Soft Error Reliability of VLSI Circuits: Analysis and Mitigation Techniques

Behnam Ghavami was born in Esfarayen, Iran. He received his Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. He has been serving as a Faculty Member with the Computer Engineering Department, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, since 2010, where he is currently Tenured Associate Professor. He teaches courses in design of digital systems, computer architecture, FPGA design, and reliable circuit design. He has supervised or co-supervised about 20 graduate students. He has published over 100 refereed papers. His research interests include the design automation of digital systems, robust logic designs, and FPGA-based design. He is currently an Associate Editor of the Journal of Electronic Testing-Springer and Microelectronics Journal-Elsevier. He has a decade of industry experience, including working on FPGA systems in industry.

Mohsen Raji received his Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran,Iran. He has been serving as an Assistant Professor in School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, since 2015. He teaches courses such as VLSI systems design, microprocessors, embedded systems, fault tolerant system design. He has supervised or co-supervised about 10 graduate students and published over 30 refereed papers. He is serving as an associated editor of Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Electrical Engineering. His current research interests include dependable computing, reliable and robust logic designs, design automation of digital systems, and embedded systems.