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Italy
2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
58
Citations
13607
World Ranking
3630
National Ranking
70

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
58
Citations
13122
World Ranking
1857
National Ranking
37

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Luciano Lavagno is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on Computer Science and Engineering, with notable emphasis on hardware and architecture, electrical and electronic engineering, computer vision and pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, and computer networks and communications.

The scientist's work spans various specialized topics including embedded systems design techniques, parallel computing and optimization techniques, advanced memory and neural computing, advanced neural network applications, VLSI and analog circuit testing, interconnection networks and systems, and ferroelectric and negative capacitance devices.

Luciano Lavagno has authored multiple papers in prominent journals and conference venues. Some of their recent publications include:

  • A Survey on Deep Learning Hardware Accelerators for Heterogeneous HPC Platforms, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • To Spike or Not to Spike: A Digital Hardware Perspective on Deep Learning Acceleration, 2023, IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems
  • CNN-on-AWS: Efficient Allocation of Multikernel Applications on Multi-FPGA Platforms, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • A Survey on Deep Learning Hardware Accelerators for Heterogeneous HPC Platforms, 2025, ACM Computing Surveys
  • Neural Networks for Indoor Person Tracking With Infrared Sensors, 2021, IEEE Sensors Letters

Frequent coauthors working alongside Luciano Lavagno include Mihai T. Lazarescu, Mario R. Casu, Giovanni Brignone, Teodoro Urso, and Jordi Cortadella. Collaborations with these researchers span multiple studies and publications.

The scientist commonly publishes in journals and platforms such as IEEE Access, arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Sensors Journal, and IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems.

Best Publications

  • Hardware-software co-design of embedded systems: the POLIS approach

    Felice Balarin;Massimiliano Chiodo;Paolo Giusto;Harry Hsieh

  • Design of embedded systems: formal models, validation, and synthesis

    S. Edwards;L. Lavagno;E.A. Lee;A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

  • Petrify: a tool for manipulating concurrent specifications and synthesis of asynchronous controllers

    Jordi Cortadella;Michael Kishinevsky;Alex Kondratyev;Luciano Lavagno

  • Hardware-software co design of embedded systems

    Felice Balarin;Massimiliano Chiodo;Paolo Giusto;Harry Hsieh

  • Metropolis: an integrated electronic system design environment

    F. Balarin;Y. Watanabe;H. Hsieh;L. Lavagno

  • Hardware-software codesign of embedded systems

    M. Chiodo;P. Giusto;A. Jurecska;H.C. Hsieh

  • Deriving Petri nets from finite transition systems

    J. Cortadella;M. Kishinevsky;L. Lavagno;A. Yakovlev

  • Logic Synthesis for Asynchronous Controllers and Interfaces

    Jordi Cortadella;Michael Kishinevsky;A. Kondratyev;Luciano Lavagno

  • Desynchronization: Synthesis of Asynchronous Circuits From Synchronous Specifications

    J. Cortadella;A. Kondratyev;L. Lavagno;C.P. Sotiriou

  • UML for Real

    Luciano Lavagno;Grant Martin;Bran Selic

  • Algorithms for Synthesis and Testing of Asynchronous Circuits

    Luciano Lavagno;Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

  • Algorithms for synthesis of hazard-free asynchronous circuits

    L. Lavagno;K. Keutzer;A. Sangicivanni-Vincentelli

  • Scheduling for embedded real-time systems

    F. Balarin;L. Lavagno;P. Murthy;A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

  • Formal models for embedded system design

    M. Sgroi;L. Lavagno;A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

  • Embedded UML: a merger of real-time UML and co-design

    Grant Martin;Luciano Lavagno;Jean Louis-Guerin

  • Synetgy: Algorithm-hardware Co-design for ConvNet Accelerators on Embedded FPGAs

    Yifan Yang;Qijing Huang;Bichen Wu;Tianjun Zhang

  • Handshake protocols for de-synchronization

    I. Blunno;J. Cortadella;A. Kondratyev;L. Lavagno

  • Synthesis of embedded software using free-choice Petri nets

    Marco Sgroi;Luciano Lavagno;Yosinori Watanabe;Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

  • UML for real: design of embedded real-time systems

    Luciano Lavagno;Grant Martin;Bran Selic

  • ECL: a specification environment for system-level design

    Luciano Lavagno;Ellen Sentovich

  • Synthesis of software programs for embedded control applications

    F. Balarin;M. Chiodo;P. Giusto;H. Hsieh

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli University of California, Berkeley
Jordi Cortadella
Jordi Cortadella Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Alex Yakovlev
Alex Yakovlev Newcastle University
Michael Kishinevsky
Michael Kishinevsky Intel (United States)
Sujit Dey
Sujit Dey University of California, San Diego
Massimo Violante
Massimo Violante Polytechnic University of Turin
Igor L. Markov
Igor L. Markov Synopsys (United States)
Kurt Keutzer
Kurt Keutzer University of California, Berkeley
Robert K. Brayton
Robert K. Brayton University of California, Berkeley
Albert Cohen
Albert Cohen Google (United States)

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