HEAP Lab is a cross-disciplinary research team with skills covering Embedded and Cyber Physical Systems, Design Methodologies, Low-power Design of Software and Hardware, Compiler Construction, and Embedded Systems Security and Data Privacy.

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Jun 25, 2025 1 min read
TODAES Rookie Award -- DAC 2025
TODAES Rookie Award -- DAC 2025

Davide Baroffio has been honoured with the TODAES Rookie Author of the Year (RAY) Award during the prestigious DAC 2025 Conference, held on June 25 in San Francisco.

His award-winning paper, titled “Enhanced Compiler Technology for Software-Based Hardware Fault Detection” and co-authored with Federico Reghenzani and Prof. William Fornaciari, was published in the ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Embedded Systems.

Nov 12, 2024 1 min read
Post-quantum digital signatures: two algorithms developed by DEIB among NIST competition finalists
Post-quantum digital signatures: two algorithms developed by DEIB among NIST competition finalists

Digital signatures play a crucial role in our everyday lives, safeguarding the authenticity of financial transactions, legal agreements, and digital media. However, the rise of quantum computing threatens the security of most currently deployed digital signature algorithms.

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Latest Publications

Andrea Galimberti, Gabriele Montanaro, Andrea Motta, Federico Proverbio, Davide Zoni (2025). A Benchmarking Platform for DDR4 Memory Performance in Data-Center-Class FPGAs. 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS).

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R. Capoferri, A. Barenghi, L. Breveglieri, N. Izzo, G. Pelosi (2025). A comparison of deep learning approaches for power-based side-channel attacks. Secure IT Systems.

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Francesco Antognazza, Alessandro Barenghi, Gerardo Pelosi (2025). An Efficient and Unified RTL Accelerator Design for HQC-128, HQC-192, and HQC-256. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTERS.

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