Associate Professor Simon Winberg

Embedded Systems, High performance Computing, FPGAs, Smart Sensor Systems, Software Defined Radio

BSc(Hons) Cape Town MSc UTK PhD Cape Town

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
  • Smart Sensor Systems
  • Software Defined Radio

Postgraduate Supervision

PHD

  • Mafa Ike Maunatlala,  AI-Assisted Digital Signal Processing Development
  • Dieuveil Orcel Thys Dingou, FPGA-based User Logic Firmware Optimization for Enhanced Data Processing in the ALICE Muon Identifier Detector.

Masters

  • Simbisai Mfunani Sithole, Digitized Radio Broadcast Seeker (DRBS)
  • Mike Mbeko Dlulane, Applying Machine Learning Algorithms to GNU Radio open-source software
  • Jarushen Govender, Using a Convolutional Neural Network to Identify Fynbos Leaves 
  • Christopher Howard Hill, Distributed sensor fusion system
  • Zubair Mohamed-Fakier, Transient Radio Frequency Intereference Classification
  • Prathiksha Singh,  Image Categorisation, Recognition and Routing Cloud (ICRRC) system
  • Robin Van Wyk, Software defined radio implementation od red pitaya hardware platforms
  • Lwando Gomomo, An FPGA Polyphase Filter Bank (PFB) - Spectral Kurtosis (SK) Spectrometer
  • Goodhead James Martin, Time of Flight Sensor Readout Feasibility Study for the Alice 3 Detector
  • Magwa Luckmore, Designing a Dynamic Spectrum Sharing Algorithm Between DCS and LTE in the 1800 MHz Band: a case study of a mobile telecommunication operator in Zimbabwe
  • Makanza Lawrence, Framework for sensing Wi-Fi Transmissions using RTL-SDR Dongle
  • Naidoo Kelsi, Exploring The Potential Benefits & Challenges of Intergrating  4IR Technologies for Real -Time DataCapture & Analysis in Infrastructure Projects
  • Reagon Veronique Carla, Action Potential and Force-Sensitive Motion Capture Suit

Current Undergraduate  Teaching

  • High Performance Digital Embedded Systems: EEE4120F
  • Embedded Systems II:  EEE3095/6S