Professional Occupancy

April 2009 - present
     Postdoctoral Researcher
     Leiden Embedded Research Center (LERC)
     Faculty W&N

May 2004 - April 2009
     Research Assistant
     Leiden Embedded Research Center (LERC)
     Faculty W&N

January 2002 - May 2004
     Research and Development Engineer
     Fabless, Ltd., Sofia (Bulgaria)

January 2002 - April 2002
     External Hardware Consultant
     S.A.B.C.A., Brussels (Belgium)

January 1999 - December 2001
     Research and Development Engineer
     Innovative MicroSystems (IMS), Sofia (Bulgaria)

Professional Experience

  • VHDL RTL level description
  • VHDL (High Level) design of ASICs
  • RTL and Netlist Simulation and Verification
  • High Level Synthesis and Optimization
  • Fault Simulation
  • Writing of Test-Benches with High Fault Coverage
  • Hardware/Software Co-Design
  • Embedded Systems Design
  • Assembler programming for microcontrollers and microprocessors
  • IP developing with VeriBest, Altera, and Xilinx CAE tools
  • Design of systems on FPGAs
  • PLD : Altera - Flex, Max; Xilinx - Spartan and Virtex families

Skills

  • Hardware Description Languages: VHDL
  • Programming Languages: C++, C, Pascal, Assemblers (Intel, Microchip, Motorola), Java
  • Modeling Languages and Tools: YAPI, Matlab, COMPAAN
  • EDA & CAD Tools: Cadence, Synopsys, Xilinx, Altera, Synplicity, ALDEC, VeriBest, Orcad, Cadstar, Protel
  • Operating Systems: Windows, MS DOS, UNIX, LINUX

Some Projects

  • MSOS ICE - MicroSystems-on-Silicon In-Circuit Emulator

    •    Activities: PCB Schematics, VHDL design, simulation, and implementation on Altera FPGAs.

  • Rapido8E - A Microprocessor with Advanced RISC Architecture

    •    Activities: VHDL design, simulation, and implementation in MSOS ICE.

  • MSOS80C51 - Intel 8051 compatible CPU IP Core

    •    Activities: VHDL design, simulation, and implementation in MSOS ICE.

  • RF ID CARD READER with RS232 and RS485 interface

    •    Activities: Development and implementation of communication protocol (assembler Intel8051).

  • FPGA-1553, subsystem for military bus MIL-STD 1553. A project with S.A.B.C.A., Belgium (www.sabca.com)

    •    Activities: VHDL design, simulation, and implementation on FPGAs.

  • EMerald In-Circuit Emulator. A project with ATMEL Corporation (www.atmel.com)

    •    Activities: PCB Schematics, VHDL design, simulation, and implementation on Xilinx FPGAs.

  • Microprocessor Peripheral Devices - VHDL models (RTL level description) of:

    •    WatchDog, PIA, Timers, PWM, UART, LCD Controller, LED Controller, Keyboard Controller.