstein Model,” submitted to Automatica, Journal of the International Federation of Automatic Control, 14 pages, September, 2009.

43.   T. Moselhy, I. M. Elfadel, L. Daniel, “A Hierarchical Floating Random Walk Algorithm for Fabric-Aware 3D Capacitance Extraction,” in Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, 7 pages, San Jose, California November 2009. (Best Paper Award Nomination)

44.   Z. Mahmood, T. Moselhy, L. Daniel, “Passive Reduced Order Modeling of Multiport Interconnects via Semidefinite Programming”, IEEE Conference on Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), March 2010. 

45.   T. Moselhy, L. Daniel, “Variation-Aware Interconnect Extraction using Statistical Moment Preserving Model Order Reduction,” IEEE Conference on Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), March 2010.  (Best Paper Award Nomination).

46.   B. Bond, L. Daniel, “Model Order Reduction for Analog Integrated Circuits”, IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 2010.

47.   T. El-Moselhy, L. Daniel, “Stochastic Dominant Singular Vectors Method for Variation-Aware Extraction,” IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conf., Anaheim, CA, June 2010.

48.   Y.C. Hsiao, T. El-Moselhy, L. Daniel, “FastCaplet: A Template-Based Capacitance Field Solver for 3D VLSI Interconnect,” in Proc. of the 28th Progress in Electromagnetic Research Symposium, Cambridge, July 2010.

49.   T. El-Moselhy, L. Daniel “Electromagnetic Simulation for Variation-Aware Interconnect Parasitic Extraction,” In Proc. of the 28th Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Cambridge, MA, July 2010.

50.   B. Bond, Z. Mahmood, R. Sredojevic, Y. Li, A. Megretski, V. Stojanovic, Y. Avniel, L. Daniel, “Compact Stable Modeling of Nonlinear Analog Circuits using System Identification via Semi-Definite Programming and Robustness Certification,” IEEE Trans. on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 29,no 8, p. 1149-1162, August 2010.

51.   Z. Mahmood, B. Bond, L. Daniel, “System Level Modeling and Simulation of Analog Circuits Using Semidefinite Programming Based Compact Modeling Techniques”, Proc. of TECHCON 2010 conference, Austin, TX, 13-14 Sept. 2010. (Best Paper and Presentation Award).

52.   Z. Mahmood, L. Daniel, "Circuit Synthesizable Guaranteed Passive Modeling for Multiport Structures ", Proc. of Behavioral Modeling and Simulation Conference (BMAS), San Jose, CA, Sept. 2010.

53.   T. Moselhy, I. Elfadel, L. Daniel, “A Markov Chain Based Hierarchical Algorithm for Capacitance Extraction”, IEEE Trans. on Advanced Packaging, vol. 33,no 4,p. 818-828, Nov. 2010. (Invited Paper).

54.   Z. Zhang, Q. Wang, N. Wong, L. Daniel, “A moment-matching scheme for the passivity-preserving model order reduction of indefinite descriptor systems with possible polynomial parts,” in Proc. Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), pp. 49-54, Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 2011. (Best Paper Award Nomination)

55.   T. Moselhy, L. Daniel, “Variation-Aware Stochastic Extraction with Large Parameter Dimensionality: Review and Comparison of State of the Art Intrusive and Non-Intrusive Techniques”, International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (IEQED), Santa Clara, CA March 2011. (Invited Paper)

56.   Y. Hsiao, L. Daniel, “A Highly Scalable Parallel Boundary Element Method for Capacitance Extraction”, in Proc. of IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conf., San Diego, CA, June 2011.

57.   Z. Mahmood, L. Daniel, "Guaranteed Passive Parameterized Modeling of Multiport Passive Circuit Blocks", Proc. of TECHCON11, Austin TX, Sept. 2011. (Best Paper & Presentation Award).

58.   Z. Zhang, I. M. Elfadel, L. Daniel, "Model order reduction of fully parameterized systems by recursive least square optimization," Int. Conf. Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), pp. 523-530, San Jose, CA, Nov. 2011. (IEEE/ACM William J. McCalla ICCAD Best Paper Award Nomination)

59.   R. Suaya, C. Xu, V. Kourkoulos, K. Banrejee, Z. Mahmood, L. Daniel, "Electromagnetic Characterization and Model Building for Passive Systems Including TSVs, for 3-D IC's Application", Proc. of IEEE Electrical Design of Advanced Packaging & Systems (EDAPS), Hangzhou, China, Dec. 2011.

60.   T. El Moselhy, L. Daniel, "Stochastic Extraction for SoC and SiP Interconnect with Variability”, Proc. of IEEE Electrical Design of Advanced Packaging & Systems (EDAPS), Hangzhou, China, Dec. 2011. (Invited Paper)

61.   Z. Mahmood, R. Suaya, L. Daniel, "An Efficient Framework for Passive Compact Dynamical Modeling of Multiport Linear Systems", (Accepted) Proc. of Design Automation & Test in Europe (DATE), Dresden, Germany 2012.

 

INVITED TALKS & LECTURES

 

1.       L. Daniel, “Simulation of Electromagnetic  Interference (EMI),” Invited Talk, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, November 1999.

2.       L. Daniel, “Analysis and Modeling Techniques for High-Frequency Electronic Systems Design,” Invited Talk, Cadence Berkeley Labs, Berkeley, CA, March 2002.

3.       L. Daniel, J. Phillips, A. Cangellaris, K. Shepard, "Modeling Technology of High Frequency Design", Invited Full Day Tutorial, IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference, June 2002.

4.       L. Daniel, “Analysis and Modeling Techniques for High-Frequency Electronic Systems Design,” Invited Talk, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, July 2003.

5.       L. Daniel, “Reduced Order Modeling of Parameterized and Distributed Systems”, Invited Talk, The Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery Workshop on Model Reduction Problems and Matrix Methods, Banff, Canada, April 2004.

6.       L. Daniel, “Studying in the United States,” Invited Talk, Pederobba City Hall, Italy, March 2005.

7.       L. Daniel, “Characterization and Design Tools for Analog Platforms”, Invited Plenary Session Talk, Gigascale System Research Center Workshop, June 2004.

8.       L. Daniel, Albert Ruehli, “Techniques for the Partial Element Equivalent Circuit Modeling approach”, Invited Tutorial, IEEE 14th Topical Meeting on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging, October 2004.

9.       S. Elassaad, Z. Zhu, L. Daniel, "Invited Tutorial: Chip-Package Co-design: Signal and Power Integrity Issues, Parasitic Extraction, Parameterized Model Order Reduction", IEEE in Asia Pacific Design Automation Conference. February 2005.

10.   A. Devgan, L. Daniel, B, Krauter, L. He, "Invited Tutorial: Modeling and Design of Chip-Package Interface", International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, San Jose, CA, March 2005.

11.   L. Daniel, “Krylov subspace moment matching parameterized model order reduction of large circuit structures,” Invited Talk, SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications, July 2005.

12.   L. Daniel, “Introduction to Model Order Reduction,” Invited Lectures Series, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Pisa, Italy, June 2006.

13.   L. Daniel, “Models for Next Generation Interconnect Design,” Invited Talk, Intel External Long-range Research Symposium (ELRS), San Jose, CA, August 2006.

14.   L. Daniel, “Models for Next Generation Interconnect Design,” Invited Talk, MARCO Interconnect Focus Center, September 2006.

15.   L. Daniel, “Modeling for Next Generation of Digital and Analog Systems,” Invited Distinguished Lecture Series, Cadence Design Inc. San Jose, CA, November 2006.

16.   L. Daniel, "Approaches to Model Order Reduction of PDE-Described Systems", Invited Talk, 6th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Zurich, July 2007.

17.   B. Bond, L. Daniel, "Stabilizing Schemes (and other advances) for Trajectory-Based Models of Nonlinear Systems", Invited Talk, Symposium on Recent Advances in Model Order Reduction, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands, November 2007.

18.   L. Daniel, “Field Solver Technologies for Variation Aware Interconnect Extraction,” Invited Talk, MARCO Interconnect Focus Center, February 2009.

19.   L. Daniel, “State of the Art and Trends in Simulation and Modeling Technology for Integrated Circuits,” Invited Plenary Lectures, 2nd International Summer School on Modeling and Optimization in Micro- and Nano- Electronics (MOMiNE'09), Cosenza, Italy, September 2009.

20.   T. El-Moselhy, B. Bond, J. Lee, J. White, L. Daniel, “Stabilized Immerse Boundary Method for the Simulation of the Human Arterial System,” Invited Talk, SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA, July 2010.

21.   B. Bond, T. El-Moselhy, L. Daniel, “System Identification Techniques for Modeling of the Human Arterial System,”  Invited Talk, SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA, July 2010.

22.   L. Daniel, “Reduction Strategies for Linear and Nonlinear Electronic Systems”, Invited Talk, Workshop on Reduction Strategies for the Simulation of Complex Problems, Milano, Italy, Jan. 2011.

23.   L. Daniel, “Introduction to Compact Dynamical Modeling”, Lectures Series at Politecnico di Torino, June 13-16 2011, Torino, Italy

24.   L. Daniel, “New Advances and Future Directions in Model Reduction”, Invited Plenary Talk, Workshop on Advances in Numerical Computation, Manchester UK, July 2011.

25.   L. Daniel, “The MIT Computation for Design and Optimization Program”, Invited Talk at the Education Workshop for the MIT-SkTech Initiative, Moscow, Russia, March 2012.

 

ADDITIONAL PROJECTS:

 

1.       L. Daniel, A. Flores "A Low-Power Low-Voltage Fully-Differential Transconductance Amplifier for a 13-Bit Switch Capacitor A/D Converter," Dec 1997.

2.       L. Daniel, M. Sabatini, “A Band-Pass Sigma-Delta Modulator for wideband IF signals,” May 1998.

3.       L. Daniel, M. Terrovitis, “A Broad-Band 3-9GHz Low-Noise-Amplifier (LNA) in Ga-As microstrips for a receiver front-end,” May 1999.

 

 


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