Jennifer Dworak

Professor

Department

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email

jdworak@smu.edu
Phone

214-768-1092
  • Hardware Security
  • Reliability Testing of Integrated Circuits
  • M. R. Grimaila, S. Lee, J. Dworak, K. M. Butler, B. Stewart, H. Balachandran, B. Houchins, V. Mathur, J. Park, L-C. Wang, and M. R. Mercer, "REDO -- Random Excitation and Deterministic Observation -- First Commercial Experiment," Proc. 1999 IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, Dana Point, CA., April 25 - 29, 1999, pp. 268-274. (Best Paper Award at 1999 VLSI Test Symposium)
  • J. Dworak, M. R. Grimaila, S. Lee, L-C. Wang, and M. R. Mercer, "Modeling the Probability of Defect Excitation for a Commercial IC with Implications for Stuck-at Fault-Based ATPG Strategies," Proc. 1999 International Test Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, September 28 - 30, 1999, pp. 1031-1037.
  • J. Dworak, M. R. Grimaila, S. Lee, L-C. Wang, and M. R. Mercer, "Enhanced DO-RE-ME Based Defect Level Prediction Using Defect Site Aggregation – MPG-D," Proc. 2000 International Test Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, October 3 - 5, 2000, pp. 930-939.
  • J. Dworak, M. R. Grimaila, B. Cobb, T-C. Wang, Li-C. Wang, and M. R. Mercer “On the Superiority of DO-REME/ MPG-D Over Stuck-at-Based Defective Part Level Prediction,” Proceedings of the Ninth Asian Test Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, December 4-6, 2000, pp. 151-157.
  • J. Dworak, J. D. Wicker, S. Lee, M. R. Grimaila, K. M. Butler, B. Stewart, L-C. Wang, and M. R. Mercer, "Defect-Oriented Testing and Defective-Part-Level Prediction," IEEE Design and Test of Computers, January- February, 2001, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 31 - 41. (Chosen for reprinting in the Special Report Compiled by the Editors of IEEE Design and Test in 2002)
  • S. Lee, B. Cobb, J. Dworak, M. R. Grimaila, and M. R. Mercer, “A New ATPG Algorithm to Limit Test Set Size and Achieve Multiple Detections of All Faults.” Proceedings of the 2002 Design, Automation, and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, Paris, France, March 4 - 8, 2002, pp. 94 - 99
  • J.-J. Liou, L.-C. Wang, K.-T. Cheng, J. Dworak, M. R. Mercer, R. Kapur, and T. W. Williams, “Enhancing Test Efficiency for Delay Fault Testing Using Multiple-Clocked Schemes,” Proceedings of the 39th Design Automation Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 10 - 14, 2002, pp. 371 - 374.
  • J.-J. Liou, L.-C. Wang, K.-T. Cheng, J. Dworak, M. R. Mercer, R. Kapur, and T. W. Williams, “Analysis of Delay Test Effectiveness with a Multiple-Clock Scheme,” Proc. 2002 International Test Conference, Baltimore, MD, October 8 - 10, 2002, pp. 407 - 416.
  • J. Dworak, J. Wingfield, B. Cobb, S. Lee, L.-C. Wang, and M. R. Mercer, “Fortuitous Detection and its Impact on Test Set Size Using Stuck-at and Transition Faults,” Proc. 2002 Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, November 6 - 8, 2002., pp. 177 - 185.
  • J. Wingfield, J. Dworak, and M.R. Mercer, “Function-Based Dynamic Compaction and its Impact on Test Set Sizes,” Proc 18th International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 3-5, 2003, pp. 167-174.
  • J. Dworak, B. Cobb, J. Wingfield, and M.R. Mercer, “Balanced Excitation and its Effect on the Fortuitous Detection of Dynamic Defects,” Proc. of the 2004 Design, Automation, and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE 2004), Paris, France, February 16-20, 2004, pp. 1066-1071. (181 papers were chosen from 702 submitted to the main technical tracks.)
  • J. Dworak, D. Dorsey, A. Wang, and M.R. Mercer, “Excitation, Observation, and ELF-MD: Optimization Criteria for High Quality Test Sets,” Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS’04), Napa Valley, California, April 25-29, 2004, pp. 9-15. (TTTC Naveena Nagi Award)
  • J. Dworak, J. Wingfield, and M. R. Mercer, “A Preliminary Investigation of Observation Diversity for Enhancing Fortuitous Detection of Defects,” Proc. 19th International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance inVLSI Systems, Cannes, France, October 11-13, 2004, pp. 460-468.
  • V. Stojanovic, R. I. Bahar, J. Dworak, and R. Weiss, “Instruction Queue Based Transient Error Identification and Correction through Cost Effective Hardware ECC,” HPCRI: 2nd Workshop on High Performance Computing Reliability Issues, (held in conjunction with HPCA: Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture), 2006
  • V. Stojanovic, R. I. Bahar, J. Dworak, and R. Weiss, “A Cost-Effective Implementation of an ECC-Protected Instruction Queue for Out-of-Order Microprocessors,” Proceedings of the 43rd IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference, July 24-28, 2006, pp. 705-708. (~20% acceptance rate)
  • J. Dworak, "An Analysis of Defect Detection for Weighted Random Patterns Generated with Observation/Excitation-Aware Partial Fault Targeting," Proceedings of the 25th VLSI Test Symposium, May 6-10, 2007 pp. 205-210. (~35% acceptance rate).
  • J. Dworak “Which Defects Are Most Critical? Optimizing Test Sets to Minimize Failures due to Test Escapes,” Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Test Conference (ITC’07), Santa Clara, California, October 23-25, 2007.
  • E. Alpaslan, Y. Huang, X. Lin, W-T Cheng, and J. Dworak, “Reducing Scan Shift Power at RTL,”Proceedings of the 26th VLSI Test Symposium (VTS’08), pp. 139-146, April 27-May 1, 2008., pp. 139-146, April 27-May 1, 2008.
  • Y. Shi, K. DiPalma, and J. Dworak, “Efficient Determination of Fault Criticality for Manufacturing Test Set Optimization,” Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems (DFT'08), October 1-3, 2008.
  • K. Nepal, N. Alves, J. Dworak, and R. I. Bahar “Using Implications for Online Error Detection,” Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Test Conference (ITC’08), October 28-30, 2008. (CDROM proceedings)
  • N. Alves, K. Nepal, J. Dworak, R. I. Bahar, “Detecting Errors using Multi-cycle Invariance Information” 2009 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE) April 20-24, 2009 in Nice, France.
  • N. Alves, K. Nepal, J. Dworak, and R. I. Bahar, “Compacting Test Vector Sets via Strategic Use of Implications,” IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer Aided Design, November 2009.
  • E. Alpaslan, B. Kruseman, A. K. Majhi, W. Heuvalman, P. van de Wiel, and J. Dworak, “NIM- A Noise Index Model to Estimate Delay Discrepancies between Silicon and Simulation,” accepted for publication at 2010 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE), to be held in Dresden, Germany, March 8-12, 2010.
  • Y. Shi, W-C. Hu, and J. Dworak, “Too Many Faults, Too Little Time: On Creating Test Sets for Enhanced Detection of Highly Critical Faults and Defects” Proceedings of the 2010 VLSI Test Symposium (VTS 2010), Santa Cruz, California, April 18-21, 2010.
  • N. Alves, A. Buben, K. Nepal, J. Dworak, and R. I. Bahar, “A Cost Effective Approach for Online Error Detection Using Invariant Relationships,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), vol. 29, issue 5, May 2010 ,pp. 788-801
  • E. Alpaslan, Y. Huang, X. Lin, Wu-Tung Cheng, and J. Dworak “On Reducing Scan Shift Activity at RTL” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), vol. 29, issue 7, July vol. 29, issue 7, July 2010, pp. 1110-1120.
  • N. Alves, K. Nepal, J. Dworak and R. I. Bahar, “Improving the Testability and Reliability of Sequential Circuits with Invariant Logic” GLSVLSI 2010 Proceedings, Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, May 16-18, 2010.

Education

B.S.E.E.,Texas A&M University, 1998; M.S.E.E., Texas A&M University, 2000; Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2004.
A headshot of Jennifer Dworak, a member of the Lyle School of Engineering Faculty.