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Abstract:
As space missions grow increasingly complex, traditional homogeneous computing architectures struggle to meet the diverse and evolving demands of on-board data processing. Adaptive heterogeneous computing offers a promising solution by combining different processing elements—such as CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, and AI accelerators—into flexible, reconfigurable systems. This talk explores how adaptive heterogeneous platforms can enhance autonomy, resilience, and performance in space applications, from real-time scientific data analysis to fault-tolerant spacecraft control. In this scenario, efficient and reliable profiling will become a critical aspects of the system. We will discuss the key opportunities this paradigm presents, including improved energy efficiency and mission adaptability, alongside the challenges limited power budgets, software complexity, and radiation tolerance. Finally, we will highlight emerging technologies and research directions shaping the future of space computing.
Speaker: Prof. Andrea Guerrieri
Andrea is a professor and researcher at the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland and EPFL. He is the head of the Adaptive Heterogeneous Systems Lab, specialized on adaptive and reconfigurable computing, electronic design automation for both terrestrial and space applications.
He authored several dozens of papers presented at prestigious international venues such as the International Symposium of Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (ISFPGA), the Design Automation Conference (DAC), Space Computing Conference (SCC), and Quality Electronics Design (ISQED). He is also the author of a book on System-on-Chip Design with Arm, and editor of a book on Applications enabled by FPGA-based technology.
Andrea’s work has earned him several prestigious awards, including Best Paper Awards at FPL 2024, HPEC 2024, and ISFPGA 2020, held in Seaside, California. He has also received multiple Best Paper nominations at FCCM 2022 in New York, FPL 2022 in Edinburgh, and the European HiPEAC 2022 award. In 2021, he was recognized as a Senior Member of IEEE. Andrea actively serves as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member, artifact evaluator, and session chair for key conferences such as DAC, DATE, ISFPGA, ICCD, FCCM, FPL, and ISQED. He was honored with the Outstanding TPC Member Award at DAC 2024 and DAC 2025 in San Francisco, California, USA.
He participates in and leads multiple international projects, and he is currently collaborating with partners across Switzerland and Silicon Valley (USA) to shape the next generation of EDA tools and reconfigurable computing platforms for both terrestrial and space applications. His key collaborators include industry giants like AMD-Xilinx, NVIDIA, Arm, NASA, and CERN, but also academic institutions such as ETH Zurich, University of Geneva, and California State University. He is chair of the Onboard Computing topic for the Swiss consortium CHEESE affiliated with NASA SSERVI (Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute), located at AMES Research Center, Mountain View, California, USA.
