Dr Helen Ji

Who am I?

I am Dr. Helen Ji in Department of Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Division. Outside my job, I enjoy looking after my kids, as well as many plants, and our cold water and tropical fishes.

Words of wisdom

“If they can't learn the way we teach, we teach the way they learn.”

Academic and professional qualifications

2000, PhD University of Stirling

1994, MEng Xidian University, China

1991, BEng Xian Jiaotong University, China

Previous employment

2001 - 2004, Cadence Design Systems

2000 - 2001, Reading University

Other academic service (administration and management)

Pathway leader of BSc Computer and Network Technology

MSc Placement Tutor

Research expertise

Advanced Processor Design Electronic Design Automation (EDA)

Formal Methods for Hardware Design

Hardware Acceleration using FPGA/GPU

Publications

• Featured Works

• Journal articles

  H. Ji, M. Samaranayake (2010). Macro Cell Placement : Based on Force Directed flow. Electronic Engineering and Computing Technology..

• Conferences

  M. Samaranayake, H. Ji (2010). Macro cell placement: Based on a force directed flow. In: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering. pp.105-115.

  M. Samaranayake, H. Ji (2010). Force Directed Module Placement with Pin Consideration. In: MELECON 2010: THE 15TH IEEE MEDITERRANEAN ELECTROTECHNICAL CONFERENCE. Univ Malta, MALTA, 25/4/2010. pp.383-388.

  M. Samaranayake, H. Ji, J. Ainscough (2009). Module Placement Based on Hierarchical Force Directed Approach. In: 2009 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SIGNALS, CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS (SCS 2009). Medenine, TUNISIA, 6/11/2009. pp.570-575.

  M. Samaranayake, H. Ji, J. Ainscough (2009). Development of a Force Directed Module Placement tool. In: PRIME: PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE 2009 PHD RESEARCH IN MICROELECTRONICS AND ELECTRONICS. Univ Coll Cork, Cork, IRELAND, 12/7/2009. pp.152-155.

  M. Samaranayake, H. Ji, J. Ainscough (2009). Graph Drawing Alogorithms based Module Placement. In: ISSCS 2009: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SIGNALS, CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS, VOLS 1 AND 2, PROCEEDINGS,. Iasi, ROMANIA, 9/7/2009. pp.245-248.

  H. Ji, JG. Mora (2009). An IP Approach to Real Time Edge Detection. In: ICIG. pp.137-142.

  S. Cook, H. Ji, R. Harrison (2001). Dynamic and Static Views of Software Evolution. In: ICSM. pp.592-601.