Category: research
Collaboration with University of Bordeaux for structured pruning co-design
Our team collaborated with scientists from the University of Bordeaux to analyze how configuration choices across the stack affect performance metrics. Results demonstrate that structured pruning on systems featuring systolic array acceleration can effectively increase performance, while maintaining high QoS levels. Up to 44% system-wide speedups due to structured pruning and quantization were measured, with (…)
Accelerating the validation process of full systems without sacrificing accuracy
Introducing the first open-source RISC-V-based FS-validated simulation models with a complete and replicable methodology Full-System simulation is essential for performance evaluation of complete systems that execute complex applications on a complete software stack consisting of an operating system and user applications. Nevertheless, they require careful fine-tuning against real hardware to obtain reliable performance statistics, which (…)
Taking EMBA on a visit to the sources of digital transformation
Participants of the EMBA program at the College of Management of Technology had the opportunity to discover a selection of the latest technologies developed in EPFL’s research laboratories. This enabled these professionals from different backgrounds to gain a better understanding of the long process between developing a cutting-edge product and bringing it to market. There’s (…)
Optimizing interconnects with amazing results
One of our teams has rolled out Gem5-AcceSys: an innovative framework for a system-level exploration of standard interconnects and configurable memory hierarchies. A series of tests using this new technology will be presented at the Design Automation Conference in San Francisco. In this study it has been shown that optimized interconnects can achieve up to (…)
Yuxuan Wang is Best Paper Finalist at her maiden conference
Congratulations to doctoral researcher Yuxuan Wang, who was the main author of a paper that made the Best Paper Final at ARC25, the 21st International Symposium on Applied Reconfigurable Computing. This was a great achievement at what was her first conference as a PhD researcher! Congratulations to all the authors of this fascinating (…)
ESL is participating in three SwissChips projects!
As the SwissChips initiative bursts into activity we can confirm our participation in three of the seven projects that involve EPFL researchers. Design Infrastructure Chips for Edge AI Computing Systems-on-Chip Find out more here:https://ecocloud.epfl.ch/research/swisschips/
Android event was a great success!
“Android meets Internet of Things” took place at ESL on the 22nd February, 2025. The room was packed, and a lot of fantastic projects were presented! Prizes were awarded to the following projects: First place: “SeizureGuard” by Francesco Poluzzi and François Dumoncel This app performs real-time seizure detection from EEG signals using an AI model developed (…)
Android meets Internet of Things
Please join us at the Embedded Systems Lab of Prof. David Atienza for an exploration of Android applications and IoT. The following projects are going to be presented: 17:00 – Acroyoga Ismael Frei and Barbara De Groot17:15 – SeizureGuard Francesco Poluzzi and François Dumoncel17:30 – Fitness Drone Julian Donevsky, Océane Mauroux, and Robin Carlet17:45 – (…)
X-AGORA III was a great success!
The X-HEEP event X-AGORA III was a great success! We were around 35 people in the room and 25 online, from 9 universities and companies. Feel free to watch the entire proceedings below.
Giovanni Ansaloni: how do you squeeze AI into power-constrained edge devices?
Dr. Giovanni Ansaloni presented a course on methodologies for algorithm optimization at HiPEAC’s ACACES24. Edge intelligence has fostered a revolution in the way information is created, analyzed and accessed, fundamentally impacting multiple fields ranging from health monitoring to augmented reality. Key to this success is the optimization of application energy/run-time/application footprints, especially in light of (…)