FIRE Workshop series

High-performance computing and data analytics (HPCDA) are currently driven by an increasing demand for computing and sustainability, which has largely favored GPUs due to their high performance and reasonable energy efficiency. FPGAs offer greater flexibility and energy efficiency, but have received less attention, despite their benefits. In fact, FPGAs have been proven efficient for many applications, from machine learning model inference (even at the edge) to scientific computing and data analytics. Yet, the widespread use of FPGAs is hindered by a general lack of understanding of the technology and its capabilities, combined with complex and cumbersome programming and deployment, and the (perceived) need for digital hardware knowledge. In turn, this often means that many applications use energy-hungry computing resources (like GPUs or CPUs) instead of a more sustainable approach (FPGA-based). Our goal is to create a community to boost the research and use of FPGA technology for HPCDA. The community will unite researchers in HPC, electrical engineering, computational science, data science, and performance engineering, and will collect and explore applications, tools, and best-practices for using FPGAs in HPCDA. To reach this ambitious goal, we create FIRE (FPGA Innovation Research Exchange), a platform that brings together FPGA experts and potential FPGA users in the Netherlands. We organize a series of technical symposia over a period of 18 months, thus facilitating knowledge and ideas exchange, and fostering innovation and collaboration among the affiliated universities and beyond. The FIRE platform will materialize as a know-how and know-who repository of national FPGA research in HPCDA.

• SURF (www.surf.nl/en): SURF is the collaborative organization for IT in Dutch education and research
• University of Twente (www.utwente.nl/en): A public technical university located in Enschede, the Netherlands.
• HWAcc Network (www.hwacc.nl): The Dutch network for computing hardware professionals
• 4TU.NIRICT (www.4tu.nl/nirict): Netherlands Institute for Research on ICT
•       5. Delft University of Technology (www.tudelft.nl/en): The oldest and largest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, the Netherlands

• Technical University of Eindhoven (www.tue.nl/en): A public technical university situated at Eindhoven in the Netherlands
• University of Groningen (www.rug.nl): A public research university in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands
•  QbayLogic (www.qbaylogic.com): An FPGA-based company located in Enschede in the Netherlands
• Wageningen University (www.wur.nl/en): A public research university in Wageningen, the Netherlands

Through the year 2023/2024 there were several events. In november or december 2024 will the last event take place. It will show the FIRE outcomes, report, and roadmap for the future.

If you like to stay updated about these  FIRE FPGA events, subscribe here:  [FIRE] Stay informed about upcoming events and activities

Past events
Fhe first event was organised in June 21-22, 2023 at SURF, Utrecht. FIRE (FPGA Innovation Research Exchange). Curious about the slides? All the slides presented in the event can be found here: Slides-FIRE-Symposium.zip.

On December 6, 2023, SURF organised, together with the HW Acceleration Network community, a HW acceleration workshop focused on application development using a HW-SW co-design approach. This talk is part of the “FIRE: FPGA Innovation Research Exchange“ series of events. The focus of this event is on optimizing applications on heterogeneous CPU-accelerator systems, addressing system design challenges to achieve full system optimization. We invite speakers from industry and academia to share their thoughts and experiences in using GPU and FPGA accelerated systems for a number of relevant applications domain.

Through the year 2023/2024 there were several events. In november or december 2024 will the last event take place. It will show the FIRE outcomes, report, and roadmap for the future.

If you like to stay updated about these  FIRE FPGA events, subscribe here:  [FIRE] Stay informed about upcoming events and activities

Past events
Fhe first event was organised in June 21-22, 2023 at SURF, Utrecht. FIRE (FPGA Innovation Research Exchange). Curious about the slides? All the slides presented in the event can be found here: Slides-FIRE-Symposium.zip.

On December 6, 2023, SURF organised, together with the HW Acceleration Network community, a HW acceleration workshop focused on application development using a HW-SW co-design approach. This talk is part of the “FIRE: FPGA Innovation Research Exchange“ series of events. The focus of this event is on optimizing applications on heterogeneous CPU-accelerator systems, addressing system design challenges to achieve full system optimization. We invite speakers from industry and academia to share their thoughts and experiences in using GPU and FPGA accelerated systems for a number of relevant applications domain.