Prof. Federico Reghenzani and Ph.D. candidates Davide Baroffio, Emilio Corigliano, and Tomas Antonio Lopez carried out a series of experiments at the PARTREC particle accelerator in Groningen (Netherlands).
The team’s research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of software-based mitigation techniques against radiation-induced transient faults. These techniques, implemented in ASPIS, aim at protecting low-cost Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components for their operation in radiation-prone environments, such as space applications. PARTREC cyclotron accelerator allowed to reproduce the effects of protons to test the effectiveness of the implemented techniques in a more realistic environment.
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.