Andy D. Pimentel

Associate Professor

University of Amsterdam

Biography

Andy Pimentel leads 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 but also the degree of productivity to design and program these systems, play a pivotal role in our work.

Interests

System-level design of multi-core embedded systems
System-level modeling and simulation
Design space exploration
Performance and power analysis
Hardware/software co-design
Run-time resource management

Education

PhD in Computer Science, 1998

University of Amsterdam
MSc in Computer Science, 1993

University of Amsterdam

News

The paper ‘Schedulability Analysis of Global Scheduling for Multicore Systems with Shared Caches’ by Xiao, Altmeyer and Pimentel was accepted for IEEE Transactions on Computers.
In December, we received funding for our NWO project (together with Leiden University and ASML) on “Design Space Exploration 2.0: Towards Optimal Design of Complex, Distributed Cyber Physical Systems”!
Last August, we recieved funding for our EU Horizon2020 project ADMORPH (“Towards Adaptively Morphing Embedded Systems”)!

Selected Publications

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A.D. Pimentel (2017). Exploring Exploration: A Tutorial Introduction to Embedded Systems Design Space Exploration. In IEEE Design & Test, Vol. 34 (Nr. 1).

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W. Quan, A.D. Pimentel (2015). A Hybrid Task Mapping Algorithm for Heterogeneous MPSoCs. In ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (ACM TECS), Vol. 14 (nr. 1).

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Z.J. Jia, T. Bautista, A. Nunez, M. Thompson, A.D. Pimentel (2013). A System-level Infrastructure for Multi-dimensional MP-SoC Design Space Co-exploration. In ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (ACM TECS), Vol. 13 (Nr. 1s).

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P. van Stralen, A.D. Pimentel (2013). Fitness Prediction Techniques for Scenario-based Design Space Exploration. In IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (IEEE TCAD), pp. 1240-1253, Vol. 32 (Nr. 8).

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A. Gerstlauer, C. Haubelt, A.D. Pimentel, T. Stefanov, D.D. Gajski, J. Teich (2009). Electronic System-Level Synthesis Methodologies. In IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (IEEE TCAD), pp. 1517-1530, Vol. 28 (No. 10).

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C. Erbas, S. Cerav-Erbas, A.D. Pimentel (2006). Multiobjective Optimization and Evolutionary Algorithms for the Application Mapping Problem in Multiprocessor System-on-Chip Design. In IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, pp. 358-374, Vol. 10 (No. 3).

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A.D. Pimentel, C. Erbas, S. Polstra (2006). A Systematic Approach to Exploring Embedded System Architectures at Multiple Abstraction Levels. In IEEE Transactions on Computers, pp. 99-112, Vol. 55 (No. 2).

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A. D. Pimentel, P. Lieverse, P. van der Wolf, L.O. Hertzberger, E.F. Deprettere (2001). Exploring Embedded-Systems Architectures with Artemis. In IEEE Computer, pp. 57-63, Vol. 34 (No. 11).

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Activities (selected)

Board member, ICT Research Platform Nederland (IPN), 2020-present
Member of the executive management, Informatics Institute, UvA, 2016-present
Director of Education, Graduate School of Informatics at the UvA, 2012-present
Editorial Board member, Journal of Signal Processing Systems, Springer, 2008–present
Editorial Board member, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Elsevier, 2007–present
Co-founder and Steering Committee member, Int. Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, MOdeling, and Simulation (SAMOS), 2001–present
Publications Chair, IEEE/ACM Embedded Systems Week, 2020
Finance Chair, IEEE/ACM Embedded Systems Week, 2019
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
Topic Chair, Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), 2011-2016
General Chair, 11th Int. Conference on Systems, Architectures, Modeling, and Simulation (SAMOS), 2011
General Chair, IEEE Workshop on Embedded Systems for Real-Time Multimedia (ESTIMedia), 2010
Program Co-Chair, 10th Int. Conference on Systems, Architectures, Modeling, and Simulation (SAMOS), 2010
Program Chair, IEEE Workshop on Embedded Systems for Real-Time Multimedia (ESTIMedia), 2009
Program Co-Chair, Support Tools and Environments topic, EuroPar conference, 2009
Program Chair, IEEE Workshop on Embedded Systems for Real-Time Multimedia (ESTIMedia), 2008
TPC member of DAC, DATE, CODES+ISSS, ICCAD, ICCD, SAMOS, FPL, ESTIMedia, SCOPES, SAC, and more

Teaching

Contact

a.d.pimentel@uva.nl
+31 20 5257578
P.O. Box 94323, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Visiting address: Room C3.107, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam
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