• Andrea Bonetti of Sony: AI for Chip Design

    BC420 - Computing Building of EPFL EPFL, Ecublens, Switzerland

    An Industrial Perspective on Gaining a Competitive Edge Through Automation The growing complexity of modern chips and the pressure to maintain a competitive edge in industry are pushing traditional electronic design automation (EDA) tools to their limits, increasing the need for more customizable and scalable design methodologies. As the demand […]

  • The Battle of the Interconnects: Scale-up vs. Scale-out

    BC420 - Computing Building of EPFL EPFL, Ecublens, Switzerland

    Dr. Javier Picorel of Huawei In 2020 Dr. Picorel gave a talk at the EcoCloud Annual Event on Edge Computing at Huawei. Now he returns with a fascinating presentation about the battle of the interconnects. As traditional scale-up interconnects like NVIDIA’s NVLink and CXL extend beyond single nodes to span […]

  • High-Level Synthesis for Accelerator Design: Current Trends and Emerging Directions

    ELA2 EPFL

    Hardware specialization is increasingly essential to meet the performance and energy demands of modern applications. High-level synthesis (HLS) has emerged as a key enabling technology, allowing designers to rapidly generate specialized accelerators while exploring complex trade-offs between computation, communication, and memory. Significant challenges remain, however, including the need to orchestrate […]

  • Future Health: Harnessing Multimodal Data and GenAI for Health Promotion

    BC420 - Computing Building of EPFL EPFL, Ecublens, Switzerland

    Speaker: Amir M. Rahmani, PhD, MBA Affiliation: Professor of CS, EECS, and Nursing, Co-Director of the UCI Institute for Future Health, University of California, Irvine, USA "Future Health" emphasizes the importance of recognizing each individual's uniqueness, which arises from their specific omics, lifestyle, environmental, and socioeconomic conditions. Thanks to advancements […]

  • Oracle Labs Presentation & Tech Talk

    INF328 EPFL, Switzerland

    Research in Oracle Labs: AI, LLM, Vector Database, Data Analytics and Business Applications This talk focuses on Oracle Labs' role in the rapidly changing world of AI and data analytics. We will showcase Oracle's latest research and developments in these areas, emphasizing how AI is transforming business practices. We start […]

  • X-Agora – the X-HEEP Exchange Space

    ELG123 EPFL, Switzerland

    We have a lot of people working on X-HEEP from different perspectives. It’s hard to keep track of what is done or can be done. It’s good to know about new changes that might affect our work. We can exchange ideas and make our work even better! General Announcements Why […]

  • Connecting Artificial Intelligence to Internet of Things

    BC420 - Computing Building of EPFL EPFL, Ecublens, Switzerland

    The technological advances in miniaturized, ultra-low power embedded systems, in communication protocols and in AI techniques, are leading to disruptive innovations. How to embrace the opportunities and challenges offered by smart machine learning devices and IoT connected technologies? Connecting Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Internet of Things (IoT) will cover three […]

  • Innovation for Energy-Efficient Deep Learning

    BC420 - Computing Building of EPFL EPFL, Ecublens, Switzerland

    Dr. Gourav Datta of University of Southern California Viterbi, Electrical Engineering, gave a presentation on In-Sensor & Neuromorphic Computing are all you need for Energy-Efficient Deep Learning This talk will focus on two research thrusts in energy and latency-efficient edge intelligence. The first thrust is inspired by the fact that […]

  • Silicon device dependability: Sani Nassif

    BC420 - Computing Building of EPFL EPFL, Ecublens, Switzerland

    Dr. Nassif explained that Vincent Van Gogh would have made an excellent system designer. Wednesday, 23rd November, 2022 EcoCloud Visiting Professor Sani Nassif gave a talk in the BC Building at EPFL to a captivated audience. The talk examines trends in Silicon device dependability as scaling continues, and proposes some […]