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I am Stephen Craven, a Ph.D. student in the Configurable Computing Lab at Virginia Tech.  Prior to joining the lab, I was employed with Agere Systems at the StarCore Joint Design Center, now spun off as a separate company.  While working as an ASIC designer was very rewarding, academia has always held an attraction and I have returned to graduate school, choosing Virginia Tech because of its strength in Configurable Computing and the quiet serenity of Blacksburg.

I enjoyed my undergraduate experience at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga due, in part, to the smaller classes and greater faculty interaction afforded by a smaller engineering school.  After receiving my Bachelor's degree, I attended Georgia Tech, receiving my Master's degree in 2000.  Entering the job market at the height of the tech bubble, I managed to stay employed for almost two years before the design center where I worked was closed.

My Ph.D. research focuses on the design of dynamically reconfigurable hardware. A copy of my Ph.D. Preliminary Exam is available online.



Last Updated October 3rd, 2005.