University of Southern California

Kenneth M. Zick

Kenneth M. Zick
Kenneth M. Zick, Ph.D.

Computer Scientist

Ken Zick is a Computer Scientist at ISI specializing in reconfigurable systems on a chip, sensing, and SoC security. Zick's research interests include novel empirical methods for discovering variations on a chip, quantum computing systems, analog computing systems, space-based computing (e.g. with NASA's SpaceCube), fault tolerance and radiation effects, self-organization, and adaptive 3D ICs.

Degrees:
Ph.D., Computer Science & Engineering, University of Michigan
M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas
B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan

Prior to his Ph.D. studies as a four-year NASA Graduate Student Fellow, he gained 12 years of experience and three patents in advanced chip design for IBM, Cyrix Corp., and Motorola.

Zick is also a Professorial Lecturer at The George Washington University in Washington, DC, where he has taught a graduate course in Embedded Systems (ECE 6140, Fall 2011).

A list of publications is available, along with full versions of selected papers.
Email:kzick at isi.edu
Phone:703-812-3711
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