Zhenman Fang, Simon Fraser University

Research

Accelerator-rich system FPGA-enabled datacenter FPGA-GPU Comparison Hardware acceleration Heterogeneous computing Program analysis and modeling Programming support Runtime scheduling

Latest funding

Intelligent Computing Memory Systems for Data-Intensive Applications
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$240,000
Towards Efficient Software-Defined Accelerator-Rich Systems
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$12,500
Towards Efficient Software-Defined Accelerator-Rich Systems
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$231,000

All 3 grants and awards

Intelligent Computing Memory Systems for Data-Intensive Applications

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Fang, Zhenman Z

$240,000

Towards Efficient Software-Defined Accelerator-Rich Systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Fang, Zhenman

$12,500

Towards Efficient Software-Defined Accelerator-Rich Systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Fang, Zhenman

Keywords: software-defined hardware; heterogeneous computing; hardware acceleration; fpga-gpu comparison; fpga-enabled datacenter; system-level optimization; accelerator-rich system; programming support; runtime scheduling; program analysis and modeling

$231,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Accelerator-rich system Dear Professor Fang, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on accelerator-rich system connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Intelligent Computing Memory Systems for Data-Intensive Applications" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]