Introduction to Noise-Resilient Computing

S. N. Yanushkevich received M.Sc. (1989) and Ph.D. (1992) degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Minsk, Belarus, and she received her Habilitation degree (1999) from the University of Technology,Warsaw, Poland. In 2001, she joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada, where she is currently Associate Professor. Dr. Yanushkevich is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Member of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Japan. In 2011, she was awarded the Invitation Fellowship by the Japan Society for Promotion of Science ( JSPS) and worked at the Research Center for Integrated Quantum Electronics, Hokkaido University. Dr. Yanushkevich took part in several projects on the development of high-performance parallel computing tools for image processing applications. Her current research interests include nanocomputing in 3D and artificial intelligence in decision making. Dr. Yanushkevich serves as a Guest Editor of several international journals, and she was a general chair and co-chair of about 20 international conferences, symposia, and workshops. Dr. Yanushkevich has published over 200 technical papers and patents, and authored, co-authored, and edited booksS. Kasai received B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan, in 1992, 1994, and 1997, respectively. He joined Optoelectronics and High Frequency Device Research Laboratories, NEC, Japan, in 1997. In 1999, he moved to the Graduate School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Hokkaido University, as a Research Associate and he has been an Associate Professor since 2001. From 2004, he has been an Associate Professor in Graduate School of Information Science and Technology and Research Center for Integrated Quantum Electronics (RCIQE). From 2007 to 2011, he has also been a researcher of PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency ( JST).His current research interests include III-V compound semiconductor nanodevices and their integrations, and stochastic resonance device. He is a member of IEEE, the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), and the Japan Society of Applied Physics ( JSAPG.Tangim is pursuing an M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary. His research interest includes FaultTolerant Nanoarchitectures, VLSI, and Computer Aided Design of Digital logic circuits. Tangim received his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh. He served as a junior lecturer in the School of Engineering and Computer Science (SECS) in Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) for two years.He is a student member of IEEEA.H.Tran received M.Eng. (2007) and M.Sc. (2011) degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. His research interests include Stochastic and Probabilistic Logic Computing, Simulation of Logic Computing under extreme noise, and applying Artificial Intelligence in Fault-Tolerant computing.He is planning to pursue his Ph.D. in the near future

• Introduction to probabilistic computation models.- Nanoscale circuits and fluctuation problems.- Estimators and Metrics.- MRF Models of Logic Gates.- Neuromorphic models.- Noise-tolerance via error correcting.- Conclusion and future work.