Dr Simon Winberg

My area of expertise and interest is in computer engineering, with a direction towards high performance embedded computing. I have taught courses in computer architecture, digital systems, software engineering and programming in various languages. My current research areas focuses on FPGA-based reconfigurable computing, embedded systems, high performance computing (HPC) and high performance embedded computing (HPEC), and using these platforms for applications related to image processing, software defined radio, radio astronomy and radar system digital backed processing.

Research Interests

• Embedded Systems
• High performance Computing
• FPGA Systems
• Software  Defined Radio

Website

http://www.rrsg.ee.uct.ac.za/members/swinberg/

Publications 

My Google Scholar Profile

Postgraduate Supervision

Masters

• Mbongeni Bhebhe,   SDR - IoT
• Mutsawashe Gahadza, OFDM Radio simulation
• Luke Cox, Design & Construction of the CELLbot Modular Robot
• Moeketsi Mafereka, Analysis & Development of an Online knowledge management support system for a community of practice
• Balone Nadaba, Signal Processing Framework for Xeon Phi
• Bradley Kahn, FPGA Core Stat Python Interface
• Othaniel Konan, FPGA - topic pending
• Alex Mkama,   SDR - topic pending
• Khobatha Setetemela, FPGA Toolchan Analysis
• Yemeli Tasse, Disyware - a gateware operating system and application deployment method.
• Lindo Biyase, SKA RFI Data Interrogator (topic under construction)

PhD

• Danish Arif, Angle Independent Face Recognition for High Value Targets
• John-Philip Taylor, ALCHA - FPGA Project Abstraction Through Scripting
• Lekhobola Tsoeunyane, Domain- Specific High – Level FPGA Synthesis for Software-Defined Radio
• Zeeshan  PV-ZSI invertor and precision control system

Current Undergraduate Teaching 

• Digital Systems: EEE4084F
• Embedded Systems: EEE3096S [EEE3095S]