IObundle IP at 2020 Design&Reuse top10
IOb-SoC is a System-on-Chip template equipped with a CPU, a memory system and a serial communications module. By democratising the use of CPUs in electronic design, IOb-SoC is at the forefront of enabling powerful AI and machine learning algorithms in all sorts of electronic equipments, especially ultra low-poer ones. Users can easily customise IOb-SoC to implement more complex and specific SoCs. It uses RISC-V processors at its core, dispensing with cumbersome and expensive solutions such as ARM processors. By democratising the use of CPUs in electronic design, IOb-SoC is at the forefront of enabling powerful AI and machine learning algorithms in all sorts of electronic equipment, especially ultra-low-power ones. It is released in the public domain under the MIT permissive license and distributed using the Github platform. By providing the code publicly, and at no charge, stakeholders can easily use IOb-SoC for teaching, research, and industrial innovation.
The motivation for IOb-SoC is that of a speedy and straightforward setup, quickly grasped by students, instructors, researchers and innovators. The IOb-SoC hardware uses the System Verilog language, and its software uses the C/C++ languages.
The design is straightforward: the processor reads instructions and accesses data from the memory system and peripherals, and executes the program. The system has been used in several master’s dissertations and is being used in one PhD work, supervised by our researcher José Teixeira de Sousa.
IOb-SoC has also been used as a research tool and industrial applications.
Upcoming Events
Educational Workshop on Responsible AI for Peace and Security (UNODA)
On June 6 and 7, The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) are offering a selected group of technical students the opportunity to join a 2-day educational workshop on Responsible AI for peace and security.
The third workshop in the series will be held in Porto Salvo, Portugal, in collaboration with GAIPS, INESC-ID, and Instituto Superior Técnico. The workshop is open to students affiliated with universities in Europe, Central and South America, the Middle East and Africa, Oceania, and Asia.
Date & Time: June 6 a 7
Where: IST – Tagus Park, Porto Salvo
Registration deadline: April 8
Summary: “As with the impacts of Artificial intelligence (AI) on people’s day-to-day lives, the impacts for international peace and security include wide-ranging and significant opportunities and challenges. AI can help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, but its dual-use nature means that peaceful applications can also be misused for harmful purposes such as political disinformation, cyberattacks, terrorism, or military operations. Meanwhile, those researching and developing AI in the civilian sector remain too often unaware of the risks that the misuse of civilian AI technology may pose to international peace and security and unsure about the role they can play in addressing them. Against this background, UNODA and SIPRI launched, in 2023, a three-year educational initiative on Promoting Responsible Innovation in AI for Peace and Security. The initiative, which is supported by the Council of the European Union, aims to support greater engagement of the civilian AI community in mitigating the unintended consequences of civilian AI research and innovation for peace and security. As part of that initiative, SIPRI and UNODA are organising a series of capacity building workshops for STEM students (at PhD and Master levels). These workshops aim to provide the opportunity for up-and-coming AI practitioners to work together and with experts to learn about a) how peaceful AI research and innovation may generate risks for international peace and security; b) how they could help prevent or mitigate those risks through responsible research and innovation; c) how they could support the promotion of responsible AI for peace and security.”