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Master Student Assistant Projects

(Remunerated, for officially registered EPFL students only)
Development of a Galvanic Skin Response recording wearable
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Mr. Juan Sapriza, Dr. José Miranda, Dr. Jérôme Thevenot, Prof. David Atienza
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Firmware development for efficient biosignal data management
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr Jérôme Thevenot, Lara Orlandic
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Sensemodi
FPGA accelerator design for urban digital twins
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Denisa-Andreea Constantinescu, Rubén Rodríguez Álvarez, Ana Catarina Gouveia Braz, Cédric Terrier, David Atienza Alonso
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Summer Internship Projects

(Remunerated, for officially registered EPFL students only)
Analysis of Acoustic Emissions from the Knee through Wearable Devices
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Jérôme Thévénot, Dr. Tomas Teijeiro, Prof. David Atienza
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Sensemodi
Full-system power & energy evaluation of GreenDVFS against built-in Linux governors
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Prof. David Atienza, Dr. Miguel Peón-Quirós, Dr. Xavier Ouvrard
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EPFL EcoCloud Center

Master Projects

Asynchronous Fuzzy Federated Life-Long-Learning for the Edge
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Jose Miranda, Dr. Javier Andreu-Perez, Prof. David Atienza
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Benchmark of EEG based seizure detection algorithms
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Jonathan Dan, Prof. David Atienza
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Cross-layer system/hardware framework for near-DRAM acceleration of machine learning algorithms
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Mr. Rafael Medina Morillas, Dr. Giovanni Ansaloni, Prof. David Atienza
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DNA analysis algorithms for Realtime in-memory genome sequencing
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Giovanni Ansaloni, Dr. William Simon, Prof. David Atienza
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IBM Research GmbH
Efficient FW stack design and implementation for a versatile physiological wearable system
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. José Miranda Calero, Dr. Jérôme Thevenot, Dr. Jonathan Dan, Prof. David Atienza
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Sensemodi
Efficient seizure detection using synchrosqueezed wavelet transforms based techniques
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Jose Miranda, Prof. David Atienza
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Enabling Local Tightly, Global Loosely coupled Programmable Accelerators Heterogeneous Systems by integrating X-HEEP into ESP SoCs
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Davide Schiavone, Prof. Daniele Jahier Pagliari, Prof. Alessio Burrello, Prof. David Atienza
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Exploring DNN implementations for Realtime in-memory genome sequencing
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Giovanni Ansaloni, Dr. William Simon, Prof. David Atienza
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HW design and development of a novel, flexible and versatile EEG wearable system
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. José Miranda Calero, Dr. Jérôme Thevenot, Dr. Jonathan Dan, Prof. David Atienza
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Sensemodi
Implementation of a smart DMA for a RISC-V Near-Memory Computing Microcontroller
Lab: ESLTCL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Davide Schiavone, Dr. Jose Miranda, Prof. David Atienza
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Implementation of an Accelerator based on Near-Memory Computing IPs for a RISC-V-based Microcontroller
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Davide Schiavone, Michele Caon, Prof. David Atienza
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Microarchitectural explorations for biomedical applications
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Miguel Peón-Quirós, EcoCloud; Prof. David Atienza, ESL; Stefano Albini, ESL
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Porting and Optimization of biomedical benchmark applications to the X-HEEP Open-Source RISC-V-based microcontroller platform
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Davide Schiavone, Mr. Dimitrios Samakovlis, Mr. Stefano Albini, Prof. David Atienza
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TinyML for Audio Deep Learning Algorithms
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Davide Schiavone, Dr. Jose Miranda, Dr. Milos Cernak, Prof. David Atienza
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Logitech Europe SA
Towards intelligent laser welding: automatic control of processing quality using reinforcement learning and deep neural architectures
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Sergey Shevchik, Prof. David Atienza
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EMPA (Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt)
X-HEEP Accelerators: design, verification, and integration of a general purpose co-processor/accelerator based on RISC-V for edge-computing SoCs
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Davide Schiavone, Prof. David Atienza
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Master or Semester Projects

A novel architectural template for the hardware acceleration of neural networks inference supporting hybrid quantization
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Mr. Rafael Medina Morillas, Dr. Giovanni Ansaloni, Prof. David Atienza
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Electroencephalography based epileptic seizure detection
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Prof. David Atienza, Dr. Jonathan Dan, Ph.D. student Una Pale
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Energy-efficient FFT accelerator design on an Intel FPGA using HBM for SKA Observatory
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Denisa Constantinescu, Ruben Rodriguez Alvarez, Prof. David Atienza
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Square Kilometre Array Observatory
Energy-efficient HW accelerators design on FPGA for SKA Observatory
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Ruben Rodriguez Alvarez (ESL), Dr. Denisa Constantinescu (ESL), Dr. Miguel Peón Quirós (EcoCloud), Prof. David Atienza (ESL)
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Square Kilometre Array Observatory
Enhancing the Efficiency and Accuracy of Radio Interferometry Kernels using CGRA-ME Framework
Lab: ESL
Sections: ESL
Supervisor: Dr. Denisa-Andreea Constantinescu; Rubén Rodríguez Álvarez; Dr. Giovanni Ansaloni; Prof. David Atienza Alonso
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FPGA Acceleration for Urban Digital Twin Models: Optimizing Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP) for Energy Efficiency
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Denisa-Andreea Constantinescu, Rubén Rodríguez Álvarez, Ana Catarina Gouveia Braz, Cédric Terrier, David Atienza Alonso
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Hardware accelerator design with Chisel and integration in a RISC-V full system
Lab: ESL Scala
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Ruben Rodriguez Alvarez (ESL), Dr. Denisa Constantinescu (ESL), Jamie Richard Thompson (Scala Center), Anatolii Kmetiuk (Scala Center), Prof. David Atienza (ESL)
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Scala Center, EPFL
Integration and optimization of Ultra Low Power CPU on the X-HEEP platform targeting implantable devices
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Mr. Juan Sapriza, Dr. Davide Schiavone, Prof. David Atienza
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Real-time epileptic seizure alarms on a smartwatch
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Prof. David Atienza, Dr. Jonathan Dan, Dr. Jose Miranda
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Semester Projects

A bottom-up digital back-end design for the next generation of configurable accelerators for Edge-AI platforms
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Ms. Lara Orlandic, Dr. Davide Schiavone, Prof. David Atienza
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Adaptation, integration and validation of SPI-Slave peripheral on the X-HEEP platform targeting implantable devices
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Mr. Juan Sapriza, Dr. Davide Schiavone, Prof. David Atienza
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chip2chip: verification and integration of the serial-link peripheral in X-HEEP to enable fast communications with external accelerators
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Prof. David Atienza, Dr. Davide Schiavone
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Deployment of an unsupervised deep adaptive filtering method for context-aware and robust Heart Rate extraction in constrained wearables
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Christodoulos Kechris MSc, Dr. Jose Miranda, Dr. Jonathan Dan, Prof. David Atienza
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Deployment of probabilistic deep learning methods for context-aware and robust Heart Rate extraction in constrained wearables
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Christodoulos Kechris, Dr. Jose Miranda, Dr. Jonathan Dan, Prof. David Atienza
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Design of efficient Convolutional Layers for Near-Memory Computing IPs based on RISC-V
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Mr. Luigi Giuffrida, Dr. Davide Schiavone, Prof. David Atienza
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Development of a modular hardware platform for X-HEEP based systems, applied to an EEG recording wearable device
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Mr. Juan Sapriza, Dr. José Miranda, Dr. Jérôme Thevenot, Prof. David Atienza
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eXtendable Heterogeneous Energy-Efficient Platform - EPFL
Efficient SPI: design, verification, and integration of SPI and QuadSPI routines and HW functions for efficient master-to-slave off-chip communications
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Davide Schiavone, Dr. Jose Miranda, Prof. David Atienza
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Exploring Memory Design Trade-offs: Efficiency and Voltage Scaling in SRAM Architectures for Energy-Efficient Systems
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Jose Miranda, Dr. Alexandre Levisse, Hossein Taji MSc., Dr. Miguel Peón, Prof. David Atienza
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HDB: HEEPocrates Development Board: A RISC-V based board for rapid prototyping of e-Health based applications
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Jose Miranda, Dr. Davide Schiavone, Prof. David Atienza
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Implementation of automation techniques for IMC arrays
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Alexandre Levisse, Prof. David Atienza
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Implementing an Audio-Visual Speech Separation and Recognition Pipeline at the Edge
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Jose Miranda, Cristian Cioflan, Dr. Miguel de Prado, Prof. David Atienza
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Porting X-HEEP to a Lattice FPGA with open-source EDA tools
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Davide Schiavone, Dr. Christoph Mueller, Prof. David Atienza, Prof. Andreas Burg
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Testing and verification of a fabricated IMC memory
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Dr. Alexandre Levisse, Prof. David Atienza
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Towards Audio-Visual Speech Separation and Recognition
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Mr. Cristian Cioflan, Dr. Miguel de Prado, Dr. Jose Miranda, Prof. David Atienza
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X-HEEP generator: implementation of a highly configurable memory and peripheral subsystem for a RISC-V-based microcontroller
Lab: ESL
Sections: SEL
Supervisor: Mr. Simone Machetti, Dr. Davide Schiavone, Prof. David Atienza
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eXtendable Heterogeneous Energy-Efficient Platform - EPFL