Biography
Andy Pimentel chairs the Parallel Computing Systems (PCS) group within the Systems and Networking Lab at the Informatics Institute of the University of Amsterdam. The PCS group performs research on the design, programming and run-time management of multi-core and multi-processor computer systems. The modeling, analysis and optimization of the extra-functional aspects of these systems, such as performance, power/energy consumption and system dependability but also the degree of productivity to design and program these systems, play a pivotal role in our work.
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Research Interests
Multi-core embedded systems
System-level design, modeling and simulation
Design space exploration
Performance and power analysis
System dependability
Hardware/software co-design
Run-time resource management
Edge AI
News (recent)
- The DESIRE project proposal got funded in the NWO Open Technology Programme!
- The paper ‘Active Imitation Learning for Thermal- and Kernel-Aware LFM Inference on 3D S-NUCA Many-Cores’ was accepted at IEEE/ACM DAC 2026.
- The paper ‘Efficient Multimodal Spatial Reasoning via Dynamic and Asymmetric Routing’ was accepted at ICLR 2026.
- The paper ‘SwiftSNNI: Optimized Scheduling for Secure Neural Network Inference (SNNI) on Multi-Core Systems’ was accepted at ACM/SPEC ICPE 2026.
- The iCARe project proposal got funded in the NWO NXTGEN Hightech programme!
Selected Publications
(2024).
EASTER: Learning to Split Transformers at the Edge Robustly.
IEEE TCAD, 43(11).
(2024).
ARM-CO-UP: ARM COoperative Utilization of Processors.
ACM TODAES, 29(5).
(2024).
Revisiting Edge AI: Opportunities and Challenges.
IEEE Internet Computing, 24(4).
(2023).
Thermal Management for 3D-Stacked Systems via Unified Core-Memory Power Regulation.
ACM TECS, 22(5s).
(2023).
Automated Exploration and Implementation of Distributed CNN Inference at the Edge.
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 10(7).
(2022).
Scenario Based Run-time Switching for Adaptive CNN-based Applications at the Edge.
ACM TECS, 21(2).
(2021).
Designing Convolutional Neural Networks with Constrained Evolutionary Piecemeal Training.
Applied Intelligence.
(2020).
Schedulability Analysis of Global Scheduling for Multicore Systems with Shared Caches.
IEEE Transactions on Computers, 69(10), 1487-1499.
(2017).
Exploring Exploration: A Tutorial Introduction to Embedded Systems Design Space Exploration.
IEEE Design & Test, 34(1).
(2015).
A Hybrid Task Mapping Algorithm for Heterogeneous MPSoCs.
ACM TECS, 14(1).
(2013).
A System-level Infrastructure for Multi-dimensional MP-SoC Design Space Co-exploration.
ACM TECS, 13(1s).
(2013).
Fitness Prediction Techniques for Scenario-based Design Space Exploration.
IEEE TCAD, 32(8), 1240-1253.
(2009).
Electronic System-Level Synthesis Methodologies.
IEEE TCAD, 28(10), 1517-1530.
(2006).
Multiobjective Optimization and Evolutionary Algorithms for the Application Mapping Problem in Multiprocessor System-on-Chip Design.
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 10(3), 358-374.
(2006).
A Systematic Approach to Exploring Embedded System Architectures at Multiple Abstraction Levels.
IEEE Transactions on Computers, 55(2), 99-112.
(2001).
Exploring Embedded-Systems Architectures with Artemis.
IEEE Computer, 34(11), 57-63.
Activities and Awards (selected)
Academic Activities
- Chair of the Board, Advanced School for Computing and Imaging (ASCI), 2021-present
- Board member, ICT Research Platform Nederland (IPN), 2020-2025
- Associate Editor, ACM Trans. on Embedded Computing Systems (ACM TECS), 2026-present
- General Chair, IEEE/ACM Embedded Systems Week, 2026
- General Chair, Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), 2024
- Co-founder and Steering Committee member, Int. Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, MOdeling, and Simulation (SAMOS), 2001–present
- Program Chair, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS), 2016 and 2017
- Local Arrangements Chair, Embedded Systems Week (ESWeek), 2015
- General Chair, 10th Int. Conference on High-Performance and Embedded Architectures and Compilers (HiPEAC), 2015
- TPC member of DAC, DATE, CODES+ISSS, ICCAD, ICCD, and more
Awards
- ACM SIGDA Meritorious Service Award, 2026
- Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) Fellow, 2025
- IEEE CEDA Outstanding Service Award, 2025
- IEEE TTTC Outstanding Contribution Award, 2024
- Test-of-Time Award, IEEE/ACM Int. Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS), 2022
Talks and Interviews (selected)
- A long interview with Vidak Rajovic, picking my brain on a lot of scientific and other issues, Podcast, 2026
- PowerWeb 2025 conference, “Sustainable AI at the Edge, How to fit your huge DNN on Edge devices without compression?”, Invited Talk
- “The future of computer systems: fast and sustainable”, Interview, 2024
- “Motivated by massiveness”, Interview ICT-Research Platform Netherlands, 2024
- IntelliSys 2022, “Systems for AI, AI for Systems”, Keynote
- ICT Platform Netherlands (IPN) promotional video
- “ADMORPH project video”, EU ADMORPH project
Personal
- I am a serious amateur photographer. If you’re interested, please have a look at a small portfolio of my work.
- I like to combine my above hobby (photography) with traveling all around the world.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Andy D. Pimentel
Informatics Institute
University of Amsterdam
Email:
a.d.pimentel@uva.nl
Postal address
P.O. Box 94323
1098 XH Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Visiting address
LAB42, Room L5.41
Science Park 900
1098 XH Amsterdam
The Netherlands