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In this page you will find student and research projects at the Integrated Systems Laboratory of the ETH Zurich.

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Institute Organization

The IIS Consists of 4 main research groups

• Analog and Mixed Signal Design
• Digital Circuits and Systems
• Nano Electronics and Nano Photonics
• Nano-TCAD

Available Hot Student Projects

We offer more projects than those listed here. For a complete list, see Available Projects (link).

Analog Design

• Event-Driven Convolutional Neural Network Modular Accelerator
• Level Crossing ADC For a Many Channels Neural Recording Interface
• Design of Charge-Pump PLL in 22nm for 5G communication applications

Digital Design

• Benchmarking RISC-V-based Accelerator Cards for Inference (multiple SA)
• Benchmarking a RISC-V-based Server on LLMs/Foundation Models (SA or MA)
• On-Device Learnable Embeddings for Acoustic Environments
• On-Device Federated Continual Learning on Nano-Drone Swarms
• Extreme-Edge Experience Replay for Keyword Spotting
• GPT on the edge
• Exploratory Development of a Unified Foundational Model for Multi Biosignal Analysis
• Deep Learning Based Anomaly Detection in ECG Signals Using Foundation Models
• Pretraining Foundational Models for EEG Signal Analysis Using Open Source Large Scale Datasets
• EEG-based drowsiness detection
• In-ear EEG signal acquisition
• EEG earbud
• NeuroSoC RISC-V Component (M/1-2S)
• Realtime Gaze Tracking on Siracusa
• System Emulation for AR and VR devices
• Learning at the Edge with Hardware-Aware Algorithms
• Advanced EEG glasses
• Softmax for Transformers (M/1-2S)
• Testbed Design for Self-sustainable IoT Sensors
• Towards Flexible and Printable Wearables
• Modular Distributed Data Collection Platform
• Object Detection and Tracking on the Edge
• Design of a Low Power Smart Sensing Multi-modal Vision Platform
• Design of a High-​performance Hybrid PTZ for Multimodal Vision Systems
• Energy Efficient Serial Link
• Audio Visual Speech Separation and Recognition (1S/1M)
• Predict eye movement through brain activity
• Design of a Reconfigurable Vector Processor Cluster for Area Efficient Radar Processing (1M)
• Benchmarking a heterogeneous 217-core MPSoC on HPC applications (M/1-3S)
• Integration Of A Smart Vision System
• Event-based navigation on autonomous nano-drones
• A Novel Execution Scheme for Ultra-tiny CNNs Aboard Nano-UAVs
• Improved Collision Avoidance for Nano-drones
• Deep Learning-based Global Local Planner for Autonomous Nano-drones
• Fast Accelerator Context Switch for PULP
• Visualization of Neural Architecture Search Spaces
• Self Aware Epilepsy Monitoring
• Non-blocking Algorithms in Real-Time Operating Systems
• EEG artifact detection with machine learning
• Design of Time-Encoded Spiking Neural Networks (IBM-Zurich)
• EEG artifact detection for epilepsy monitoring
• Fast Simulation of Manycore Systems (1S)
• Training and Deploying Next-Generation Quantized Neural Networks on Microcontrollers
• Spiking Neural Network for Motor Function Decoding Based on Neural Dust
• Hardware/software codesign neural decoding algorithm for “neural dust”
• Huawei Research
• IBM Research
• RISC-V based Implementation of Secure Ranging According to IEEE 802.15.4z UWB
• BCI-controlled Drone
• Spiking Neural Network for Autonomous Navigation
• Event-Driven Convolutional Neural Network Modular Accelerator
• 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
• Level Crossing ADC For a Many Channels Neural Recording Interface
• Cerebellum: Design of a Programmable Smart-Peripheral for the Ariane Core
• Monocular Vision-based Object Following on Nano-size Robotic Blimp
• A Waypoint-based Navigation System for Nano-Size UAVs in GPS-denied Environments
• Real-Time Implementation of Quantum State Identification using an FPGA
• Autonomous Sensors For Underwater Monitoring In Smart Navy Systems
• Variable Bit Precision Logic for Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence
• Smart Wearable System For Vital Sign Monitoring Exploiting On Board and Cloud Machine Learning
• PVT Dynamic Adaptation in PULPv3
• 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
• Ultra Low Power Conversion Circuit For Batteryless Applications
• Using Motion Sensors to Support Indoor Localization
• Birds Long Term Monitoring With Ultra Low Power Wireless Sensor Node

System Software

• Event-based navigation on autonomous nano-drones
• A Novel Execution Scheme for Ultra-tiny CNNs Aboard Nano-UAVs
• Improved Collision Avoidance for Nano-drones
• Deep Learning-based Global Local Planner for Autonomous Nano-drones
• Monocular Vision-based Object Following on Nano-size Robotic Blimp
• A Waypoint-based Navigation System for Nano-Size UAVs in GPS-denied Environments
• Embedded Audio Source Localization Exploiting Coincidence Detection in Asynchronous Spike Streams
• Towards Online Training of CNNs: Hebbian-Based Deep Learning
• Linux Driver for fine-grain and low overhead access to on-chip performance counters
• Open Power-On Chip Controller Study and Integration

Nano Electronics and Nano Photonics

Please see the dedicated www page for Open Semester and Master Projects at the Laboratory for Nanoelectronics.

Nano-TCAD

• Efficient Banded Matrix Multiplication for Quantum Transport Simulations
• Charge and heat transport through graphene nanoribbon based devices
• Molecular Binding Kinetics Modelling of NO2 on Graphene/hBN Heterostructure
• Quantum Transport Modeling of Interband Cascade Lasers (ICL)
• Every individual on the planet should have a real chance to obtain personalized medical therapy
• Integrated silicon photonic structures-Lumiphase
• Characterization techniques for silicon photonics-Lumiphase
• Implementation of Computationally Efficient Scattering Mechanisms for Periodic Devices and 2D Materials
• Electrothermal characterization of van der Waals Heterostructures with a partial overlap
• Phase-change memory devices for emerging computing paradigms
• 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
• Development of an efficient algorithm for quantum transport codes
• Investigation of Metal Diffusion in Oxides for CBRAM Applications
• Investigation of Redox Processes in CBRAM

Selected Projects in Progress

For a complete list, see Projects in Progress.

• ASR-Waveformer
• GDBTrace: A Post-Simulation Trace-Based RISC-V GDB Debugging Server (1S)
• A RISC-V ISA Extension for Scalar Chaining in Snitch (M)
• Designing a Scalable Miniature I/O DMA (1-2B/1-3S/M)
• Fault-Tolerant Floating-Point Units (M)

Selected Completed Projects

For a complete list, see Completed Projects.

• A reduction-capable AXI XBAR for fast M-to-1 communication (1M)
• Integrating an Open-Source Double-Precision Floating-Point DivSqrt Unit into CVFPU (1S)
• Exploring NAS spaces with C-BRED
• Bandwidth Efficient NEureka
• Feature Extraction and Architecture Clustering for Keyword Spotting (1S)

Selected Research Projects

For a complete list, see Research Projects.

• A reduction-capable AXI XBAR for fast M-to-1 communication (1M)
• Integrating an Open-Source Double-Precision Floating-Point DivSqrt Unit into CVFPU (1S)
• Exploring NAS spaces with C-BRED
• Bandwidth Efficient NEureka
• Feature Extraction and Architecture Clustering for Keyword Spotting (1S)

Links to Other IIS Webpages

http://www.iis.ee.ethz.ch

Integrated Systems Laboratory Main homepage

http://lne.ee.ethz.ch

Laboratory for Nanoelectronics homepage

http://www.nano-tcad.ethz.ch

Nano-TCAD group homepage

http://www.dz.ee.ethz.ch

Microelectronics Design Center

http://asic.ethz.ch/cg

The IIS-ASIC Chip Gallery

http://eda.ee.ethz.ch

EDA Wiki (ETH Zurich internal access only!)