Research Unit Embedded Computing Systems

Research Unit

Research Unit Embedded Computing Systems

  • E191-02
  • A research unit of the Institute of Computer Engineering

The scope of our research and teaching activities at the Embedded Computing Systems unit ranges from dependable and power-efficient digital circuits to future generation computer architectures to networked embedded systems and fault-tolerant distributed systems in general.

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The scope of our research and teaching activities at the Embedded Computing Systems unit ranges from dependable and power-efficient digital circuits to future generation computer architectures to networked embedded systems and fault-tolerant distributed systems in general.

Nonwithstanding a clear focus on scientific research, the spectrum of our work ranges from formal-mathematical analysis to simulation-based experimental evaluation to prototype implementations. With respect to teaching, the ECS group is primarily responsible for related courses in the Bachelor’s and Master’s programs Technische Informatik (Computer Engineering).

 
Daniel Müller-Gritschneder
Daniel Müller-Gritschneder D. Müller-Gritschneder

Head of Research Unit
Univ.Prof. Dr. DI

Andreas Steininger
Andreas Steininger A. Steininger

Curriculum Commission for Computer Engineering
Ao.Univ.Prof. DI Dr.

 

Ulrich Schmid
Ulrich Schmid U. Schmid

Retired Professor
Univ.Prof.i.R. DI Dr.

 

Dylan Baumann
Dylan Baumann D. Baumann

PreDoc Researcher
DI / BSc

Stephan Felber
Stephan Felber S. Felber

PreDoc Researcher
DI / BSc

Florian Ferdinand Huemer
Florian Ferdinand Huemer F. Huemer

Faculty Council
DI Dr. / BSc

Johannes Kappes
Johannes Kappes J. Kappes

PreDoc Researcher
MSc

Yang Liu
Yang Liu Y. Liu

PreDoc Researcher

 

Daniel Schloms
Daniel Schloms D. Schloms

Student Staff
BSc

 

 

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  • Daniel Müller-Gritschneder: Best Paper Award: Moritz Thoma, Tobias Preintner, Emad Aghajanzadeh, Shambhavi Balamuthu Sampath, Pierpaolo Mori, Nael Fasfous, Manoj-Rohit Vemparala, Alexander Frickenstein, Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder, Ulf Schlichtmann; Uncertainty Aware Training to Improve Uncertainty Active Learning for Semantic Segmentation Proceedings of the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR) Workshops, 2025
    2025 / SAIAD Workshop, CVPR25 / USA / Website
  • Daniel Müller-Gritschneder: Best Student Paper Award: Pierpaolo Mori, Lukas Frickenstein, Shambhavi Balamuthu Sampath, Moritz Thoma, Nael Fasfous, Manoj Rohit Vemparala, Alexander Frickenstein, Christian Unger, Walter Stechele, Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder, Claudio Passerone "Wino Vidi Vici: Conquering Numerical Instability of 8-Bit Winograd Convolution for Accurate Inference Acceleration on Edge"
    2024 / IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision 2024 / USA
  • Daniel Müller-Gritschneder: Best Paper Award: Samira Ahmadi, Rafael Stahl, Philipp van Kempen, Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder and Ulf Schlichtmann. "Towards Rapid Exploration of Heterogeneous TinyML Systems using Virtual Platforms and TVM’s UMA."
    2023 / Workshop on Compilers, Deployment, and Tooling for Edge AI. / Germany
  • Daniel Müller-Gritschneder: Habilitationspreis
    2019 / Bund der Freunde der technischen Universität München / Germany / Website
  • Daniel Müller-Gritschneder: Best Paper Award for Paper: Saman Payvar, Mir Khan, Rafael Stahl, Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder, Jani Boutellier "Neural Network-based Vehicle Image Classification for IoT Devices"
    2019 / IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, SiPS 2019 / China
  • Daniel Müller-Gritschneder: Senior Member
    2019 / IEEE / USA
  • Josef Widder: FIT-IT Embedded Systems Dissertationsstipendium "Distributed Computing in the Presence of Bounded Asynchrony"
    2004 / Austria
  • Ulrich Schmid: Synchronized Universal Time Coordinated for Distributed Real-Time Systems
    1997 / START-Programm / Austria
  • Ulrich Schmid: Kardinal Innitzer Förderungspreis
    1995 / Kardinal-Innitzer-Preis / Austria

 

Research Overview

The Embedded Computing Systems (ECS) Research Unit (191-02), which includes Prof. Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder and Prof. Andreas Steininger is focusing on computer architecture and design methods as well as VLSI design aspects. Current research topics include:

Computer Architecture Group (Prof. Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder)

  • Edge AI, Embedded ML, tinyML, especially ML compilers
  • Domain-specific RISC-V architectures,
  • Pre-silicon simulators,
  • Fault tolerance for safety-critical applications
  • HW security - especially fault attacks

VLSI Design Team (Prof. Andreas Steininger)

  • Asynchronous (“clockless”) logic design
  • Timing-domain interfacing and metastability
  • GALS architectures

Distributed Systems Group (Prof. Ulrich Schmid), Prof. Ulrich Schmid retired in Sep. 2025.

  • Fault-tolerant distributed algorithms
  • Real-time systems
  • Digital integrated circuits
  • Epistemic logic, topology
  • Distributed real-time systems
  • Embedded systems
  • Digital design.

Teaching Overview

The teaching of the Embedded Computing Systems (ECS) covers the topics of digital hardware design and computer architecture in the Bachelor Computer Engineering as well as in the Master Embedded Computing Systems.