Applying lightweight soft error mitigation techniques to embedded mixed precision deep neural networks

G Abich, J Gava, R Garibotti, R Reis… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep neural networks (DNNs) are being incorporated in resource-constrained IoT devices,
which typically rely on reduced memory footprint and low-performance processors. While …

[HTML][HTML] SOFIA: An automated framework for early soft error assessment, identification, and mitigation

J Gava, V Bandeira, F Rosa, R Garibotti, R Reis… - Journal of Systems …, 2022 - Elsevier
The occurrence of radiation-induced soft errors in electronic computing systems can either
affect non-essential system functionalities or violate safety–critical conditions, which might …

The impact of soft errors in memory units of edge devices executing convolutional neural networks

G Abich, R Garibotti, R Reis… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Driven by the success of machine learning algorithms for recognizing and identifying
objects, there are significant efforts to exploit convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in edge …

A lightweight mitigation technique for resource-constrained devices executing dnn inference models under neutron radiation

J Gava, A Hanneman, G Abich… - … on Nuclear Science, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep neural network (DNN) models are being deployed in safety-critical embedded devices
for object identification, recognition, and even trajectory prediction. Optimized versions of …

Assessment of tiny machine-learning computing systems under neutron-induced radiation effects

RP Bastos, MG Trindade, R Garibotti… - … on Nuclear Science, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article compares and assesses the effectiveness of three prominent machine learning
(ML) models for tiny ML computing systems in tolerating neutron-induced soft errors. Results …

Early soft error reliability analysis on RISC-V

N Lodéa, W Nunes, V Zanini, M Sartori… - IEEE Latin America …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The adoption of RISC-V processors bloomed in recent years, mainly due to its open
standard and free instruction set architecture. However, much remains to help software …

Tuning-Free Accountable Intervention for LLM Deployment--A Metacognitive Approach

Z Tan, J Peng, T Chen, H Liu - arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.05636, 2024 - arxiv.org
Large Language Models (LLMs) have catalyzed transformative advances across a spectrum
of natural language processing tasks through few-shot or zero-shot prompting, bypassing …

Soft error reliability assessment of lightweight cryptographic algorithms for IoT edge devices

V Da Rocha, N Moura, J Gava… - … on Circuits and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Security and reliability problems in edge devices can become the Achilles' heel for their
massive use in Internet of Things (IoT) systems. While most works address security by …

Power and Performance Costs of Radiation-Hardened ML Inference Models Running on Edge Devices

G Abich, AI Silva, J Gava, AA Susin… - 2023 36th SBC …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Integrating Machine Learning (ML) inference models into edge computing devices has
introduced several challenges related to improving power efficiency, performance, and …

Power, Performance and Reliability Evaluation of Multi-thread Machine Learning Inference Models Executing in Multicore Edge Devices

G Abich, AI da Silva, JE Thums… - 2023 IEEE Computer …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Incorporating Machine Learning (ML) inference models into edge computing devices has
presented some performance and reliability enhancement challenges. Multi-threaded ML …