Research

Multi-disciplinary system simulation; parallel circuit/system simulation; signal integrity; design automation of high-speed VLSI and RF circuits; simulation of silicon-photonics and microwave photonics circuits and systems; electrical and optical device modeling; model-order reduction, electrical/optical interconnects; artificial neural networks, design centering and optimization, electromagnetic compatibility.

Application

High-speed VLSI circuits; signal integrity; RF and microwave circuit analysis and simulation; silicon-photonics and microwave-photonics; yield analysis for ICs.

Activities

• Director of Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Member of Technical Program Committee for IEEE Workshop on Signal Propagation on Interconnects
• Collaborative research with Optiwave Systems Inc. on simulation of opto-electronic circuits and systems
• Co-author of optoelectronic simulation tool, OptiSPICE
• Collaborative research with Communications Research Centre of Canada (CRC) on simulation of microwave photonics systems
• Collaborative research with Queen’s University and McGill University

Conference Publications

P. Gunupudi, T. Smy, J. Klein, J. Jakubczyk, “Modeling Scattering and Diffraction Elements in a SPICE-based Optoelectronic Framework,” Photonics North, Quebec City, QC, May 2009.

P. Gunupudi, T. Smy, J. Klein, J. Jakubczyk, “Self-Consistent Simulation of Optoelectronic Circuits using a SPICE-like Framework,” IEEE 13th Workshop on Signal Propagation on Interconnects, Strasbourg, France, May 2009.

P. Gunupudi, T. Smy, J. Klein, J. Jakubczyk, “Optical Signal Infrastucture in a SPICE-Based Optoelectronic Simulation Framework,” SPIE DSS, Orlando, FL, April 2009.

P. Gunupudi, T. Smy, J. Klein, J. Jakubczyk, “Multi-Disciplinary Simulation of Electro-Opto-Thermal Networks using a SPICE-like Framework,” OSA Topical Meeting on Integrated Photonics and Nanophotonics Research and Applications, Boston, MA, July 2008.