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Prof. Paolo Rech (Università di Trento): “Particles from Outer Space that Influence our Lives: from bit flips to road accidents”.

Prof. Paolo Rech (Università di Trento): “Particles from Outer Space that Influence our Lives: from bit flips to road accidents”.

Dear All,

 

this is a kind invitation for Thursday's Doctoral School Seminar [19.01.2023, 04:30 PM CET].

More details regarding the meeting are listed below:

 

This Thursday, we will meet Prof. Paolo Rech from the Università di Trento, who will give a lecture entitled: “Particles from Outer Space that Influence our Lives: from bit flips to road accidents”.

 

Abstract:

High energy particles from outer space is a significant harm for the safety and reliability of computing systems (and lives) outside of our planet. The thick atmosphere of the Earth and its magnetic field protect us (and our computers) from some of the cosmic rays. However, the impact of the high energy particle with the atmosphere generate a cascade of secondary particles (mainly neutrons) that reach ground. The interaction of neutrons with computing systems can modify the values stores in memory or the result of an operation, causing unpredictable behaviors. In this scenario, computing systems are pervasive in our lives and are adopted in safety-critical applications. Driverless cars are the new trend in the automotive market and, to burst deep space exploration, NASA and ESA are willing to add self-driving capabilities to their rovers. A radiation-induced error in these application can have dramatic outcomes.

In the talk, after a brief description of radiation effects at physical level, we will investigate the reliability of modern computing systems, show if and why a neutron-induced corruption can modify the autonomous vehicles behaviors, and discuss the implications of these corruptions for the adoption in large scale of self-driving vehicles.

The presented evaluation, to be accurate and precise, is based on the combination of beam experiments and fault injection at different levels of abstractions (RTL, microarchitectural, and software). This combination allows us to have a realistic evaluation of the error rate, distinguish between tolerable errors and critical errors, and to design efficient and effective hardening solutions for CNNs.

 

👉 Short BIO

 

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Please note that we are organizing the meeting via the WEBWEX platform (our group exceeded 300 PhDs attending the Seminar).

You may join the meeting via a web browser, but we highly recommend using the Webex application, which is more stable.

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👉 Link to the meeting 👈

 

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General rules for the Seminar:

1. The seminar is recorded and may be presented on the web/Social Media

2. By joining the seminar you agree to it.

3. Please, keep your cameras off and microphones muted during the seminar.

4. Everyone can ask questions at any time during the seminar if not requested otherwise by the presenter.

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We wish you a fruitful meeting!