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The growing computational demand for deep neural networks ( DNNs) has raised concerns about their energy consumption and carbon footprint, particularly as the size and complexity of the models continue to increase. To address these…

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The rise in embedded and IoT device usage comes with an increase in LTE usage as well. About 70\% of an estimated 18 billion IoT devices will be using cellular LTE networks for efficient connections. This introduces several challenges such…

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Deployment of dynamic neural networks on edge accelerators requires careful consideration of hardware constraints beyond conventional complexity metrics such as Multiply-Accumulate operations. In Early-Exiting Neural Networks (EENN), exit…

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Applying deep neural networks (DNNs) in mobile and safety-critical systems, such as autonomous vehicles, demands a reliable and efficient execution on hardware. Optimized dedicated hardware accelerators are being developed to achieve this.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-10-01 Christoph Schorn , Thomas Elsken , Sebastian Vogel , Armin Runge , Andre Guntoro , Gerd Ascheid

Heterogeneous computing, which incorporates GPUs, NPUs, and FPGAs, is increasingly utilized to improve the efficiency of computer systems. However, this shift has given rise to significant security and privacy concerns, especially when the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-19 Jiamin Shen , Yao Chen , Weng-Fai Wong , Ee-Chien Chang

GPU clouds have become a popular computing platform because of the cost of owning and maintaining high-performance computing clusters. Many cloud architectures have also been proposed to ensure a secure execution environment for guest…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-12-08 Rihui Sun , Pefei Qiu , Yongqiang Lyu , Donsheng Wang , Jiang Dong , Gang Qu

Extreme edge platforms, such as in-vehicle smart devices, require efficient deployment of quantized deep neural networks (DNNs) to enable intelligent applications with limited amounts of energy, memory, and computing resources. However,…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-03-28 Longwei Huang , Chao Fang , Qiong Li , Jun Lin , Zhongfeng Wang

Modern multicore systems are migrating from homogeneous systems to heterogeneous systems with accelerator-based computing in order to overcome the barriers of performance and power walls. In this trend, FPGA-based accelerators are becoming…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2020-09-04 Zhe Lin , Sharad Sinha , Hao Liang , Liang Feng , Wei Zhang

Computing elements of CPSs must be flexible to ensure interoperability; and adaptive to cope with the evolving internal and external state, such as battery level and critical tasks. Cryptography is a common task needed in CPSs to guarantee…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Francesco Ratto , Luigi Raffo , Francesca Palumbo

As traditional centralized learning networks (CLNs) are facing increasing challenges in terms of privacy preservation, communication overheads, and scalability, federated learning networks (FLNs) have been proposed as a promising…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-08-20 Junjie Tan , Ying-Chang Liang , Nguyen Cong Luong , Dusit Niyato

As machine learning models become increasingly deployed across the edge of internet of things environments, a partitioned deep learning paradigm in which models are split across multiple computational nodes introduces a new dimension of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-11 Giulio Rossolini , Fabio Brau , Alessandro Biondi , Battista Biggio , Giorgio Buttazzo

With the proliferation of edge devices, there is a significant increase in attack surface on these devices. The decentralized deployment of threat intelligence on edge devices, coupled with adaptive machine learning techniques such as the…

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In recent years, edge computing has emerged as a promising technology due to its unique feature of real-time computing and parallel processing. They provide computing and storage capacity closer to the data source and bypass the distant…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-12-07 Poornima Mahadevappa , Raja Kumar Murugesan

Recent advances in deep learning have produced highly accurate but increasingly large and complex DNNs, making traditional fault-injection techniques impractical. Accurate fault analysis requires RTL-accurate hardware models. However, this…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Rafael Billig Tonetto , Marcello Traiola , Fernando Fernandes dos Santos , Angeliki Kritikakou

Recent studies identify that Deep learning Neural Networks (DNNs) are vulnerable to subtle perturbations, which are not perceptible to human visual system but can fool the DNN models and lead to wrong outputs. A class of adversarial attack…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-05 Haoqiang Guo , Lu Peng , Jian Zhang , Fang Qi , Lide Duan

Unlike other accelerators, FPGAs are capable of supporting cache coherency, thereby turning them into a more powerful architectural option than just a peripheral accelerator. However, most existing deployments of FPGAs are either non-cache…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2022-08-16 Abishek Ramdas , Michael Giardino , Runbin Shi , Adam Turowski , David Cock , Gustavo Alonso , Timothy Roscoe

The integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) into Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and hardware security is rapidly reshaping the semiconductor industry. While LLMs offer unprecedented capabilities in generating Register Transfer Level…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Johann Knechtel , Ozgur Sinanoglu , Ramesh Karri

Edge computing is a paradigm that shifts data processing services to the network edge, where data are generated. While such an architecture provides faster processing and response, among other benefits, it also raises critical security…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-06-16 Xin Jin , Charalampos Katsis , Fan Sang , Jiahao Sun , Ashish Kundu , Ramana Kompella

Machine learning-based embedded systems for safety-critical applications, such as aerospace and autonomous driving, must be robust to perturbations caused by soft errors. As transistor geometries shrink and voltages decrease, modern…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-23 Jon Gutiérrez-Zaballa , Koldo Basterretxea , Javier Echanobe

Complex electronic control unit (ECU) architectures, software models and in-vehicle networks are consistently improving safety and comfort functions in modern vehicles. However, the extended functionality and increased connectivity…

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