In the five-year period, work is planned to continue in the proposed areas, with an emphasis on building the system and further training of the Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) design team in line with the FESB development strategy. Special attention is paid to the development of ASIC systems for operation under high radiation. Work is underway to develop FPGA algorithms at the L1 and L2 trigger levels in collaboration with LLR Paris, with an emphasis on deployment of machine learning algorithms for detection of regions of interests (ROI) in HGCAL detector. Because of specific hardware constraints, the research will include methods of neural network quantization and input data quantization, combined with development of innovative architectures that take into consideration spatial and temporal signal characteristics.

In the wireless computer networks area, the research of medium access protocols will be continued, with the new MAC protocol as a result. The protocol should enable high throughput in congested network, while retaining good throughput characteristics in unconstrained networks. Additionally, the protocol should enable traffic differentiation and ensure prompt delivery of time-critical data. Such a protocol would be well suited for use in various networks that employ distributed medium contention, from standard 802.11 WLANs to modern sensor networks and vehicular networks.

Work on the project over a five-year period should result in the publication of about five articles in Category A journals, and about five articles in international conferences and Category B journals. Several visits of team members related to current research are planned (LLR Paris, France and CERN, Switzerland).