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Dr Grant Wigley

Position: Program Director Dr Grant Wigley
Division/Portfolio: Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment
School/Unit: School of Computer and Information Science
Campus: Mawson Lakes Campus
Office: D2-29
Telephone: +61 8 830 23583
Fax: +61 8 830 23381
Email: Grant_dot_Wigley_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au
URL for Business Card: http://people.unisa.edu.au/Grant.Wigley


Hi, welcome to my staff home page at UniSA. I am currently the program director for software engineering and heavily involved in the teaching of the networking degree. I also manage the school's CISCO networking academy which currently offers CCNA. My research interests are in reconfigurable computing and operating systems for such platforms. If you are interested in getting involved in this area please get in contact with me.



CISCO Networking Academy


Teaching interests

  • Networking, Parallal Computing, Reconfigurable Computing

I teach the following courses

COMP 4028Parallel Reconfigurable and Cluster Computing
INFT 3019Network Architecture
INFT 1012Network Fundamentals


Professional associations

Member of IEEE

Australian Computer Society (ACS)


Qualifications

PhD UniSA

B Eng. (CSE) Hons - UniSA

CISCO CCNA Instructor Certification


Research interests

  • Operating Systems for Reconfigurable Computers, FPGAs, Applications for FPGAs, UAVs, Infrared image

Research publications

Smith, G, Wigley, G. High Level Languages for Reconfigurable Computing: An Equivalent to Third Generation Software Languages? In Proc. of the International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms, July 2008, CSREA Press.

Graml, R, Wigley, G. Bushfire Hotspot Detection through Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles and Reconfigurable Computing. In 2008 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky USA, March 2008, IEEE.

Wigley, G. Kearney, D. Performance Evaluations of ReconfigME. In 6th Field Programmable Technology, Thailand. December 2006, IEEE Computer Society.

Wigley, G. Kearney, D. Jasiunas, M. ReConfigME: A Detailed Implementation of an Operating System for Reconfigurable Computing. In 13th Reconfigurable Architecture Workshop, Rhodes Island, Greece, April 2006. IEEE Computer Society.

Wigley, G. Jasiunas M. A Low Cost, High Performance Reconfigurable Computing Based Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. In 2006 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky USA, March 2006, IEEE.

Wigley G. Teaching Software Engineers the Basics of Reconfigurable Computing. In 1st International Workshop on Reconfigurable Computing Education, Karlsruhe, Germany, March 2006.

Smith, R, Piekarski, W, Wigley, G. Hand Tracking for Low Powered Mobile AR User Interfaces. In 6th Australiasin User Interface Conference, Newcastle, Australia, January 2005.

Piekarski, W, Smith, R, Wigley, G, Thiele, N, Thomas, B, Kearney, D. Mobile Hand Tracking using FPGAs for Low Powered Augmented Reality. In 8th Int'l Symposium on Wearable Computers, Arlington, VA, Nov 2004.

Wigley, GB & Kearney, DA. The Management of Applications for Reconfigurable Computing using an Operating System. In Proc. Seventh Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conference, January 2002, ACS Press

Wigley, GB & Kearney, DA. Research Issues in Operating Systems for Reconfigurable Computing In Proc. of the International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms, June 2002, CSREA Press

Wigley, GB & Hopf, JP & Kearney, DA. Using Software Techniques when Developing Hardware Applications. In Proc of International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurabe Systems and Algorithms, June 2002, CSREA Press.

Warren, D & Kearney, DA & Wigley, GB. Field Programmable Technology Implementation of Target Recognitiion Using Geometric Hashing. In Proc of International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms, June 2002, CSREA Press

George, MA & Pink, MJ & Kearney, DA & Wigley, GB. Efficient Allocation of FPGA Area to Multiple Users in an Operating System for Reconfigurable Computing. In Proc of International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms, June 2002, CSREA Press.

Wigley, GB & Kearney, DA. The Development of an Operating System for Reconfigurable Computing. In Proc. IEEE Symp. FCCM'01, April 2001, IEEE Press.

Wigley, GB & Kearney, DA. The First Real Operating System for Reconfigurable Computers. In 6th Australiasian Computer Science Week (ACSAC), Gold Coast, Australia. IEEE Computer Society

Diessel, O and Wigley, GB. Opportunities for Operating Systems Research in Reconfigurable Computing. School Technical Report.

Diessel, O & Kearney, DA & Wigley, GB. A Web-Based Multiuser Operating System for Reconfigurable Computing. 6th Reconfigurable Architectures Workshop. Springer, 1999


Expertise for Media Contact

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Computer Science

  • Reconfigurable Computing
  • FPGAs
  • Operating Systems
  • Uninhabited Airbourne Vehicles
  • Computer Networking

Community Service

Organisation Name:   Australian Computer Society (ACS)
Section:   IT
Type of Organisation:   Professional organisation
Organisation URL:   http://www.acs.org.au
Level of involvement:    Committee member
Year from:   2008


Research Degree Supervisor

I am interested in students who have an interest in parallel computing, reconfigurable computing and UAVs




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