Publications

Articles in journals Conference papers Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries Licentiate theses, comprehensive summaries Manuscripts Reports

Articles in journals

Malik, A. W. , Thörnberg, B. , Muhammad, I. & Lawal, N. (2014). Hardware Architecture for Real-time  Computation of Image Component Feature Descriptors on a FPGA. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, , pp. Art. no. 815378

Imran, M. , Khursheed, K. , Ahmad, N. , O'Nils, M. , Lawal, N. & Waheed, M. A. (2014). Complexity Analysis of Vision Functions for Comparison of Wireless Smart Cameras. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, , pp. Art. no. 710685

Imran, M. , Shahzad, K. , Ahmad, N. , O'Nils, M. , Lawal, N. & Oelmann, B. (2014). Energy Efficient SRAM FPGA based Wireless Vision Sensor Node: SENTIOF‐CAM. IEEE transactions on circuits and systems for video technology (Print), vol. 24: 12, pp. 2132-2143.

Ahmad, N. , Khursheed, K. , Imran, M. , Lawal, N. & O'Nils, M. (2013). Modeling and Verification of a Heterogeneous Sky Surveillance Visual Sensor Network. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, , pp. Art. id. 490489

Ahmad, N. , Imran, M. , Khursheed, k. , Lawal, N. & O'Nils, M. (2013). Model, placement optimization and verification of a sky surveillance visual sensor network. International Journal of Space-Based and Situated Computing (IJSSC), vol. 3: 3, pp. 125-135.

Imran, M. , Ahmad, n. , Khursheed, K. , Waheed, M. A. , Lawal, N. & O’Nils, M. (2013). Implementation of Wireless Vision Sensor Node With a Lightweight Bi-Level Video Coding. IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, vol. 3: 2, pp. 198-209.

Imran, M. , Khursheed, K. , Malik, A. W. , Ahmad, N. , O'Nils, M. , Lawal, N. & Thörnberg, B. (2012). Architecture Exploration Based on Tasks Partitioning Between Hardware, Software and Locality for a Wireless Vision Sensor Node. International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies, vol. 3: 2, pp. 58-71.

Imran, M. , Khursheed, K. , Lawal, N. , O'Nils, M. & Ahmad, N. (2012). Implementation of wireless Vision Sensor Node for Characterization of Particles in Fluids. IEEE transactions on circuits and systems for video technology (Print), vol. 22: 11, pp. 1634-1643.

Norell, H. , Lawal, N. & O'Nils, M. (2007). Automatic Generation of Spatial and Temporal Memory Architectures for Embedded Video Processing Systems. Eurasip Journal on Embedded Systems,

Lawal, N. , Thörnberg, B. , Norell, H. & O'Nils, M. (2006). Ram allocation algorithm for video processing applications on FPGA. Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, vol. 15: 5, pp. 679-699.

Conference papers

Imran, M. , O’ Nils, M. & Lawal, N. (2014). Energy Driven Selection and Hardware Implementation of Bi-Level Image Compression. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras. ACM :

Imran, M. , Benkrid, K. , Khursheed, K. , Ahmad, N. , O’ Nills, M. & Lawal, N. (2013). Analysis and Characterization of Embedded Vision Systems for Taxonomy Formulation. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. USA : (Proceedings of SPIE). pp. Art. no. 86560J-

Ahmad, N. , Imran, M. , Khursheed, K. , Lawal, N. & O'Nils, M. (2013). Solution space exploration of volumetric surveillance using a general taxonomy. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. (Proceedings of SPIE). pp. Art. no. 871317-

Imran, M. , Ahmad, N. , Khursheed, K. , O’ Nils, M. & Lawal, N. (2013). Low Complexity Background Subtraction for Wireless Vision Sensor Node. In Proceedings - 16th Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2013.. pp. 681--688.

Imran, M. , Khursheed, K. , Ahmad, N. , Malik, W. , O’ Nils, M. & Lawal, N. (2012). Complexity Analysis of Vision Functions for implementation of Wireless Smart Cameras using System Taxonomy. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Belgium : (Proceedings of SPIE). pp. Art. no. 84370C-

Ahmad, N. , Khursheed, K. , Imran, M. , Lawal, N. & O'Nils, M. (2012). Cost Optimization of a Sky Surveillance Visual Sensor Network. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Belgium : (Proceedings of SPIE). pp. Art. no. 84370U-

Meng, X. , Haoming, Z. , Lawal, N. & Thörnberg, B. (2012). Portability Analysis of Soft Microprocessor for FPGA. In 2012 Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing, MECO 2012.. pp. 5--8.

Imran, M. , Khursheed, K. , Ahmad, n. , O’ Nils, M. , Lawal, N. & Waheed, M. A. (2012). Architecture of Wireless Visual Sensor Node with Region of Interest Coding. In Proceedings - 2012 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Networked Embedded Systems for Every Application, NESEA 2012.. pp. Art. no. 6474029-

Lawal, N. , Thörnberg, B. & O´Nils, M. (2011). Architecture driven memory allocation for FPGA Based Real-Time Video Processing Systems. In Proceedings of the 2011 7th Southern Conference on Programmable Logic, SPL 2011 2011, Article number 5782639.. pp. 143--148.

Malik, A. W. , Thörnberg, B. , Cheng, X. & Lawal, N. (2011). Real-time Component Labelling with Centre of Gravity Calculation on FPGA. In 2011 Proceedings of Sixth International Conference on Systems.

Meng, X. , Thörnberg, B. & Lawal, N. (2011). Soft-IP Interface Modification Methodology. In Proceedings of 2011 International Conference on Information and Electronics Engineering.

Ahmad, N. , Lawal, N. , O'Nils, M. , Oelmann, B. , Imran, M. & Khursheed, K. (2011). Model and placement optimization of a sky surveillance visual sensor network. In Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications, BWCCA 2011.. pp. 357--362.

Meng, X. , Thörnberg, B. & Lawal, N. (2011). Embedded System Design with Maintenance  Consideration. In Proceedings of the 34th International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics, MIPRO.. pp. 124--129.

Meng, X. , Thörnberg, B. & Lawal, N. (2011). Portability analysis of an M-JPEG decoder IP from OpenCores. In SIES 2011 - 6th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems, Conference Proceedings.. pp. 79--82.

Khursheed, K. , Imran, M. , Malik, A. W. , O'Nils, M. , Lawal, N. & Thörnberg, B. (2011). Exploration of tasks partitioning between hardware software and locality for a wireless camera based vision sensor node. In Proceedings - 6th International Symposium on Parallel Computing in Electrical Engineering, PARELEC 2011.. pp. 127--132.

Cheng, X. , Thörnberg, B. , Malik, W. & Lawal, N. (2010). Hardware Centric Machine Vision for High Precision Center of Gravity Calculation. . (PROCEEDINGS OF WORLD ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY)

Imran, M. , Khursheed, K. , O’ Nils, M. & Lawal, N. (2010). Exploration of Target Architecture for aWireless Camera Based Sensor Node. In 28th Norchip Conference, NORCHIP 2010.. pp. 1--4.

Khursheed, K. , Imran, M. , O'Nils, M. & Lawal, N. (2010). Exploration of Local and Central Processing for a Wireless Camera Based Sensor Node. In International Conference on Signals and Electronic Systems, ICSES'10 - Conference Proceeding 2010, Article number 5595231.. pp. 147--150.

Thörnberg, B. & Lawal, N. (2009). Real-time Component Labelling and Feature Extraction on FPGA. In 2009 International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems, ISSCS 2009.. pp. 5206100-

Lawal, N. , Thörnberg, B. & O'Nils, M. (2007). Power-aware automatic constraint generation for FPGA based real-time video processing systems. In 2007 NORCHIP. New York : . pp. 124--128.

Lawal, N. , O´Nils, M. & Thörnberg, B. (2007). C++ based System Synthesis of Real-Time Video Processing Systems targeting FPGA Implementation. In Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, 2007. IPDPS 2007. IEEE International. Long Beach, CA : . pp. 1--7.

Norell, H. , Lawal, N. & O'Nils, M. (2006). VIPS: Video Image Processing In a Second. .

Lawal, N. , O'Nils, M. & Thörnberg, B. (2006). C++ based System Synthesis of Real-Time Video Processing Systems targeting FPGA Implementation. In Proceedings of the FPGA World Conference 2006.

O'Nils, M. , Thörnberg, B. & Lawal, N. (2006). High-Level SystemC Synthesis for FPGA based Real-Time Video Processing Systems. In Proceedings of the FPGA World Conference.

Lawal, N. & O'Nils, M. (2005). Embedded FPGA memory requirements for real-time video processing applications. In Proceedings of the IEEE Norchip Conference.. pp. 206--209.

Lawal, N. , Thörnberg, B. & O'Nils, M. (2005). Address Generation for FPGA RAMs for Efficient Implementation of Real-Time Video Processing Systems. In Proceedings. International Conference on Field Programmable Logic and Applications, 2005.. pp. 136--141.

Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries

Lawal, N. (2009). Memory Synthesis for FPGA Implementation of Real-Time Video Processing Systems. Dis. (Comprehensive summary) Sundvall : Mid Sweden Univ., 2009 (Mid Sweden University doctoral thesis : 66)

Licentiate theses, comprehensive summaries

Lawal, N. (2006). Memory Synthesis for FPGA Implementation of Real-Time Video Processing Systems. Lic. (Comprehensive summary) Sundvall : Mid Sweden Univ., 2006 (Mid Sweden University licentiate thesis : 14)

Manuscripts

Lawal, N. Comparison of FPGA and DSP performances in neighbourhood oriented real-time video processing

Reports

Ahmad, N. , O'Nils, M. & Lawal, N. (2013). A taxonomy of visual surveillance systems. (Research report in electronics )

Lawal, N. (2004). Global Block RAM Allocation Algorithm for FPGA implementation of Real-Time Video Processing Systems.