Scott Lerner
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Education
PhD in Electrical Engineering expected graduation mid-2019
- Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 2014
- Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.
B.S. in Computer Engineering, 2014
- Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.
Research Interests
My research interests span the areas of circuits and systems, computer architecture, cross-layer techniques, and emerging computing systems. I have specific interests in workload-awareness, machine learning, multi-core architectures, and internet-of-things.
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Publications
- S. Lerner, V. Pano, B.Taskin, NoC Router Lifetime Improvement using Per-Port Router Utilization, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Circuit and Systems (ISCAS) 2018.
- V. Pano, S. Lerner, B.Taskin, Workload-Aware Routing (WAR) for Network-on-Chip Lifetime Improvement, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Circuit and Systems (ISCAS) 2018.
- R.Kuttappa, L. Fillipini, S. Lerner, and B.Taskin, Stability of Rotary Traveling Wave Oscillators under Process Variations and NBTI, presented at International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), May 2017.
- S. Lerner, B.Taskin, WT-CTS: Incremental Delay Balancing Using Parallel Wiring Type for CTS, presented at International Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), July 2017.
- S. Lerner, E. Leggett, and B.Taskin, Slew-Down: Analysis of Slew Relaxation for Low-Impact Clock Buffers, presented at System Level Interconnect Prediction (SLIP) 2017.
- S. Lerner, B.Taskin, BSST-DME: Slew Merging Region Propagation for Bounded CTS, submitted to International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD) 2017.
- S. Lerner, B.Taskin, Workload-Aware ASIC Flow for Lifetime Improvement of Multi-core IoT Processors, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, March 2017.
- C. Sitik, W. Liu, S. Lerner, E. Salman, and B. Taskin, An Improved Methodology for Low Voltage Gated Clock Tree Synthesis, submitted to International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD) 2017.
- S. Nilakantan, S. Lerner, M. Hempstead and B. Taskin, Can you trust your memory trace?: A comparison of memory traces from binary instrumentation and simulation, Presented at the IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSIDESIGN), January 2015. Best Paper Nominee
- C. Sitik, S. Lerner, and B. Taskin, Timing Characterization of Clock Buffers for Clock Tree Synthesis, Paper presented at ICCD, October 2014.
Poster Presentations
- S. Lerner, B. Taskin Enhancements in Low Voltage and High Performance Clock Distribution Networks, Poster presented at SRC Innovation and Intelligent Internet of Things, Nov. 2016.
- A. Milani, S. Lerner, B. Taskin High-Frequency Clock Tree Synthesis, Poster presented at Drexel STAR Symposium, Aug. 2016.
- R. Farnesi, S. Lerner, B. Taskin Internal Node Relaxation for Clock Tree Synthesis, Poster presented at Drexel STAR Symposium, Aug. 2016.
- S. Lerner, B. Taskin Workload-Aware EDA, Presentation given at IEEE CE Graduate Symposium, Feb. 2016.
- S. Lerner, V. Pano, and B. Taskin, Wireless Network-on-Chip, Poster to be presented at Mid-Atlantic ASEE, November 2014
- S. Lerner, Arduino Robotics in the Classroom, Poster to be presented at Mid-Atlantic ASEE, November 2014
- Scott Lerner, and Baris Taskin, Low-Power Clock Network Designs, Poster presented at IEEE Design Automation Conference, June 2014
- S. Lerner, C. Sitik, and B. Taskin, Low Swing Clocking Algorithm for 20nm FinFET Technology, Poster presented at Upsilon Pi Epsilon Research Reception, February 2014.
- S. Lerner, C. Sitik, and B. Taskin, Sub-45nm Interconnect Modeling, Poster presented at Drexel IEEE Graduate Forum, February 2014.
- S. Lerner, R. Welliver, B. Derveni, C. Schoenfield, I. Yilmaz, MotionExplorer, A Leap Motion-Controlled Electric Wheelchair, presented at Philly Codefest, February 2014.
- C. Sitik, S. Lerner, and B. Taskin, Low-Power/High-Performance Clock Network Design for Microprocessors, Poster presented at Upsilon Pi Epsilon Research Reception, February 2013.
Awards
- Frank and Agnes Seaman Endowed Fellowship, 2016
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), 2015
- National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship (declined), 2015
- Nihat Bilgutay Award, 2015
- TCVLSI Travel Award, 2015
- NSF Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) recipient 2014
- A. Richard Newton Young Fellow Award to attend to IEEE/ACM DAC 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
- Dean's Choice Award at Philly Codefest for MotionExplorer 2014 held in Philadelphia, PA
- NextFab Innovation Award at Philly Codefest for MotionExplorer 2014 held in Philadelphia, PA
- Doctor Thomas Moore Endowed Grant 2014
- Dean's List, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Selected Projects
- Leap Motion-Controlled Electric Wheelchair, Philly Codefest, February 2014 Dean's Choice Award
Contact Information
Address:
3141 Chestnut Street
Department of ECE
Drexel University
Bossone 324
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania 19104
Phone: (863) 307-6194
Fax: (215) 895-1695
Email: spl29@drexel.edu