Dr. Alexander Czutro

KEYWORDS: C++, Visual Studio, Mercurial, multi-threading, client-server architectures, UDP, serial, geodetic reference systems and coordinate conversions, terrain sampling, radar detectability, real-time video processing, MXF, streaming, RTSP ACHIEVEMENTS: - a multi-channel, recording server for real-time processing of streaming video and audio - protocols for the communication with external devices - client-server architecture for the calculation of topography and radar coverage

MAIN TECHNOLOGIES AND TOPICS: C++, Actifsource, Tcl, Linux, Eclipse, Git, event-driven simulation, model-driven development, unit tests, low-level electronics. MAIN TASKS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: * Simulation environment for testing the firmware of a new line of ovens and steamers. * IBasic components in an Actifsource-based model and Tcl-scripts for the exhaustive test of said components. * Actifsource-based model of the physics in an oven.

MAIN TECHNOLOGIES AND TOPICS: Blockchain, Python, Golang, ARM microprocessors, Debian Linux, Raspberry Pi, Asus Tinker Board, Bitcoin, Ethereum, consensus protocols, Byzantine fault tolerance. MAIN TASKS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: * Development and implementation of a system for blockchain demonstrations (hardware and software). * Research in the area of blockchain development * Analysis of consensus protocols for blockchain-based app execution. * Assessment of commercially available blockchain platforms.

MAIN TECHNOLOGIES AND TOPICS: C++, Git, Databases, calibration routines, linear fitting and related mathematical algorithms, computer vision, Scrum. MAIN TASKS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: * Software for new double-dispenser system (DDI) for epoxy die-bonders. * RTOS-firmware to control mechanics of DDI vision shuttle. * Static and dynamic calibration routines for camera and mechanical parts. * Algorithms for laser-based height measuring. * Computer vision algorithms and quality assessment measures.

MAIN TECHNOLOGIES AND TOPICS: embedded controllers, C/C++, Python, Git, Gerrit, Jenkins, GPS, GLONASS, file systems, communication protocols, encryption, Linux, system deployment, CAN, microcontrollers. MAIN TASKS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: * Embedded software engineering and implementation of low-level features. * Customisation and optimisation of a Linux-based OS. * Design and implementation of software management and remote maintenance. * Firmware deployment scripts for production.

MAIN TECHNOLOGIES AND TOPICS: MIPS assembly, Perl, GCC, Verilog, Perforce, design verification of MIPS processors. MAIN TASKS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: * Implementation of directed unit and system-level tests for the design verification of new MIPS processors. * Close collaboration with design verification and RTL design at California offices. * Design and initial implementation of new infrastructure for the automatic test of MIPS CPUs HDL code.

MAIN TECHNOLOGIES AND TOPICS: C/C++, Linux, GCC, Makefile, Bash, Python, SVN, test, reliability and verification of digital systems, DfT, ATPG, timing simulation, SAT, test compaction, ATPG with optimisation targets. MAIN TASKS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: - Research in post-manufacturing test of digital systems - Implementation of a highly efficient SAT-based ATPG engine - Preparation of teaching material and teaching on embedded systems, VLSI design, and test and verification

MAIN TASKS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: * Implementation of software for research in the general area of post-manufacturing test of digital systems, including occasional presentation at symposia. Main topics: - Test data compression for BIST. - Power droop testing (fault modelling and sequential ATPG). - Timing fault simulation. * Tutoring of fellow undergraduate students in computer architecture, embedded systems, test and reliability of digital systems, and algebra.

Test, reliability and verification of digital systems, DfT, ATPG, timing simulation, SAT, test compaction, ideal solution of ATPG instances with optimisation targets.

Graduated with 100% and distinction (German 1,0, “mit Auszeichnung”). Dissertation: “Simulation of Dynamic Effects of Resistive-Open Defects”. Minor dissertation (German “Studienarbeit”): “Automatic Test Pattern Generation for Power Droop Testing”. Adviser: Prof. Bernd Becker.