Automatic hardware-aware design and optimization of deep learning models

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Master of Science

• Energy management for IoT. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Energy management for IoT. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Energy management for IoT. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso

Bachelor of Science

• Tecniche di programmazione. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA. Collaboratore del corso

• Risso, M.; Burrello, A.; Jahier Pagliari, D. (2025)
  Optimizing DNN Inference on Multi-Accelerator SoCs at Training-time. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS, vol. 44, pp. 3532-3545. ISSN 0278-0070
  Contributo su Rivista
• Risso, Matteo; Goffi, Alessia; Motetti, BEATRICE ALESSANDRA; Burrello, Alessio; Baptiste ... (2025)
  Building Damage Assessment in Conflict Zones: A Deep Learning Approach Using Geospatial Sub-Meter Resolution Data. In: International Conference on Image Processing, Applications and Systems (IPAS), Lyon (FRA), 09-11 January 2025. ISBN: 979-8-3315-0653-7
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Pollo, Giovanni; Hamdi, Mohamed Amine; Risso, Matteo; Ruotolo, Lorenzo; Furbatto, ... (2025)
  MEbots: Integrating a RISC-V Virtual Platform with a Robotic Simulator for Energy-aware Design. In: ISLPED 2025 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, Reykjavik (ISL), August 6 - 8, 2025. ISBN: 979-8-3315-2710-5
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Risso, Matteo (2025)
  Automatic Hardware-aware Design and Optimization of Deep Learning Models. relatore: PONCINO, MASSIMO; JAHIER PAGLIARI, DANIELE; , 37. XXXVII Ciclo, P.: 200
  Doctoral Thesis
• Risso, Matteo; Daghero, Francesco; Motetti, BEATRICE ALESSANDRA; JAHIER PAGLIARI, ... (2024)
  Optimized Deployment of Deep Neural Networks for Visual Pose Estimation on Nano-drones. In: ERF 2024 | European Robotics Forum, Rimini (IT), March, 13 - 15, 2024, pp. 304-309. ISSN 2511-1256. ISBN: 978-3-031-76423-3
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Motetti, Beatrice Alessandra; Risso, Matteo; Burrello, Alessio; Macii, Enrico; Poncino, ... (2024)
  Joint Pruning and Channel-wise Mixed-Precision Quantization for Efficient Deep Neural Networks. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTERS, vol. 73, pp. 2619-2633. ISSN 0018-9340
  Contributo su Rivista
• Aliffi, G. E.; Baixinho, J.; Barri, D.; Daghero, F.; Di Carolo, N.; Faraone, G.; Grosso, ... (2024)
  AMBEATion: Analog Mixed-Signal Back-End Design Automation with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Techniques. In: Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2024, Valencia (ESP), 25-27 March 2024, pp. 1-6. ISSN 1530-1591. ISBN: 978-3-9819263-8-5
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Barri, Dalibor; Vacula, Patrik; Kote, Vlastimil; Nemazal, Jan; Vacula, Miloš; Jahier ... (2024)
  AMBEATion: New Algorithm for Generation IC Matched Structures with Respecting Linear and Non-linear Gradient Parameter Effects. In: International Conference on Applied Electronics, Pilsen (CZ), 4-5 October 2024, pp. 1-4. ISSN 1803-7232. ISBN: 979-8-3503-5073-9
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Motetti, Beatrice Alessandra; Crupi, Luca; Elshaigi, Mustafa Omer Mohammed Elamin; ... (2024)
  Adaptive Deep Learning for Efficient Visual Pose Estimation Aboard Ultra-Low-Power Nano-Drones. In: Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference, 2024, Valencia (ESP), 25-27 March 2024, pp. 1-6. ISSN 1530-1591. ISBN: 978-3-9819263-8-5
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Hamdi, MOHAMED AMINE; Pollo, Giovanni; Risso, Matteo; Haugou, Germain; Burrello, ... (2024)
  Integrating SystemC-AMS power modeling with a RISC-V ISS for virtual prototyping of battery-operated embedded devices. In: Computing Frontiers Open-Source Hardware Workshop, Ischia (ITA), May 7 - 9, 2024, pp. 51-54. ISBN: 979-8-4007-0492-5
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Burrello, Alessio; Risso, Matteo; Motetti, BEATRICE ALESSANDRA; Macii, Enrico; Benini, ... (2024)
  Enhancing Neural Architecture Search with Multiple Hardware Constraints for Deep Learning Model Deployment on Tiny IoT Devices. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EMERGING TOPICS IN COMPUTING, vol. 12, pp. 780-794. ISSN 2168-6750
  Contributo su Rivista
• Risso, M.; Xie, C.; Daghero, F.; Burrello, A.; Mollaei, S.; Castellano, M.; Macii, E.; ... (2024)
  HW-SW Optimization of DNNs for Privacy-Preserving People Counting on Low-Resolution Infrared Arrays. In: Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2024, Valencia (ESP), 25-27 March 2024, pp. 1-6. ISSN 1530-1591. ISBN: 978-3-9819263-8-5
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Burrello, Alessio; Risso, Matteo; Tomasello, Noemi; Chen, Yukai; Benini, Luca; Macii, ... (2023)
  Energy-efficient Wearable-to-Mobile Offload of ML Inference for PPG-based Heart-Rate Estimation. In: Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE), Antwerp (Belgium), 17-19 April 2023. ISBN: 978-3-9819263-7-8
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Morra, Lia; Azzari, Alberto; Bergamasco, Letizia; Braga, Marco; Capogrosso, Luigi; ... (2023)
  Designing Logic Tensor Networks for Visual Sudoku puzzle classification. In: 17th International Workshop on Neural-Symbolic Learning and Reasoning (NeSy 2023), Certosa di Pontignano, Siena (Italia), July 3-5, 2023, pp. 223-232. ISSN 1613-0073
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Cereda, Elia; Crupi, Luca; Risso, Matteo; Burrello, Alessio; Benini, Luca; Giusti, ... (2023)
  Deep Neural Network Architecture Search for Accurate Visual Pose Estimation aboard Nano-UAVs. In: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), London (UK), 29 May 2023 - 02 June 2023, pp. 6065-6071. ISSN 2379-9544. ISBN: 979-8-3503-2365-8
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Risso, Matteo; Burrello, Alessio; Maria Sarda, Giuseppe; Benini, Luca; Macii, Enrico; ... (2023)
  Precision-aware Latency and Energy Balancing on Multi-Accelerator Platforms for DNN Inference. In: International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED) 2023, Vienna (AUT), 07-08 August 2023, pp. 1-6. ISBN: 979-8-3503-1175-4
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Risso, Matteo; Burrello, Alessio; Conti, Francesco; Lamberti, Lorenzo; Chen, Yukai; ... (2023)
  Lightweight Neural Architecture Search for Temporal Convolutional Networks at the Edge. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTERS, vol. 72, pp. 744-758. ISSN 0018-9340
  Contributo su Rivista
• Jahier Pagliari, Daniele; Risso, Matteo; Motetti, Beatrice; Burrello, Alessio (2023)
  PLiNIO: A User-Friendly Library of Gradient-based Methods for Complexity-aware DNN Optimization. In: Forum for Specification and Design Languages (FDL), Turin (Italy), September 13-15, 2023, pp. 1-8
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Risso, Matteo; Burrello, Alessio; Benini, Luca; Macii, Enrico; Poncino, Massimo; Jahier ... (2022)
  Multi-Complexity-Loss DNAS for Energy-Efficient and Memory-Constrained Deep Neural Networks. In: ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, Boston (USA), August 1 - 3, 2022, pp. 1-6. ISBN: 9781450393546
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Risso, M.; Burrello, A.; Benini, L.; Macii, E.; Poncino, M.; Jahier Pagliari, D. (2022)
  Channel-wise Mixed-precision Assignment for DNN Inference on Constrained Edge Nodes. In: 13th IEEE International Green and Sustainable Computing Conference, IGSC 2022, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2022, pp. 1-6. ISBN: 978-1-6654-6550-2
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