Dr. Andy D. Pimentel
          Associate Professor
Computer Systems Architecture group
Informatics Institute
University of Amsterdam
Science Park 107, 1098 XG, Amsterdam, NL
Voice: +31 20525 7578
Fax: +31 20525 7490
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Biography

My research in a nutshell (a wordle of my paper titles)

Key publications | All publications

My research team

Prospective interns

o If you intend to apply for an internship in my group (especially for Indian IIT students), please read this first!

Openings

o I have an opening for a PhD student!

Events

o DATE 2010: MPSoC and System Design Methods (Topic D2)
o 7th IEEE Workshop on Embedded Systems for Real-time Multimedia (IEEE ESTIMedia'09)
o ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS) Special Issue on Embedded Systems for Real-time Multimedia
o SAMOS Symposium

Projects

o SCALOPES: SCAlable LOw Power Embedded platformS (EU FP7/Artemis funded)
o The Daedalus system-level design framework (STW/Progress+ funded)
o Sesame (Simulation of Embedded Systems Architectures for Multi-level Exploration) (STW/Progress funded)
o VISUALISE: VISUALisation-Integrated desIgn Space Explorartion (NWO funded)
o EASY: Embedded Adaptive Streaming sYstems (NWO funded)

Previous projects

o ARTEMISIA: Architecture, Programming, and Exploration of Networks-on-Chip based Embedded System Platforms (STW/Progress funded)
o AETHER: Self-Adaptive Embedded Technologies for Pervasive Computing Architectures (EU FP6 funded)
o Bio-Artemis: can design principles from computer engineering be used for reverse-engineering cells?
o ARTEMIS: ARchitectures and meThods for Embedded MedIa Systems (STW/Progress funded)
o Performance evaluation of distributed, scalable data structures
o Stream prefetching for multimedia processors
o MERMAID (Modelling and Evaluation Research in Mimd ArchItecture Design)
o PROMMPT (design space exploration for the new 64-bit TriMedia processor)

Courses

o Programmeren II (Programmeren in C)
o Architecture and Computer Organization
o Embedded Systems
o Compilerbouw (Introductory course on compiler technology)
o Parallel Computer Architecture course (until 2002)
o Computer Architecture course (until 2003)
o Bachelor graduation projects
o Master graduation projects

Professional activities

o Click here for my involvement in conferences, workshops, and journal special issues
o Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Signal Processing Systems (Springer), 2008 -
o Member of the Editorial Board of Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory (Elsevier), 2007 -
o Board Member of the Int. SAMOS Symposium, 2006 -
o Member of the European Network of Excellence on High-Performance Embedded Architecture and Compilation (HiPEAC), 2004 -
o Chair of the Educational Board of the ASCI national graduate school, 2006 -
o Steering Committee Member of the ASCI Winterschool on Embedded Systems, 2004 -
o Opponent/reviewer in PhD defense committees: Jonas Karlsson (CWI,2000), Stephan Wong (TU Delft, 2002), Todor Stefanov (Leiden University, 2004), Hasyim Gautama (TU Delft, 2004), Tero Kangas (TUT, Finland, 2006), Iosif Antochi (TU Delft, 2007), Martijn Rutten (Philips Research/UvA, 2007), Liu Yanhong (National University of Singapore, 2007), Humberto Calderon (TU Delft, 2007), Scott Fischaber (Queen's University Belfast, 2007), Vladimir Zivkovic (Leiden University, 2008), Raman Balaji (National University of Singapore, 2009), Luca Fossati (Politecnico di Milano, 2009).
o Co-promotor of: Cagkan Erbas (UvA, 2006), Mark Thompson (UvA, planned 2009), Kamana Sigdel (TU Delft, planned 2010), Toktam Taghavi (UvA, planned 2011), Peter van Stralen (UvA, planned 2013), Vacancy (UvA, planned 2014).