Seamless Design of Smart Edge Processors¶

CONVOLVE is a European research project that designs ultra-low-power, domain-specific hardware accelerators for AI at the edge. We build its compiler toolchain: from multi-level MLIR backends for RISC-V ISA extensions to compiler abstractions that remove the configuration overhead of accelerators.

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Key papers¶

• DATE 2026Optimize edge AI processing through innovative compilation techniquesShreya Alladi, Alexandre Lopoukhine, Georgios Alexandris, Andrea Nardi-Dei, Ravikiran Ravindranath Reddy, Christos P. Lamprakos, Panagiotis Chaidos, Alexis Maras, Alberto Ros, Tobias Grosser, Sotirios Xydis, Dimitrios Soudris, Marc Geilen, Sander Stuijk, Henk Corporaal, Alexandra Jimborean
• ASPLOS 2026The Configuration Wall: Characterization and Elimination of Accelerator Configuration OverheadJosse Van Delm, Anton Lydike, Joren Dumoulin, Jonas Crols, Xiaoling Yi, Ryan Antonio, Jackson Woodruff, Tobias Grosser, Marian Verhelst
• CGO 2025A Multi-level Compiler Backend for Accelerated Micro-kernels Targeting RISC-V ISA ExtensionsAlexandre Lopoukhine, Federico Ficarelli, Christos Vasiladiotis, Anton Lydike, Josse Van Delm, Alban Dutilleul, Luca Benini, Marian Verhelst, Tobias Grosser
• DATE 2023PetaOps/W edge-AI µProcessors: Myth or reality?Manil Dev Gomony, Floran De Putter, Anteneh Gebregiorgis, Gianna Paulin, Linyan Mei, Vikram Jain, Said Hamdioui, Victor Sanchez, Tobias Grosser, Marc Geilen, Marian Verhelst, Friedemann Zenke, Frank Gurkaynak, Barry De Bruin, Sander Stuijk, Simon Davidson, Sayandip De, Mounir Ghogho, Alexandra Jimborean, Sherif Eissa, Luca Benini, Dimitrios Soudris, Rajendra Bishnoi, Sam Ainsworth, Federico Corradi, Ouassim Karrakchou, Tim Güneysu, Henk Corporaal

People¶

Sasha Lopoukhine
Former members: Anton Lydike, Chris Vasiladiotis