Innovation Forest

“DIADEM: Embedded Diagnosis and Debug Methods for Nanoscale VLSI Systems” and “ROCK: Robust On-Chip Communication” supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as well as “DIANA: End–to–End Diagnostic Capabilities for Automotive Electronics Systems” and “MAYA: New Methods for the Massive–Parallel–Test for High Volume, Yield Learning and Best Test Quality” sponsored by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in cooperation with several industrial partners including Audi, Infineon, NXP, and Mentor Graphics.

During this time he also supported some core courses at the university including “Hardware Lab”, “Advanced Processor Architecture”, “Design and Test of Systems–on–a–Chip”, and “Hardware Verification and Quality Assessment,” that were taught in English as well as German. He also supervised students in four seminars, six Master’s and Diploma theses as well as ten Bachelor’s theses and undergraduate projects.

 

In late 2012, Dr. Holst received his PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) for his thesis entitled "Efficient Location-Based Logic Diagnosis of Digital Circuits" and afterwards joined the Department of Creative Informatics at the Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan as assistant professor. His research interests include simulation and diagnosis of logic circuits as well as embedded testing and its applications to medical devices.

Furthermore, he is developing new methods for teaching global competency, problem solving and creative thinking and is helping in establishing a global network for student exchange, international internships and educational projects across borders.