SALMA MIRZA

5 Diane Drive, Apt 2,

Belchertown, MA 01007

Tel: (603) 401 8830   

Email: smirza83@gmail.com

Webpage: http://www-unix.ecs.umass.edu/~smirza

              

EDUCATION

University of Massachusetts Amherst

MS ECE

08/09

Mumbai University

BE

06/05

 

RELEVANT GRADUATE COURSES

VLSI Design Principles, Synthesis & Verification of Digital Systems, Reconfigurable Computing, Fundamentals of Solid

State Electronics, Independent Study on NanoPLAs, Introduction to Cryptography, Applied Cryptography,

Trustworthy Computing, Hot Topics in Information Security, Algorithms, Fault Tolerant Systems

 

MASTERS’ THESIS

Thesis Topic: Scalable, Memory-Intensive Scientific Computing on Field Programmable Gate Arrays

Research Advisor: Prof. Russell Tessier, Reconfigurable Computing Group at UMass Amherst

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Coop Engineer, Advanced Micro Devices, Boxborough, MA

Jan 08 – Aug 08

·         Deep sub-micron semi-custom circuit design using standard cells

·         Study RTL architecture and convert to gate verilog format or schematics

·         Identify control and data paths and optimize critical signals

·         Logic Equivalence check between RTL and gate level netlist

·         Place cells to optimize route lengths

·         Analyze setup, hold, edge rate and timing failures by modifying logic and placements

·         Automatic routing and debugging LVS errors and DRC violations

·         Analyze signal and power electromigration, local heating and noise

·         Write PERL scripts to automate quality control and communication of results

Graduate Intern, UMass Amherst                                                                       

Oct 06 – Dec 07 , Sept 08 - Present

·Systems administrator for the Student Union Server

·Device file and user structure for organizations using the server

·Enforce data security and privacy

·Purchase, plan and document inventory of Student Government Organizations

·Assist clients in the set-up, maintenance and support of computers & servers

International  Student Orientation at UMass Amherst

Summer 07

Lecturer, Mumbai University

Jan 06 – May 06

·Lectured on Mechatronics to senior year electrical engineering students

·Set up the Mechatronics Sensors Lab

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

·         EDA Tools

Cadence: Virtuoso Design Suite, Schematic editor, Layout Editor, Conformal LEC

Synopsys: Design Compiler, Hspice

Mentor Graphics: Caliber DRV

·         Programming Languages

C, Structural Verilog, RTL Verilog, Perl, TCL

 

PROJECTS

·         Study Implementation of ECC on an RFID Tag with some computing capability

·         Error-tolerant Dynamic Voltage Scaling using Razor Latches in Custom CMOS.

·         Creating a physical key using PUF circuits to secure private data on a public network

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

·         Society for Women in Engineering: http://www.swe.org

·         Reconfigurable Computing Group at UMass Amherst: http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/tessier/rcg/