Interdisciplinary Projects
Startup Microsystems: Innovate, Create, Compete – COSIMA Challenge
Microsystem, MEMS, Innovation, Creativity
This is a dynamic and hands-on internship designed to empower students to harness their creativity and technical skills to participate in the COSIMA (Competition of Students in Microsystems Applications) contest. This internship is not just an academic pursuit; it's a journey towards becoming an innovative entrepreneur in the realm of sensor and microsystem applications. At the end of this contest, you will be credited with the credits for FP/IP/IDP.
Description
Welcome to "Startup Microsystems: Innovate, Create, Compete – COSIMA Challenge," a dynamic and hands-on internship designed to empower students in harnessing their creativity and technical skills to participate in the COSIMA (Competition of Students in Microsystems Applications) contest. This internship is not just an academic pursuit; it's a journey towards becoming innovative entrepreneurs in the realm of sensor and microsystem applications.
COSIMA is a German national student competition.
Overview:
In this practical internship, students will delve into the world of microsystems, exploring their components, functionalities, and potential applications. The focus will be on fostering creativity and teamwork as students work collaboratively to conceive, design, and prototype innovative solutions using sensors and microsystems.
Key Features:
Creative Exploration: Unlike traditional courses and internships, this one offers the freedom to choose and define your own technical challenge. Students will be encouraged to think outside the box, identify real-world problems, and propose solutions that leverage microsystems to enhance human-technology interactions.
Hands-On Prototyping: The heart of the internship lies in turning ideas into reality. Students will actively engage in the prototyping process, developing functional prototypes of their innovative concepts. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the practical aspects of sensor integration, actuation, and control electronics.
COSIMA Contest Preparation: The internship will align with the COSIMA competition requirements, preparing students to present their prototypes on the competition day. Guidance will be provided on creating impactful presentations that showcase the ingenuity and practicality of their solutions.
Go International: The winners of COSIMA will qualify to take part in the international iCAN competition. Guidance and preparation for the iCAN will be provided.
Entrepreneurial Mindset: Drawing inspiration from successful startups that emerged from COSIMA, the internship will instill an entrepreneurial mindset. Students will learn about the essentials of founding a startup, from business planning to pitching their ideas.
Us in the past:
Das war COSIMA 2024 (cosima-mems.de)
iCANX Wettbewerb 2024 (cosima-mems.de)
Das war COSIMA 2023 (cosima-mems.de)
iCAN Wettbewerb 2023 (cosima-mems.de)
Sieger COSIMA 2022 (cosima-mems.de)
Prerequisites
Intermediate German and English language proficiency is required.
Contact
Supervisor:
Research Internships (Forschungspraxis)
FPGA Prototyping of the Gemmini Accelerator
ML Acceleration, Deployment, FPGA Prototyping
Description
Gemmini is an open-source, flexible, and efficient systolic-array-based accelerator designed to speed up machine learning workloads. While functional and cycle-accurate simulators for Gemmini are already available, we are now moving towards hardware prototyping by deploying its existing hardware descriptions onto a Xilinx UltraScale FPGA board.
The project will focus on implementing Gemmini on FPGA, targeting it using the TVM framework — an end-to-end compiler stack that optimizes and deploys machine learning models on edge devices and accelerators. A TVM backend for Gemmini that generates C code is already developed, enabling exploration of running a variety of machine learning models directly on the FPGA prototype.
References:
https://github.com/ucb-bar/gemmini
https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ysshao/assets/papers/genc2021-dac.pdf
Prerequisites
- Strong experience with FPGAs and hardware prototyping
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Solid background in embedded systems development
- Fundamental understanding of neural networks and embedded systems
- Basic understanding of the TVM compiler stack and its role in optimizing and deploying models to edge devices
- Proficiency in C/C++ and Python programming
- Self-motivation and ability to work independently
Contact
If you are interested, please contact me at the email address below and attach your CV and transcript.
samira.ahmadifarsani@tum.de
Supervisor:
Startup Microsystems: Innovate, Create, Compete – COSIMA Challenge
Microsystem, MEMS, Innovation, Creativity
This is a dynamic and hands-on internship designed to empower students to harness their creativity and technical skills to participate in the COSIMA (Competition of Students in Microsystems Applications) contest. This internship is not just an academic pursuit; it's a journey towards becoming an innovative entrepreneur in the realm of sensor and microsystem applications. At the end of this contest, you will be credited with the credits for FP/IP/IDP.
Description
Welcome to "Startup Microsystems: Innovate, Create, Compete – COSIMA Challenge," a dynamic and hands-on internship designed to empower students in harnessing their creativity and technical skills to participate in the COSIMA (Competition of Students in Microsystems Applications) contest. This internship is not just an academic pursuit; it's a journey towards becoming innovative entrepreneurs in the realm of sensor and microsystem applications.
COSIMA is a German national student competition.
Overview:
In this practical internship, students will delve into the world of microsystems, exploring their components, functionalities, and potential applications. The focus will be on fostering creativity and teamwork as students work collaboratively to conceive, design, and prototype innovative solutions using sensors and microsystems.
Key Features:
Creative Exploration: Unlike traditional courses and internships, this one offers the freedom to choose and define your own technical challenge. Students will be encouraged to think outside the box, identify real-world problems, and propose solutions that leverage microsystems to enhance human-technology interactions.
Hands-On Prototyping: The heart of the internship lies in turning ideas into reality. Students will actively engage in the prototyping process, developing functional prototypes of their innovative concepts. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the practical aspects of sensor integration, actuation, and control electronics.
COSIMA Contest Preparation: The internship will align with the COSIMA competition requirements, preparing students to present their prototypes on the competition day. Guidance will be provided on creating impactful presentations that showcase the ingenuity and practicality of their solutions.
Go International: The winners of COSIMA will qualify to take part in the international iCAN competition. Guidance and preparation for the iCAN will be provided.
Entrepreneurial Mindset: Drawing inspiration from successful startups that emerged from COSIMA, the internship will instill an entrepreneurial mindset. Students will learn about the essentials of founding a startup, from business planning to pitching their ideas.
Us in the past:
Das war COSIMA 2024 (cosima-mems.de)
iCANX Wettbewerb 2024 (cosima-mems.de)
Das war COSIMA 2023 (cosima-mems.de)
iCAN Wettbewerb 2023 (cosima-mems.de)
Sieger COSIMA 2022 (cosima-mems.de)
Prerequisites
Intermediate German and English language proficiency is required.
Contact
Supervisor:
Internships
Startup Microsystems: Innovate, Create, Compete – COSIMA Challenge
Microsystem, MEMS, Innovation, Creativity
This is a dynamic and hands-on internship designed to empower students to harness their creativity and technical skills to participate in the COSIMA (Competition of Students in Microsystems Applications) contest. This internship is not just an academic pursuit; it's a journey towards becoming an innovative entrepreneur in the realm of sensor and microsystem applications. At the end of this contest, you will be credited with the credits for FP/IP/IDP.
Description
Welcome to "Startup Microsystems: Innovate, Create, Compete – COSIMA Challenge," a dynamic and hands-on internship designed to empower students in harnessing their creativity and technical skills to participate in the COSIMA (Competition of Students in Microsystems Applications) contest. This internship is not just an academic pursuit; it's a journey towards becoming innovative entrepreneurs in the realm of sensor and microsystem applications.
COSIMA is a German national student competition.
Overview:
In this practical internship, students will delve into the world of microsystems, exploring their components, functionalities, and potential applications. The focus will be on fostering creativity and teamwork as students work collaboratively to conceive, design, and prototype innovative solutions using sensors and microsystems.
Key Features:
Creative Exploration: Unlike traditional courses and internships, this one offers the freedom to choose and define your own technical challenge. Students will be encouraged to think outside the box, identify real-world problems, and propose solutions that leverage microsystems to enhance human-technology interactions.
Hands-On Prototyping: The heart of the internship lies in turning ideas into reality. Students will actively engage in the prototyping process, developing functional prototypes of their innovative concepts. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the practical aspects of sensor integration, actuation, and control electronics.
COSIMA Contest Preparation: The internship will align with the COSIMA competition requirements, preparing students to present their prototypes on the competition day. Guidance will be provided on creating impactful presentations that showcase the ingenuity and practicality of their solutions.
Go International: The winners of COSIMA will qualify to take part in the international iCAN competition. Guidance and preparation for the iCAN will be provided.
Entrepreneurial Mindset: Drawing inspiration from successful startups that emerged from COSIMA, the internship will instill an entrepreneurial mindset. Students will learn about the essentials of founding a startup, from business planning to pitching their ideas.
Us in the past:
Das war COSIMA 2024 (cosima-mems.de)
iCANX Wettbewerb 2024 (cosima-mems.de)
Das war COSIMA 2023 (cosima-mems.de)
iCAN Wettbewerb 2023 (cosima-mems.de)
Sieger COSIMA 2022 (cosima-mems.de)
Prerequisites
Intermediate German and English language proficiency is required.