Currículum
Vitae
Miguel
Figueroa
Información de Contacto
- Email: miguel.figueroa < A T > udec.cl
- Teléfono: +56(41)220-4776
- Fax: +56(41)224-6999
- Dirección Postal
Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica
Universidad de Concepción
Casilla 160-C
Concepción
Chile
Grados Académicos
- Ph.D.
(Computer Science & Engineering), University of Washington, USA,
2005.
- M.
Sc. (Computer Science & Engineering), University of Washington, USA,
1999
- M.
Sc. (Ingeniería Eléctrica) Universidad
de Concepción, Chile,
1997
- Ingeniero Civil Electrónico, Universidad
de Concepción, Chile,
1991
- Licenciado en Ciencias de la Ingeniería Electrónica, Universidad
de Concepción, Chile,
1988
Experiencia Académica
- Profesor Asociado, Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Universidad de
Concepción, 2005 – a la fecha.
- Profesor Asistente, Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Universidad de
Concepción, 1994-2005 (con permiso durante 1997-2003).
- Ayudante de Investigación, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of
Washington, 1999-2003.
- Ayudante de Docencia, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of
Washington, 1997-1998.
- Instructor, Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Universidad de Concepción, 1992.
- Instructor,
Departamento de Ingeniería Informática y Ciencias de
Computación, Universidad de Concepción, 1991.
Experiencia Profesional
- Consultor,
calibración de circuitos análogos en chip y tecnología de compuerta flotante, Impinj,
Inc. (USA),
2001-2002.
- Consultor para varias empresas chilenas en software de tiempo real y redes (Chile),
1994-1997.
- Ingeniero de Software, Sonda Sistemas de Automatización, Ltda. (Chile), 1993-1994
Premios y Becas
- Beca Presidente de la República para estudios de postgrado en Universidades extranjeras, MIDEPLAN, Chile, 1997-2000
- Beca Fullbright/LASPAU para estudios de postgrado en Universidades norteamericanas, 1997-1999.
- Beca CONICYT para estudios de Magister en Universidades chilenas, CONICYT, Chile, 1991-1992.
- Premio Universidad
de Concepción al mejor estudiante de la carrera de Ingeniería Civil Electrónica, 1991.
Proyectos de Investigación
- Proyecto Fondecyt No. 1040617, “Correlational Learning Algorithms in Analog and
Mixed-Mode CMOS,” 2004 - 2006.
Patentes
- A
Method and Apparatus for Trimming a Digital to Analog Converter (US Patent 6,664,909). Estado: Concedida, EE. UU.
- Variable
Delay Circuits (US Patent Application No. 10/666,789). Estado: En proceso, EE. UU.
Publicaciones
Publicaciones en Revistas
- Gonzalo Carvajal, Miguel Figueroaand
Seth Bridges, “Effects of Analog-VLSI Hardware on the
Performance of the LMS Algorithm,” Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes
in Computer Science, No. 4131, pp. 963-973, September 2006.
- Miguel Figueroa, Seth Bridges and Chris Diorio, “A 19.2 GOPS Mixed-Signal Filter with Floating-Gate Adaptation”, IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, Vol. 39 No. 7, pp. 1196-1201, July 2004.
- John Hyde, Todd Humes, Chris Diorio, Mike Thomas and Miguel Figueroa, “A 300 MS/s, 14-bit, Digital-to-Analog Converter in Logic CMOS”, IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, Vol. 38 No. 5, pp. 734-740, May 2003.
- David Hsu, Miguel Figueroa and Chris Diorio, “Competitive Learning with Floating-Gate Circuits”, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 732-744, May 2002.
- Chris Diorio, David Hsu and Miguel Figueroa, “Adaptive CMOS: From Biological Inspiration to Systems on a Chip”, Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 90, No. 3, pp. 345-357, March 2002.
- Miguel Figueroa, David Hsu and Chris Diorio, "A Mixed-Signal Approach to High-Performance, Low-Power Linear Filters," IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, pp. 816-822, Vol. 36 No. 5, May 2001.
- M. E. Figueroa, L. A. Lagos y E. Young. “A Client/Server Platform for Distributed Access to SCAUT-3G Resources (in Spanish),” Revista de Automática e Innovación, pp. 49-56, No. 7, Vol. 2, 1995.
- J. H. Moreno, R. Sánchez, L. A. Lagos y M. E. Figueroa. "Introducing CAD/CAE Tools in Digital Systems Education (in Spanish)," Informativo de Electricidad. May-June, 1992.
- J. H. Moreno, M. E. Figueroa and T. Lang. "Linear Pseudosystolic Array for Matrix Algorithms". Journal of VLSI Signal Processing; 3, 201-214 (1991). Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Publicaciones en Conferencias
- Seth Bridges, Jeremy Holleman, Ania Mitros, Chris Diorio and Miguel Figueroa,
“A Random-Projection Imager for Visual Pattern Classification in
Analog VLSI,” in Proceedings of the 2006
European Conference on Solid-State Circuits (ESSCIRC), pp. 428-431, Montreux,
Switzerland, September 18-22, 2006.
- Gonzalo Carvajal, Miguel Figueroa
and Seth Bridges, “Effects of Analog-VLSI Hardware on the
Performance of the LMS Algorithm,” in Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Neural Networks (ICANN), published by Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, No. 4131, pp. 963-973, Athens, Greece, September 10-14, 2006.
- Miguel Figueroa,
Esteban Matamala, Gonzalo Carvajal and Seth Bridges, “Adaptive
Signal-Processing in Mixed-Signal VLSI with Anti-Hebbian
Learning”, in Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, pp. 133-138, Karslruhe, Germany, March 2-3, 2006.
- Seth Bridges, Miguel Figueroa, David Hsu and Chris Diorio, “A Reconfigurable VLSI Learning Array”, in 2005 IEEE European Solid-States Circuits Conference, pp. 117-120, Grenoble, France, September 12-15, 2005.
- Miguel Figueroa, Seth Bridges, and Chris Diorio, “On-Chip Compensation of Device-Mismatch Effects in Analog VLSI Neural Networks”, in Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, pp. 441-448, Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 14-16, 2004.
- Miguel Figueroa, Seth Bridges, David Hsu and Chris Diorio, “A 19.2GOPS, 20mW Adaptive FIR Filter”, in 2003 IEEE European Solid-States Circuits Conference, pp. 509-512, Estoril, Portugal, September 16-18, 2003.
- David Hsu, Seth Bridges, Miguel Figueroa and Chris Diorio, “Adaptive Quantization and Density Estimation in Silicon”, in Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, pp. 1083-1090, Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 9-14, 2002.
- Seth Bridges, Miguel Figueroa, David Hsu and Chris Diorio, “Field-Programmable Learning Arrays”, in Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, pp. 1155-1162, Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 9-14, 2002.
- John Hyde, Todd Humes, Chris Diorio, Mike Thomas and Miguel Figueroa, “A Floating-Gate Trimmed, 14-bit, 250 MS/s Digital-to-Analog Converter in Standard 0.25mm CMOS”, in 2002 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Digest of Technical Papers, pp 328-331, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, June 14-16, 2002.
- Miguel Figueroa, John Hyde, Todd Humes and Chris Diorio, “A Floating-Gate Trimmable High-Resolution DAC in Standard 0.25mm CMOS”, in 2001 IEEE Non-Volatile Semiconductor Memory Workshop, pp. 46-47, Monterey, CA, USA, August 12-16, 2001.
- David Hsu, Miguel Figueroa, Chris Diorio, “A silicon primitive for competitive learning,” in Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, pp. 1087-1096, Denver, Colorado, December 12-16, 2000.
- Miguel Figueroa and Chris Diorio, “A 200MHz, 3mW, 16-Tap Mixed-Signal FIR Filter,” in 2000 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Digest of Technical Papers, pp 214-215, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 15-17, 2000.
- Tim Tuan, Miguel Figueroa,
Frank Lind, Chucai Zhou, Chris Diorio, John Sahr. “An FPGA-Based
Array Processor for an Ionospheric-Imaging Radar,” in Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on FPGAs for Custom Computing Machines, pp. 313-314. Napa Valley, California. April 17-19, 2000.
- Darren C. Cronquist, Chris Fisher, Miguel Figueroa, Paul Franklin and Carl Ebeling, “Architecture Design of Reconfigurable Pipelined Datapaths,” in Proceedings of the 20th Anniversary Conference on Advanced Research in VLSI, pp. 23-40. Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March 21-24, 1999.
- M. E. Figueroa and J. F. Otth, “A System for Distributed Management of TCP/IP Networks (in Spanish),” in XII Conferencia de la Asociación Chilena de Control Automático, pp. 249-256, Santiago, Chile, November 18-22, 1996.
- S. Jaque and M. E. Figueroa, “Performance Evaluation of an Ethernet Network Using a TCP/IP Stack (in Spanish),” in XI Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería Eléctrica. Punta Arenas, Chile. November 13-17, 1995.
- R. Sánchez, M. E. Figueroa, E. Jansson and L. Longeri, “A Supervisory System for a Bottling Line,” in XI Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería Eléctrica. Punta Arenas, Chile. November 13-17, 1995.
- M. E. Figueroa, “An Enhanced Programmable Pseudosystolic Processor for Matrix Algorithms,” in Proceedings of the XV International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society, pp. 222-231, Arica, Chile. November 1-3, 1995.
- M. E. Figueroa,
L. A. Lagos and E. Young, “A Client/Server Platform for
Distributed Access to SCAUT-3G Resources (in Spanish),” in XI Conferencia de la Asociación Chilena de Control Automático. Concepción, Chile. November 7-11, 1994.
- M. E. Figueroa and E. Young, “A Programmable Operator’s Interface for a Global Plant Automation System (in Spanish),” in XI Conferencia de la Asociación Chilena de Control Automático. Concepción, Chile. November 7-11, 1994.
- M. E. Figueroa and J. H. Moreno, “Mapping Matrix Algorithms onto a SIMD Array Processor,” in Proceedings of the XII International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society, pp. 235-248, Santiago, Chile. October 14-16, 1992.
- M. E. Figueroa and J. H. Moreno, “Modeling and Simulation of a Pseudosystolic Processor for Matrix Algorithms,” in Proceedings of the XI International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society, pp. 419-432, Santiago, Chile, October 15-18, 1991, Also in "Computer Science. Research and Applications," pp. 419-430, Plenum Press, 1992
- J. H. Moreno and M. E. Figueroa, “A Decoupled Access/Execute Processor for Matrix Algorithms: Architecture and Programming,” in Proceedings of the 1991 International Conference on Application-Specific Array Processors, pp. 281-295, Barcelona, Spain, September 2-4, 1991.
- J. H. Moreno and M. E. Figueroa, “A Linear Array for Matrix Algorithms (in Spanish),” in IX Conferencia de la Asociación Chilena de Control Automático, pp. 389-394, Pucón, Chile, October 29 - November 2, 1990.