ECE 618
Coure Inforamtion
| Instructor | Dr. Weiwen Jiang |
|---|---|
| wjiang8@gmu.edu | |
| Phone | (703)993-5083 |
| Lecture Time | Monday 19:20 - 22:00 |
| Location | Room 131, Innovation Hall |
| Office Hour | Monday 16:00 - 17:00 |
| Office | Room 3247, Nguyen Engineering Building |
| Zoom | https://go.gmu.edu/HA4ML23 |
Course Materials
Course materials will be posted before or after the class. No formal textbook is required.
Recommended Prerequisites
(ECE 511 or CS 465) and (ECE 527 or ECE 554 or CS 580 or CS 688) or permission of instructor.
Course Description
This course covers the hardware design principles to deploy different machine learning algorithms. The emphasis is on understanding the fundamentals of machine learning and hardware architectures and determine plausible methods to bridge them. Topics include precision scaling, in-memory computing, hyperdimensional computing, architectural modifications, GPUs and vector architectures, quantum computing as well as recent hardware programming tools such as Xilinx AI Vitis, Xilinx HLS, and IBM Qiskit.
Tools for Lab
- Google Colab
- Xilinx High-Level Synthesis
- IBM Qiskit
Schedule and Documents
| W | Date | Topic | Documents | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session I: Classical Computing Accelerators for Machine Learning | ||||
| 1 | Jan. 23 | Course Information & Machine Learning and FPGA Accelerator Recap | ||
| 2 | Jan. 30 | Domain Specific Computing | ||
| 3 | Feb. 6 | Vector Architectures, GPU Architectures, and Benchmarking Metrics | ||
| Session II: Novel Post-Moore Computing Accelerators for ML | ||||
| 4 | Feb. 13 | FPGA Accelerator Designs | ||
| 5 | Feb. 20 | In-Memory Computing Accelerator Design | ||
| 6 | Feb. 27 | Hyperdimensional Computing Accelerators (1) | ||
| 7 | Mar. 06 | Hyperdimensional Computing Accelerators (2) and Midterm Review | ||
| 8 | Mar. 20 | Midterm Exam | ||
| Session III: ML Accelerators in Quantum Computing | ||||
| 9 | Mar. 27 | Project Proposal & Single Qubit System | ||
| 10 | Apr. 03 | Quantum Neural Network Accelerators | ||
| 11 | Apr. 10 | Hands-on Accelerator Design (1) | ||
| 12 | Apr. 17 | Project Overview | ||
| 13 | Apr. 24 | Hands-on Accelerator Design (2) | ||
| 14 | May 01 | Project Presentations |
Readings and Tutorial
| W | Date | Reading (R) & Paper (P) & Tutorial (TT) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan. 23 | [HLS Doc] [HLS Youtube] |
