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<p><font face="Arial"><b>Simulation Optimization Systems (SOS) Research Laboratory</b></font></p>
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Historical Note</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font face="Arial">Research in
the Simulation Optimization Systems (SOS) Research Laboratory paved the
way to the world's first statistical modeling/yield-driven design
technology used within major CAD/CAE products. International research and
industrial collaborations, including <a href="old_domain_name_osacad.htm">
Optimization Systems Associates Inc</a>. ("OSA"), founded by <a href="bandler.html">
Dr. John W. Bandler</a>, has been vital.<br>
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We collaborated in the creation of OSA's RoMPE<font size="2"><sup>TM</sup></font>,
HarPE<font size="2"><sup>TM</sup></font> and OSA90/hope<font size="2"><sup>TM</sup></font>,
featuring the world's most powerful harmonic balance optimizer, as well as
in Empipe<font size="2"><sup>TM</sup></font>, Empipe3D<font size="2"><sup>TM</sup></font>,
EmpipeExpress<font size="2"><sup>TM</sup></font>, <b><i>empath</i></b><font size="2"><sup>TM</sup></font>
and the breakthrough <a href="spacemapping.htm">Space Mapping </a>and Geometry Capture technologies.
The Empipe family became the foundation of Agilent HFSS Designer and
Momentum Optimization (<a href="http://eesof.tm.agilent.com/">Agilent
Technologies</a>).<br>
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The world's most advanced family of L<sub>1</sub>, L<sub>2</sub>, Huber
and minimax optimizers have been implemented in a friendly CAD
environment. Pioneering software development for CAE, including design
centering, optimal assignment of tolerances, postproduction tuning and
production yield enhancement continues. We have worked on efficient
techniques for large-scale optimization, active device parameter
extraction, physics-based statistical device modeling and simulation,
design centering and yield-driven design for GaAs
microwave/millimeter-wave monolithic integrated circuits.<br>
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We have integrated optimization software with microwave measurement
technology, full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulators, and SPICE-like
simulators.<br>
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Our historical association with OSA resulted in state-of-the-art
commercial CAE software being available to us from many groups, most
notably <a href="http://www.sonnetusa.com">Sonnet Software</a>, Inc., <a href="http://www.ansoft.com">
Ansoft Corporation</a> and <a href="http://eesof.tm.agilent.com/">Agilent
EEsof EDA</a>.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Arial"><b>Funding</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Funding includes grants from the Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council of Canada (<a href="http://www.nserc.ca/index.htm">NSERC</a>)
and the <a HREF="http://www.micronetrd.ca/">Micronet Network of Centres of
Excellence.</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><b>Major Projects</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><a href="bandler.html">J.W. Bandler</a> holds NSERC Strategic Grants with <a href="http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/faculty/bakr/">
M.H. Bakr</a> (McMaster University), <a href="http://ece.eng.mcmaster.ca/faculty/georgieva/">
N.K. Nikolova</a> (McMaster University) and <a href="http://www.doe.carleton.ca/~qjz/">
Q.J. Zhang</a> (Carleton University).</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><b>Short Term Goal</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">To advance the state of the art in modeling of
engineering devices and optimal design of complex engineering systems
through <a href="http://www.sos.mcmaster.ca/spacemapping.htm">Space
Mapping Technology</a>.</font></p>
<p><b><font face="Arial">News</font></b></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><a href="bandler.html">Dr. Bandler'</a>s
achievements and commercial software implementations include design
centering and yield-driven design for which he received the<a href="mtt_award_2004/application_award.htm">
IEEE MTT-S Microwave Application Award in 2004</a>.</font></p>
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