{"id":35,"date":"2020-11-25T17:58:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T17:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/baas-new\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:49:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:49:36","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/baas\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"35\" class=\"elementor elementor-35\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-662e9a79 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"662e9a79\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5911656b\" data-id=\"5911656b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f502f93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-page-title\" data-id=\"7f502f93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"page-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"hfe-page-title hfe-page-title-wrapper elementor-widget-heading\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tResearch Interests  \n\t\t\t<\/h2 > \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66cc0bb3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"66cc0bb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a535095 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a535095\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Baas\u2019 research activities involve the development and implementation of efficient and novel computational hardware with a focus on digital signal processing (DSP), multimedia, and \u201cembedded\u201d-type workloads, which are becoming increasingly important in high-growth application areas from portable electronics to datacenters. Recent projects study applications in the domains of scientific and big-data\/cloud computing.<\/p>\n<p>Active projects involve both programmable and dedicated-purpose processors. Recent projects include the AsAP (Asynchronous Array of simple Processors) programmable array processor chips, architectures, applications, and software tools; Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) decoders; Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) processors; Viterbi decoders; and H.264 video encoders and decoders.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Baas\u2019 research group is one of very few university groups in the world that design and fabricate programmable processor chips.&nbsp;We believe we have designed the #1, #3, and #8 highest clock rate fabricated processors, and among the largest deep-submicron&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/19uvKqgyu5gNwYWG7GkW-SX6LyfHnittOJjKXisZy9Kw\/\" target=\"_blank\">CMOS chips ever designed in a university<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Interests Dr. Baas\u2019 research activities involve the development and implementation of efficient and novel computational hardware with a focus on digital signal processing (DSP), multimedia, and \u201cembedded\u201d-type workloads, which are becoming increasingly important in high-growth application areas from portable electronics to datacenters. Recent projects study applications in the domains of scientific and big-data\/cloud computing. 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