Luca Pezzarossa
Assistant Professor
at the Technical University of Denmark
Short bio
I am an Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in the Section for Embedded Systems Engineering at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (DTU Compute). I got my Ph.D. in Reconfigurable computing from DTU and my M.Sc. and B.Sc. from Marche Polytechnic University.
Contacts and online presence
Research
Interests
My research interests include the following.
Publications
Monographs- Reconfiguration of Computation and Communication Resources in Multi-Core Real-Time Embedded Systems
L. Pezzarossa
PhD dissertation, Volume 469, DTU Compute, 2018
- A Time-Predictable Open-Source TTEthernet End-System
E. Kyriakakis, M. Lund, L. Pezzarossa, J. Sparsø, and M. Schoeberl
In Journal of Systems Architecture, Volume 108, Elsevier, 2020 - Using Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration of FPGAs in Real-Time Systems
L. Pezzarossa, A. T. Kristensen, M. Schoeberl, and J. Sparsø
In Microprocessors and Microsystems: Embedded Hardware Design, Volume 61, pages 198-206, Elsevier, 2018 - A Multicore Processor for Time-Critical Applications
M. Schoeberl, L. Pezzarossa, and J. Sparsø
In Journal of Design and Test, Volume PP, number 99, pages 1-1, IEEE, 2017 - A Resource-Efficient Network Interface Supporting Low Latency Reconfiguration of Virtual Circuits in Time-Division Multiplexing Networks-on-Chip
R. B. Sørensen, L. Pezzarossa, M. Schoeberl, and J. Sparsø
In Journal of Systems Architecture, Volume 74, pages 1-13, 2017
- The Bioware Cyber-Fluidic Platform: A Holistic Approach to Digital Microfluidics
G. Tanev, L. Pezzarossa, and J. Madsen
In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Bio-Design Automation (IWBDA), ACM, 2021 - A Computer Vision Algorithm for the Digitalization of Colorimetric Lateral Flow Assay Readouts
L. Pezzarossa, S. I. Preus, W. E. Svendsen, and J. Madsen
In Proceedings of the Symposium on Design, Test, Integration & Packaging of MEMS and MOEMS (DTIP), IEEE, 2020 - S4NOC: a Minimalistic Network-on-Chip for Real-Time Multicores
M. Schoeberl, L. Pezzarossa, and J. Sparsø
In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Network on Chip Architectures, ACM, 2019 - A Reconfigurable Digital Microfluidic Platform
G. Tanev, L. Pezzarossa, W. E. Svendsen, and J. Madsen
In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Bio-Design Automation (IWBDA), ACM, 2019 - A Minimal Network Interface for a Simple Network-on-Chip
M. Schoeberl, L. Pezzarossa, and J. Sparsø
In Proceedings of the International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS), Springer, 2019 - A Time-predictable TTEthenet Node
M. Lund, L. Pezzarossa, J. Sparsø, and M. Schoeberl
In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC), IEEE, 2019 - Real-Time Audio Processing on the T-CREST Multicore Platform
D. S. Ausin, L. Pezzarossa, and M. Schoeberl
In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Embedded Multi-core/Many-core Systems-on-Chip (MCSoC), IEEE, 2017 - Can Real-Time Systems Benefit from Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration? (Best paper finalist)
L. Pezzarossa, A. T. Kristensen, and J. Sparsø
In Proceedings of the Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference (NORCAS), IEEE, 2017 - High-Level Synthesis for Reduction of WCET in Real-Time Systems
T. Kristensen, L. Pezzarossa, and J. Sparsø
In Proceedings of the Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference (NORCAS), IEEE, 2017 - A Controller for Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration in FPGA-Based Real-Time Systems
L. Pezzarossa, M. Schoeberl, and J. Sparsø
In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Real-Time Computing (ISORC), IEEE, 2017 - Reconfiguration in FPGA-Based Multi-Core Platforms for Hard Real-Time Applications
L. Pezzarossa, M. Schoeberl, and J. Sparsø
In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Reconfigurable Communication-Centric Systems-on-Chip (ReCoSoC), IEEE, 2016 - An Area-Efficient TDM NoC Supporting Reconfiguration for Mode Changes
R. B. Sørensen, L. Pezzarossa, M. Schoeberl, and J. Sparsø
In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Networks-on-Chip (NOCS), IEEE/ACM, 2016 - Interfacing Hardware Accelerators to a Time-Division Multiplexing Network-on-Chip
L. Pezzarossa, R. B. Sørensen, M. Schoeberl, and J. Sparsø
In Proceedings of the Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference (NORCAS), IEEE, 2015
- T-CREST: The Time-Predictable Multicore Processor T-CREST
M. Schoeberl, L. Pezzarossa, and J. Sparsø
Abstract and University Booth at the Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE), 2019 - T-CREST: The Open-Source Real-Time Multicore Processor
M. Schoeberl, L. Pezzarossa, and J. Sparsø
Abstract and University Booth at the Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE), 2018 - Dynamic Reconfiguration in Multi-Core Hard Real-Time Platforms
L. Pezzarossa
Abstract and poster presented at the International Summer School on Advanced Computer Architecture and Compilation for High-Performance and Embedded Systems (ACACES), 2016 - Towards Utilizing Reconfigurable Shared Resources in Multi-Core Hard Real-Time Systems
L. Pezzarossa, M. Schoeberl, and J. Sparsø
Article presented at the Junior Researcher Workshop on Real-Time Computing (JRWRTC), 2015 - Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration in the T-CREST Multi-core Platform
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Abstract and poster presented at the International Summer School on Advanced Computer Architecture and Compilation for High-Performance and Embedded Systems (ACACES), 2015
Education
Teaching
I have been teaching the following courses since 2017. From 2023, I will only teach '02132 - Computer systems' to better focus on my research projects.
- 02132 - Computer systems
5 ECTS, BSc-level, 10 ECTS, 2017 - current - 02135 - Introduction to cyber systems
5 ECTS, BSc-level, 5 ECTS, 2017 - 2022 - 22400 - Design-build 4: Autonomous devices for controlling and studying living systems
5 ECTS, BSc-level, 5 ECTS, 2017 - 2022 - 02213 - Digital systems laboratory
5 ECTS, BSc-level, 5 ECTS, 2017
Special courses
I have been involved in the following special courses dedicated to specific interests of some students.
You are very welcome to contact me if you want to start a special course.
- Open-Source Chip Design
5 ECTS, BSc and MSc level, 12 students, 2022 - Extension of a simulation framework for digital microfluidics biochips and academic paper preparation
5 ECTS, MSc level, 3 students, 2022 - Exploring deterministic and AI-based computer vision for droplet detection in digital microfluidic biochips
5 ECTS, MSc level, 1 student, 2022 - Exploring the applications of AI-based computer vision in digital microfluidic biochips
5 ECTS, Bsc and MSc level, 2 students, 2022 - Preparation of an academic paper for a computer-vision monitoring system for digital microfluidic biochips
5 ECTS, BSc-level, 1 student, 2021 - Development and implementation of an algorithm for real-time colorimetry for paper-based lateral flow assays
5 ECTS, BSc-level, 1 student, 2021 - 2020 - Simulating a FSMD model based on simple language constructs
5 ECTS, MSc level, 1 student, 2020
Student projects
In addition to the teaching activities listed above, I have supervised and co-supervised the following MSc and BSc final projects.
All the projects are defined to contribute to my research, or to explore and design tools to be used in the practical teaching activities.
If you are looking for a project, feel free to contact me to get a detailed introduction to the available projects.
- Design, development, and assessment of a graphical user interface for programming digital microfluidic biochips
Wojciech Jakub Ciok, MSc project, 30 ECTS, 2022/08/29 - 2023/01/29 - Intermittent computing for Low Power Wide Area Networks
Adam Ømosegård Bischoff, MSc project, 30 ECTS, 2022/08/29 - 2023/01/29 - Programming biochemistry on digital microfluidics biochips
Wenjie Fan, MSc project, 30 ECTS, 2022/08/29 - 2023/01/29 - Support of functions in a web/based programming interface for digital microfluidic biochips
Kristine Maria Klok Jørgensen, BSc project, 20 ECTS, 2022/08/29 - 2022/12/12 - Digitalization of markers for paper/based diagnostics
Thor/Haakon Howatson Wichmann Jørgensen, BSc project, 20 ECTS, 2022/08/29 - 2022/12/12, collaboration with DTU Bioengineering - Droplets detection in digital microfluidic biochips using capacitive sensing techniques
Jonathan Hansen, BSc project, 20 ECTS, 2022/08/29 - 2022/12/12 - Development of a simulation framework for digital microfluidic biochips
Joel August Vest Madsen, Carl Alexander Jackson, and Alexander Marc Collignon, BSc project, 15 ECTS, 2022/01/31 - 2022/06/20 - Exploring capacitive sensing techniques for droplet detection in digital microfluidic biochips
Jonathan Schustin, BSc project, 15 ECTS, 2022/01/31 - 2022/06/06 - Advanced functionalities for a web/based programming interface for digital microfluidic biochips
Mathias Bang Kristensen, BSc project, 20 ECTS, 2022/01/31 - 2022/06/06 - Integration of piezoelectric micropumps in digital microfluidic biochips
Nynne Maria Foldager Bække, BSc project, 15 ECTS, 2022/01/31 - 2022/06/06 - Integration of spectroscopy techniques in digital microfluidic biochips
Nima Jalili, BSc project, 17.5 ECTS, 2022/01/31 - 2022/05/26 - Exploring the applications of augmented reality for digital microfluidic biochips
Thor Eric Dueholm and Christian Emil Tchernokojev Houmann, BSc project, 15 ECTS, 2022/01/31 - 2022/05/16 - Communication and coordination in autonomous robotic swarms
Nicolai Oliver Verbaarschot, BSc project, 15 ECTS, 2022/01/31 - 2022/05/16, collaboration with MindFuture ApS - Extension of a web/based programming interface for digital microfluidic biochips
Dario Cannistra, BSc project, 15 ECTS, 2022/02/28 - 2022/05/02 - Towards routing-based synthesis of digital microfluidic biochips
Rasmus Møller Larsen, BSc project, 15 ECTS, 12/04/2021 - 05/07/2021 - Operations scheduling and droplets routing in digital microfluidic biochips
Adrienne Kristina Cohrt, BSc project, 15 ECTS, 01/02/2021 - 11/06/2021 - Front end for a digital microfluidic biochips simulator
Viktor Anzhelev Tsanev, BSc project, 15 ECTS, 01/02/2021 - 11/06/2021 - Real-time supervision of digital microfluidic biochips using computer vision
Abdirisaq Abdiqadir Mohamud Farah, BSc project, 15 ECTS, 01/02/2021 - 11/06/2021 - Characterization and integration of piezoelectric micropumps in digital microfluidic biochips
Peter Munch Ejlev, BSc project, 15 ECTS, 01/02/2021 - 11/06/2021 - A model-based simulation engine for digital microfluidic biochips
Frederik Emil Schibelfeldt, BSc project, 15 ECTS, 01/02/2021 - 11/06/2021 - A block-based graphical user interface for programming digital microfluidic biochips
Felix Høgstædt Larsen, BSc project, 20 ECTS, 31/08/2020 - 22/01/2021 - A monitoring system based on computer-vision for digital microfluidic biochips
Mohammad Nabil Ahmad, BSc project, 17.5 ECTS, 31/08/2020 - 18/12/2020 - A FSMD-based framework for hardware design and analysis
Tobias Lindstrøm, MSc project, 30 ECTS, 03/08/2020 - 03/01/2021 - High-level synthesis and dynamic partial reconfiguration of FPGAs for accelerating software tasks in real-time systems
Andreas Toftegaard Kristensen, BSc project, 15 ECTS, 30/01/2017 - 22/06/2017 - A network-on-chip supporting shared memory access in real-time multi-core platforms
Mathias Herlev, MSc project, 35 ECTS, 04/01/2016 - 04/07/2016