Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
1° Year
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Compulsory courses for Embedded & IoT SystemsCompulsory courses for Smart systems &data analytics2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
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Compulsory courses for Embedded & IoT SystemsCompulsory courses for Robotics systemsCompulsory courses for Smart systems &data analytics| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Compulsory courses for Embedded & IoT SystemsCompulsory courses for Smart systems &data analytics| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Compulsory courses for Embedded & IoT SystemsCompulsory courses for Robotics systemsCompulsory courses for Smart systems &data analytics| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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3 courses to be chosen among the followingLegend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Advanced Computer Architectures (2021/2022)
Teaching code
4S009012
Credits
6
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
INF/01 - INFORMATICS
The teaching is organized as follows:
Teoria
Laboratorio
Learning outcomes
The course aims at providing theoretical and practical knowledge about programming and analysis of advanced computing architectures, with emphasis on parallel and heterogeneous embedded platforms. At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate the ability to apply the knowledge necessary to identify techniques for embedded software programming for edge computing, also in a research context, through analysis of application efficiency and by considering both functional and non-functional design constraints (correctness, performance, power consumption, energy efficiency). This knowledge will allow the student to analyze performance and perform code profiling, by identifying critical zone and the corresponding optimizations by considering the architectural characteristics of the platform. At the end of the course, the students will demonstrate the ability to compare parallel patterns for embedded software development and to select the best one by considering the use case. By defining the structure of the optimized code, the student will demonstrate the ability to identify the proper architectural choices, by considering the target application and platform contexts. Finally, the student will have to demonstrate the ability to continue the study autonomously in the field of the parallel programming languages and techniques for the software development for parallel and heterogeneous embedded platforms.
Program
Theory (32 h):
-) Intro to advanced computer architectures.
-) Parallel programming models and programming models for programmable edge devices.
-) Performance measurements and analysis, Amdhal law, metrics.
-) Power consumption and energy efficiency: programming models
-) Data-level parallelism: GPU e CPU-iGPU architectures
-) Pipeline: basic and advanced concepts
-) Instruction-level parallelism (ILP).
-) Branch prediction, static scheduling and speculation.
-) Memory hierarchy: basic and advanced concepts
-) Advanced techniques for cache performance optimization.
-) Thread-level parallelism (TLP).
-) Cache coherency in shared-memory architectures, Snoopy protocols.
-) Edge computing and Deep Learning at the edge
Lab (24 h):
-) Programming heterogeneous architectures (CPU-iGPU)
-) Parallel compilers for multi-core architectures
-) CNN-based inference and transfer learning at the edge
Bibliography
Examination Methods
To pass the exam, the student has to demonstrate:
- he/she has understood the principles related to the advanced computer architecture programming
- he/she is able to describe the concepts in a clear and exhaustive way without digressions
- he/she is able to apply the acquired knowledge to solve application scenarios described by means of exercises, questions and projects.
The exam consists of a written test, which contains questions with multiple answers, questions with open answers, and exercises related both the theoretical and lab modules. The student can elaborate a project assigned by the teacher for a bonus (up to +5 points).
