Professor Electronics
Group and Biomedical
Engineering Group Director Intelligent
Sensory Microsystems Laboratory Electrical and Computer
Engineering |
Mailing address: Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering 10 King's College Road Email: roman[AT]eecg.utoronto.ca Fax: (416) 971-2286 |
Openings for
graduate / undergraduate students and post-doctoral fellows
Annual Lab Picnic, 2022
Annual Lab Picnic, 2019
Annual Lab Picnic, 2018
Annual Lab Picnic, 2017
Latest news:
Our latest computational camera live
demonstration was well received at ISSCC 2023
Reunion with current and former students at
ISSCC 2023
Two papers accepted at ISSCC 2023
R. Gulve,
R. Rangel, A. Berman, D. Nguyen, M. Wei, M. Sakr, X.
Sun, D. B. Lindell, K. N. Kutulakos, R. Genov,
“Dual-Port CMOS Image Sensor with Regression-Based HDR Flux-to-Digital
Conversion and 80ns Rapid-Update Pixel-Wise Exposure Coding,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits
Conference (ISSCC), San
Francisco, Feb. 2023.
J. Xu, J. S. Filho, S. Nag, L. Long, C. Tejeiro, E. Hwang, G. O'Leary, Y. Huang, M. Kanchwala, M. Abdolrazaghi, C. Tang, P. Liu, Y. Sui, X. Liu, J. Zariffa, R. Genov,
“Fascicle-selective Bidirectional Peripheral Nerve Interface IC with 173dB FOM
Noise-Shaping SAR ADCs and 1.38 pJ/bit
Frequency-Multiplying Current-Ripple Radio Transmitter,” IEEE International
Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC),
San Francisco, Feb. 2023.
Paper accepted at Symposium on VLSI
Circuits 2022
R. Gulve, N. Sarhangnejad, G. Dutta,
M. Sakr, D. Nguyen, R. Rangel, W. Chen, Z. Xia, M.
Wei, N. Gusev, E. Y. H. Lin, W. Sun, L. Hanxu, N.
Katic, A. Abdelhadi, A. Moshovos, K. N. Kutulakos, R. Genov, “A 39,000 Subexposures/s CMOS Image Sensor with Dual-tap Coded-exposure
Data-memory Pixel for Adaptive Single-shot Computational Imaging,” Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Honolulu,
June 2022.
Connaught
Innovation Award 2022
Paper accepted at ISSCC 2021
M. ElAnsary, J. Xu, J. S. Filho,
G. Dutta, L. Long, A. Shoukry, C. Tejeiro, C. Tang,
E. Kilinc, J. Joshi, P Sabetian,
S. Unger, J. Zariffa, P. Yoo,
R. Genov, “Multi-modal Peripheral Nerve Active Probe
and Microstimulator with On-chip Dual-coil Power/Data Transmission and 64
2nd-order Opamp-less ΔΣ ADCs,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits
Conference (ISSCC), San
Francisco, Feb. 2021.
Connaught
Innovation Award 2021
Paper accepted at ISSCC 2020
G. O'Leary, J. Xu, L. Long, J. S. Filho, C. Tejeiro, M. ElAnsary, C. Tang, H.
Moradi, P. Shah, T. A. Valiante, R. Genov, “A Neuromorphic Multiplier-less Bit-Serial
Weight-Memory-Optimized 1024-tree Brain State Classifier and Neuromodulation
SoC with an 8-Channel Noise-Shaping SAR ADC Array,” IEEE International
Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC),
San Francisco, Feb. 2020.
C2B Computational Camera Live Demo
successfully presented at ISSCC 2019
N. Sarhangnejad, N. Katic, Z. Xia, N. Gusev, G. Dutta, R. Gulve, M. Monero, M. Wei, H.
Haim, D. Stoppa, K. Kutulakos,
R. Genov, “Dual-Tap Pipelined-Code-Memory
Coded-Exposure-Pixel CMOS Image Sensor for Multi-Exposure Single-Frame
Computational Imaging,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits
Conference, Feb. 2019.
More demo videos from our C2B camera can
be found here
Connaught
Innovation Award 2019
Clinical Validation of an Intelligent Implantable Neurostimulator for
Treating Drug-resistant Epilepsy
Two Papers Accepted at ISSCC 2019
M. R. Pazhouhandeh, G. O’Leary, D. Groppe, T. Valiante,
N. Verma, R. Genov, “Adaptively Clock-boosted
Auto-ranging Responsive Neurostimulator for Emerging Neuromodulation
Applications,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits
Conference, Feb. 2019.
N. Sarhangnejad, N. Katic, Z. Xia, N. Gusev, G. Dutta, R. Gulve, M. Monero, M. Wei, H.
Haim, D. Stoppa, K. Kutulakos,
R. Genov, “Dual-Tap Pipelined-Code-Memory
Coded-Exposure-Pixel CMOS Image Sensor for Multi-Exposure Single-Frame
Computational Imaging,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits
Conference, Feb. 2019.
Paper Accepted at ECCV 2018
M. Wei, N. Sarhangnejad,
Z. Xia, H. Ke,
N. Gusev, R. Genov, K. N. Kutulakos, “Coded Two-Bucket Cameras for
Computer Vision,” European Conference on
Computer Vision, Sept. 2018.
Paper Accepted at Symposium on VLSI
Circuits 2018
M. R. Pazhouhandeh, H. Kassiri, A.
Shoukry, I. Weisspapir, P. Carlen, R. Genov, “Artifact-Tolerant Opamp-less
Delta-Modulated Bidirectional Neuro-Interface,” Symposium on VLSI Circuits, June 2018.
Paper Invited to the Special Issue of JSSC
on Best Papers on Technology Directions from ISSCC 2018
G. O’Leary, D. Groppe, T. Valiante,
N. Verma, R. Genov, “NURIP: Neural Interface
Processor for Brain State Classification and Programmable-Waveform
Neurostimulation,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2018.
Jack
Kilby Award for Outstanding Student Paper, ISSCC 2018
H. Kassiri, M. R. Pazhouhandeh, M.
T. Salam, J. L. P. Velazquez, R. Genov, “All-Wireless
64-channel 0.013mm2/ch Closed-Loop
Neurostimulator with Rail-to-Rail DC Offset Removal,” IEEE International
Solid-State Circuits Conference, Feb. 2017.
Two Papers Accepted at ISSCC 2018
G. O’Leary,
M. R. Pazhouhandeh, D. Groppe, T. Valiante,
N. Verma, R. Genov, “A Recursive-memory Brain State
Classifier with 32-Channel Track-and-Zoom Δ2Σ ADC and Charge-balanced
Programmable-waveform Neurostimulators,” IEEE
International Solid-State Circuits
Conference, Feb. 2018.
M. ElAnsary, N. Soltani, H. Kassiri, R. Machadoa, S.
Dufour, P. Carlen, M. Thompson, R. Genov, “50nW 5kHz-BW Opamp-less
ΔΣ Impedance Analyzer for Brain Neurochemistry Monitoring,” IEEE International
Solid-State Circuits Conference, Feb. 2018.
Paper Invited to the Special Issue of JSSC
on Best Biomedical Papers from ISSCC 2017
H. Kassiri, M. T. Salam, M. R. Pazhouhandeh,
N. Soltani, J. L. Perez Velazquez, P. L. Carlen, R. Genov, “Rail-to-Rail-Input
Dual-Radio 64-channel Closed-Loop Neurostimulator,” IEEE Journal of
Solid-State Circuits, Oct. 2017.
Best
Paper Award, IEEE TBioCAS 2017
R. Shulyzki, K. Abdelhalim, A. Bagheri, M. T. Salam, C. M. Florez, J. L. Perez Velazquez, P. L. Carlen, R. Genov, “320-Channel Active Probe for High-Resolution
Neuromonitoring and Responsive Neurostimulation,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and
Systems, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 34-49,
Feb. 2015.
Best
Paper Award in Biomedical Systems, IEEE ISCAS 2016
H. Kassiri, N. Soltani, M. T. Salam,
J. L. P. Velazquez, R. Genov, “Battery-Less
Modular Responsive Neurostimulator for Prediction and Abortion of Epileptic
Seizures,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May
2016.
Discovery
Accelerator Award, NSERC 2017
Major Grants Awarded in 2017
“Transport-Aware
Image Sensors,” Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC),
Discovery Grant
“Artificially
Intelligent Neurostimulators for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy,” Canadian Institutes
of Health Research (CIHR), Project Grant
“Heterogeneous
Integration of High-Density Analog Crossbar for Advanced Data Processing,”
Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC), Strategic Project
Grant
“Wireless
Neurophotonic Probes for the Interrogation of Neurons in Memory Circuits,” CIHR
and NSERC, Collaborative Health Research Project Grant
Selected past news:
Connaught
Innovation Award 2016
Best
Paper Award, IEEE BioCAS 2011
H. Jafari,
R. Genov, “CMOS Impedance Spectrum Analyzer with
Dual-Slope Multiplying ADC,” IEEE
Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, Nov. 2011.
Best
Student Paper Award, IEEE ISCAS 2009
A. Nilchi, J. Aziz, R. Genov, “CMOS
Image Compression Sensor with Algorithmically-Multiplying ADCs,” IEEE
International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 2009.
Best
Paper Award in Sensory Systems, IEEE ISCAS 2009
A. Nilchi, J. Aziz, R. Genov, “CMOS
Image Compression Sensor with Algorithmically-Multiplying ADCs,” IEEE
International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 2009.