2025

Master's Theses

  • 01.05.2025

    Supervisor: Samira Ahmadifarsani

2024

Bachelor's Theses

  • 11.10.2024
    Efficient Neural Network-Based ASIC Power Estimation with Linear Regression
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler
  • 24.09.2024
    Enhancement of Artificial Netlist Generation for Power Modeling
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler
  • 17.09.2024 Laurin Rippel
    Development of an Online ONoC (Optical Network-on-Chip) Design Platform
    Supervisor: Yushen Zhang
  • 17.09.2024 Dragan Ra?eta
    Development of Multi-Layer 3D-Printed Microfluidics: Design Synthesis with Timing and Volumetric Considerations
    Supervisor: Yushen Zhang
  • 06.05.2024
    Automatic Extraction of Intermediate Performance Values via SPICE
    Supervisor: Markus Leibl
  • 02.04.2024
    GPU-Acceleration for Event-Driven Gate-Level Simulation
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler
  • 12.01.2024
    Automated Optimization of a Library of Operational Amplifiers
    Supervisor: Markus Leibl

Master's Theses

  • 01.10.2024
    Implementation and Evaluation of RISC-V Vector Half-Precision Floating-Point Extension for Machine Learning Inference
    Supervisor: Philipp van Kempen
  • 15.05.2024
    Automated Graph-level Error Detection Transformations for Quantized Feed-Forward Neural Networks
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier
  • 15.05.2024
    Extending An RTL Fault Injection Platform for Hardware Accelerated ML Workloads
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier
  • 08.05.2024 Timothée Felicio
    Design Synthesis of Multi-Layer Microfluidics A Deep-Learning Approach
    Supervisor: Yushen Zhang
  • 30.04.2024
    Automated Instruction Generation for Instruction Set Architecture Exploration
    Supervisor: Philipp van Kempen
  • 30.04.2024
    Analysis of Branch Prediction Schemes for the CVA6 Processor
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik
  • 15.03.2024
    Enable Reuse of UVM-SystemVerilog Verification Components in cocotb/PyUVM
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik, Infineon Technologies
  • 01.02.2024 Minxing Wang
    Routing Strategy for Multi-Layer Microfluidic Devices Using ILP
    Supervisor: Yushen Zhang
  • 23.01.2024 Bo Liu
    Software Implemented Hardware Fault Tolerance for TinyML Applications in the Presence of Faults in Microarchitecture
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier
  • 09.01.2024
    Comparison of Machine Learning Methods for Opaque Black-Box Power Modeling
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler

Research Internships (Forschungspraxis)

  • 22.03.2024 Louis Dickgießer
    Exploring large language models for microfluidic usage
    Supervisor: Yushen Zhang
  • 01.03.2024
    Logic Level Based Unit Delay Simulation
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler
  • 26.02.2024
    Verification of Model Outputs in TinyML Deployment Flow
    Supervisor: Philipp van Kempen

Seminars

  • 05.07.2024
    Challenges and Benefits of Mixed-Precision Integer-Quantization for Embedded Machine Learning Applications
    Supervisor: Philipp van Kempen
  • 05.07.2024
    Low Power Techniques for Large Language Models
    Supervisor: Richard Petri
  • 05.07.2024
    Power Modeling on Electronic System Level
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler
  • 05.07.2024
    Novel Quantum Algorithms to Minimize Switching Functions Based on Graph Partitions
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler
  • 25.01.2024
    Data learning techniques and methodology for Fmax prediction
    Supervisor: Zhidan Zheng
  • 25.01.2024
    Comparison of ARM and RISC-V ISA
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik, Wolfgang Ecker, Sebastian Prebeck (Infineon)
  • 25.01.2024
    Comparison of ARM DSP and RISC-V Packed Instructions
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik, Wolfgang Ecker, Sebastian Prebeck (Infineon)
  • 25.01.2024
    PULP: A Solution to Low Power Parallel Processing
    Supervisor: Philipp van Kempen
  • 25.01.2024
    Rule-based Synthesis with Bluespec SystemVerilog
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik, Robert Kunzelmann (Infineon)
  • 25.01.2024
    Automatic Dataset Generation for EDA Applications
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler
  • 25.01.2024
    Automatic Dataset Generation for EDA Applications
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler
  • 25.01.2024
    Machine Learning for SDC Probability Estimation
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier
  • 25.01.2024
    Comparison of ARM and RISC-V Instruction Encoding
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik, Wolfgang Ecker, Sebastian Prebeck (Infineon)

Student Assistant Jobs

  • 31.03.2024
    Improve performane of muRISCV-NN kernel s
    Supervisor: Philipp van Kempen

2023

Bachelor's Theses

  • 06.11.2023
    Quantitative Fault Coverage Analysis of Analog Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits Using Fault Effect Modeling for Functional Safety
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier, Kurt Neugebauer (NXP)
  • 11.10.2023
    Development of a Proxy-Server for Parallel Operation of Multiple XCP Applications
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier, David Maier (BMW)
  • 08.09.2023
    Automatic Integration of Custom RISC-V Instructions into LLVM Toolchain
    Supervisor: Philipp van Kempen
  • 30.03.2023 Zhiyi Pan
    Emerging Fabrication Method: 3D-Printing's Applications in Microfluidics
    Supervisor: Yushen Zhang
  • 23.02.2023
    Open-Source ASIC Design Flow-based Dataset Generation for Power Modeling
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler
  • 12.01.2023
    Verifying the Controller Code of a Power Inverter for Hardware Testing
    Supervisor: Helmut Gräb

Master's Theses

  • 14.12.2023
    System Study on Embedded RISC-V Multi-Core Power Controller Solution
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik, Infineon Technologies
  • 30.11.2023 Omar Elkhouly
    Generation and Verification of ETISS Simulator for CORE-V Instruction Set Extension
    Supervisor: Philipp van Kempen
  • 27.11.2023 Yi-Tun Wang
    Evaluation of Hardware Loop Acceleration of Embedded ML Inference on RISC-V Platforms
    Supervisor: Philipp van Kempen
  • 22.09.2023
    Exploring Formal Verification Methods on Image Signal Processing Circuits
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik, Apple
  • 15.08.2023 Shuo Wu
    Microfluidics Design Automation based on Deep Reinforcement Learning in Parameterized Action Space
    Supervisor: Yushen Zhang
  • 01.06.2023 Konstantinos Asimakopoulos
    Runtime Switch Behavior for a Multi-level RISC-V Register Transfer Level (RTL) to Instruction Set Fault Injection Simulator
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier

Research Internships (Forschungspraxis)

  • 09.11.2023
    Data-Driven Power Modeling of Black-Box Sequential Circuits
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler
  • 10.10.2023
    Performance Estimator for RISC-V Packed Extension
    Supervisor: Philipp van Kempen
  • 01.10.2023
    Performance Models for a RISC-V Memory Architecture
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik
  • 11.09.2023 Leonidas Kontopoulos
    Efficient Checkpointing for RTL Fault Injection Simulations
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier
  • 11.09.2023
    Performance improvements for FPGA based Co-Emulation
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier, Philipp Kadletz (pkadletz@apple.com) (Apple)
  • 11.09.2023
    Optimizing Data Density for Co-emulation based Infrastructures
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier, Philipp Kadletz (pkadletz@apple.com) (Apple)
  • 20.08.2023
    Reimplementation of Checkerboard Context Model for Efficient Learned Image Compression
    Supervisor: Nikolai Körber
  • 07.06.2023
    Design, Optimization and Evaluation of an Operational Amplifier
    Supervisor: Markus Leibl
  • 01.05.2023 Samyuktha Sena Indrasena
    Microfluidic Control-Pump
    Supervisor: Yushen Zhang
  • 01.03.2023
    Alternative Automated Graph Extraction for GAT-based Switching Activity Estimation
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler

Internships

  • 11.08.2023
    Development of an Automized Testbench and Simulation Interface for Operational Amplifiers
    Supervisor: Markus Leibl
  • 06.07.2023
    Development of an Automized Testbench and Simulation Interface for Operational Amplifiers
    Supervisor: Markus Leibl
  • 11.05.2023 Antonius Adisoemarta
    STL library Design for Javascript
    Supervisor: Yushen Zhang
  • 06.05.2023 Yi Yue
    Development of software modules (C++/Qt) for simulation methods for impulse-based rigid body dynamics
    Supervisor: Yushen Zhang, RNA Digital GmbH

Seminars

  • 06.10.2023
    Dynamic Neural Network
    Supervisor: Wenhao Sun
  • 14.07.2023
    Survey: Open-Source Electronic Design Automation
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler
  • 14.07.2023
    Fast Cycle-Accurate Simulators for RISC Processors
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik
  • 30.06.2023
    A Memetic Algorithm for VLSI Floorplanning
    Supervisor: Mengchu Li
  • 30.06.2023
    A Survey: Analog Circuit Sizing using Machine Learning Methods
    Supervisor: Markus Leibl
  • 30.06.2023
    Checkpointing Techniques for Fast Forwarding RTL Fault Injection Simulations
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier
  • 20.01.2023
    A Novel Algorithm for Reducing the Power Loss of Routing Paths in ONoCs
    Supervisor: Zhidan Zheng
  • 20.01.2023 Xuanyu Yi
    Hardware-based Approaches to Soft Error Correction and Detection in Combinational and Sequential Logic
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier
  • 20.01.2023
    GVSoC: A Highly Configurable, Fast and Accurate Full-Platform Simulator for RISC-V based IoT Processors
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik
  • 20.01.2023
    Using Graph Neural Networks for Timing Estimation: A Survey
    Supervisor: Daniela Sanchez Lopera, Infineon Technologies AG

Student Assistant Jobs

  • 30.09.2023
    Extending support for RISC-V Packed Extension in ETISS
    Supervisor: Philipp van Kempen
  • 30.06.2023
    Enable Debugging of RISC-V Vector Instructions using GDB within ETISS simulations
    Supervisor: Philipp van Kempen
  • 31.03.2023
    Integrate PULP-Platform Cores in MLonMCU Deployment Flow
    Supervisor: Philipp van Kempen

2022

Bachelor's Theses

  • 17.10.2022 Xianer Chen
    Development of an interactive design platform for microfluidic IP modules
    Supervisor: Yushen Zhang
  • 12.10.2022
    Generation of area-optimized ALUs for RISC-V CPUs
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik, Infineon Technologies
  • 05.08.2022
    Semihosting for the ETISS Instruction Set Simulator
    Supervisor: Karsten Emrich
  • 25.07.2022
    Design and Implementation of a Test Environment for Functional Verification of Developed Software Libraries
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik, Infineon
  • 22.07.2022 Xinwei Li
    Performance Estimation of Analog Circuits using Structural Similarity and Neural Networks
    Supervisor: Markus Leibl
  • 03.06.2022
    Review Machine Learning Frameworks
    Supervisor: Helmut Gräb

Master's Theses

  • 28.12.2022
    Automated Multi-Camera Calibration in Sparse-Feature Environments
    Supervisor: Helmut Gräb
  • 09.12.2022
    Modeling Advanced CPU Pipeline Features for Fast and Accurate Performance Simulation of a RISC-V Microprocessor
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik
  • 28.11.2022
    Influence of Open-Source Process Design Kits on Hardware Reverse Engineering and Trusted Hardware
    Supervisor: Helmut Gräb
  • 20.10.2022 Philipp Nassua
    Multi-process Framework for Output-oriented Hardware Fault Attack Simulations at Register Transfer Level
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier
  • 15.10.2022 Lasse Urban
    Development of a Runtime Switch Behavior for a Multi-level RISC-V Instruction Set to Register Transfer Fault Injection Simulator
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier
  • 06.09.2022
    Post-Physical Design Power Modeling for ASIC Development by Data-Driven Approaches
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler
  • 28.06.2022
    Uncertainty-Based Scene-Independent Radar Tracking with Meta Reinforcement Learning
    Supervisor: Helmut Gräb
  • 02.06.2022 Johannes Sanwald
    Implementation of a Memory Management Unit in a RISC-V Instruction Set Simulator
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier, Karsten Emrich
  • 19.05.2022
    Decision-Tree-based Stimuli Generation for Coverage-driven RT-Level Verification
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik, Apple
  • 24.03.2022

    Supervisor: Helmut Gräb
  • 17.02.2022 Xiaolin Ma
    Developing an interactive web user interface for designing 3D-printed microfluidic devices
    Supervisor: Yushen Zhang

Research Internships (Forschungspraxis)

  • 21.12.2022
    MoChirp - A Simple RISC-V Microcontroller with Hardware- Accelerated FFT for Radar Processing as Case Study for Building Custom SoCs in an Open Ecosystem
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier, Motius
  • 14.10.2022 Srinidhi Hari Prasad
    Formal Side Channel Verification of Masked Hardware Implementations Using Coco-Alma
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier, Ralph Nyberg (Infineon (IFAG CSS DSI D CI VER))
  • 28.09.2022
    Performance Estimation on RISC-V ISS using RI5CY
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik
  • 21.09.2022 Bo Liu
    Exploring the Pipeline Behavior of a RISC-V Core under Register Transfer Level Fault Attack Simulation
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier
  • 13.09.2022
    Analog Fault Injection/Safety Analysis
    Supervisor: Helmut Gräb
  • 24.06.2022
    Cosine Similarity and Euclidean Distance-based OOD Detection
    Supervisor: Helmut Gräb
  • 25.05.2022 Ruotong Liao
    Knowledge Graph Enhanced Recommendation System
    Supervisor: Tsun-Ming Tseng, Volker Tresp (Siemens)
  • 15.05.2022
    Automatisierte Verdrahtung und Platzierung elektrischer Komponenten im 3D-CAD-Schaltschrank
    Supervisor: Helmut Gräb
  • 02.05.2022
    Examination of the OpenROAD and Proprietary Design Environment with Discussion about Similarities and Differences
    Supervisor: Helmut Gräb
  • 01.04.2022
    Reconstruction Regularized Deep Metric Learning for Multi-label Image Classification
    Supervisor: Helmut Gräb
  • 31.03.2022
    Algorithm Based Fault Tolerance for Embedded Case Studies
    Supervisor: Uzair Sharif

Internships

  • 21.10.2022
    Automatisierung des Lichtleiterhandlings in Kombination mit Verbesserungen des Workflows und der Qualität der Produkte in Bezug auf Electro-Static-Discharge
    Supervisor: Helmut Gräb
  • 17.05.2022
    Implementation of a Switching Activity Estimator in the PyMTL3 Framework
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler
  • 08.05.2022
    Test und Absicherung von Komponenten im Automotive-Bereich
    Supervisor: Helmut Gräb
  • 08.04.2022
    Entwicklung einer grafischen Benutzeroberfläche zur Funktionsprüfung von Haltebremsen an einer numerischen Steuerung
    Supervisor: Helmut Gräb

Seminars

  • 15.07.2022
    Survey: Power Estimation on the Electronic System Level
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik
  • 15.07.2022
    Semihosting in instruction set simulators and virtual platforms
    Supervisor: Karsten Emrich
  • 15.07.2022
    Modern approaches for heuristic algorithms in network architecture searchs (nas)
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik
  • 15.07.2022
    Reinforcement Learning for Digital Electronic Design Automation
    Supervisor: Daniela Sanchez Lopera
  • 15.07.2022
    Power-Performance-Area Prediction using Machine Learning
    Supervisor: Daniela Sanchez Lopera
  • 15.07.2022
    Graph Placement Methodologies for Fast Chip Design
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler
  • 28.02.2022
    Soft error resilience for tinyML systems
    Supervisor: Uzair Sharif
  • 28.01.2022

    Supervisor: Conrad Foik
  • 28.01.2022
    Comparison of countermeasures against single glitch fault attacks: Compiler based Techniques vs Algorithm based Techniques
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier
  • 28.01.2022
    System-on-Chip Performance Prediction Using Machine Learning Techniques
    Supervisor: Tobias Kilian
  • 21.01.2022 Tobias Genzinger
    Detection of Transient Faults Detection by Control Flow Checking with Signature Monitoring
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier
  • 21.01.2022
    RISC-V Core Implementations
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik
  • 14.01.2022
    Recent Advances in Reservoir Computing With A Focus on Electronic Reservoirs
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler
  • 14.01.2022
    Fast and Accurate PPA Modeling with Transfer Learning
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler

Interdisciplinary Projects

  • 22.03.2022 Shen Hu
    Analysis and implementation of Stereolithography Language (STL) for 3D-printed microfluidics
    Supervisor: Yushen Zhang

2021

Bachelor's Theses

  • 30.08.2021 Fares Abid
    Automatic Translation of Verilog Modules to PyMTL3 Components
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler
  • 23.07.2021 Ryan Lee Zhan Hui
    Statistical-based Switching Activity Estimation in the PyMTL3 Framework
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler
  • 20.07.2021
    Back-End of a Graphical Interface for a SystemC Sensor-Model
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik
  • 19.07.2021 Eden Seet Jian Wei
    Development of an Online 3D-Microfluidics Designing Platform
    Supervisor: Yushen Zhang
  • 17.05.2021 Jia Wen Phoon
    Development of an STL Library for 3D-Printing Design
    Supervisor: Yushen Zhang
  • 16.04.2021 Xin Wen
    Development of an Online Schema Design Tool for Microfluidic Large-Scale Integration
    Supervisor: Tsun-Ming Tseng
  • 07.04.2021 Timothy Lim Yong An
    Front-End of a Graphical User Interface for a SystemC Model of a Sensor
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik

Master's Theses

  • 30.11.2021
    Advanced Implementation Methods of On-chip Performance Monitors
    Supervisor: Tobias Kilian, Tobias Kilian (Infineon Technologies )
  • 16.06.2021 Duan Shen
    Contamination-Free Switch Design and Synthesis for Microfluidic Large-Scale Integration
    Supervisor: Tsun-Ming Tseng
  • 08.06.2021
    Establishing a HW/SW Co-debugging Methodology for Systems-on-Chip
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik, Infineon
  • 17.05.2021
    Chip Floorplanning with Deep Reinforcement Learning
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik, Infineon

Research Internships (Forschungspraxis)

  • 20.12.2021
    Synthese, Implementierung und Vergleich der Schaltaktivität in FPGA und ASIC Technologien
    Supervisor: Philipp Fengler

Internships

  • 30.05.2021
    Eine Informationsplattform für eine IP-Roadmap
    Supervisor: Helmut Gräb

Seminars

  • 25.06.2021
    Methods for on-chip hardware fault attack detection
    Supervisor: Johannes Geier
  • 25.06.2021
    Performance Simulation for Instruction Set Simulators
    Supervisor: Karsten Emrich
  • 25.06.2021
    A HW/SW Co-Verification Framework for SystemC
    Supervisor: Conrad Foik
  • 25.06.2021
    Degradation Mechanism During the Manufacturing of Semiconductor Devices
    Supervisor: Tobias Kilian
  • 25.06.2021
    State-of-the-Art Methods for Performance Determination in Microcontroller
    Supervisor: Tobias Kilian