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VLSI Testing

Beginning with the introduction of commercial manufacturing of integrated circuits, electronic testing
has a history of almost 60 years, and its importance cannot be overestimated. The unprecedented
proliferation of digital devices in telematics, medicine, defense systems, or transportation, clearly un-
derlines the extreme significance of their test quality. Failure to find defective circuits that constitute
the heart of many life-critical or mission-critical mechanisms may lead to severe consequences. The
goal of our group is to create new methods to allow the development of computer-aided tools sup-
porting automated test generation, test data compression, built-in self-test, and design for testability.
The corresponding research results are presented in prestigious publications and numerous US pa-
tents. Furthermore, several solutions have been commercialized, primarily by our industrial partner
Mentor, A Siemens Business, with the introduction of award-winning VLSI test technologies, often the
first solutions of this kind on the market.

Wireless Local Area Networks

Communication between vehicles and vehicles and infrastructure (V2X) which is one of the significant
topics of 5G development, is a subject of investigations in the Institute. Part of the research was per-
formed in the framework of cooperation with Nokia Solutions and Networks. The research team in-
vestigated traffic safety, meant as the minimization of vehicle collision probability, in the case of vehi-
cle platoons (convoys) when a wireless communication system (e.g., IEEE 802.11p) is applied within a
moving platoon. The team considered vehicle control algorithms ensuring reliability and string stabil-
ity from the system theory point of view. The next research topic is lengthening the vehicle platoon by
applying so-called virtual communication leaders. Subsequent research topics are related to radio
resource management algorithms aiming at the minimization of packet collision probability by apply-
ing Mode 3 and 4 LTE system specialized in V2X communications. Recent investigations focus on da-
tabases and edge intelligence to support dynamic spectrum access for vehicle platooning.