Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory [NDSSL]

Lisa Durbeck

Senior Research Associate, Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory

Professional Preparation

University of Utah, Computer Science, M.S., 1999
U.C. Berkeley, Computer Science, Post Baccalaureate, 1994
Bryn Mawr College and the University of Pennsylvania, Biology and Applied Mathematics, honors B.A., 1991

Research Interests

Next-generation computer architectures and next-generation system control; data paths and I/O; and improving the design practices and computing systems available for approaching a new highly complex system. Many interesting and important problems are driving research to evolve, straining modern computation techniques and breaking down old demarcations between research fields. Many interesting and important problems are driving research to evolve, straining modern computation techniques and breaking down old demarcations between research fields.

Selected Publications

N.J. Macias and L.J.K. Durbeck Self-Organizing Digital Systems. Advances in Applied Self-organizing Systems, Mikhail Prokopenko, Ed. London: Springer-Verlag pp 177-215, 2008.
N.J. Macias and L.J.K. Durbeck A hardware implementation of the Cell Matrix self-configurable architecture: The Cell Matrix MOD 88™. Proceedings of the NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware, June 29-July 1, 2005 Washington D.C. pp 103-106, 2005.
L. Durbeck and N. Macias Obtaining quadrillion-transistor logic systems despite imperfect manufacture, hardware failure, and incomplete system specification. Nano, Quantum and Molecular Computing ed S.K. Shukla and R.I. Bahar Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers pp 109-132, 2004.
N.J. Macias and L.J.K. Durbeck Adaptive methods for growing electronic circuits on an imperfect synthetic matrix, BioSystems 73(3),pp 173-204, March 2004 .
N. Macias and L. Durbeck Self-Assembling Circuits with Autonomous Fault Handling Proc. The 2002 NASA/DOD Conference on Evolvable Hardware ed A Stoica, J Lohn, R Katz, D Keymeulen and R Salem Zebulum pp 46-55, 2002.
L. Durbeck L. and N. Macias Defect-tolerant, fine-grained parallel testing of a Cell Matrix Proc. SPIE ITCom 2002 Series 4867 ed J Schewel, P James-Roxby, H Schmit and J McHenry pp 71-85, 2002.
L. Durbeck and M. Berzins Unstructured tetrahedral mesh quality analysis using an interactive haptic and visual interface Computing and Visualization in Science, 5:3, pp 179-192, 2002.
L. Durbeck and N. Macias A Process Driver for Nanofabrication: Detecting and Analysing Hardware Defects using the Cell Matrix Computing Architecture. The Ninth Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology (Santa Clara, California 2001). Note: Abstract accepted but not presented.
L. Durbeck and N. Macias The Cell Matrix: an architecture for nanocomputing. Nanotechnology vol 12 pp 217-30 (Bristol, Philadelphia: Institute of Physics Publishing), 2001.
L. Durbeck The Science and Application of Complex Meshes. Feature Story, Winter 2001 edition, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute website, University of Utah.
M. Berzins, L.J.K. Durbeck, P.K. Jimack and M. Walkley Mesh Quality and Moving and Meshes for 2D and 3D Unstructured Mesh Solvers. 31st Lecture Series on Computational Fluid Mechanics. Von Karman Institute for Fluid Mechanics, Brussels, Belgium, March 2000, (Eds) N.P. Weatherill and H. Deconink.
L. Durbeck Evaporation: A Technique for Visualizing Mesh Quality. 8th International Meshing Roundtable, 11 - 14 October 1999, Lake Tahoe. Sandia National Laboratories pp 259-265.
M. Berzins and L. Durbeck Unstructured Mesh Methods Applied to Hyperbolic PDEs with Source Terms: Error Estimates and Mesh Quality. Godunov Methods: Theory and Applications Conference and Short Course, 18 - 22 October 1999, Oxford. numeritek Ltd.
L. Durbeck Contrast Displays: An Interactive Haptic and Visual Display Designed Specifically for Mesh Quality Analysis. Thesis U. of Utah, 1999.
L.J.K Durbeck, N.J. Macias, D.M. Weinstein, C.R. Johnson, and J.M. Hollerbach. SCIRun/Haptic Display for Flow Fields. In Proceedings of the Third PHANTOM Users Group Workshop, 3-6 October 1998. AI Lab Technical Report No. 1643 and RLE Technical Report No. 624, Edited by J.K. Salisbury and M.A. Srinivasan. Cambridge: MIT, 1998. 71-75.
M. Reed and L. Durbeck Delay Lines and Auditory Processing. Comments in Theoretical Biology, 3, 441-461, 1995.

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