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1 CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL INFORMATION Last Name: Julián First Name: Pedro; Middle Name: Marcelo Citizenship: Argentine Date of birth: June 28, URL: Phone & FAX: ext Office Address: Departament of Electrical Engineering and Computers, Universidad Nacional of Sur, Av. Alem 1253, Bahía Blanca (8000), Argentina. STUDIES Electronic Engineering degree, Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica (DIE), Universidad Nacional of Sur (UNS), Bahía Blanca, Argentina, 1994 PhD on Control Systems at DIE-UNS ACADEMIC POSITIONS Visiting Associate Profesor, Johns Hopkins University, Dec present. Full Time Associate Professor, DIEC-UNS, October 2007 present. Principal Researcher, National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Ministery of Science and Technology; 2003 present. PAST POSITIONS Visiting Associate Profesor, Johns Hopkins University, May 2009 May Full Time Adjoint Professor, DIEC-UNS, August 2003 Assistant Researcher, National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Ministerio de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología; September Invited Professor, ``Seminar on Large Scale Analog Computation'', Johns Hopkins University, Fall Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Sensory Communication & Microsystems Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA, Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Electronics Research Laboratories, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA, TEACHING Digital Systems Fundamentals, ( ), Johns Hopkins University, Spring semester, Introduction to VLSI ( ), Johns Hopkins University, Fall MOS Modelling, DIEC-UNS, graduate course, since 2007.

2 Semiconductor Devices, DIEC-UNS, undergraduate course, since Analysis and Design of Digital Circuits, DIEC-UNS, undergraduate course, since Design of Integrated Circuits in CMOS Technology, graduate course, Design of Digital Integrated Circuits in CMOS Technology, DIEC-UNS, graduate course, since Design of Analog Integrated Circuits in CMOS Technology, DIEC-UNS, graduate course, since Design of Integrated Circuits in CMOS Technology, graduate course, GRANTS & AWARDS William R. Kenan Jr. Award for Undergraduate Teaching and Innovative Faculty Projects, Johns Hopkins University, May Prize Stimulus 2010 Ingeniero Gerardo Luis Ventura, of Engineering Academy of Buenos Aires Province, Prize Stimulus 2010 in Electronic Engineering Ramón Termeyer, Engineering Section of National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences (ANCEFN), Citizen Recognition of the City of Bahía Blanca for achievements in the Area of Engineering, Expte HCD Scientific work Recognition by the Chamber of Deputies of Buenos Aires Province, Res. D/2706/09-10, April Bernardo Houssay 2009 Investigator Award in Engineering, Ministry of Science and Technology of Argentina. CONICET-Fulbright visiting scholar grant, May Grant for Postdoctoral re-insertion CONICET, July Grant for Researcher re-insertion Fundación Antorchas, August Grant of the National Science Foundation through the Center for Language and Speech Processing; topic: Analog VLSI microsystems and sensory information processing analysis, July 2002, July 2003, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA. Postdoctoral Grant CONICET July Director: Andreas Andreou, Osvaldo Agamennoni. Topic: Analog design of parallel processing neural structures Postdoctoral Grant CONICET April Director: Leon O. Chua, Osvaldo Agamennoni. Topic: Canonical piecewise linear representations: Advanced representation forms and applications to circuits and systems Doctoral Grant, CONICET April 1997-April 1999; April 1999-April Director: Osvaldo Agamennoni. Topic: Modelado y Análisis de Sistemas No Lineales Committees and EVENTS Technical Program Chair, LASCAS 2017, Bariloche, Argentina. Technical Program Chair, LASCAS 2016, Florianópolis, Brazil. Associate Editor, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications (ISSN: X), since Associate Editor, IEEE Circuits and Sytems Magazine, January Dic Associate Editor, IEEE Circuits and Sytems Society Newsletter, since Technical Program Chair, Conference Argentina en Micro-Nano Electrónica, Tecnología y Aplicaciones, EAMTA/CAMTA, since Publicity Chair of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 2011, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Member of the IT Consulting Board of the Comission of Scientific Research (CIC) of the Province of Buenos Aires, Dec Member Editorial Board, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, since Organizer of the Second Argentine School of Microelectronics, EAMTA 2007, Córdoba, July 16-21,

3 2007. Organizer of the First Argentine School of Microelectronics, EAMTA 2006, Bahía Blanca, July 17-28, Organizer of the 2004 Latin American Tour of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Uniting Latina America in ; Colombia, México and Argentina, Nov , Member of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) Technical Committee on Nanoelectronics and Giga-Scale Systems Organizer of the 2002 Latin American Tour of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society in Nanotechnology and Giga-scale Systems; Colombia, México and Argentina, Nov , 2002, Member of the Organizing Committee of the First IEEE South American Workshop on Circuits and Systems (SAWCAS 2000), Bahía Blanca, Argentina, November 2000 Member of the Organizing Committee of the Second Tour of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society in Latinoamerica, Nov , 1999 Member of the Organizing Committee of the First Tour of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society in Latinoamerica, Nov , 1998 OTHER POSITIONS Member of University Council, Universidad Nacional of Sur, Member of Comité Científico Asesor of Project NanoPymes, Dirección de Relaciones Internacionales of MINCyT, Member of Comité de Especialistas, Fundación Sadosky, Legal Responsible of Consorcio de Cooperación Público Privado Tecnópolis of Sur, Member of Board Asociación Ad Hoc ADCIA (Asociation for Design of Integrated Circuits in Argentina), June Board Member Asociación Ad Hoc NODO NANOTEC, May Member of Consulting Commission in ITC of Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas (CIC) of Buenos Aires Province, Dic. de Member of Council, Departament Ing. Eléctrica y Computadoras (DIEC), UNS, Feb June Head of Research Group on Electronic and Mechatronic Systems (GISEE) at Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Eléctrica Alfredo Desages, Board Member Institute IIIE CCT /UNS-CONICET, Latin American Vicepresident of IEEE Circuit and Systems Society, Founding Member, Latin American Consortium for Integrated Services (LACIS). URL: Secretary of Argentine Chapter of Circuit and Systems Society, Member of Council, Departament Ing. Eléctrica y Computadoras(DIEC), UNS, August 1998-Sept Member of Council, Departament Ing. Eléctrica y Computadoras(DIEC), UNS. August 1997-Sept Member of Curricular Commission for Electronic Engineers career, DIE-UNS ( ) Member of Council, Departament of Electrical Engineering (DIE), UNS August 1993-Sept EVENT ORGANIZATION Organizer of IEEE CASS Summer School, 3D Integrated Circuits: Technology and Information Processing, 6-8 Feb Co-Organizer of the Fifth Argentine School of Micro and Nanoelectronics, Technology and Applications, EAMTA 2010, and Third Conference in Micro and Nanoelectronics, Technology and Applications, CAMTA 2010, Universidad de la República, Uruguay, 1-9 Oct., Co-Organizer of the Fourth Argentine School of Micro and Nanoelectronics, Technology and Applications, EAMTA 2009, and Second Conference on Micro and Nanoelectronics, Technology and Applications, CAMTA 2009, Instituto Balseiro-CAB, Sept. 26 Oct. 4, 2009.

4 Co-Organizer of Third Argentine School of Micro and Nanoelectronics, Technology and Applications, EAMTA 2008, and First Conference on Micro and Nanoelectronics, Technology and Applications, CAMTA 2008, INTI-CNEA, Sept , Organizer of Sedond Argentine School of Microelectronics, Technology and Applications, EAMTA 2007, Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Sept , Organizer of First Argentine School of Microelectronics, Technology and Applications, EAMTA 2006, Bahía Blanca, July 17 28, Organizer of IEEE-CASS Workshop in New and Emerging Technologies: Innovations in Communications, Networks and VLSI, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 20, Organizer of Reunión de Trabajo en Microelectrónica y Aplicaciones, RTMA 2005, Bahía Blanca, Argentina, April 28-29, Organizer of CASTour 2004 of IEEE Circuits and Systems Society in Latinoamerica (Mexico, Colombia, Argentina), Nov , 2004 Organizer of CASTour 2002 of IEEE Circuits and Systems Society in Latinoamerica (Mexico, Colombia, Argentina), Nov , 2002 Member of Organizing Committee First IEEE South American Workshop on Circuits and Systems (SAWCAS 2000), Bahía Blanca, Argentina, Nov Member of Organizing Committee of Second Tour of IEEE Circuits and Systems Society in Latinoamerica, Nov , 1999 Member of Organizing Committee of First Tour of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society in Latinoamérica, Nov , 1998 Member of Organizing Committee of Congreso Sexta Reunión de Trabajo en Procesamiento of Información y Control, VI RPIC, Bahía Blanca, Nov. 6-11, 1995 PHD THESIS PUBLICATIONS A High Level Canonical Piecewise Linear Representation: Theory and Applications, english version, Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional of Sur, Argentina, Representaciones Lineales a Tramos Canónicas de Alto Nivel: Teoría y Aplicaciones, versión en español, Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Universidad Nacional of Sur, Argentina, BOOKS 1. P. Julián, Circuitos Integrados Digitales VLSI, Editorial Alfaomega, Buenos Aires, Nov. 2014, ISBN , 262 pages. 2. P. Julián, Dispositivos Semiconductores: Principios y Modelos, Editorial Alfaomega, Buenos Aires, Dec. 2012, ISBN: , 284 pages ( 3. P. Julián, Introducción a los Dispositivos Semiconductores: Principios y Modelos, EDIUNS, Serie docencia, Bahía Blanca, July 2011, ISBN: ; (ebook) , 218 pages. 4. P. Julián, A High Level Canonical Piecewise Linear Representation: Theory and Applications, UMI Dissertation Services, Bell & Howell, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106, ISBN: , 2000, 182 pages. EDITED BOOKS 5. P. Julián, Andreas G. Andreou (Editores) In Proc. of Octava Escuela Argentina de Micro y Nanoelectrónica, Tecnología y Aplicaciones, IEEE; ISBN (CDROM) , 2015, 117 pages. 6. P. Julián, Andreas G. Andreou (Editores) In Proc. of Novena Argentine School of Micro and Nanoelectronics, Technology and Applications, Editorial of Universidad Nacional of Sur (EDI UNS), Bahía Blanca, y IEEE; ISBN (CDROM) , 2014, 117 pages. 7. P. Julián, Andreas G. Andreou (Editores) In Proc. of Octava Argentine School of Micro and Nanoelectronics, Technology and Applications, Editorial of Universidad Nacional of Sur (EDI UNS), Bahía Blanca, y IEEE;

5 ISBN (CDROM) , 2013, 122 pages. 8. P. Julián, Andreas G. Andreou (Editores) In Proc. of Séptima Argentine School of Micro and Nanoelectronics, Technology and Applications, Editorial of Universidad Nacional of Sur (EDI UNS), Bahía Blanca, y IEEE; ISBN (CDROM) , 2012, 135 pages. 9. P. Julián, Andreas G. Andreou (Editores) In Proc. of Sexta Argentine School of Micro and Nanoelectronics, Technology and Applications, Editorial of Universidad Nacional of Sur (EDI UNS), Bahía Blanca, y IEEE; ISBN (CDROM) , ISBN (Softbound) , 2011, 130 pages. 10. P. Julián, Andreas G. Andreou (Editores) In Proc. of Quinta Argentine School of Micro and Nanoelectronics, Technology and Applications, Editorial of Universidad Nacional of Sur (EDI UNS), Bahía Blanca, y IEEE; ISBN (CDROM) , ISBN (Softbound) , 2010, 122 pages. 11. P. Julián, Andreas G. Andreou (Editores) In Proc. of Cuarta Argentine School of Micro and Nanoelectronics, Technology and Applications, Editorial of Universidad Nacional of Sur (EDI UNS), Bahía Blanca, y IEEE; ISBN (CDROM) , ISBN (Softbound) , 2009, 122 pages. 12. P. Julián, Andreas G. Andreou (Editores) In Proc. of Tercera Argentine School of Micro and Nanoelectronics, Technology and Applications, Editorial of Universidad Nacional of Sur (EDI UNS), Bahía Blanca, y IEEE; ISBN (CDROM) , ISBN (Softbound) , 2008, 156 pages. 13. P. Julián, Andreas G. Andreou (Editores) In Proc. of Segunda Argentine School of Microelectrónica, Tecnología y Aplicaciones, Editorial of Universidad Nacional of Sur (EDI UNS), Bahía Blanca, ISBN , 2007, 107 pages. PATENTS 1. A. Lamagna, A. Boselli, M. Perez, P. Julián, P. S. Mandolesi, P. Pareja Obregón, Dispositivo electrónico integrado con recubrimiento sensible para la detección de gases o moléculas biológicas y método de fabricación del mismo, P , 3-Oct-2009, Argentina. BOOK CHAPTERS 1. In Advanced Topics on Microelectronics, P. Julián, F. Masson, P. S. Mandolesi, Acoustic and Vision Power Aware Nodes for Sensor Networks, Ed. Doravante Publishers, ISBN: ; Editors: Ricardo Reis, Sandro Sawicki e Rafael Santos, pp , In Libro Blanco de Prospectiva TIC Prospectiva 2020, Tecnologías, Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva; colaborador ISBN , pp Buenos Aires, August, In VLSI Design, Víctor M. Jiménez-Fernández, Ana D. Martínez, Joel Ramírez, Jesús S. Orea, Omar Alba, Pedro Julián, Juan A. Rodríguez, Osvaldo Agamennoni and Omar D. Lifschitz, VLSI Design of Sorting Networks in CMOS Technology, Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle and Sheldon X.-D. Tan (Ed.), ISBN: , InTech, Available from: PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS 1 1. M. Miguez, A. Arnaud, P. Julián, A. Oliva, "Step Down DC/DC converter for micro-power medical applications," Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Springer, ISSN: , pp. 1-9, Aug /s G. Stuarts, P. Julian, "Analysis of time delay difference due to parametric mismatch in matched filter channels," International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, Vol. 43, No. 10, pp , Wiley, Oct M. Di Federico, P. Julián, P. S. Mandolesi, SCVDP: A Simplicial CNN Digital Visual Processor, IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, pp , ISSN: , Jan C. Schmidt, O. Lifschitz, J. E. Cousseau, J. L. Figueroa, P. Julián, Methodology and Measurement Setup for Analog-to-Digital Converter Post-Compensation, IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation & Measurement, online, 1 SCOPUS: h=12, citations=730. GOOGLE SCHOLAR: Citations=1188, h=17.

6 January 2014; ISSN: G. Stuarts, P. Julian, "Matched dual-channel front-end preamplifier for differential time delay measurements," Electronics Letters, vol.48, no.3, pp , February 2, ; ISSN: O. D. Lifschitz, J. A. Rodriguez, P. Julián, O. Agamennoni, Post-silicon Validation Procedure for a PWL ASIC Microprocessor Architecture, IEEE Latin America Transactions, Vol. 9, No. 4, Jul. 2011, pp ISSN: P. D. P. Obregón, A. Falcón, M. Di Federico, P. S. Mandolesi, P. M. Julián, Sensor Network for Endotracheal Pressure Measurements in Hospital Environments, IEEE Latin America Transactions, Vol. 9, No. 4, Jul. 2011, pp ISSN: J. A. Rodriguez, O. D. Lifschitz, V. M. Jimenez-Fernandez, P. Julián, O. Agamennoni, Application specific processor for piecewise linear computation, IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, Vol. 58, No. 5, pp , ISSN: A. Chacón-Rodriguez, P. Julián, L. Castro, P. Alvarado, N. Hernández, Evaluation of Gunshot detection algorithms, IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp , Feb ISSN: A. Chacón-Rodriguez, P. Julián, F. Masson, Fast and low power integrated circuit for impulsive sound localization using a Kalman filter approach, Electronics Letters, Vol. 46, No. 7, pp , 2010; ISSN: M. Di Federico, T. Poggi, P. Julian, M. Storace, Integrated Circuit Implementation of multi-dimensional piecewise-linear functions, Digital Signal Processing, Elsevier, online, Feb ISSN: M. S. Perez, B. Lerner, D. E. Resasco, P. D. Pareja Obregón, P. Julián, P. S. Mandolesi, F. Buffa, A. Boselli, A. Lamagna, Carbon Nanotube Integration with a CMOS Process, Sensors, Vol. 10, pp , ISSN: A. Chacon-Rodriguez, F. Martin-Pirchio, S. Sanudo, P. Julian, A low power integrated circuit for interaural time delay estimation without delay lines, IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems II: Brief Papers, Vol. 56, No. 7, pp , ISSN: M. Cipolletti, F. N. Martin Pirchio, S. Sañudo, P. Julián, W. Villalba, F. Masson, P. S. Mandolesi "A Wireless Sensor Network for Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure Monitoring," Latin American Applied Research, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp , ISSN: V. Jimenez Fernandez, A. Rodriguez, P. Julián, O. Agamennoni, Evaluation Algorithm for a Decomposed Simplicial Piecewise-Linear Formulation, Journal of Applied Research and Technology, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp , 2008; ISSN: D. Antonio, H. Pastoriza, P. Julian, and P. Mandolesi, Cryogenic Transimpedance Amplifier for Micromechanical Capacitive Sensors, Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 79, pp , M. Di Federico, P. Mandolesi, P. Julián, A. G. Andreou, Experimental Results of a Simplicial CNN Digital Pixel Processor, Electronics Letters, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp , ISSN: A. Chacón-Rodriguez, F. Martin-Pirchio, P. Julián, P. S. Mandolesi, A Verilog HDL digital architecture for delay calculation, Latin American Applied Research, Vol. 37, pp , ISSN: D. H. Goldberg, Andreas G. Andreou, P. Julián, P. O. Pouliquen, L. Riddle, R. Rosasco, VLSI implementation of an energy-aware wake-up detector for an acoustic surveillance sensor network, ACM Trans. Sensor Networks, Vol. 2, No. 4, Nov. 2006, pp ; ISSN: P. Julián, F. Martin-Pirchio, Andreas G. Andreou, Experimental Results of a Cascadable Micropower Time Delay Estimator, Electronics Letters, Vol. 42, No. 21, pp , Oct ISSN: P. Julián, Andreas G. Andreou, A low power correlation-derivative CMOS VLSI circuit for bearing estimation, IEEE Trans. on VLSI Systems, Vol. 14, No. 2, Feb. 2006, pp ISSN: M. Parodi, M. Storace, P. Julián, Synthesis of multiport resistors with piecewise-linear characteristics: A mixed-signal architecture", Int. Journal on Circuit Theory and Applications, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp , July ISSN: P. S. Mandolesi, P. Julian, A. G. Andreou, A scalable and programmable simplicial CNN digital pixel processor architecture, IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, Vol. 51, No. 5, pp , May ISSN: P. Julián, A. G. Andreou, G. Cauwenberghs, L. Riddle, A. Shamma, "A Comparative Study of Sound

7 Localization Algorithms for Energy Aware Sensor Network Nodes", IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp , April ISSN: P. Julián, R. Dogaru, M. Itoh, M. Haenggi, L. O. Chua, ``Simplicial RTD-based Cellular Nonlinear Networks,'' IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp , April ISSN: P. Julián, The Complete Canonical Piecewise Linear Representation: Functional Form Part I: Minimal Degenerate Intersections, IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp , March ISSN: M. Storace, P. Julián, M. Parodi, ``Synthesis of Nonlinear Multi-port Resistors: A PWL Approach,'' IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems, Vol. 49, No. 8, pp , August ISSN: P. Julián, R. Dogaru, L. O. Chua, A Piecewise-Linear Simplicial Coupling Cell for CNN Gray-Level Image Processing, IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems, Vol. 49, No. 7, pp , July ISSN: R. Dogaru, P. Julián, L. O. Chua, M. Glesner, The Simplicial Neural Cell and its Mixed-signal Circuit Implementation: An efficient Neural Network Architecture for Intelligent Signal Processing in Portable Multimedia Applications, IEEE Trans. Neural Networks, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp , July ISSN: P. Julián, L. O. Chua, Replication Properties of Cellular Automata, International Journal of Bifurcations and Chaos, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 1-18, March ISSN: Citas (7) 31. M. Itoh, P. Julián, L. O. Chua, RTD-Based Cellular Neural Networks with Multiple Steady States, Int. Journal of Bifurcations and Chaos, Vol. 11, No. 12, pp , Dic ISSN: P. Julián, A. Desages, B. D Amico, Orthonormal High Level Canonical PWL functions with Applications to model reduction, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, vol. 47, No. 5, pp , May ISSN: L. Castro, P. Julián, O. Agamennoni, A. Desages, Wiener Modelling Using Canonical Piecewise Linear Functions, Latin American Applied Research, vol. 29, No. 3, pp , Edición especial dedicada a la memoria de Alfredo Desages. ISSN: P. Julián, J. Guivant, A. Desages, A Parametrization of Piecewise linear Lyapunov Functions via Linear Programming, International Journal of Control, vol. 72, No. 7/8, pp , Edición especial en Multiple models approaches in modelling and control. ISSN: P. Julián, A. Desages, O. Agamennoni, High Level Canonical Piecewise Linear Representation Using a Simplicial Partition, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, vol. 46, No. 4, pp , April ISSN: P. Julián, M. Jordán, A. Desages, Canonical Piecewise Linear Approximation of Smooth Functions, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, vol. 45, No. 5, pp , May ISSN: G. Chen, A. Desages, P. Julián, Trajectory Tracking and Robust Stability for a class of Time-Delayed Flexible-Joint Robotic manipulators, International Journal of Control, vol. 68, No.2, pp , ISSN: PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES 2 1. M. Villemur, T. Figliolia, P. Julian, A. G. Andreou, An Energy Efficient Neuromorphic Processor for Cognitive Cyber-Physical Systems, submitted to 19th Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD), Cypruss, A. G. Andreou, T. Figliolia, K. Sanni, T. S. Murray, G. Tognetti, D. R. Mendat, J. L. Molin, M. Villemur, P. O. Pouliquen, P. Julian, R. Etienne-Cummings and I. Doxas, Bio-inspired System Architecture for Energy Efficient, BIGDATA Computing With Application to Wide Area Motion Imagery, in proc. of IEEE LASCAS, Florianópolis, Brazil, Tomas Figliolia, P. Julian, Gaspar Tognetti, Andreas G. Andreou, A True Random Number Generator using RTN noise and a sigma delta converter, in press, IEEE Int. Symposium Circuits and Systems, C. Lozano, A. Gomez, A. Chacon-Rodriguez, F. Merchan, P. Julian, Analysis of source separation algorithms in industrial acoustic environments, in 2015 IEEE 6th Latin American Symposium on Circuits & Systems (LASCAS), vol. 1, pp.1-4, Feb doi: /LASCAS Only four last years

8 5. Cerdas-Robles, R.; Rodriguez, A.; Chacon-Rodriguez, A.; Julian, P., "Design of an IDM-based determinant computing unit for a 130nm low power CMOS ASIC acoustic localization processor," in 2015 IEEE 6th Latin American Symposium on Circuits & Systems (LASCAS), vol. 1, pp.1-4, Feb doi: /LASCAS Miguez, M.; Arnaud, A.; Oliva, A.; Julian, P., "Step down DC/DC converter for micro-power medical applications," in Circuits & Systems (LASCAS), in 2015 IEEE 6th Latin American Symposium on Circuits & Systems (LASCAS), vol. 1, pp.1-4, Feb doi: /LASCAS M. Villemur, M. Di Federico, P. Julian, A VLSI Architecture for a Convolutional Neural Network for Vanishing Point Detection, in Proc. IEEE EAMTA 2015, pp , Ago ISBN , doi: /EAMTA M. Villemur, M. Di Federico, P. Julian, A. G. Andreou, F. Masson, E. Nebot, Design of a vanishing point algorithm for custom ASIC, 2015 IEEE Conference on Information Systems and CISS, March 2015, p Sondon, S.; Mandolesi, P.; Julian, P.; Vega, N.; Palumbo, F.; De Bray, M., "Heavy-ion micro-beam use for transient fault injection in VLSI circuits," Plasma Sciences (ICOPS) held with 2014 IEEE International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams (BEAMS), pp.1, Mayo ISBN doi: /PLASMA Di Federico, M. and Julian, P. and Andreou, A.G. and Mandolesi, P.S., Fully functional fine-grain vertically integrated 3D focal plane neuromorphic processor, 2014 IEEE SOI-3D-Subthreshold Microelectronics Technology Unified Conference (S3S), Oct. 2014, pp Andres Gomez, Clevis Lozano, Alfonso Chacon-Rodriguez, Fernando Merchan and Pedro Julián, Análisis y validación de algoritmos de separación de fuentes sonoras para aplicaciones en entornos industriales, in Congreso Regional en Instrumentación Avanzada, CRIA 2014, Costa Rica. 12. Roberto Cerdas-Robles, Agustin Rodriguez, Alfonso Chacon-Rodriguez, and Pedro Julian, Diseño de unidad de cálculo de determinantes con algoritmo IDM para implementación en circuito integrado, in Congreso Regional en Instrumentación Avanzada, CRIA 2014, Costa Rica. 13. A. Pasciaroni, J. A. Rodriguez, F. Masson, E. Nebot, P. Julián, VLSI Architecture for Particle Filtering in Real-time, in Proc. of Argentine School of Microelectrónica, Tecnología y Aplicaciones, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp , July 24-25, 2014, (editado en CD) ISBN J. I. Francesconi, J. A. Rodriguez, P. Julián, UVM based Testbench Architecture for Unit Verification, In Proc. of Argentine School of Microelectrónica, Tecnología y Aplicaciones, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp , July 24-25, 2014, (editado en CD) ISBN O. Lifschitz, P. Julián, O. Agamennoni, A PWL ASIC Design for Maximum Throughput, In Proc. of Argentine School of Microelectrónica, Tecnología y Aplicaciones, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp , Aug. 9-10, 2013, (editado en CD) ISBN S. Sondon, A. Falcon, P. Mandolesi, P. Julián, N. Vega, F. Nesfrías, J. Davidson, F. Palumbo, M. Debray, Diagnose of radiation induced single event effects in a PLL using a heavy ion microbeam, 14th Latin American Test Workshop (LATW), 2013, pp S. Sondon, P. Mandolesi, F. Masson, P. Julián, F. Palumbo, A Dual Core Low Power Microcontroller with openmsp430 Architecture for High Reliability Lockstep Applications Using a 180 nm High Voltage Technology Node, in Proc. LASCAS 2013, Feb. 27 March , Cusco, Perú. 18. G. Stuarts, P. Julián, Correction to Analysis of time delay difference due to parametric mismatch in matched filter channels, In Proc. of Argentine School of Microelectrónica, Tecnología y Aplicaciones, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp , Aug , 2012, (editado en CD) ISBN A. Chacon Rodriguez, L. Shuo, M. Stanacevic, L. Rivas, P. Julián, Low power switched capacitor implementation of discrete Haar wavelet transform, in Proc. of the IEEE Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems, LASCAS 2012, México, pp. 1-4, O. Lifschitz, P. Julián, O. Agamennoni Accuracy Analysis for on-chip digital PWL realization in Proc. RPIC, Universidad Nacional de Entre Rios, pp , G. San Martin, P. Julián, P. Mandolesi, G. O. Ibarra, O. A. Aymonino, Noise characterization for a BOD electrochemical sensor, In Proc. of Argentine School of Microelectrónica, Tecnología y Aplicaciones, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp , Aug , 2011, (editado en CD) ISBN G. Stuarts, P. Julián, Analysis of time delay difference due to parametric mismatch in matched filter

9 channels, In Proc. of Argentine School of Microelectrónica, Tecnología y Aplicaciones, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-7, Aug , 2011, (editado en CD) ISBN OTHER PUBLICATIONS 23. Tezzaron Semiconductor (Sept. 2013). 3D-IC Video Processor Demonstrated. [Online] Disponible: A. García Rozo, M. Ogorzalek, P. Julián, Introduction to the special issue on IEEE-Latin American symposium on circuits and systems, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Vol. 73, No , pp J. A. Rodriguez, V. Jimenez, O. Lifschitz, P. Julián, O. Agamennoni, Implementation of an Application Specific Microprocessor for PWL computations using Synopsys, Synopsys Newsletter, April 2009 ( 26. J. A. Rodriguez, O. Lifschitz, P. Julián, PWL Silicon Validation, MOSIS Fabrication Report, Design number 79124, Fab-ID T84FBX, Nov. de F. Martin Pirchio, A. Chacon Rodriguez, P. Julián, P. S. Mandolesi, A low power adaptive integrated circuit for the detection of time delay in digital signals, MOSIS Fabrication Report, Design number 77260, Fab- ID T73ZAC, March de Julian, P.; Da-Liu, B, IEEE CAS Collaborative Workshop between LACIS and Taiwan 2005, Circuits and Systems Magazine, IEEE Volume 6, Issue 1, First Quarter 2006, Page(s): F. Martin Pirchio, P. Julian, W. Villalba, F. Masson, P. S. Mandolesi, M. Di Federico, M. Cipolleti, Redes de Sensores Hospitalarias: Estudio sobre el Hospital Privado of Sur de Bahía Blanca, Reporte Técnico Nro , Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Eléctrica, Departament of Electrical Engineering and Computers of Universidad of Sur, March de 2006, 15 págs. 30. S. Sañudo, F. Masson, D. Alonso, P. S. Mandolesi, P. Julian, Detección Temprana de Derrames de Hidrocarburos en la Ría de Bahía Blanca, Reporte Técnico Nro , Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Eléctrica, Departament of Electrical Engineering and Computers of Universidad of Sur, June de 2006, 12 págs. THESIS ADVISED 1. Co-Advisor of PhD Thesis, PLATAFORMAS ELECTRÓNICAS PARA LA SIMULACIÓN Y EL CONTROL DE SISTEMAS DINÁMICOS NO LINEALES, Ing. Omar Lifschitz; Departament of Electrical Engineering and Computers, Universidad Nacional del Sur; PhD Program on Engineering at Universidad Nacional del Sur; March 30, Advisor of MSc Thesis, DISEÑO E IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE ARQUITECTURAS PARA ESTRUCTURAS PARALELAS, Ing. Alejandro Pasciaroni; Departament of Electrical Engineering and Computers, Universidad Nacional del Sur; Programa de Magister en Engineering at Universidad Nacional del Sur; 29 de Diciembre de Advisor of MSc Thesis, VERIFICACION DE CIRCUITOS DIGITALES DESCRIPTOS EN VHDL, Ing. Juan Francesconi; Departament of Electrical Engineering and Computers, Universidad Nacional del Sur; Programa de Magister en Engineering at Universidad Nacional del Sur; 30 de Noviembre de Co-Advisor of PhD Thesis, DISEÑO DE UNA RED CELULAR NEURONAL SIMPLICIAL (S-CNN) PARA PROCESAMIENTO DIGITAL DE IMAGENES, M. C. Williams Ortiz Martinez; Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Optica y Electrónica, México, PhD Program on Ciencias en la especialidad de Electrónica; 26 de March de Advisor of PhD Thesis, ANALISIS Y DISEÑO DE CIRCUTOS INTEGRADOS MIXTOS PARA LA ESTIMACION DE RETRASOS TEMPORALES, Ing. Guillermo Stuarts; Departament of Electrical Engineering and Computers, Universidad Nacional of Sur; PhD Program on Ingeniería of Universidad Nacional of Sur; 30 de March de Advisor of PhD Thesis, CIRCUITOS INTEGRADOS DE BAJO CONSUMO PARA APLICACIONES EN SISTEMAS BIOMEDICOS, Ing. Pablo Pareja Obregón; Departament of Electrical Engineering and Computers, Universidad Nacional of Sur; PhD Program on Ingeniería of Universidad Nacional of Sur; 30 de

10 March de Advisor of PhD Thesis, DISEÑO E IMPLEMENTACION DE NUCLEOS DE PROCESAMIENTO EN CIRCUITOS INTEGRADOS VLSI, Ing. Juan Agustín Rodriguez; Departamento Ciencias of Computación, Universidad Nacional of Sur; PhD Program on Ingeniería of Universidad Nacional of Sur; 29 de March de Advisor of PhD Thesis, CIRCUITOS INTEGRADOS DE ALTO DESEMPEÑO PARA VISIÓN CON PROCESAMIENTO BASADO EN REDES CELULARES, Ing. Martín Di Federico; Departament of Electrical Engineering and Computers, Universidad Nacional of Sur; PhD Program on Ingeniería of Universidad Nacional of Sur; 16 de March de Co-Advisor of PhD Thesis, CRECIMIENTO DE NITRUROS DE ALUMINIO PARA APLICACIONES DE SEMICONDUCTORES, Ing. Romualdo Ferreyra; Departament of Electrical Engineering and Computers, Universidad Nacional of Sur; Programa de Doctor en Ingeniería of Universidad Nacional of Sur; 10 de Dic. de Advisor of PhD Thesis, CIRCUITOS INTEGRADOS DE BAJO CONSUMO PARA DETECCION Y LOCALIZACION DE DISPAROS DE ARMAS DE FUEGO, Ing. Alfonso Chacón Rodriguez; Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Mar of Plata; 29 de May de Advisor of MSc Thesis, DISEÑO DE CIRCUITOS INTEGRADOS DE BAJO CONSUMO PARA LA LOCALIZACIÓN DE FUENTES SONORAS, Ing. Franco Noel Martin Pirchio; Departament of Electrical Engineering and Computers, Universidad Nacional of Sur; Programa de Magister en Ingeniería of Universidad Nacional of Sur; 20 de June de Advisor of PhD Thesis, CÁMARA CMOS PROGRAMABLE CON PROCESAMIENTO PARALELO SOBRE EL PLANO FOCAL, Ing. Pablo S. Mandolesi; Departament of Electrical Engineering and Computers, Universidad Nacional of Sur; PhD Program on Ingeniería of Universidad Nacional of Sur; 14 de Sept. de Co-Advisor of PhD Thesis, EFFICIENT SPIKE COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTATION IN BIOLOGICAL AND ENGINEERED SYSTEMS, David H. Goldberg; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University; June de 2004; Calificación: Aprobado. RESEARCH PROJECTS AND FUNDING Director 1. Principal Investigator of Project PICT 2010 Bicentenario of Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Técnica, 3D Gigascale Integrated Circuits for Nonlinear Computation, Filter and Fusion with Applications in Industrial Field Robotics, #2657, Funding: $ Principal Investigator of Project FSTICS 001 of Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Técnica, TEAC: Plataforma para la producción de tecnología electrónica de alta complejidad, Funding: $ ,38; Private counterpart: $ ,11; Funding: $ Director of Project PAE-PID of Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Técnica, Potenciostato On-Chip para Aplicaciones Bio-Ambientales, August 2008, Res. 201/2008. Funding: $ Adopting Institution: INTI. 4. Principal Investigator of Project PAE (Préstamo BID 1728 OC/AR) of Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Técnica, Project Integrado en el area de Microelectrónica para el Diseño de Circuitos Integrados, March Funding: $ Director of Project PRH 203 of Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Técnica, Formación de una masa crítica de RH en Análisis y Diseño de Micro y Nano, Circuitos, Sistemas, Sensores y Estructuras, August 2008, Res. 201/2008. Funding: $ Co-Director of Project PGI-UNS 2006 of UNS, Arquitecturas, Diseño y Síntesis de Circuitos Integrados VLSI, # 24/ZK17, Co-Director of Project PGI-UNS 2006 of UNS, Redes de Sensores, # 24/K040, Director of Project PICT 2006 of Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Técnica, Diseño de Circuitos Integrados para Sistemas en Chip, #1835, Funding: $279,079. Finalizado. 9. Director of grant An IC for the Computation of a R6 Piecewise Linear Function, #79124, Fab-ID: T84FBX; 4mm x 4mm in MOSIS process AMI C5N; Nov

11 10. Director of Project RC 2007 de CONICET Argentine School of Microelectrónica, Tecnología y Aplicaciones, July Funding: $14, Director of Project IP PAE of Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Técnica, Project Integrado en el area de Microelectrónica para el Diseño de Circuitos Integrados, March Funding: $30, Director of grant A low power adaptive integrated circuit for the detection of time delay in digital signals, Número de diseño 77260, Fab-ID: T73ZAC; 2.3mm x 2.3mm in MOSIS TSMC 0.35; Feb Grant from The MOSIS Service for the Argentine Schoolde Microelectrónica, Tecnología y Aplicaciones EAMTA 06, July Funding: USD Director of Project RC of Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Técnica, Argentine School of Microelectrónica, Tecnología y Aplicaciones, July Funding: $6, Director of Project PIP de CONICET, Desarrollo de Microdispositivos para Redes de Sensores Acústicos, # 5048, Funding: $18, Director of Project PICT 2003 of Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Técnica, Desarrollo de tecnología de redes de sensores para aplicaciones en el medio social y productivo, # 14628, Funding: $153, Co-Principal Investigator, Project Analysis of All Universal CNN Von Neumann Templates, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign hours of Origin 2000 supercomputer service, Principal Investigator: Dr. Leon. O. Chua. 18. Grant Plan de Trabajo de CONICET, August August de Funding: $5, Director of Research Project Redes de Sensores (24/ZK12), Universidad Nacional of Sur, DIEC, 01/01/ /12/2006. Funding: $5, Director of Research Project, Estructuras de Procesamiento en Paralelo Basadas en Redes Celulares No- Lineales, No Fundación Antorchas, August 2003 August Funding: $47, Director of Research Project, Sistemas de procesamiento no lineal de datos de alta velocidad, Project Conjunto SECYT-MAE (Italia), ; Funding: USD 4, Co-Principal Investigator of Research Project Design of RTD Based CNN Cells, Electronics Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, year Principal Investigator: Dr. Leon. O. Chua. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER Principal Investigator of Project PDTS INTI-CONICET Design of a System-on-chip (SoC) for a Smart Multimedia Platform, Principal Investigator: Feasibility Study Feasibility Study for the design of an SoC to decode the ISDB- T norm, requested by Fundación Argentina de Nanotecnología (FAN). July Funding: $ ,25 Patent (application submitted) Dispositivo microchip con recubrimiento sensible para la detección de gases y moléculas biológicas, Alberto LAMAGNA, Pedro M. JULIAN, Pablo S. MANDOLESI, Alfredo BOSELLI, Betiana LERNER, Maximiliano Sebastián PÉREZ, Pablo Daniel PAREJA OBREGÓN, submitted by CNEA. Acoustic Surveillance Unit (ASU). Participant in development project for the company Signals and Systems Corporation, Maryland, EEUU. July July Active Trespasser Detection Network (ATDN). Participant in collaboration with Australian Centre For Field Robotics (ACFR) of Universidad de Sydney, Australia, financed by Cooperative Research Centres Programme (CRC) Mining of Australian Gov., Acumine and Komatsu. PO Order March Wireless Endotracheal pressure monitoring Unit. Hospital Privado of Sur, Bahía Blanca. March MEMBER OF THESIS EVALUATION BOARDS Francisco Tejada, PhD Thesis, Silicon on Insulator CMOS and Microelectromechanical Systems: Mechanical Devices Sensing Techniques and System Electronics, August 2006, Johns Hopkins University. Victor Manuel Jimenez, PhD Thesis, Decomposed Piecewise-Linear Models Applied to DC Analysis Nov. de 2006, INAOE, México. M. C. Hugo de León Hidalgo, PhD Thesis, Diseño de osciladores caóticos integrados, Feb. 26, 2008.

12 Matías R. Miguez, Gm-C chopper for implantable medical devices, Master Thesis, Universidad Católica of Uruguay, March Lucas Leiva, Arquitectura genérica de sistema machine vision en hardware, Master Thesis, Universidad of Centro of Pcia. De Buenos Aires, Oct Mario Mastriani, Supercompresión de video y aplicaciones, PhD Thesis, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Oct Andrés Aymonino, Circuito integrado para la reducción of distorsión armónica en amplificadores conmutados, Master Thesis, Universidad Nacional of Sur, July Christian Schmidt, Identificación y compensación de no linealidades en conversores analógicos/digitales, PhD Thesis, Universidad Nacional of Sur, March Conrado Rossi, Techniques for ultra low power integrated temperature sensors, PhD Thesis, Universidad of República of Uruguay, Feb Marcelo Moreyra, Percepción y comprensión autónoma of área transitable, PhD Thesis, Universidad Nacional of Sur, June Pablo Petrashin, Test Analógico de Filgros Gm-C por medio de Tests basados en Oscilación, PhD Thesis, Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Dic AGREEMENTS Co-author project Bahía Blanca Capital Nacional of Chip, Chamber of Deputies of Argentina, Exp D-2013, Co-author Acuerdo Marco entre CIC (Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas of Provincia de Buenos Aires) y la Universidad Nacional Of Sur, 17 de Dic. de 2008 para el desarrollo de actividades en Micro y Nanoelectrónica. Co-author Acuerdo Marco entre ADCIA (Asociación Diseño de Circuitos Integrados en Argentina) y Universidad Federal de Rio Grande of Sur, 3 de April de Co-author Acuerdo Marco entre ADCIA (Asociación Diseño de Circuitos Integrados en Argentina) y Universidad of República of Uruguay, 15 de Dic. de Co-author Acuerdo Marco entre ADCIA (Asociación Diseño de Circuitos Integrados en Argentina) y Universidad Católica of Uruguay, 15 de Dic. de Co-author Acuerdo Marco entre ADCIA (Asociación Diseño de Circuitos Integrados en Argentina) y NSOC (National System on Chip Program) of Taiwan, 06 de March de Co-author Acuerdo Marco entre UNS y NCTU (National Chiao Tung University) de Taiwan, 06 de March de Co-Author, Convenio de pasantías, UNS-Hospital Privado of Sur, 1 de Nov. de Co-author Convenio Base entre la Università Degli Studi Di Denova, Genova, Italia y la Universidad Nacional Of Sur, Bahia Blanca, Argentina, OTHERS Student Initiatives Fund, Elevate-JHU, Johns Hopkins University, Martín Di Federico, Pedro Julián, Mención especial por el trabajo Circuito Integrado programable para la conversión serie-paralelo de 32 bits, Congreso RPIC, Argentina, Member of Comité de Conference of Int. Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 2005, Kobe, Japón, May 23-26, Organizer of Sesión Especial Piecewise-Linear Cicuits and Systems, en el congreso International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 2003 of IEEE. Reviewer of: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, International Journal of Control, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Latin American Applied Research, Automatica, Optimal Control Applications & Methods, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, IEEE Sensors Journal Conference reviewer: IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, American Control Conference, International Workshop on Cellular Neural Networks and their Applications.

13 First prize in Student Paper Contest of IEEE Regional Meeting of Latin American Branches, Manuel Piqué, Filtro de Imágenes Basado en CNN, advised by P. Julián and H. Chiacchiarini, SHORT COURSES AND TALKS TEDx Bahía Blanca, Viaje al Interior de un Microchip, Bahía Blanca, July, Conference Plenaria LASCAS 2012 Nonlinear Computation & Sensory Processing in Emerging Technologies, Playa of Carmen, Mexico, Feb. 29, Conference Circuitos Integrados: Acciones para la generación de emprendimientos productivos en Argentina, Evento sobre Políticas e instrumentos para promover la innovación productiva, MINCyT, Buenos Aires, 12 August de 2010; Simposio conjunto entre Sudáfrica y Argentina de políticas de innovación y management, MINCyT, 20 August 2010; Workshop Argentina-EEUU MINCyT, 2 Sept Conference Plenaria LASCAS D-CMOS Neuromorphic Imager with Cortical Layer Interconnects, Foz do Iguazu, Brasil, Feb. 24, Conference 3D-CMOS Neuromorphic Imager with Cortical Layer Interconnects, University of Washington, St. Louis, Missouri, Ago. 3, 2009; Institute for Neural Computation Seminar, University of California San Diego, Nov. 9, Conference Micro/Nano Electrónica a Nivel Nacional, Reunión Ciencia Tecnología y Sociedad, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 5 al 8 de June de Conference Desarrollo de Micro/Nano Electrónica, Comisión de RRHH / I+D of Foro TICs, Secretaría de Industria, Buenos Aires, 13 de Sept. de Conference A 3D Integrated Circuit CMOS Imager: Architecture and Circuit Realization, Academia Húngara de Ciencias, Budapest, Hungría, August 3, Conference Acoustic and Vision Architectures for Sensor Networks: Implementations and Challenges, EMICRO 2005, 2 al 7 de May de 2005, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brasil. Conference Desarrollo de Micro-dispositivos para su uso en Redes de Sensores y sus Aplicaciones en el medio Social y Productivo, Reunión Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad, Buenos Aires, Nov. 1-4, Curso Fundamentos Básicos de Circuitos Integrados, INVAP S. E., San Carlos de Bariloche, of 6 al 9 de Oct. de Conferences Microtechnology and Nanotechnology: Some Background from a Circuit Prospective, CNN Implementations, Department of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering, University of Genova, Italy, Oct , Conference Plenaria ``Redes de Sensores: Partículas de Polvo Inteligentes,'' II Congreso Internacional Andino of IEEE, ANDESCON 2004, Bogotá, Colombia, 13 de August de Tutorial ``Microtecnología y Nanotecnología: Aplicaciones, Tour of Sociedad de Circuitos y Sistemas of IEEE, CAS Tour 2004 Uniendo America Latina, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, 14 de August de Conference ``Microelectrónica y Nanoelectrónica: Partículas de polvo inteligentes al servicio of Comunidad,'' Universidad Nacional of Sur, Semana of Ingeniería, Bahía Blanca, Argentina, 11 de June de Conference ``Aplicaciones de Redes Celulares Neuronales en Nanotecnología / Project de Microelectrónica en el Departament of Electrical Engineering and Computers of UNS,'' Universidad Nacional of Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina, Dic. 20, Conference ``RTD-based Cellular Neural Networks,'' Tour of Sociedad de Circuitos y Sistemas (CAS Tour) Bogotá-Colombia y Puebla-México, Nov , Conference ``A Low Power Integrated Circuit for the Localization of an Audio Sound Source,'' Universidad Nacional of Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina, June 1, Curso Introducción a Matlab y SPICE, organizado por la rama estudiantil of IEEE, Universidad Nacional of Sur, Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, March 21-23, Conference Canonical Piecewise Linear Functions: Theory and Applications, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Gainsville, Florida, USA, June 11, 1999.

14 REFERENCES Dr. Andreas G. Andreou, Sensory Communication & Microsystems Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA, Phone: , Fax: , Dr. Leon O. Chua, Electronics Research Laboratories, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Phone: , Fax: , Dr. Guanrong Chen, University of Houston, Department of Electrical Engineering, Houston, Texas, Phone: , Fax: Dr. Osvaldo Agamennoni, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Eléctrica (IIIE), UNS, Av. Alem 1253, (8000) Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Phone: Int.: 3305, Fax: