A systematic literature review on hardware reliability assessment methods for deep neural networks

MH Ahmadilivani, M Taheri, J Raik… - ACM Computing …, 2024‏ - dl.acm.org
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and, in particular, Machine Learning (ML), have emerged to be
utilized in various applications due to their capability to learn how to solve complex …

Artificial neural networks for space and safety-critical applications: Reliability issues and potential solutions

P Rech - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Machine learning is among the greatest advancements in computer science and
engineering and is today used to classify or detect objects, a key feature in autonomous …

Assessing convolutional neural networks reliability through statistical fault injections

A Ruospo, G Gavarini, C De Sio… - … , Automation & Test …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Assessing the reliability of modern devices running CNN algorithms is a very difficult task.
Actually, the complexity of the state-of-the-art devices makes exhaustive Fault Injection (FI) …

A survey on deep learning resilience assessment methodologies

A Ruospo, E Sanchez, LM Luza, L Dilillo, M Traiola… - Computer, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep learning (DL) reliability is becoming a growing concern, and efficient reliability
assessment approaches are required to meet safety constraints. This article presents a …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review and a taxonomy of edge machine learning: Requirements, paradigms, and techniques

W Li, H Hacid, E Almazrouei, M Debbah - Ai, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
The union of Edge Computing (EC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought forward the
Edge AI concept to provide intelligent solutions close to the end-user environment, for …

Impact of high-level-synthesis on reliability of artificial neural network hardware accelerators

M Traiola, FF Dos Santos, P Rech… - … on Nuclear Science, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dedicated hardware is required to efficiently execute the highly resource-demanding
modern artificial neural networks (ANNs). The high complexity of ANN systems has …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating single event upsets in deep neural networks for semantic segmentation: An embedded system perspective

J Gutiérrez-Zaballa, K Basterretxea… - Journal of Systems …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
As the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms at edge devices becomes
increasingly prevalent, enhancing the robustness and reliability of autonomous AI-based …

Selective hardening of critical neurons in deep neural networks

A Ruospo, G Gavarini, I Bragaglia… - … on Design and …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the literature, it is argued that Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) possess a certain degree of
robustness mainly for two reasons: their distributed and parallel architecture, and their …

Sci-fi: a smart, accurate and unintrusive fault-injector for deep neural networks

G Gavarini, A Ruospo… - 2023 IEEE European Test …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, the reliability of Deep Neural Networks (DNN) has become the focus of an
increasing number of research activities. In particular, researchers have focused on …

[HTML][HTML] Gated-CNN: Combating NBTI and HCI aging effects in on-chip activation memories of Convolutional Neural Network accelerators

NL Muñoz, A Valero, RG Tejero, D Zoni - Journal of Systems Architecture, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Negative Bias Temperature Instability (NBTI) and Hot Carrier Injection (HCI) are two
of the main reliability threats in current technology nodes. These aging phenomena degrade …