Andy D. Pimentel

Full Professor

University of Amsterdam

Biography

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

Interests

Multi-core embedded systems
System-level design, modeling and simulation
Design space exploration
Performance and power analysis
System dependability
Hardware/software co-design
Run-time resource management
Edge AI

Education

PhD in Computer Science, 1998

University of Amsterdam
MSc in Computer Science, 1993

University of Amsterdam

News (recent)

The paper ‘Active Imitation Learning for Thermal- and Kernel-Aware LFM Inference on 3D S-NUCA Many-Cores’ was accepted at IEEE/ACM DAC 2026.
The paper ‘Efficient Multimodal Spatial Reasoning via Dynamic and Asymmetric Routing’ was accepted at ICLR 2026.
The paper ‘SwiftSNNI: Optimized Scheduling for Secure Neural Network Inference (SNNI) on Multi-Core Systems’ was accepted at ACM/SPEC ICPE 2026.
The iCARe project proposal got funded in the NWO NXTGEN Hightech programme!

Selected Publications

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X. Guo, Q. Jiang, Y. Shen, A. D. Pimentel, T. Stefanov (2024). EASTER: Learning to Split Transformers at the Edge Robustly. In IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (IEEE TCAD), Vol. 43 (Nr. 11), 2024.

E. Aghapour, D. Sapra, A. D. Pimentel, A. Pathania (2024). ARM-CO-UP: ARM COoperative Utilization of Processors. In ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (ACM TODAES), Vol. 29 (Nr. 5), 2024.

T. Meuser, L. Loven, M. Bhuyan, S. G. Patil, S. Dustdar, A. Aral, S. Bayhan, C. Becker, E. Lara, A. Ding, J. Edinger, J. Gross, N. Mohan, A. D. Pimentel, E. Riviere, H. Schulzrinne, P. Simoens, G. Solmaz, M. Welz (2024). Revisiting Edge AI: Opportunities and Challenges. In IEEE Internet Computing, Vol. 24 (Nr. 4), 2024.

Y. Shen, L. Schreuders, A. Pathania, A. D. Pimentel (2023). Thermal Management for 3D-Stacked Systems via Unified Core-Memory Power Regulation. In ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (ACM TECS), Vol. 22 (Nr. 5s), 2023.

X. Guo, A. D. Pimentel, T. Stefanov (2023). Automated Exploration and Implementation of Distributed CNN Inference at the Edge. In IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 10 (Nr. 7), 2023.

S. Minakova, D. Sapra, T. Stefanov, A. D. Pimentel (2022). Scenario Based Run-time Switching for Adaptive CNN-based Applications at the Edge. In ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (ACM TECS), Vol. 21 (nr. 2).

D. Sapra, A.D. Pimentel (2021). Designing Convolutional Neural Networks with Constrained Evolutionary Piecemeal Training. In Applied Intelligence, 2021.

J. Xiao, S. Altmeyer, A.D. Pimentel (2020). Schedulability Analysis of Global Scheduling for Multicore Systems with Shared Caches. In IEEE Transactions on Computers, pp. 1487-1499, Vol. 69 (No. 10).

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

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

Activities (selected)

Chair of the Board, Advanced School for Computing and Imaging (ASCI), 2021-present
Board member, ICT Research Platform Nederland (IPN), 2020-2025
General Chair, IEEE/ACM Embedded Systems Week, 2026
Vice General Chair, IEEE/ACM Embedded Systems Week, 2025
General Chair, Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), 2024
Vice General Chair, Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), 2023
Co-founder and Steering Committee member, Int. Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, MOdeling, and Simulation (SAMOS), 2001–present
Finance Chair, IEEE/ACM Embedded Systems Week, 2019 and 2020
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 Chair, IEEE Workshop on Embedded Systems for Real-Time Multimedia (ESTIMedia), 2008 and 2009
TPC member of DAC, DATE, CODES+ISSS, ICCAD, ICCD, SAMOS, FPL, ESTIMedia, SCOPES, SAC, and more

Teaching

Architecture and Computer Organization

BSc level course

Embedded Software and Systems

MSc level course

Multi-core Processor Systems

MSc level course

Graduation Projects

BSc and MSc level

Personal

I am a serious amateur photographer. If you're interested, please have a look at a small portfolio of my work.
I like to combine my above hobby (photography) with traveling all around the world.

Contact

a.d.pimentel@uva.nl
P.O. Box 94323, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Visiting address: LAB42, Room L5.41, Science Park 900, 1098 XH, Amsterdam
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