Cyber SYSTEMS and Technology
Michael Vai
Dr. Michael Vai
Lincoln Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cyber Systems and Technology Group
244 Wood Street
Lexington, MA 02420-9108
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fax: 781-981-0186
email: mvai@ll.mit.edu
Dr. Michael Vai joined MIT Lincoln Laboratory in 1999 and is currently Assistant Leader of the Cyber Systems and Technology Group in Cyber Security and Information Sciences Division. Before coming to this group, he was Assistant Leader of the Embedded and Open Systems Group in the ISR and Tactical Systems Division. At Lincoln Laboratory, he has led the development of several notable real-time systems incorporating VLSI chips, FPGAs, and multi-core processors. In 2002, Dr. Vai coordinated and taught a VLSI Design course at Lincoln Laboratory and in 2003, he delivered a lecture “ASIC and FPGA DSP Implementations” in the IEEE lecture series “Current Topics in Digital Signal Processing.”
Dr. Vai has worked in the area of high performance embedded computing for over 20 years. Dr. Vai has worked and published extensively in very large scale integration (VLSI), application specific integrated circuits (ASIC), field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), design methodology, and embedded digital systems. He has published more than 80 technical papers and a textbook (VLSI Design, CRC Press, 2001). He is also the co-editor and contributing author of a reference handbook (High Performance Embedded Computing Handbook, CRC Press, 2008).
Until July 1999, Dr. Vai was on the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts. At Northeastern University, he developed and taught the VLSI Design and VLSI Architecture courses. He also established and supervised a VLSI CAD Laboratory. In May 1999, the Electrical and Computer Engineering students presented him with the Outstanding Professor Award. During Dr. Vai’s tenure at Northeastern University, he conducted multiple research programs funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and industry.
Dr. Vai’s current research interests include anti-tamper (AT) and information assurance (IA) technologies, and particularly those related to open architectures and high performance computing algorithms. Dr. Vai is a senior member of IEEE.
Dr. Vai received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, in 1985 and 1987 respectively, all in electrical engineering.
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