MIL - The University of Tennessee
the university of tennessee machine intelligence lab
  
Dr. Itamar Arel, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The University of Tennessee
401-A Ferris Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-2100
Tel: +1-865-974-3891
Fax: +1-865-974-5483


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Research High-Performance Machine Intelligence, Networking and Custom Computing 
  
  Scalable Machine Learning, Deep Learning Systems, High-Performance Networking and Custom Computing
  Dr. Arel directs the Machine Intelligence Lab which focuses on the development of practical machine learning technologies that can be applied to a broad range of system. In particular, reinforcement learning algorithms and deep machine learning architectures are investigated, with an emphasis on quantitative studies of performance and scalability.
  
Selected Publications
  
[1]     I. Arel, D. Rose, T. Karnowski, "A Deep Learning Architecture Comprising Homogeneous Cortical Circuits for Scalable Spatiotemporal Pattern Inference," to appear in the NIPS 2009 Workshop on Deep Learning for Speech Recognition and Related Applications , December, 2009 [pdf]
[2]     I. Arel, D. Rose, R. Coop, "DeSTIN: A Scalable Deep Learning Architecture with Application to High-Dimensional Robust Pattern Recognition," in Proc. AAAI 2009 Fall Symposium on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA), November, 2009 [pdf]
[3]     S. Young, I. Arel, O. Arazi, "Pi-PIFO: A Scalable Pipelined PIFO Memory Management Architecture," Proc. of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications, June, 2009 [pdf]
[4]     I. Arel, "Working Toward Pragmatic Convergence: AGI Axioms and a Unified Roadmap," Workshop on the Future of AGI (as part of the 2nd Conference on Artificial General Intelligence), March, 2009
[5]     I. Arel, S. Livingston, "Beyond the Turing Test," IEEE Computer, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 104-105, March, 2009 [pdf]
[6]     I. Elhanany, C. Niedzwiedz, Z. Liu, S. Livingston, "A Consolidated Actor-Critic Model for Partially-Observable Markov Decision Processes," IET Electronics Letters, October, 2008 [pdf]
[7]     R. Wunderlich, C. Liu, I. Elhanany, T. Urbanik, "A Novel Signal Scheduling Algorithm with Quality of Service Provisioning for an Isolated Intersection," IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 536-547., September, 2008 [pdf]
[8]     Z. Liu, I. Elhanany, "A Fast and Scalable Recurrent Neural Network based on Stochastic Meta-Descent," IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, Vol. 19, No. 9, pp. 1651-1657, September, 2008 [pdf]
[9]     V. Mahoney, I. Elhanany, "A Backpropagation Neural Network Design Using Adder-Only Arithmetic," in Proc. 2008 IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), August, 2008 [pdf]
[10]     A. Nagari, I. Elhanany, B. Thompson, F. Li, T. King, "Parallel Processing Architecture for Solving Large-Scale Linear Systems," in Proc. of the 2008 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'08), July, 2008
[11]     J. Togelius, S. Lucas, J. Garibaldi, T. Nakashima, C. Hiong Tan, I. Elhanany, "The 2007 IEEE CEC Simulated Car Racing Competition," Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines, Springer, July, 2008 [pdf]
[12]     C. Niedzwiedz, I. Elhanany, Z. Liu, S. Livingston, "A Consolidated Actor-Critic Model with Function Approximation for High-Dimensional POMDPs," AAAI 2008 workshop for Advancement in POMDP Solvers (part of the AAAI 2008 Conference), Chicago, July, 2008 [pdf]
[13]     R. Wunderlich, I. Elhanany, T. Urbanik, C. Liu, "Advanced Traffic Signal Control Using Intelligent Vehicle Infrastructure," in Proc. 10th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation (AATT 2008), May, 2008
[14]     B. Matthews, I. Elhanany, "Hardware Architecture for High-Speed Real-Time Dynamic Programming Applications," IET Proceedings on Computers and Digital Techniques, pp. 164-171, Vol. 2, No. 3, May, 2008 [pdf]
[15]     C. Niedzwiedz, Z. Liu, I. Elhanany, S. Livingston, "A Consolidated Actor-Critic Model for Temporal Difference Learning with Function Approximation and Application to POMDPs," 3rd Northeast Student Colloquium on Artificial Intelligence, May, 2008 [pdf]
[16]     S. Livingston, J. Garvey, I. Elhanany, "On the Broad Implications of Reinforcement Learning based Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)," AGI-08 Workshop on the Sociocultural, Ethical and Futurological Implications of Artificial General Intelligence, March, 2008 [pdf]
[17]     X. Li, I. Elhanany, "Stability of a Frame-Based Oldest-Cell-First Maximal Weight Matching Algorithm," IEEE Transactions on Communications, January, 2008 [pdf]
[18]     R. Wunderlich, I. Elhanany, T. Urbanik, "A Stable Longest Queue First Signal Scheduling Algorithm for an Isolated Intersection," in Proc. 2007 IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety (ICVES), December, 2007 [pdf]
[19]     T. Goodspeed, R. Wunderlich, I. Elhanany, "WIP: Enhancing Reinforcement Learning Class Curriculum using a Matlab Interface Library for use with the Sony AIBO Robot," ASEE/IEEE 2007 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2007) , October, 2007 [pdf]
[20]     Z. Liu, I. Elhanany, "Large-Scale Tabular-Form Hardware Architecture for Q-Learning with Delays," 2007 IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), August, 2007
[21]     J. Turnmire, I. Elhanany, "A Distributed Architecture for Temporal Difference Learning with Eligibility Traces," 2007 IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), August, 2007
[22]     Z. Liu, I. Elhanany, "Fast and Scalable Recurrent Neural Network Learning based on Stochastic Meta-Descent," Proc. of 26th American Control Conference (ACC), New York City, July, 2007
[23]     X. Li, I. Elhanany, "A Scalable Frame-based Multi-Crosspoint Packet Switching Architecture," 2007 IEEE Workshop on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR), May, 2007 [pdf]
[24]     B. Matthews, I. Elhanany, "A Scalable Memory-Efficient Architecture for Parallel Shared Memory Switches," 2007 IEEE Workshop on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR), May, 2007 [pdf]
[25]     B. Matthews, I. Elhanany, V. Tabatabaee, "Accelerated Packet Placement Architecture for Parallel Shared Memory Routers," Proc. of IFIP Networking 2007, May, 2007 [pdf]
[26]     Z. Liu, I. Elhanany, "A Scalable Recurrent Neural Network Framework for Model-Free POMDPs," 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Approximate Dynamic Programming and Reinforcement Learning (ADPRL), April, 2007 [pdf]
[27]     B. Matthews, I. Elhanany, "Switch Fabric on a Reconfigurable Chip using an Accelerated Packet Placement Architecture," 15th ACM/SIGDA International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), Feb., 2007, Monterey, CA., February, 2007
[28]     O. Arazi, I. Elhanany, D. Rose, H. Qi, B. Arazi, "Self-Certified Public Key Generation on the Intel Mote 2 Sensor Network Platform," 3rd Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), September, 2006 [pdf]
[29]     I. Elhanany, K. Busch, "Is Time Ripe for Fabric on a Chip?," IEEE Computer Magazine, pp. 91-92, September, 2006 [pdf]
[30]     I. Elhanany, M. Hamdi (Eds.), "High-Performance Packet Switching Architectures," Book by Springer-Verlag, London, August, 2006 [pdf]
[31]     S. Fields, I. Elhanany, "A Symmetric Multiprocessor Architecture for Multi-Agent Temporal Difference Learning," 2006 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits & Systems (MWSCAS), San Juan, Puerto Rico, August, 2006 [pdf]
[32]     D. Budik, I. Elhanany, "TRTRL: A Localized Resource-Efficient Learning Algorithm for Recurrent Neural Networks," 2006 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits & Systems (MWSCAS), San Juan, Puerto Rico, August, 2006 [pdf]
[33]     B. Matthews, I. Elhanany, V. Tabatabaee, "Fabric on a Chip: Towards Consolidating Packet Switching Functions on Silicon," 2006 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Istanbul, Turkey, June, 2006 [pdf]
[34]     O. Arazi, B. Arazi, H. Qi, I. Elhanany, D. Rose, "Self-Certified Public Key Cryptography for Resource-Constrained Sensor Networks," 2006 Cyber Security and Information Infrastructure Research Workshop, Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL), May, 2006 [pdf]
[35]     Z. Liu, I. Elhanany, "RL-MAC: A QoS-Aware Reinforcement Learning based MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks," IEEE Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April, 2006 [pdf]
[36]     B. Matthews, I. Elhanany, "Scalable Hardware Architecture for Real-Time Dynamic Programming Applications," 2006 IEEE Symposium on Field Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM), Napa, CA, April, 2006 [pdf]
[37]     Z. Liu, I. Elhanany, "RL-MAC: A Reinforcement Learning based MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks," International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), Vol. 1, No. 2, April, 2006 [pdf]
[38]     B. Matthews, I. Elhanany, "On the Performance of Output-Queued Cell Switches with Non-Uniformly Distributed Bursty Arrivals," IEE Proceedings on Communications, Vol. 153, No. 2, pp. 201-204, April, 2006 [pdf]
[39]     I. Elhanany, O. Arazi, M. Kahane, "Virtual Input Queued Switches with Non-Uniform Arrivals and Bursty Service," Proc. 11th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS) 2004, Dec. 13-15, Tel-Aviv, Israel, December, 2005 [pdf]
[40]     Y. Liu, I. Elhanany, H. Qi, "An Energy-Efficient QoS-Aware Media Access Control (Q-MAC) Protocol," 2nd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS) 2005, Washington, DC, November, 2005
[41]     B. Arazi, I. Elhanany, O. Arazi, H. Qi, "Revisiting Public Key Cryptography for Wireless Sensor Networks," IEEE Computer Magazine, pp. 85-87, November, 2005 [pdf]
[42]     X. Li, I. Elhanany, "Stability of a Frame-Based Maximal Weight Matching Algorithm with Transfer Speedup," IEEE Communication Letters, Vol. 9, No. 10, October, 2005 [pdf]
[43]     M. McCollum, I. Elhanany, X. Li, "A Mutlistage Pipelined Memory Management Algorithm for Parallel Shared Memory Switches," Proc. IEEE 48th Midwest Symposium on Circuits & Systems (MWSCAS 2005), Cincinnati, Ohio, August, 2005
[44]     B. Matthews, i. Elhanany, "A High-Speed Reconfigurable Architecture for Heterogeneous Multimodal Packet Traffic Generation," Proc. IEEE 48th Midwest Symposium on Circuits & Systems (MWSCAS 2005), Cincinnati, Ohio, August, 2005 [pdf]
[45]     O. Arazi, I. Elhanany, "A Scalable Architecture for High-Speed Digital Companding," Proc. IEEE 48th Midwest Symposium on Circuits & Systems (MWSCAS 2005), August, 2005 [pdf]
[46]     X. Li, I. Elhanany, "A Pipelined Memory Management Algorithm for Distributed Shared Memory Switches," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2005, Seoul, Korea, June, 2005 [pdf]
[47]     X. Li, I. Elhanany, "Stability of Frame-Based Maximal Weight Matching Algorithms with Reconfiguration Delays," Proc. 2005 IEEE High-Performance Switching and Routing Symposium (HPSR), Hong-Kong, May, May, 2005 [pdf]
[48]     X. Li, I. Elhanany, "Heterogeneous Maximal-Throughput Bursty Traffic Model with Application to Input-Queued Switches," Proc.2005 IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, April, 2005 [pdf]
[49]     I. Elhanany, D. Chiou, V. Tabatabaee, R. Noro, A. Poursepanj, "The Network Processing Forum Switch Fabric Benchmark Specifications: An Overview," IEEE Network Magazine, pp. 4-9, April, 2005 [pdf]
[50]     I. Elhanany, M. Kahane, "Heterogeneous Bursty Traffic Dispersion over Multiple Server Clusters," Communication Letters, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 261-263, March, 2005 [pdf]
[51]     J. Pfaffman, I. Elhanany, "Adaptation of a Computer Networks Curriculum for Non-Technical Audience," Proc. IEEE Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference 2004, October, 2004 [pdf]
[52]     M. Kahane, U. Barzilai, I. Elhanany, "CWT: An Efficient Queue Urgency Metric with Application to High-Speed Packet Switching," Proc. 13th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) 2004, October, 2004 [pdf]
[53]     I. Elhanany, M. Kahane, "On the Performance of Bursty Traffic Dispersion over Multiple Server Clusters," IEEE Conference on Networking (ICN), March, 2004 [pdf]
[54]     I. Elhanany, "Analysis of Output-Queued Cell Switches with Random Arbitration and Generic Arrival Processes," Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2003, San Francisco, CA, December, 2003 [pdf]
[55]     I. Elhanany, V. Tabatabaee, "Benchmarking Next-Generation Switch Fabrics," IEEE Computer Magazine, pp. 109-110, October, 2003 [pdf]
[56]     I. Elhanany, K. Busch, D. Chiou, "Switch Fabric Interfaces," IEEE Computer Magazine, pp. 106-108, September, 2003 [pdf]
[57]     I. Elhanany, M. Kahane, D. Sadot, "On Uniformly Distributed ON/OFF Arrivals in Virtual Output Queued Switches with Geometric Service Times," Proc. IEEE Conference on Communications (ICC) 2003, Alaska, June, 2003 [pdf]
[58]     I. Elhanany, D. Sadot, "Performance Analysis of a Robust Scheduling Algorithm for Scalable Input-Queued Switches," Proc. IEEE Conference on Communications (ICC), June, 2003 [pdf]
[59]     I. Elhanany, M. Kahane, D. Sadot, "A Performance Study of Virtual Output Queued Switches with Heterogeneous Bursty Traffic," Proc. IEEE High-Performance Switching and Routing Conference (HPSR) 2003, Torino, Italy., May, 2003 [pdf]
[60]     I. Elhanany, D. Sadot, "Queueing Analysis of Markov Modulated ON/OFF Arrivals with Geometric Service Times," Proc. 22nd IEEE 22nd Convention of IEEE Israel Section, December, 2002 [pdf]
[61]     I. Elhanany, D. Sadot, "Analysis of Non-Uniform Cell Destination Distribution in Virtual Output Queuing Systems," IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 6, No. 9, pp. 367-369, September, 2002 [pdf]
[62]     I. Elhanany, M. Kahane, D. Sadot, "Packet-Scheduling in Next-Generation Multi-Terabit Networks," IEEE Computer Magazine, pp. 104-106, No. 34, Vol. 4, April, 2001 [pdf]
[63]     I. Elhanany, M. Sheinfeld, A. Beck, Y. Kadmon, D. Tirosh, "Robust Image Registration based on Feedforward Neural Networks," Proc. 2000 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2000), Vol. 2, pp. 1507-1511, October, 2000
[64]     I. Elhanany, D. Sadot, "A Flexible ATM Traffic Synthesizer for Evaluating High-Performance Packet-Switched Networks," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCom 2000), Split, Croatia, October, 2000 [pdf]
[65]     I. Elhanany, J. Nir, D. Sadot, "A Contention-Free Packet Scheduling Scheme for Provision of Quality-of-Service in Tbit/sec WDM Networks," (INVITED PAPER) SPIE Optical Networks Magazine, No. 3, pp. 19-24, July, 2000 [pdf]
[66]     I. Elhanany, D. Sadot, "A Prioritized Packet Scheduling Architecture for Provision of Quality-of-Service in Tbit/sec WDM Networks," . IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2000), New-Orleans, Vol. 2, pp. 695-700, June, 2000 [pdf]
[67]     I. Elhanany, O. Arazi, "Redundant Linear Coding for Accelerating Counting and Comparison Operations," Proc. 20th IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2000), Geneva, Switzerland, Vol. 5, pp. 333-336, May, 2000 [pdf]
[68]     D. Sadot, I. Elhanany, "Optical Switching Speed Requirements for Terabit/sec Packet Over WDM Networks," IEEE Photonic Technology Letters, Vol. 12, No.4, pp. 440-442, April, 2000 [pdf]
[69]     I. Elhanany, D. Sadot, "A Contention-Free Tbit/sec Packet-Switching Architecture for ATM over WDM Networks," (INVITED PAPER) IEEE/IEICE Trans. on Communications, Vol. E83-B, No. 2, pp. 225-230, February, 2000 [pdf]
[70]     I. Elhanany, S. Jacobi, M. Kahane, E. Markus, D. Tirosh, D. Barak, "A Novel Architecture for Digital Pulse Height Analysis with Applications to Radiation Spectroscopy," Proc. 7th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED'99), pp. 2143-2151, June, 1999 [pdf]
[71]     I. Elhanany, D. Sadot, "Tbit/sec Switching Scheme for ATM/WDM High-Speed Computer Networks," Proc. 7th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED'99), pp. 2438-2441, June, 1999 [pdf]
[72]     I. Elhanany, D. Sadot, "A Novel Tbit/sec Switch Architecture for ATM/WDM High-Speed Networks," Proc. IEEE ATM Workshop '99, Kochi-City, Japan, pp. 97-101, May, 1999 [pdf]
[73]     J. Nir, I. Elhanany, D. Sadot, "Tbit/s Switching Scheme for ATM/WDM Networks," Electronics Letters, Vol. 35, No.1, pp. 30-31, January, 1999 [pdf]
[74]     I. Elhanany, Y. Kadmon, A. Gabovitch, M. Sheinfeld, D. Tirosh, D. Barak, "Radiation Plume Contouring Algorithm Using Two-Dimensional Biharmonic Spline Interpolation," Proc. IRPA 2nd Regional Mediterranean Congress on Radiation Protection, Tel-Aviv, Israel, November, 1997
[75]     M. Sheinfeld, I. Elhanany, Y. Kadmon, D. Tirosh, A. Gabovitch, D. Barak, "Software for Airborne Radiation Monitoring Systems," Proc. IRPA 2nd Regional Mediterranean Congress on Radiation Protection, Tel-Aviv, Israel, November, 1997