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5 years ago Hi! If you’re still looking for something to do over the summer, we have something pretty specific we could use help with.
We’re working on this programming language for custom hardware accelerator design. It uses a fancy type system to provide guarantees about how the hardware implementation corresponds to an algorithmic specification. The compiler is working and we’re making progress on implementing a suite of benchmarks, and we could use help with one of two things:
- Porting to AWS F1. Our toolchain currently runs on a single FPGA we have in the lab, but we would love to be able to run on a larger FPGA in the cloud—and to let other people use the language just by spinning up a VM. Your task would be to learn about how AWS and F1 works, bring up our current toolchain there, write lots of supporting tooling to make this all work, and thoroughly document the process so anyone can get started using our language. This would be good for anyone but especially good if you’re interested in cloud computing.
- An Intel HLS backend. Our compiler currently targets the Xilinx ecosystem, but it should also hypothetically work just as well for Intel FPGAs. We want to build a new backend for our compiler that emits the OpenCL code that the Intel toolchain takes as an input. This task would be especially good if you are interested in learning about compiler hacking. Our compiler is implemented in Scala, so it would also be an opportunity to learn that language.
Do either of those appeal? Let us know and we’ll talk more!
ViviYe
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Personal Details
Name: Yuwei Ye
Major: Computer Science
Year in Cornell: Freshmen (Rising Sophomore)
Relevant classes: CS 2112, CS 2800, CS 3110, ECE2300
Research
When do you want to do research? I would love to start during summer 2019!
What is exciting to you about research? I got super excited about research after a chance to talk to graduate students! I believe research can serve as a good platform for me to learn deeper and faster. I would love to dedicate myself to exploring new fields and solving real-world problems. Everyone tells me "research has ups and downs". I think I would definitely enjoy this process: I found nothing more rewarding than solving a problem eventually despite all the challenges. From participating in research, I aim to explore the fields I am most interested in, and learn from other team members!
What kind of research do you want to do? I am new to research so I am looking to explore! After taking ECE2300, and CS2800, I became intrigued by how software and hardware interact to achieve a complex, but efficient system. The idea software-hardware codesign interests me. I would love to learn more about approximate computing and it's application into different fields of computer science.
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Was there a paper that particularly excited you? I recently read a paper about reconstructing realistic images from fMRI data, using the convolutional neural network (CNN) and generative adversarial network (GAN). The research found out we can recreate with surprising accuracy the image we are looking at just from processing fMRI data. I am super excited about the unlimited potential of computer vision and how all the scientific fields are interconnected.
Is there a specific grad student or a project you're interested in working on? The approximate vision project and the lambda lab project interest me a lot! Even though I don't have extensive experience in either field, I found the projects interesting and powerful. I am excited to learn more about vision or lambda algebra.
Anything else you want to tell us about yourself? I am interested in CS, ECE, cognitive science, and traditional Chinese instruments. I love learning and exploring new fields!
Attach a CV if you like. Here is my resume attached! YuweiYe_resume.pdf