Centre for trustworthy and efficient computing hardware (TECH)

Head of the research group
Keyword
hardware design
cost-efficient computing
trust-efficient computing
functional safety
system health awareness
embedded systems
intelligent autonomous systems
Overview
The Research Centre focuses on cross-layer reliability and self-health awareness technologyfor tomorrow’s complex intelligent autonomoussystems and IoT edge devices in Estonia andEU. The team studies advanced cyber-physicalsystems characterized by their heterogeneity andthe emerging computing architectures employingAI-based autonomy. The centre generates knowledge to equip engineers with design-phase solutions and in-field instruments for industry-scalesystems to facilitate system’s crashless operation.The core competences of the group are:‚ Hardware design- VHDL and Verilog designs- EDA tools (Cadence, Siemens, Synopsys platforms)- Application-specific computing platforms (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)‚ FPGA-based solutions and methodologies- FPGA SoCs (Zynq, CycloneV)- EDA tools (Xilinx Vivado, Altera/IntelQuartus, Lattice Diamond)‚ Software and embedded SW development- Bare-metal applications, bootloaders,Linux drivers and Userspace applications,- Petalinux, Yocto, FreeRTOS and embedded SDKs, ELDK‚ Cross-layer reliability and fault management- ML-based solutions- Functional Safety (ISO26262)‚ Test strategy development and troubleshooting instrumentation- JTAG/IJTAG based solutions (standardsIEEE-1149.1, IEEE-1149.6, IEEE-1687)
Important results
Ahmadilivani, M. H.; Taheri, M.; Raik, J.; Daneshtalab, M.; Jenihhin, M. (2023). DeepVigor: VulnerabIlity Value Ranges and Factors for DNNs’ Reliability Assessment. In: 28th IEEE European Test Symposium (ETS), Venice, Italy, May 22-26, 2023. (1−6). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/ETS56758.2023.10174133
Selg, H.; Jenihhin, M.; Ellervee, P.; Raik, J. (2023). ML-Based Online Design Error Localization for RISCV Implementations. IEEE 29th International Symposium on On-Line Testing and Robust System Design (IOLTS): Crete, Greece, 03-05 July 2023. IEEE, 1−7. DOI: 10.1109/IOLTS59296.2023.10224864
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