Design automation
High-Level Synthesis, domain-specific compilation flows, simulation, verification for hardware accelerators.
Research
My main interests
High-performance computing
FPGA and ASIC acceleration, AI accelerators, parallel computing, and system-level design methods.
Computing for aerospace
Model-based design and acceleration techniques for space-grade FPGA platforms and embedded systems.
Research Papers
Selected publications
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2025
A Survey on Deep Learning Hardware Accelerators for Heterogeneous HPC Platforms
C. Silvano, D. Ielmini, F. Ferrandi, L. Fiorin, S. Curzel, L. Benini, et al., ACM Computing Surveys 57.11
DOI: 10.1145/3729215, Open Access
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2025
Augmented Co-Simulation for Fast Functional and System-Level Verification of HLS Accelerators
M. Fiorito, S. Curzel, and F. Ferrandi, 2025 IEEE/ACM International Conference On Computer Aided Design (ICCAD)
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2024
SPARTA: High-Level Synthesis of Parallel Multi-Threaded Accelerators
G. Gozzi, M. Fiorito, S. Curzel, C. Barone, V. G. Castellana, M. Minutoli et al., ACM TRETS 18.1
DOI: 10.1145/3677035, Open Access
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2023
Exploration of Synthesis Methods from Simulink Models to FPGA for Aerospace Applications
S. Curzel, M. Fiorito, P. L. Cueva, T. Jorge, T. Tsiodras, and F. Ferrandi, ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers
DOI: 10.1145/3587135.3592766, Open Access
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2022
End-to-End Synthesis of Dynamically Controlled Machine Learning Accelerators
S. Curzel, N. Bohm Agostini, V. G. Castellana, M. Minutoli, A. Limaye, J. Manzano, et al., IEEE Transactions on Computers 71.12
DOI: 10.1109/TC.2022.3211430, Open Access
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2022
Bridging Python to Silicon: The SODA Toolchain.
N. Bohm Agostini, S. Curzel, J. J. Zhang, A. Limaye, C. Tan, V. Amatya, et al., IEEE Micro 42.5 (Best Paper Award)
Research projects
Active research projects
ODE4EC-DIG
Open Design Environment for European Chips: Digital SoC Design.
ODE4EC-PIV
Open Design Environment for European Chips: Productivity, Interoperability, Verification.
Leader of WP5 and of the cross-project ODE4EC Dissemination & Training Board.
For students
Teaching and supervision
In 2025-2026, I am teaching Algoritmi e Architetture per il Calcolo ad Alte Prestazioni for the B.Sc. degree in Mathematical Engineering at PoliMi. All the course material is available on WeBeep.
M.Sc. students are welcome to contact me to discuss a thesis proposal if any of the topics I am working on are of interest; alternatively, check available projects here.
Contact
Get in touch
Dr. Serena Curzel
Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria
Politecnico di Milano