Category:Master Thesis

The projects listed here are Master thesis projects. In principle a master project at IIS can take no longer than 6 months, and the student is expected to work full time on the thesis project. In some cases it is possible to make a simplified version of the project as a semester thesis, talk to the supervisor of the project to discuss this possibility.

Available Projects

• Short Range Radars For Biomedical Application
• Smart Patch For Heath Care And Rehabilitation
• Autonomus Drones With Novel Sensors And Ultra Wide Band
• Evaluating memory access pattern specializations in OoO, server-grade cores (M)
• Evaluating An Ultra low Power Vision Node
• Hypervisor Extension for Ariane (M)
• VLSI Implementation of a 5G Ciphering Accelerator
• Machine Learning on Ultrasound Images
• Outdoor Precision Object Tracking for Rockfall Experiments
• Physical Implementation of MemPool, PULP's Manycore System (1M/1-2S)
• Coherence-Capable Write-Back L1 Data Cache for Ariane (M)
• Event-Driven Vision on an embedded platform
• Time Gain Compensation for Ultrasound Imaging
• Minimum Variance Beamforming for Wearable Ultrasound Probes
• Machine Learning for extracting Muscle features using Ultrasound
• Fluffy bunny project
• IBM Research
• Combining Spiking Neural Networks with Hyperdimensional Computing for Autonomous Navigation
• RISC-V based Implementation of Secure Ranging According to IEEE 802.15.4z UWB
• Data Augmentation Techniques in Biosignal Classification
• Compression of iEEG Data
• BCI-controlled Drone
• Contrastive Learning for Self-supervised Clustering of iEEG Data for Epileptic Patients
• Real-Time Motor-Imagery Classification Using Neuromorphic Processor
• Palm size chip NMR probe
• MmWave PLL: 100GHz PLL using reference oversampling scheme
• Accurate deep learning inference using computational memory
• Spiking Neural Network for Autonomous Navigation
• Event-Driven Convolutional Neural Network Modular Accelerator
• Pressure and acoustic Smart Sensors Network for Wind Turbines Monitoring
• Characterization of the susceptibility to cosmic radiation of wide bandgap power devices by radioactive sources and at cryogenic temperatures
• Design of an on-field adaptable pulse-processing unit for semicondutor radiation detectors
• Design of an Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Modem
• Towards global Brain-Computer Interfaces
• Neural Network Algorithms and Interfaces with Accelerators for Embedded Platforms with Real World Applications
• Using piezoelectricity in monolayer 2D materials to build future nanoscale devices
• Source contact engineering in 2D materials MOSFET to achieve sub-60 mV/decade transistors
• Electrical characterization and optimization of electrochemical random-access memory for analog computing
• Finite element modeling of electrochemical random access memory
• Influence of the Initial Filament Geometry on the Forming Step in CBRAM.
• Nanoscale Hybrid III-V Plasmonic Laser for Low-Power Photonic ICs
• Design space exploration of InP Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (DHBTs)
• Quantum transport in 2D heterostructures
• Design Of A Biomarker Assay Based On Responsive Magnetic Nanoparticles
• High-throughput Embedded System For Neurotechnology in collaboration with INI
• Neuromorphic Intelligence In An Embedded System in Collaboration with AiCTX
• Adversarial Attacks Against Deep Neural Networks In Wearable Cameras
• Wearable Smart Camera With Deep Learning Algorithms For Automatic Detecion
• Visualizing Functional Microbubbles using Ultrasound Imaging
• Energy Efficient Smart Devices For Construction Building Maintenance Hilti Collaboration
• Extending the RISCV backend of LLVM to support PULP Extensions
• Compiler Profiling and Optimizing
• PREM Intervals and Loop Tiling
• Implementation of the RISC-V Bit Manipulation (RVB) extensions for our RISC-V core
• Implementation of the RISC-V Bit Manipulation (RVB) extensions for our RI5CY core
• Design and Exploitation of a Test-Bench for Non-Destructive Characterization of the Susceptibility of Silicon Carbide (SiC) Power Devices to Cosmic Radiation
• Experimental Validation of Impact Ionization Models for TCAD Simulation by a Novel Characterization Technique
• Design and implementation of the front-end for a portable ionizing radiation detector
• Level Crossing ADC For a Many Channels Neural Recording Interface
• Scalable Heterogeneous L1 Memory Interconnect for Smart Accelerator Coupling in Ultra-Low Power Multicores
• Improving Cold-Start in Batteryless And Energy Harvesting Systems
• SmartRing
• Cerebellum: Design of a Programmable Smart-Peripheral for the Ariane Core
• Optical Weights for Photonic Neural Networks
• Machine Learning-based Compressive Sensing Vehicle Location Tracking ASIC Design
• Digital Front End Design & Frequency Offset Estimation for V2X Communications
• High-Throughput Channel Coding & Decoding for V2X Communications
• High-Speed Channel Estimation & Tracking for V2X Communications
• Design of key building blocks for miniaturized sensor systems
• Energy Efficient Circuits for Wireless Neural Recording
• Application Specific Frequency Synthesizers (Analog/Digital PLLs)
• Edge Computing for Long-Term Wearable Biomedical Systems
• AMZ Driverless Competition Embedded Systems Projects
• Optogenetics And Game Theory Applied To Small Side Bird Using Smart Sensing
• Wireless Sensing With Long Range Comminication (LoRa)
• Indoor Smart Tracking of Hospital instrumentation
• A Wearable Wireless Kidney Function Monitoring System For BioMedical Applications
• Physics is looking for PULP
• Embedded Gesture Recognition Using Novel Mini Radar Sensors
• Contextual Intelligence on Resource-constraint Bluetooth LE IoT Devices
• An Industrial-grade Bluetooth LE Mesh Network Solution
• Enabling Standalone Operation for a Mobile Health Platform
• Design and Implementation of a multi-mode multi-master I2C peripheral
• Ultra-low power transceiver for implantable devices
• OTDOA Positioning for LTE Cat-M
• Extend the RI5CY core with priviledge extensions
• BLISS - Battery-Less Identification System for Security
• Monocular Vision-based Object Following on Nano-size Robotic Blimp
• A Waypoint-based Navigation System for Nano-Size UAVs in GPS-denied Environments
• Zero Power Touch Sensor and Reciever For Body Communication
• Wake Up Radio For Energy Efficient Communication System and IC Design
• A Wireless Sensor Network for HPC monitoring
• High Speed FPGA Trigger Logic for Particle Physics Experiments
• Low Power One bit Microphone for Acoustic Imaging Using A Parallel Processor
• Low Power Geolocalization And Indoor Localization
• Inductive Charging Circuit for Implantable Devices
• Design of a 25 Gbps SerDes for optical chip-to-chip communication
• Neural Networks Framwork for Embedded Plattforms
• Hyper Meccano: Acceleration of Hyperdimensional Computing
• Autonomous Sensors For Underwater Monitoring In Smart Navy Systems
• Resilient Brain-Inspired Hyperdimensional Computing Architectures
• Variable Bit Precision Logic for Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence
• Embedded Audio Source Localization Exploiting Coincidence Detection in Asynchronous Spike Streams
• Autoencoder Accelerator for On-Chip Semi-Supervised Learning
• 5G Cellular RF Front-end Design in 28nm CMOS Technology
• High performance continuous-time Delta-Sigma ADC for magnetic resonance imaging
• Autonomous Sensing For Trains In The IoT Era
• VLSI Implementation Polar Decoder using High Level Synthesis
• Smart Wearable System For Vital Sign Monitoring Exploiting On Board and Cloud Machine Learning
• Convolution Neural Networks on our Ultra-Low Power Mult-Core Plattform PULP
• Single-Bit-Synapse Spiking Neural System-on-Chip
• Desing and Implementation Of Long Lasting Key Finder With Bleetooth Low Energy
• Radio Signal Direction Detection For Smart Glasses For Augmented Reality Applications
• Open Power-On Chip Controller Study and Integration
• Real-time eye movement analysis on a tablet computer
• Passive and Self Sustaining Receivers For On and Intra Body Communication For Wearable Sensors Networks
• A Wearable System To Control Phone And Electronic Device Without Hands
• Towards The Integration of E-skin into Prosthetic Devices
• Ultra Low Power Conversion Circuit For Batteryless Applications
• Towards Self Sustainable UAVs
• Fast Wakeup From Deep Sleep State
• Using Motion Sensors to Support Indoor Localization
• Low Power Neural Network For Multi Sensors Wearable Devices
• Bateryless Heart Rate Monitoring
• Birds Long Term Monitoring With Ultra Low Power Wireless Sensor Node
• Ultra-Efficient Visual Classification on Movidius Myriad2
• Kinetic Energy Harvesting For Autonomous Smart Watches
• A Wearable System for long term monitoring of human physiological parameters with E skin sensors
• Autonomous Smart Watches: Toward an ultra low power microphone detector with events classification
• Autonomous Smart Watches: Hardware and Software Desing
• A Wireless Sensor Network for a Smart LED Lighting control
• Compressed Sensing for Wireless Biosignal Monitoring
• Compressed Sensing vs JPEG
• Ultra-High-Efficiency Power Supply Management for Ultra-Low-Power Systems on Chip
• Real-Time Pedestrian Detection For Privacy Enhancement
• Thermal Control of Mobile Devices
• Android reliability governor
• Infrared Wake Up Radio
• Ambient RF Energy harvesting for Wireless Sensor Network
• ASIC Design of a Sigma Point Processor
• ASIC Design of a Gaussian Message Passing Processor
• Ab-initio modeling of ballistic thermal transport
• Development of an efficient algorithm for quantum transport codes
• Investigation of Metal Diffusion in Oxides for CBRAM Applications
• Ultra Low Power Wake Up Radio for Wireless Sensor Network
• Developing High Efficiency Batteries for Electric Cars
• Processing of 3D Micro-tomography data for Lithium Ion Batteries

Active Projects

• Next Generation Synchronization Signals
• Low Latency Brain-Machine Interfaces
• ISA extensions in the Snitch Processor for Signal Processing (M)
• PULP in space - Fault Tolerant PULP System for Critical Space Applications
• A Flexible Peripheral System for High-Performance Systems on Chip (M)
• Channel Estimation for 5G Cellular IoT and Fast Fading Channels
• Hyper-Dimensional Computing Based Predictive Maintenance
• Memory Augmented Neural Networks in Brain-Computer Interfaces
• Advanced 5G Repetition Combining
• An all Standard-Cell Based Energy Efficient HW Accelerator for DSP and Deep Learning Applications

Completed Projects

• NVDLA meets PULP
• Hardware Accelerators for Lossless Quantized Deep Neural Networks
• Energy-Efficient Brain-Inspired Hyperdimensional Computing
• Ara: Update PULP's Vector Processor with the recent RISC-V Vector Extension Development
• Floating-Point Divide & Square Root Unit for Transprecision
• TCNs vs. LSTMs for Embedded Platforms
• Timing Channel Mitigations for RISC-V Cores
• A computational memory unit using phase-change memory devices
• Real-Time Embedded Classification of Neural Activity in Rat Barrel Cortex
• Real-Time ECG Contractions Classification
• Exploring Algorithms for Early Seizure Detection
• Ternary Weights Engine For Efficient Many Channels Spike Sorting Applications
• Predictable Execution on GPU Caches
• CMOS power amplifier for field measurements in MRI systems
• Ultra-low power sampling front-end for acquisition of physiological signals
• Switched-capacitor power amplifier for IoT mobile communications: design of signal processing path
• Deep Learning for Brain-Computer Interface
• Digital Audio Interface for Smart Intensive Computing Triggering
• Trace Debugger for custom RISC-V Core
• Low-Energy Cluster-Coupled Vector Coprocessor for Special-Purpose PULP Acceleration
• Turbo Equalization for Cellular IoT
• IoT Turbo Decoder
• BigPULP: Shared Virtual Memory Multicluster Extensions
• Sensor Fusion for Rockfall Sensor Node
• Intelligent Power Management Unit (iPMU)
• A Wireless Sensor Network for a Smart Building Monitor and Control
• Creating a HDMI Video Interface for PULP
• Standard Cell Compatible Memory Array Design
• A Wireless Sensor Network for HPC monitoring
• Study and Development of Intelligent Capability for Small-Size UAVs
• BigPULP: Multicluster Synchronization Extensions
• LTE-Advanced RF Front-end Design in 28nm CMOS Technology
• Switched Capacitor Based Bandgap-Reference
• Smart Virtual Memory Sharing
• Hardware Accelerated Derivative Pricing
• Glitches Reduce Listening Time of Your iPod
• Internet of Things Network Synchronizer
• Accelerator for Boosted Binary Features
• Accelerator for Spatio-Temporal Video Filtering
• High performance continous-time Delta-Sigma ADC for biomedical applications
• GUI-developement for an action-cam-based eye tracking device
• WCDMA/HSPA+ Synchronization System Design, Implementation, and Testing
• Interfacing PULP with a Brain-Inspired Ultra-Low Power Spiking Cochlea
• Design and Implementation of Digital Spiking Neurons for Ultra-Low-Power In-Cluster Coprocessors
• System Analysis and VLSI Design of NB-IoT Baseband Processing
• Learning Image Decompression with Convolutional Networks
• FPGA System Design for Computer Vision with Convolutional Neural Networks
• PULPonFPGA: Lightweight Virtual Memory Support - Multi-Level TLB
• 3D Turbo Decoder ASIC Realization
• ASIC Implementation of High-Throughput Next Generation Turbo Decoders
• FPGA-Based Digital Frontend for 3G Receivers
• Spatio-Temporal Video Filtering
• An FPGA-Based Testbed for 3G Mobile Communications Receivers
• Baseband Meets CPU
• Active-Set QP Solver on FPGA
• Vector Processor for In-Memory Computing
• Hardware/software co-programming on the Parallella platform
• Design and Implementation of ultra low power vision system
• Multiuser Equalization and Detection for 3GPP TD-SCDMA
• Efficient Digital Signal Processing in High-Channel-Count High-Frame-Rate 3D Ultrasound Imaging Systems
• Compressed Sensing Reconstruction on FPGA
• A Multiview Synthesis Core in 65 nm CMOS
• High-Throughput Authenticated Encryption Architectures based on Block Ciphers
• Putting Together What Fits Together - GrÆStl