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  1. Invited: Navigating the Frontier of Optimality and Complexity: Advanced Design Automation for Wavelength-Routed ONoCs

    Article • March 2026, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Zhidan Zheng, Ulf Schlichtmann

  2. ConfiBench: Automatic Testbench Generation with Confidence-Based Scenario Mask and Testbench Ensemble using LLMs for HDL Design

    Article • ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, October 2025, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  3. Special Sessions - Hardware-Software Co-Design for Machine Learning Systems Made Open-Source

    Article • September 2025, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Hassan Nassar, Ulf Schlichtmann, Philipp van Kempen

  4. HLSRewriter: Efficient Refactoring and Optimization of C/C++ Code with LLMs for High-Level Synthesis

    Article • ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, July 2025, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  5. Process-Variation-Aware Design Optimization for Wavelength-Routed Optical Networks-on-Chip

    Article • June 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  6. iG-kway: Incremental k-way Graph Partitioning on GPU

    Article • June 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  7. FT-MUX: A Fault-Tolerant Microfluidic Multiplexer Design

    Article • June 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  8. CPONoC: Critical Path-aware Physical Implementation for Optical Networks-on-Chip

    Article • January 2025, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Zhidan Zheng, Ulf Schlichtmann

  9. An Efficient General-Purpose Optical Accelerator for Neural Networks

    Article • January 2025, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  10. Dynamic Topology-Aware Flow Path Construction and Scheduling Optimization for Multilayered Continuous-Flow Microfluidic Biochips

    Article • January 2025, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  11. A Backup Resource Customization and Allocation Method for Wavelength-Routed Optical Networks-on-Chip Topologies

    Article • January 2025, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Zhidan Zheng, Ulf Schlichtmann

  12. 3M-DeSyn: Design Synthesis for Multi-Layer 3D-Printed Microfluidics with Timing and Volumetric Control

    Article • January 2025, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  13. HyperG: Multilevel GPU-Accelerated k-way Hypergraph Partitioner

    Article • January 2025, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  14. BasisN: Reprogramming-Free RRAM-Based In-Memory-Computing by Basis Combination for Deep Neural Networks

    Article • October 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  15. Minimizing Worst-Case Data Transmission Cycles in Wavelength-Routed Optical NoC through Bandwidth Allocation

    Article • October 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  16. RABER: Reliability-Aware Bayesian-Optimization-based Control Layer Escape Routing for Flow-based Microfluidics

    Article • October 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann, Rongliang Fu

  17. AutoBench: Automatic Testbench Generation and Evaluation Using LLMs for HDL Design

    Article • September 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  18. Automated C/C++ Program Repair for High-Level Synthesis via Large Language Models

    Article • September 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  19. Late Breaking Results: Efficient Built-in Self-Test for Microfluidic Large-Scale Integration (mLSI)

    Article • June 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  20. Multi-Resonance Mesh-Based Wavelength-Routed Optical Networks-on-Chip

    Article • June 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann, Zhidan Zheng

  21. LaMUX: Optimized Logic-Gate-Enabled High-Performance Microfluidic Multiplexer Design

    Article • June 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  22. muRISCV-NN: Challenging Zve32x Autovectorization with TinyML Inference Library for RISC-V Vector Extension

    Article • May 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Philipp van Kempen, Ulf Schlichtmann, Dr Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder

  23. Logic Design of Neural Networks for High-Throughput and Low-Power Applications

    Article • January 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  24. MLonMCU: TinyML Benchmarking with Fast Retargeting

    Article • September 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder, Ulf Schlichtmann, Philipp van Kempen

  25. Towards Rapid Exploration of Heterogeneous TinyML Systems using Virtual Platforms and TVM's UMA

    Article • September 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder, Ulf Schlichtmann, Philipp van Kempen

  26. PowerPruning: Selecting Weights and Activations for Power-Efficient Neural Network Acceleration

    Article • July 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  27. GAT-based Concentration Prediction for Random Microfluidic Mixers with Multiple Input Flow Rates

    Article • June 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  28. SOAER: Self-Obstacle Avoiding Escape Routing for Paper-Based Digital Microfluidic Biochips

    Article • June 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  29. FXT-Route

    Article • March 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  30. CompaSeC

    Article • January 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder, Ulf Schlichtmann

  31. Training PPA Models for Embedded Memories on a Low-data Diet

    Article • ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, December 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  32. CoMUX

    Article • October 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  33. An FPGA-based Approach to Evaluate Thermal and Resource Management Strategies of Many-core Processors

    Article • ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization, September 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marcel Mettler, Dr Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder, Ulf Schlichtmann

  34. GNN-based concentration prediction for random microfluidic mixers

    Article • July 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  35. Computer-aided Design Techniques for Flow-based Microfluidic Lab-on-a-chip Systems

    Article • ACM Computing Surveys, June 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  36. Differentially Evolving Memory Ensembles: Pareto Optimization based on Computational Intelligence for Embedded Memories on a System Level

    Article • January 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  37. REPAIR: Control Flow Protection based on Register Pairing Updates for SW-Implemented HW Fault Tolerance

    Article • ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, October 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder, Ulf Schlichtmann

  38. A Distributed Hardware Monitoring System for Runtime Verification on Multi-Tile MPSoCs

    Article • ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization, March 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marcel Mettler, Dr Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder, Ulf Schlichtmann

  39. Light

    Article • January 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann, Zhidan Zheng

  40. Connection-based Processing-In-Memory Engine Design Based on Resistive Crossbars

    Article • January 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  41. PathDriver

    Article • November 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  42. PSION 2

    Article • November 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  43. Predicting Memory Compiler Performance Outputs Using Feed-forward Neural Networks

    Article • ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, October 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  44. Machine Learning Approaches for Efficient Design Space Exploration of Application-Specific NoCs

    Article • ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, October 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Yong Hu, Dr Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder, Ulf Schlichtmann, Marcel Mettler

  45. Reliable and Robust RRAM-based Neuromorphic Computing

    Article • September 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  46. MiniControl

    Article • June 2019, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  47. Performance and accuracy in soft-error resilience evaluation using the multi-level processor simulator ETISS-ML

    Article • November 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann, Dr Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder

  48. CustomTopo

    Article • November 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  49. Multi-channel and fault-tolerant control multiplexing for flow-based microfluidic biochips

    Article • November 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Robert Wille, Ulf Schlichtmann

  50. Wavefront-MCTS

    Article • November 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Yong Hu, Ulf Schlichtmann, Dr Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder

  51. Graph-Grammar-Based IP-Integration (GRIP)—An EDA Tool for Software-Defined SoCs

    Article • ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, April 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder, Ulf Schlichtmann, Yong Hu

  52. Supporting Design of Embedded Software that is robust against Hardware Errors.

    Article • ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, January 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann, Petra Kleeberger, Dr Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder

  53. A Method for Phase Noise Analysis of RF Circuits

    Article • May 2017, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  54. Model-based framework for networks-on-chip design space exploration

    Article • January 2017, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder, Yong Hu, Ulf Schlichtmann

  55. From biochips to quantum circuits: computer-aided design for emerging technologies

    Article • November 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Robert Wille, Ulf Schlichtmann

  56. Where formal verification can help in functional safety analysis

    Article • November 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  57. PieceTimer

    Article • November 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  58. Control-fluidic CoDesign for paper-based digital microfluidic biochips

    Article • November 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  59. PROTON+

    Article • ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems, July 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  60. EffiTest

    Article • June 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  61. Columba

    Article • June 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  62. Dark silicon management: an integrated and coordinated cross-layer approach

    Article • it - Information Technology, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Ericles Sousa, Ulf Schlichtmann

  63. GRIP

    Article • June 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann, Dr Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder

  64. Reliability-aware synthesis for flow-based microfluidic biochips by dynamic-device mapping

    Article • June 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  65. Beyond GORDIAN and Kraftwerk

    Article • March 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann

  66. Application-aware cross-layer reliability analysis and optimization

    Article • it - Information Technology, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Ulf Schlichtmann, Dr Daniel Mueller-Gritschneder

  67. Non-intrusive trace & debug noc architecture with accurate timestamping for GALS SoCs

    Article • October 2012, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ulf Schlichtmann