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[[FILE:Valavan Manohararajah.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/aegon.html| Valavan Manohararajah <ref>Valavan Manohararajah at [[Aegon 1997]], cropped from [http://www.thorstenczub.de/aegon.html Aegon 1996-97] by [[Thorsten Czub]]</ref> ]]
'''Valavan Manohararajah''',<br/>
a Sri Lanka born, Canadian computer scientist with M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from [[University of Toronto]], both under under supervision of [[Zvonko Vranesic]]. His research interests include [[FPGA]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_and_route placement and routing] for FPGAs, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-level_synthesis high level synthesis] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_synthesis logic synthesis] for FPGAs, and abstract games. Concerning computer chess, Valavan Manohararajah is author of the chess program [[Rajah]], as RajahX also subject of his 2001 M.Sc. thesis on [[Parallel Search|parallel alpha-beta search]] <ref>[[Valavan Manohararajah]] ('''2001'''). ''Parallel Alpha-Beta Search on Shared Memory Multiprocessors''. M.Sc. thesis, [http://www.top-5000.nl/ps/Parallel%20Alpha-Beta%20Search%20on%20Shared%20Memory%20Multiprocessors.pdf pdf]
</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://www.valavan.net/papers.html Papers by Valavan Manohararajah]</ref> <ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/m/Manohararajah:Valavan dblp: Valavan Manohararajah]</ref>
==1997==
* [[Valavan Manohararajah]] ('''1997'''). ''Rajah: The Design of a Chess Program.'' [[ICGA Journal#20_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 20, No. 2]] <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/36325d4b7bb0eea4# Misinformation about RAJAH in the ICCA] by [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 5, 1997</ref> <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/47916b5f26aee711 Re: Misinformation about RAJAH in the ICCA - APOLOGY] by [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 8, 1997</ref>
==2000 ...==
* [[Valavan Manohararajah]] ('''2001'''). ''Parallel Alpha-Beta Search on Shared Memory Multiprocessors''. M.Sc. thesis, [http://www.top-5000.nl/ps/Parallel%20Alpha-Beta%20Search%20on%20Shared%20Memory%20Multiprocessors.pdf pdf]
* [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-borer-501847/ Terry P. Borer], [http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/%7Ebrown/ Stephen Brown], [[Zvonko Vranesic]] ('''2002'''). ''[https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Automatic-Partitioning-for-Improved-Placement-and-Manohararajah-Borer/d53ad046c377bedc4caa2f80dfc32339f0bc3d6d Automatic Partitioning for Improved Placement and Routing in Complex Programmable Logic Devices]''. [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/fpl/fpl2002.html FPL 2002]
* [[Valavan Manohararajah]] ('''2005'''). ''Area Optimizations in FPGA Architecture and CAD''. Ph.D. Thesis, [http://www.valavan.net/pthesis.pdf pdf]
* [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/%7Ebrown/ Stephen Brown], [[Zvonko Vranesic]] ('''2006'''). ''[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4100986/ Adaptive FPGAs: High-Level Architecture and a Synthesis Method]''. [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/fpl/fpl2006.html FPL 2006], [http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~brown/papers/fpl06-manohararajah.pdf pdf]
* [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/%7Ebrown/ Stephen Brown], [[Zvonko Vranesic]] ('''2006'''). ''[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1715419/ Heuristics for Area Minimization in LUT-Based FPGA Technology Mapping].'' [[IEEE#TCICS|IEEE Transactions on CAD of Integrated Circuits and Systems]], Vol. 25, No. 11
=Forum Posts=
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/ab3b34d5716dffa2 X88 board representations] by [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 17, 1996 » [[0x88]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/67fdd2005f1367ed Quiescence search problems (solved)] by [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], May 01, 1996 » [[Quiescence Search]], [[Move Ordering]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/47bgYzU2kyQ/BKAn9pqUtogJ Incoporating chess knowledge in chess programs] by [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], June 26, 1996
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/83a6d26294a5ef99 Computer Chess Hardware Design] by [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], March 30, 1997
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/36325d4b7bb0eea4 Misinformation about RAJAH in the ICCA] by [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 5, 1997 » [[Rajah]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.palmtops/msg/fc370f4de81410ce Re: GNU Chess for Pilot?] by [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], July 09, 1997 » [[GNU Chess]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/fd1158b39a3fb7f5 Anyone want to represent Rajah at the WMCCC?] by [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], August 14, 1997
=External Links=
* [http://www.valavan.net/ A Website by Valavan Manohararajah]
=References=
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[[FILE:Valavan Manohararajah.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/aegon.html| Valavan Manohararajah <ref>Valavan Manohararajah at [[Aegon 1997]], cropped from [http://www.thorstenczub.de/aegon.html Aegon 1996-97] by [[Thorsten Czub]]</ref> ]]
'''Valavan Manohararajah''',<br/>
a Sri Lanka born, Canadian computer scientist with M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from [[University of Toronto]], both under under supervision of [[Zvonko Vranesic]]. His research interests include [[FPGA]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_and_route placement and routing] for FPGAs, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-level_synthesis high level synthesis] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_synthesis logic synthesis] for FPGAs, and abstract games. Concerning computer chess, Valavan Manohararajah is author of the chess program [[Rajah]], as RajahX also subject of his 2001 M.Sc. thesis on [[Parallel Search|parallel alpha-beta search]] <ref>[[Valavan Manohararajah]] ('''2001'''). ''Parallel Alpha-Beta Search on Shared Memory Multiprocessors''. M.Sc. thesis, [http://www.top-5000.nl/ps/Parallel%20Alpha-Beta%20Search%20on%20Shared%20Memory%20Multiprocessors.pdf pdf]
</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://www.valavan.net/papers.html Papers by Valavan Manohararajah]</ref> <ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/m/Manohararajah:Valavan dblp: Valavan Manohararajah]</ref>
==1997==
* [[Valavan Manohararajah]] ('''1997'''). ''Rajah: The Design of a Chess Program.'' [[ICGA Journal#20_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 20, No. 2]] <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/36325d4b7bb0eea4# Misinformation about RAJAH in the ICCA] by [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 5, 1997</ref> <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/47916b5f26aee711 Re: Misinformation about RAJAH in the ICCA - APOLOGY] by [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 8, 1997</ref>
==2000 ...==
* [[Valavan Manohararajah]] ('''2001'''). ''Parallel Alpha-Beta Search on Shared Memory Multiprocessors''. M.Sc. thesis, [http://www.top-5000.nl/ps/Parallel%20Alpha-Beta%20Search%20on%20Shared%20Memory%20Multiprocessors.pdf pdf]
* [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-borer-501847/ Terry P. Borer], [http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/%7Ebrown/ Stephen Brown], [[Zvonko Vranesic]] ('''2002'''). ''[https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Automatic-Partitioning-for-Improved-Placement-and-Manohararajah-Borer/d53ad046c377bedc4caa2f80dfc32339f0bc3d6d Automatic Partitioning for Improved Placement and Routing in Complex Programmable Logic Devices]''. [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/fpl/fpl2002.html FPL 2002]
* [[Valavan Manohararajah]] ('''2005'''). ''Area Optimizations in FPGA Architecture and CAD''. Ph.D. Thesis, [http://www.valavan.net/pthesis.pdf pdf]
* [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/%7Ebrown/ Stephen Brown], [[Zvonko Vranesic]] ('''2006'''). ''[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4100986/ Adaptive FPGAs: High-Level Architecture and a Synthesis Method]''. [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/fpl/fpl2006.html FPL 2006], [http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~brown/papers/fpl06-manohararajah.pdf pdf]
* [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/%7Ebrown/ Stephen Brown], [[Zvonko Vranesic]] ('''2006'''). ''[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1715419/ Heuristics for Area Minimization in LUT-Based FPGA Technology Mapping].'' [[IEEE#TCICS|IEEE Transactions on CAD of Integrated Circuits and Systems]], Vol. 25, No. 11
=Forum Posts=
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/ab3b34d5716dffa2 X88 board representations] by [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 17, 1996 » [[0x88]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/67fdd2005f1367ed Quiescence search problems (solved)] by [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], May 01, 1996 » [[Quiescence Search]], [[Move Ordering]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/47bgYzU2kyQ/BKAn9pqUtogJ Incoporating chess knowledge in chess programs] by [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], June 26, 1996
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/83a6d26294a5ef99 Computer Chess Hardware Design] by [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], March 30, 1997
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/36325d4b7bb0eea4 Misinformation about RAJAH in the ICCA] by [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 5, 1997 » [[Rajah]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.palmtops/msg/fc370f4de81410ce Re: GNU Chess for Pilot?] by [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], July 09, 1997 » [[GNU Chess]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/fd1158b39a3fb7f5 Anyone want to represent Rajah at the WMCCC?] by [[Valavan Manohararajah]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], August 14, 1997
=External Links=
* [http://www.valavan.net/ A Website by Valavan Manohararajah]
=References=
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