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  • 2003 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to Monte Carlo simulation of electron devices.

Overview

Umberto Ravaioli is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Computer Science, with a focus on several interdisciplinary subfields.

The main subfields of study associated with their work include Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Hardware and Architecture, and Software.

Key topics covered in their research are:

  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Gene expression and cancer classification
  • Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
  • Formal Methods in Verification
  • Real-Time Systems Scheduling
  • Software Reliability and Analysis Research
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Their recent publications encompass a range of interdisciplinary studies:

  • Knowledge-guided analysis of "omics" data using the KnowEnG cloud platform, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • Open Source nanoBIO Tools, 2021, HubZero
  • Online nanoBIO Tools, 2021, HubZero
  • A Universal Framework for Generalized Run Time Assurance with JAX Automatic Differentiation, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Synthesis of MR fingerprinting information from magnitude-only MR imaging data using a parallelized, multi network U-Net convolutional neural network, 2024, Frontiers in Radiology

Their co-authors frequently include Nahil Sobh, Charles Blatti, Amin Emad, Matthew J. Berry, and Lisa Gatzke.

Publication venues where their work has appeared with notable frequency include HubZero, PLoS Biology, arXiv (Cornell University), and Frontiers in Radiology.

In 2003, Umberto Ravaioli was recognized as an IEEE Fellow for contributions related to Monte Carlo simulation of electron devices.

Best Publications

  • Theory for a quantum modulated transistor

    Fernando Sols;M. MacUcci;Umberto Ravaioli;Karl Hess

  • Impact of phonon-surface roughness scattering on thermal conductivity of thin si nanowires.

    Pierre Martin;Zlatan Aksamija;Eric Pop;Umberto Ravaioli

  • On the possibility of transistor action based on quantum interference phenomena

    Fernando Sols;M. Macucci;Umberto Ravaioli;Karl Hess

  • ITERATION SCHEME FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE TWO-DIMENSIONAL SCHRODINGER-POISSON EQUATIONS IN QUANTUM STRUCTURES

    A. Trellakis;A. T. Galick;A. Pacelli;U. Ravaioli

  • An improved energy transport model including nonparabolicity and non-Maxwellian distribution effects

    D. Chen;E.C. Kan;U. Ravaioli;C.-W. Shu

  • Prediction and optimization of mechanical properties of composites using convolutional neural networks

    Diab W. Abueidda;Mohammad Almasri;Rami Ammourah;Umberto Ravaioli

  • Study of interface roughness dependence of electron mobility in Si inversion layers using the Monte Carlo method

    Shinya Yamakawa;Hiroaki Ueno;Kenji Taniguchi;Chihiro Hamaguchi

  • Electronic Response and Bandstructure Modulation of Carbon Nanotubes in a Transverse Electrical Field

    Yan Li;Slava V. Rotkin;Umberto Ravaioli

  • Reduced thermal conductivity in nanoengineered rough Ge and GaAs nanowires

    Pierre N. Martin;Zlatan Aksamija;Eric Pop;Umberto Ravaioli

  • A quantum correction based on Schrodinger equation applied to Monte Carlo device simulation

    B. Winstead;U. Ravaioli

  • Simulation of Schottky barrier MOSFETs with a coupled quantum injection/Monte Carlo technique

    B. Winstead;U. Ravaioli

  • Integration of a particle-particle-particle-mesh algorithm with the ensemble Monte Carlo method for the simulation of ultra-small semiconductor devices

    C.J. Wordelman;U. Ravaioli

  • Investigation of ballistic transport through resonant-tunnelling quantum wells using wigner function approach

    Umberto Ravaioli;Mohamed A. Osman;Walter Pötz;Norman Kluksdahl

  • Full-band Monte Carlo investigation of hot carrier trends in the scaling of metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors

    A. Duncan;U. Ravaioli;J. Jakumeit

  • Efficient numerical simulation of electron states in quantum wires

    Thomas Kerkhoven;Albert T. Galick;Umberto Ravaioli;John H. Arends

  • MODFET Ensemble Monte Carlo model including the quasi-two-dimensional electron gas

    U. Ravaioli;D.K. Ferry

  • Hot Carriers in Semiconductors

    Karl Hess;J. P. Leburton;U. Ravaioli

  • Finite-Size Effect and Wall Polarization in a Carbon Nanotube Channel

    Deyu Lu;Yan Li;Slava V. Rotkin;Umberto Ravaioli

  • Quasi-three-dimensional Green's-function simulation of coupled electron waveguides.

    M. Macucci;A. Galick;Umberto Ravaioli

  • Monte Carlo simulations of double-gate MOSFETs

    G.A. Kathawala;B. Winstead;U. Ravaioli

  • BioMOCA—a Boltzmann transport Monte Carlo model for ion channel simulation

    T.A. van der Straaten;G. Kathawala;A. Trellakis;R.S. Eisenberg

  • Empirical nanotube model for biological applications

    Deyu Lu;Yan Li;Umberto Ravaioli;Klaus J Schulten

Frequent Co-Authors

David K. Ferry
David K. Ferry Arizona State University
Klaus Schulten
Klaus Schulten University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Narayana R Aluru
Narayana R Aluru University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Giuseppe Iannaccone
Giuseppe Iannaccone University of Pisa
Yan Li
Yan Li Peking University
Francisco Gamiz
Francisco Gamiz University of Granada
Paolo Lugli
Paolo Lugli Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Robert W. Dutton
Robert W. Dutton Stanford University
Eric Pop
Eric Pop Stanford University
Gerhard Klimeck
Gerhard Klimeck Purdue University West Lafayette

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