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RIKEN Center for Computational Science Processor Research Team

Team Principal: Kentaro Sano (Ph.D.)

Research Summary

Kentaro  Sano(Ph.D.)

"We conduct research on high-performance and low-power computer architectures, considering technological trends in semiconductor manufacturing and packaging technologies and memory technologies as follows:

  • +Next-generation computer architecture for HPC and AI, in particular, coarse-grained reconfigurable arrays (CGRAs).
  • +Application-specific computer architecture optimized for each problem. For example, quantum error correction hardware, and hardware for near-sensor processing in synchrotron radiation facilities
  • +Systems for research on high-performance application-specific computer architectures. Especially, an FPGA cluster system

Main Research Fields

  • Engineering

Related Research Fields

  • Informatics
  • Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering

Keywords

  • Computer Architecture
  • Domain-specific hardware design
  • Hardware Algorithms
  • Advanced AI Device
  • Fault-tolerant quantum computer

Selected Publications

  • 1. Franck Cappello, Sheng Di, Robert Underwood, Dingwen Tao, Jon Calhoun, Yoshii Kazutomo, Kento Sato, Amarjit Singh, Luc Giraud, Emmanuel Agullo, Xavier Yepes, Mario Acosta, Sian Jin, Jiannan Tian, Frédéric Vivien, Boyuan Zhang, Kentaro Sano, Tomohiro Ueno, Thomas Grützmacher, Hartwig Anzt
    "Multifacets of lossy compression for scientific data in the Joint-Laboratory of Extreme Scale Computing"
    FGCS (Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems), Vol.163, DOI:10.1016/j.future.2024.05.022, 2024.
  • 2. Juan Miguel de Haro Ruiz, Carlos Alvarez Martınez, Daniel Jimenez-Gonzalez, Xavier Martorell, Tomohiro Ueno, Kentaro Sano, Burkhard Ringlein, Francois Abel, Beat Weiss
    "Automated parallel execution of distributed task graphs with FPGA clusters"
    FGCS (Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems), Vol.160, Issue C, pp.808-824, DOI:10.1016/j.future.2024.06.041, 2024.
  • 3. Tomohiro Ueno, Emanuele Del Sozzo, Kentaro Sano
    "Flexible Systolic Array Platform on Virtual 2-D Multi-FPGA Plane"
    Proceedings of HPC Asia 2024: The International Conference on High Performance Computing in Asia-Pacific Region, pp.84–94, DOI: 10.1145/3635035.3637285, Jan 25–27, 2024.
  • 4. Emanuele Del Sozzo, Xinyuan Wang, Boma Adhi, Carlos Cortes, Jason Anderson, Kentaro Sano
    "Exploration of Trade-offs Between General-Purpose and Specialized Processing Elements in HPC-Oriented CGRA"
    Proceedings of IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), pp.668-680, DOI: 10.1109/IPDPS57955.2024.00065., 2024.
  • 5. Emanuele Del Sozzo, Davide Conficconi, Kentaro Sano
    "Across Time and Space: Senju’s Approach for Scaling Iterative Stencil Loop Accelerators on Single and Multiple FPGAs"
    FPT Journal Track with ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems (TRETS), Vol.17, Issue.2, Article No.28, pp.1-33, DOI: 10.1145/3634920, 2024.
  • 6. Philippos Papaphilippou, Kentaro Sano, Boma A. Adhi, and Wayne Luk
    "Experimental survey of FPGA-based monolithic switches and a novel queue balancer"
    IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol.34, no.5, pp.1621-1634, DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2023.3244589, 2023.
  • 7. Kentaro Sano, Atsushi Koshiba, Takaaki Miyajima, and Tomohiro Ueno
    "ESSPER: Elastic and Scalable FPGA-Cluster System for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing with Supercomputer Fugaku"
    Proceedings of HPC Asia2023, pp.140-150, DOI: 10.1145/3578178.3579341, 2023.
  • 8. Tomohiro Ueno and Kentaro Sano
    "VCSN: Virtual Circuit-Switching Network for Flexible and Simple-to-Operate Communication in HPC FPGA Cluster"
    ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems (TRETS), Vol.16, Issue.2, Article No.25, pp.1-32, DOI: 10.1145/3579848, 2023.
  • 9. Boma Adhi, Carlos Cortes, Yiyu Tan, Takuya Kojima, Artur Podobas, and Kentaro Sano
    "The Cost of Flexibility: Embedded versus Discrete Routers in CGRAs for HPC"
    Proceedings of IEEE Cluster Conference (CLUSTER), pp.347-356, DOI: 10.1109/CLUSTER51413.2022.00046, Sep 6-9, 2022.
  • 10. Artur Podobas, Kentaro Sano, and Satoshi Matsuoka
    "A Survey on Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architectures from a Performance Perspective"
    IEEE Access, Vol.8, pp.146719-146743, DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3012084, 2020.

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Lab Members

Principal investigator

Kentaro Sano
Team Principal

Core members

Tomohiro Ueno
Research Scientist
Akira Jinguji
Research Scientist
Boma Anantasatya Adhi
Research Scientist
Jan Erik Reinhard Wichmann
Postdoctoral Researcher
Prasoon Ambalathankandy
Postdoctoral Researcher
Werner Oswaldo Florian Samayoa
Postdoctoral Researcher
Jiaheng Liu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Yanchen Li
Postdoctoral Researcher
Chenlin Shi
Junior Research Associate

Careers

Position Deadline
Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (K24072) Open until filled
Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (K24071) Open until filled

Contact Information

Kobe Center for Medical Innovation
6-3-5 Minatojima-minami-machi, Chuo-ku,
Kobe, Hyogo
650-0047 Japan
Email: kentaro.sano@riken.jp

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