Heikki Kariniemi

Heikki Kariniemi is a Doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (Tampere University). His work focuses on advanced computer architecture and fault-tolerant systems.

• Tampere University

Research Interests:

• Network-on-Chip (NoC) design
• Fault-tolerant communication protocols
• Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chip (MPSoC)
• Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)
• Globally Asynchronous Locally Synchronous (GALS) architectures

Publication Trends (2001-2010): 21 total outputs, including 18 conference papers and 1 dissertation. Key themes: reconfigurable multiprocessor systems, fat-tree network topologies, and FPGA-based fault-tolerant communication mechanisms.

Academic Activities:

• Session chair at SoC 2009 and SoC 2010 symposia
• Peer reviewer for journals: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on Electronic Publishing
• Referee for conference articles at NORCHIP 2009