software/hardware co-design

From Abstraction to Acceleration: Productive, Precision-Aware Scientific Computing

Rabab Alomairy, Ibn Rushd Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Oct 12, 12:00 - 13:00

B9 R2325

programming abstractions algorithms software/hardware co-design scientific computing HPC

This talk explores how high-level programming abstractions, precision-aware algorithms, and hardware-conscious design can work together to accelerate scientific computing while improving productivity, scalability, and energy efficiency.

Improving chip design on every level

1 min read · Sun, Jul 20 2025

Computer architecture software/hardware co-design compilation techniques chip design automation circuit design microchip optimization

Microchip designs can be streamlined by incorporating both high-level concepts and low-level wiring details in the same modelling framework.

Yuxiang Liu

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

software/hardware co-design Optical Wireless Communication embedded systems Hardware software development FPGA

Yuxiang Liu is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), advised by Prof. Basem Shihada, where his research focuses on optical wireless communication systems, particularly DLS-based sunlight communication, embedded systems, FPGA-enabled hardware/software co-design, and wireless networking and indoor positioning technologies.

Li Zhang

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

neural network accelerator convolutional neural network software/hardware co-design

Jian Weng

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

compilation techniques software/hardware co-design Computer architecture

Jian Weng, an assistant professor of computer science at KAUST, is actively working on improving computer systems' energy efficiency and performance by reforming software and hardware interfaces.