TA5-WP2/WP5: Working meeting - neural networks on FPGAs

Monday 8 Apr 2024, 09:30 → 10:30 Europe/Berlin

https://cern.zoom.us/j/63229680038?pwd=Y3VzTDZaUys5cmFnRExzS2V4bUx6QT09

Zoom

• preparation of FPGA workshop:
  • weeks in September 9-13 or 23-27 look most attractive
  • make a dudel to find out about preference of TA5-FPGA group
  • announce plan at next TA5 meeting (Apr 11)
  • contact other TA's for input/suggestions
• write announcement of June CERN FPGA workshop
• new student in Dortmund group: N. Schulte will work on LHCb b-trigger/tracker
• next meeting: Monday May 6 at 9h30

09:30 → 09:35 Introduction

09:35 → 09:50 Discussion of in-person workshop

Ideas for hands-on collected last meeting:

   ANN models for FPGA: frameworks (Tensor Flow, ...), ...
       pipeline from idea to realisation in firmware
       quantization aware training
   OneAPI (replacement of HLS for Intel)
   generic tool for FPGA machine learning: simple accelerator PC card (Alveo, ...)
       ATLAS tracking
       large data I/O possible between FPGAs
       experience FPGA farm? 
       hls4ml: from compiled network to FPGA implementation, data access, ...
   Versal AI engines

2 days in September

Tentative weeks: Sep 9-13; Sep 23-27