The Reliabile Silicon Systems Lab (RSSL), in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill University, conducts computer system optimization research targeting a wide variety of applications, from safety-critical automotive and aerospace systems, to machine learning on complex multiprocessors.

Computer system design faces a multitude of challenges today, given the expectations of reliable high performance software, and low-power execution, on affordable hardware. RSSL is dedicated to the development of novel architectures and automation methodologies that support hardware-software co-design and optimization of heterogeneous multiprocessor systems. Recent topics include research on:

• Computer architecture and automated computer system design
• Fault-tolerant and safety-critical system design
• Aerospace and automative system security
• Hardware-software optimization of machine learning systems

RSSL is directed by Professor Brett H. Meyer, who has more than 20 years of experience in research on the optimization of computer systems; the lab is supported by funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQNT), and, industrial sponsors.

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