Biography
Stan Simmons received his B.Sc, M.Sc, and Ph.D degrees in Electrical Engineering in 1976, 1981, and 1986, all from Queen's University. He worked with Ontario Hydro between 1976 and 1979, with one year spent on the construction site for Pickering Nuclear Generating Station "B". After his M.Sc degree, he worked with Miller Communications of Kanata, Ontario, performing communications systems studies on consulting contracts. After completing his Ph.D. degree, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at Queen's University as an Assistant Professor and NSERC University Research Fellow. He has been with the Department since, serving between 1998-2002 as Chair of Undergraduate Studies for Computer Engineering.
Research Interests
Professor Simmons' past research activities centered on the development of reduced-computation algorithms and VLSI architectures for communications decoding. More recent research has looked at low-power VLSI architectures for inclusion in portable communications devices, and thesis projects have included a VLSI architecture for Viterbi decoding, as well as a CPU with special crypto-processing capability. His current research focus is on testing, reliability, and fault-tolerance for VLSI structures, with an eye to system-on-chip (SOC) application.
Telephone: (613) 533-6292/2925
Fax: (613) 533-6615
E-mail: stan.simmons [at] queensu.ca