Low Power
Low-power computing focuses on designing and optimizing hardware and software systems to minimize energy consumption while maintaining acceptable performance. Current research emphasizes efficient neural network architectures, such as spiking neural networks (SNNs) and lightweight convolutional neural networks (CNNs), along with techniques like pruning, quantization, and knowledge distillation to reduce model size and computational complexity. This field is crucial for enabling the deployment of advanced AI applications on resource-constrained edge devices, impacting areas like wearable health monitoring, industrial IoT, and always-on smart devices.
Papers
Bioformers: Embedding Transformers for Ultra-Low Power sEMG-based Gesture Recognition
Alessio Burrello, Francesco Bianco Morghet, Moritz Scherer, Simone Benatti, Luca Benini, Enrico Macii, Massimo Poncino, Daniele Jahier Pagliari
TCN Mapping Optimization for Ultra-Low Power Time-Series Edge Inference
Alessio Burrello, Alberto Dequino, Daniele Jahier Pagliari, Francesco Conti, Marcello Zanghieri, Enrico Macii, Luca Benini, Massimo Poncino