Christopher J. Nitta

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Assistant Professor of Teaching, Computer Science

2020:
Kramer Straube, Jason Lowe-Power, Christopher Nitta, Matthew Farrens and Venkatesh Akella "HCAPP: Scalable Power Control for Heterogeneous 2.5D Integrated Systems," ICPP 2020 Proceedings of the 49th International Conference on Parallel Processing, Edmonton, Canada, August 17 - 20, 2020.
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Gil Tal, Seshadri Srinivasa Raghavan, Vaishnavi Chaitanya Karanam, Matthew P. Favetti, Katrina May Sutton, Jade Motayo Ogunmayin, Jae Hyun Lee, Christopher Nitta, Kenneth Kurani, Debapriya Chakraborty, Michael Nicholas, and Tom Turrentine "Advanced Plug-in Electric Vehicle Travel and Charging Behavior Final Report," California Air Resources Board (CARB) Contract 12-319, April 10, 2020.
URL: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/12-319.pdf pdf bib

Christopher Nitta and Kurt Eiselt "Using the CS2013 Exam for ABET Student Outcome Assessment," SIGCSE '20: Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Portland, OR, March 11 - 14, 2020.
DOI: 10.1145/3328778.3372614 pdf poster bib

Christopher Nitta, Vaishnavi Chaitanya Karanam, Matthew Favetti and Gil Tal "A Methodology for Calculating eVMT in PHEVs Based on Second by Second Logged Data," (Poster) 2020 Transportation Research Board (TRB) 99th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 12 - 16, 2020.
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2019:
Jason Lowe-Power and Christopher Nitta "The Davis In-Order (DINO) CPU: A Teaching-focused RISC-V CPU Design," WCAE'19 Proceedings of the Workshop on Computer Architecture Education, Phoenix, AZ, June 22, 2019.
DOI: 10.1145/3338698.3338892 pdf bib

2018:
Kramer Straube, Jason Lowe-Power, Christopher Nitta, Matthew Farrens, and Venkatesh Akella, "Improving Provisioned Power Efficiency in HPC Systems with GPU-CAPP," IEEE 25th International Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC), Bengaluru, India, December 17-20, 2018.
DOI: 10.1109/HiPC.2018.00021 pdf bib

Jason Lowe-Power, Venkatesh Akella, Matthew Farrens, Samuel King, and Christopher Nitta, "Position Paper: A case for exposing extra-architectural state in the ISA," HASP '18 Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Hardware and Architectural Support for Security and Privacy, Los Angeles, CA, June 02, 2018.
DOI: 10.1145/3214292.3214300 pdf bib

Roberto Proietti, Yawei Yin, Zheng Cao, Christopher J. Nitta, Venkatesh Akella, and S. J. B. Yoo, "Low-Latency Interconnect Optical Network Switch (LIONS)," In: Testa F., Pavesi L. (eds) Optical Switching in Next Generation Data Centers. Springer, Cham, 2018.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61052-8_6 bib

2017:
Kramer Straube, Christopher Nitta, Rajeevan Amritharajah, Matthew Farrens, and Venkatesh Akella, "Improving Execution Time of Parallel Programs on Large Scale Chip Multiprocessors with Constant Average Power Processing," IEEE 35th International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), Boston, MA, November 5-8, 2017.
DOI: 10.1109/ICCD.2017.113 pdf bib

2015:
Roberto Proietti, Christopher J. Nitta, Zheng Cao, Matthew Clements, Georgios Tzimpragos, and S. J. B. Yoo, "Flexible-Bandwidth Power-Aware Optical Interconnects with Source Synchronous Technique," IEEE Optical Interconnects Conference, pp 6-7, San Diego, CA, April 20-22, 2015.
DOI: 10.1109/OIC.2015.7115661 pdf bib

Roberto Proietti, Zheng Cao, Christopher J. Nitta, Yuliang Li and S. J. B. Yoo, "A Scalable, Low-latency, High-throughput, Optical Interconnect Architecture based on Arrayed Waveguide Grating Routers," Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 33, Issue 4, pp 911-920, February 2015.
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2015.2395352 pdf bib

2014:
Roberto Proietti, Christopher J. Nitta, Yawei Yin, Xiaohui Ye, Runxiang Yu, Zheng Cao, Venkatesh Akella, and S. J. B. Yoo, "Scalable, High-Throughput, Low-Latency AWGR-based Optical Switches with Distributed Control Plane for Future Computing Systems," Photonics in Switching (Invited), Paper PW4B, July, 2014.
DOI: 10.1364/PS.2014.PW4B.4 pdf bib

Huan Zhang, Rajeevan Amirtharajah, Christopher Nitta, Matthew Farrens and Venkatesh Akella, "Burst Mode Processing: An Architectural Framework for Improving Performance in Future Chip Microprocessors," Workshop on Managing Overprovisioned Systems (W-MOS), March 1, 2014.
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2013:
Christopher J. Nitta, Matthew K. Farrens, and Venkatesh Akella, On-Chip Photonic Interconnects: A Computer Architect's Perspective (Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture), Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2013. ISBN: 978-1627052115,
DOI: 10.2200/S00537ED1V01Y201309CAC027 bib

Kramer Straube, Huan Zhang, Christopher Nitta, Matthew Farrens, and Venkatesh Akella, "HySIM: Towards a Scalable, Accurate and Fast Simulator for Manycore Processors," The Third Workshop on the Intersections of Computer Architecture and Reconfigurable Logic (CARL 2013), December 7, 2013.
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Roberto Proietti, Yawei Yin, Runxiang Yu, Christopher J. Nitta, Venkatesh Akella, Christopher Mineo, and S. J. Ben Yoo, "Scalable Optical Interconnect Architecture Using AWGR-Based TONAK LION Switch with Limited Number of Wavelengths," Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 31, Issue 24, pp 4087-4097, December, 2013.
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2013.2285883 pdf bib

Roberto Proietti, Christopher J. Nitta, Yawei Yin, Venkatesh Akella, and S. J. Ben Yoo, "TONAK: A Distributed Low-latency and Scalable Optical Switch Architecture," European Conference on Optical Communicatoins (ECOC), Paper P.3.20, London, UK, September 22-26, 2013.
DOI: 10.1049/cp.2013.1608 pdf bib

Yawei Yin, Ke Wen, Roberto Proietti, Christopher J. Nitta, Venkatesh Akella, Christopher Mineo and S. J. Ben Yoo, "AWGR-based All-to-all Optical Interconnects using Limited Number of Wavelengths," IEEE Optical Interconnects Conference, pp 47-48, Santa Fe, NM, May 5-8, 2013.
DOI: 10.1109/OIC.2013.6552916 pdf bib

Yawei Yin, Roberto Proietti, Xiaohui Ye, Christopher J. Nitta, Venkatesh Akella and S. J. Ben Yoo, "LIONS: An AWGR-based Low-latency Optical Switch for High Performance Computing and Data Centers," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (JSTQE), Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 3600409-3600409, March-April, 2013.
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2012.2209174 pdf bib

Roberto Proietti, Christopher J. Nitta, Yawei Yin, Runxiang Yu, S. J. Ben Yoo, and Venkatesh Akella, "Scalable and Distributed Contention Resolution in AWGR-based Data Center Switches Using RSOA-based Optical Mutual Exclusion," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (JSTQE), Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 3600111-3600111, March-April, 2013.
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2012.2209113 pdf bib

Roberto Proietti, Christopher J. Nitta, Yawei Yin, Venkatesh Akella and S. J. Ben Yoo, "Scalability and Performance of a Distributed AWGR-based All-Optical Token Interconnect Architecture," Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC), Anaheim, CA, March 19-21, 2013.
DOI: 10.1364/OFC.2013.OW3H.1 pdf bib

Roberto Proietti, Yawei Yin, Runxiang Yu, Christopher Nitta, Venkatesh Akella and S. J. Ben Yoo, "An All-Optical Token Technique Enabling a Fully-Distributed Control Plane in AWGR-Based Optical Interconnects," Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 31, Issue 3, pp 414-422, February, 2013.
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2012.2231664 pdf bib

2012:
Christopher Nitta, Matthew Farrens, and Venkatesh Akella, "DCOF - An Arbitration Free Directly Connected Optical Fabric," IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, Vol 2. Issue 2, pp 169-182, 2012.
DOI: 10.1109/JETCAS.2012.2193842 pdf bib

Roberto Proietti, Christopher Nitta, Yawei Yin, Venkatesh Akella, and S. J. B. Yoo, "All-Optical Token Technique for Distributed Contention Resolution in AWGR-based Optical Interconnects," IEEE Photonics Conference, September 23-17, 2012.
DOI: 10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358603 pdf bib

Kevin Macdonald, Christopher Nitta, Matthew Farrens, and Venkatesh Akella, "NOCS Special Section: PDG_GEN: A Methodology for Fast and Accurate Simulation of On-chip Networks," IEEE Transactions on Computers, June 26, 2012.
DOI: 10.1109/TC.2012.140 pdf bib

Christopher Nitta, Matthew Farrens, and Venkatesh Akella, "DCAF - A Directly Connected Arbitration-Free Photonic Crossbar for Energy-Efficient High Performance Computing," 26th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, Shanghai, China, May 21-25, 2012.
DOI: 10.1109/IPDPS.2012.105 pdf bib

Roberto Proietti, Runxiang Yu, Yawei Yin, Christopher Nitta, Yuhan Yao, Venkatesh Akella, and S. J. B. Yoo, "All-Optical Token Technique for Contention Resolution in AWGR- based Optical Interconnects," Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), May 6-11, 2012.
DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CM2A.7 pdf bib

Roberto Proietti, Christopher Nitta, Xiaohui Ye, Yawei Yin, Venkatesh Akella, and S. J. B. Yoo, "Performance of AWGR-based Optical Interconnects with Contention Resolution based on All-Optical NACKs," Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC), Los Angeles, CA, March 4-8, 2012.
DOI: 10.1364/OFC.2012.OTu1B.3 pdf bib

Roberto Proietti, Yawei Yin, Runxiang Yu, Xiaohui Ye, Christopher Nitta, Venkatesh Akella, and S. J. Ben Yoo, "All-optical Physical Layer NACK in AWGR-based Optical Interconnects," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (PTL), Vol 24, Issue 5, pp 410-412, March 2012.
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2179923 pdf bib

2011:
Christopher Nitta, Matthew Farrens, and Venkatesh Akella, "Resilient Microring Resonator Based Photonic Networks," In Micro-44: Proceedings of the 44th Annual IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture, December 4-7, 2011.
DOI: 10.1145/2155620.2155632 pdf bib

Christopher Nitta, Kevin Macdonald, Matthew Farrens, and Venkatesh Akella, "Inferring Packet Dependencies to Improve Trace Based Simulation of On-chip Networks," In Networks-on-Chip (NOCS), 2011 Fifth ACM/IEEE International Symposium on, May 1-4, 2011.
DOI: 10.1145/1999946.1999971 pdf bib

Christopher Nitta, Matthew Farrens, and Venkatesh Akella, "Addressing System-Level Trimming Issues in On-chip Nanophotonic Networks," In High Performance Computer Architecture, 2011. HPCA 2011. IEEE 17th International Symposium on, February 14-16, 2011.
DOI: 10.1109/HPCA.2011.5749722 pdf bib

2010:
Christopher Nitta, Matthew Farrens, and Venkatesh Akella, "An Investigation into System-Level Trimming Issues in On- chip Nanophotonic Networks," Workshop on the Interaction between Nanophotonic Devices and Systems (WINDS 2010), December 5, 2010.
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2008:
Christopher Nitta and Matthew Farrens, "Techniques for Increasing the Effective Bandwidth," International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD '08), pp 514 - 519, October 13-15, 2008.
DOI: 10.1109/ICCD.2008.4751909 pdf bib

2006:
Christopher Nitta, Raju Pandey, and Yann Ramin, "Y-Threads: Supporting Concurrency in Wireless Sensor Networks," Second IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS '06), June 18-20, 2006.
DOI: 10.1007/11776178_11 pdf bib

2005:
Aaron Singer-Englar, Robert Kamisky, Paul Erickson, Andrew Frank, William Allan, Charnjiv Bangar, Christopher Cardé, Aashish Dalal, Dahlia Garas, Joseph Holdener, Nathaniel Meyr, and Christopher Nitta, "Design and Development of a Parallel Hybrid Powertrain for a High Performance Sport Utility Vehicle," SAE Powertrain & Fluid Systems Conference & Exhibition (2005-01-3827), Society of Automotive Engineers, San Antonio, TX, October 24, 2005.
DOI: 10.4271/2005-01-3827 pdf bib

2004:
William Allan, Charnjiv Bangar, Christopher Cardé, Aashish Dalal, Dahlia Garas, Joseph Holdener, Nathaniel Meyr, Christopher Nitta, and Andrew Frank, "Design and Development of the 2003 UC Davis FutureTruck," SAE 2004 World Congress, Society of Automotive Engineers, Detroit, MI, March 7-12, 2004.
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2003:
Christopher Nitta, "System Control and Communication Requirements of a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Network," The 20th International Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition (EVS20), Long Beach, CA, November 15-19, 2003.
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Nathaniel Meyr, Christopher Cardé, Christopher Nitta, Dahlia Garas, Tyler Garrard, Jason Parks, James Vaughn, Charnjiv Bangar, Avernethy Francisco, Mark Duvall and Andrew Frank, "Design and Development of the 2002 UC Davis FutureTruck," SAE 2003 World Congress (2003-01-1263), Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, PA, March 3-7, 2003.
DOI: 10.4271/2003-01-1263 pdf bib