Pier Stanislao PAOLUCCI Home Page Roma, Italy

Present Positions:

·         Coordinator of the European Integrated Project SHAPES: Scalable Software Hardware Architecture Platform for Embedded Systems  (foreseen project start: 2006)

·         Technology Director, ATMEL Roma

·         Permanent Staff Researcher (part-time), INFN Roma, APE Massive Parallel Computers Design Group

Scientific presentation of Diopsis 740, the first multi-processor system-on-chip based on the mAgic VLIW floating-point DSP, taped-out by ATMEL Roma in 2003,:

·         Hot Chips 15 Conference, Stanford, (2003) follow the link to 

·         Janus: a Gigaflop RISC + VLIW SoC Tile. Note: Diopsis 740 in the commercial name of Janus.

A few press articles regarding the results of the activities of Pier Stanislao PAOLUCCI:

·         Bernard Cole, on Embedded.com, 20050705, about SHAPES and DSP+RISC Programming

·         Dave Bursky, on Electronic Design, 2003, about mAgic Floating Point VLIW DSP

·         Patrick Mannion on eetimes, 20030623

·         mAgic VLIW DSP Core Press release, on CNET.COM

·         GSPTimes, June 30th, 2003 on mAgic

·         Robert Cravotta on EDN (June 24th) 

Past Positions:

·         Co-Founder of IPITEC

·         Architecture Responsible of the ESPRIT European Project mAgic-FIPU 27000

·         Co-founder of NERGAL

·         Partner of ITACA

·         Since 1984, member of the INFN APE, APE100 and APEmille design teams of Massive Parallel Computers

Keywords: 

·         mAgic VLIW Floating Point DSP Core (mAgic Home Page)

·         APE SIMD Massive Parallel Computing Project (Ape Home Page)

·         MADE: Modular Architecture/Application Development Environment (Science Direct portal)

·         DyProDe Patent: Dynamic Program Decompression Device for VLIW Program Compression

·         Cubed Sphere: simulation of spherical problems on next-neighbors parallel computer topologies

·         SIMD Matrix Transposition on next-neighbors topologies

·         SIMD FFT on next neighbors topologies 

·         Evolving Grammars and Dynamic Parsers (ACM portal)

·         Zz Parser

·         TAO Programming Language (DESY library)

·         Esprit 27000

·         DIAM Digital AM Radio Eureka

·         Neural Networks on next neighbors topologies

·         Fully connected systems on next neighbors topologies

e-mail addresses:

·         Pier Stanislao Paolucci, Chief Technical Officer, ATMEL ROMA

·         pier.paolucci@atmelroma.it , http://www.atmelroma.it, http://www.atmel.com

·         Pier Stanislao Paolucci, Permanent Staff Researcher (part-time), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - c/o Dip. di Fisica - Univ. Roma "La Sapienza", pier.paolucci@roma1.infn.it

Acknowledgements:

·         This site is dedicated to my wife Antonella and my daughter Fiamma Flavia and to my parents Birgit and Ermete. The human being is what his brain learned from the interaction with other humans, institutions and mother nature (items marked with * acted on me only by media, the list is written in time reversal appearance order): Nancy B. Green, Antonio Cerruto, Piergiovanni Bazzana, Ipitec s.r.l.,  Fiamma Flavia Paolucci, Eugenio Guarino, Yves Fusella, Philippe Kajfasz, Bernard Candaele, Lucio Russo*, Andrea Baiocchini, Andrea Ricciardi, Ben Altieri, Paola Pasquini, Noemi Primieri, Shirine Rofougaran, Rosina Tonti, Navone Pasquini, Nergal s.r.l., Elena Pastorelli, Giovanni Stefani, Davide Rossetti, Alessandro Lonardo, Mariano Manenti, Carlo Iodice, Stefano Pratesi, Riccardo Simonazzi, Valeria Ghisalberti, Thera s.r.l., Emanuele Panizzi, Giuseppe Bastianello, Antonella Pasquini,  Mario Torelli, Marcello Cini, Gian Marco Todesco (link to his "toonz" creature), Raffaele Tripiccione, Enzo Marinari, Nicola Cabibbo, Giorgio Parisi, INFN Roma, Itaca s.r.l., Francesca Grassi, Francesco Danza, Simone Cabasino, Johann Sebastian Bach*, Richard Feynman*, Claudio Spina, Carlo Bernardini, Giorgio Salvini, Francesco Severi, Walter Tross, Dip. di Fisica dell'Universita' di Roma, Federica Sampo', Erminia Belli, Albert Einstein*, Le Scienze (Scientific American), Camillo Marra, Francesca Santoni, Maria Banci, Hector Hawton*, Corrado Sampo', Liceo Classico Cristo Re di Roma, Jacques Yves Cousteau*, Paola Fabbri, A.S. Roma Nuoto, Carlo Sardella, CONI F.I.N. Nuoto Roma, Elisabetta Horvath, Ludwig Van Beethoven*, CONI FIN Milano,  Suor Giuseppa, Argia Savi, Carlo Paolucci, Ellen Mühlenfeldt, Ermete Paolucci, Birgit Kirsten Mühlenfeldt

Partial List of Publications on Scientific Journals/Conference Proceedings:  

[60]    Janus: a Gigaflop RISC + VLIW SoC Tile, Pier S. Paolucci et al. Hot Chips 15 Conference, Stanford, (August 18th, 2003) http://www.hotchips.org/archive/hc15/pdf/9.atmel.pdf

[59]     mAgic-FPU and MADE: A customizable VLIW core and the modular VLIW processor architecture description environment Pier S. Paolucci, Philippe Kajfasz, et al. Philippe Bonnot, Bernard Candaele, Daniel Maufroid, Elena Pastorelli, Andrea Ricciardi et al., Computer Physics Communications, 139,1 (Sep 2001) 132-143 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0010-4655(01)00235-1

[58]     mAgic FPU: VLIW Floating Point Engines for “System-on-Chip” Applications D. Maufroid, P.S. Paolucci, P. Kajfasz, A. Bertini, "Business and Work in the Information Society: New Technologies and Applications" Emmsec 99 Conference Proceedings, (1999) Stockholm, Sweden, Edited by Jean-Yves Roger, Brian Stanford-Smith & Paul T. Kidd. CheshireHenbury (1999) ISBN 90-5199-491-5

[57]     The teraflop supercomputer APEmille: architecture, software and project status report F. Aglietti, A. Bartoloni, C. Battista, S. Cabasino, M. Cosimi, A. Michelotti, A. Monello, E. Panizzi, P. S. Paolucci, W. Rinaldi et al. Computer Physics Communications, 110,1-3 (May 1998) 216-219

[56]      An Overview of the APEmille Project A. Bartoloni, S. Cabasino*, M. Cosimi, P. De Riso, A. Lonardo, A. Michelotti, E. Panizzi, P. S. Paolucci, D. Rossetti, M. Torelli et al. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, 60,1-2 (Jan 1998) 237-240

[55]     The ‘Cubed Sphere’:  (A New Method for the Solution of Partial Differential Equations in Spherical Geometry) C.Ronchi, R. Iacono and P.S. Paolucci Journ. Comp. Phys. 124,1 (March 1996) http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jcph.1996.0047

[54]     N-Body Classical Systems and Neural Networks on APE100 Massive Parallel Computers P.S. Paolucci Int. Journ. Mod. Phys. C 6(1995)169

[53]     SIMD algorithm for Matrix Transposition N. Cabibbo, P.S. Paolucci Int. Journ. Mod. Phys. C 6(1995)183

[52]     Finite Difference Approximation to the Shallow Water Equations on a Quasi-Uniform Spherical Grid C.Ronchi, R. Iacono and P.S. Paolucci B. Hertzberger and G. Serazzi (Editors) High Performance Computing and Networking - HPCN Europe 1995 (Springer-Verlag, 1995)741

[51]     A Lattice Study of the Exclusive B->K*g decay  amplitude, using the Clover action at b=6.0 A.Abada et al. CERN-TH/95-59 ROMA prep N. 94/1056 submitted to Phys.Lett. B

[50]     Quenched BK-parameter with the Wilson and Clover Actions at  b=6.0 A.Bartoloni et al. Nucl. Phys B (Proc.Suppl) 42(1995)397

[49]     B->K*g decay on APE A.Abada et al. Nucl. Phys B (Proc.Suppl) 42(1995)379

[48]     A High Statistics Lattice Calculation of fBstatic at b=6.2 using the Clover Action C.R.Allton et al. Phys. Lett. B 326(1994)295

[47]     APE Results of Hadron Masses in Full QCD Simulations S.Antonelli et al. Nucl. Phys. B (Proc.Suppl) 42(1995)300

[46]     The new wave of the APE Project: APEmille A. Bartoloni et al. Nucl. Phys. B (Proc.Suppl) 42(1995)17

[45]     Lattice Calculations of D- and B-Meson Semileptonic Decays, Using the Clover Action at b=6.0 on APE C.R. Allton et al. Phys. Lett. B 345 (1995) 513

[44]     Status of APE100 and Full QCD Simulations S. Antonelli et al. Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 34(1994)826

[43]     D- and B-Meson Semi-Leptonic Decays A. Abada et al. Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 34(1994)477

[42]     Decay Constants of Heavy-Light Mesons C.R. Allton et al. Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 34(1994)456

[41]     Light Quark Physics on Different Lattices C.R.Allton et al. Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 34(1994)360

[40]     Polyakov Loops and Finite-Size Effects of Hadron Masses in Full  Lattice QCD S.Antonelli et al. Phys. Lett B 345(1995)49

[39]     A High Statistics Lattice Calculation of fB in the static limit on Ape b=6.2 using the Clover Action C.R.Allton et al. Nucl. Phys. B 413(1994)461

[38]     A Hardware Implementation of the APE100 Architecture A. Bartoloni et al. Int. Journ. Mod. Phys. C  4(1993)969

[37]     The Software of the APE100 Processor A. Bartoloni et al.  Int. Journ. Mod. Phys. C 4(1993)955

[36]     The APE100 Computer: (I) the Architecture C. Battista et al. Int. Journ. of High Speed Computing 5(1993)637

[35]        Preliminary Results from APE100 A. Bartoloni et al. Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 30(1993)469

[34]        Dynamic Parsers and Evolving Grammars S. Cabasino, P.S. Paolucci, G.M. Todesco ACM SIGPLAN Notices 27(1992)

[33]        Dynamic Parsers, Evolving Grammars and Incremental Languages S. Cabasino, P.S. Paolucci, G.M. Todesco Internal Note N. 863 Dip.Fisica Univ. Roma (1992)

[32]      Physics with APE100: First Experiences P.S. Paolucci C.Verkerk and W.Wojcik (Editors) Computing in High Energy Physics '92 (Annecy, 1992) CERN 92-07 (CERN,Geneve, 1992)365

[31]     Simulazione di  flussi 3-D su super-computer paralleli APE100 con solutore esplicito F. Mandolini, P.S. Paolucci, C. Bruno Private Communication (Roma, 1992)

[30]     LBE Simulations of Rayleigh-Benard Convection on the APE100 Parallel Processor A. Bartoloni et al. Int. Journ. Mod. Phys. C 4(1993)993

[29]      A High Performance Single Chip Processing Unit for Parallel Processing and Data Acquisition  Systems G. Bastianello et al. Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. A 324(1993)543

[28]     APE  Quenched Spectrum S. Cabasino et al. Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 20(1991)399

[27]     b=6.0 Staggered Quenched Fermions S. Cabasino et al. Phys. Lett. B 258(1991)202

[26]     b=6.0 Quenched Wilson Fermions S. Cabasino et al. Phys. Lett. B 258(1991)195

[25]     MAD, a Floating Point  Unit for Massively -Parallel Processors A. Bartoloni et al. Particle World 2(1991)65

[24]     From APE to APE-100: from 1 to 100 Gigaflops in Lattice Gauge Theory Simulations N. Avico et al. Comput. Phys. Commun. 57(1989)285

[23]     System and Applicative Software for the APE Computer Family P. Bacilieri  et al. Workshop A.I.C.A. (Bologna,1989)

[22]     From APE to APE100: Present and Future of the APE Project P. Bacilieri et al. M.Budinich, E.Castelli and A. Colavita (Editors) International Conference on the Impact of Digital Microelectronics and Microprocessors (Trieste, 1988)  (World Scientific,1988)

[21]     The APE Computer : A Fast Array Processor M. Albanese et al. Atti della Commemorazione di E. Amaldi (Roma,1990)

[20]     Status of Quenched QCD on APE Computers S. Cabasino et al. Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 16(1990)554

[19]     The APE with a Small Mass S. Cabasino et al. Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.)  17(1990)431

[18]     The APE with a Small Jump S. Cabasino et al. Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 17(1990)218

[17]     Staggered Fermions at b=5.7 : Smeared Operators on Large Lattices P. Bacilieri et al. Nucl. Phys. B 343(1990)228

[16]     APE: a Fast Array Processor for Physics Simulations P. Bacilieri et al. L.P. Kartashev and S.I.Kartashev (Editors) Third International Conference on Supercomputing (Boston, 1988) International Supercomputing Institute 1(1988)157

[15]     A New  Computation of the Correlation Length near the Deconfining Transition in SU(3) P. Bacilieri et al. Phys. Lett. B 224(1989)333   

[14]     The Deconfining Phase Transition and the Glueball Channels in Pure Gauge QCD P. Bacilieri et al. Phys. Lett. B 220(1989)607

[13]     On the Order of Deconfining Phase Transition in  Pure Gauge QCD P.Bacilieri et al. Nucl. Phys. B 9(Proc. Suppl.)(1989)315

[12]     The Deconfining Phase Transition  in Lattice Gauge SU(3) P. Bacilieri et al. Nucl. Phys. B 318(1989)553

[11]     Order of Deconfining Phase Transition in Pure-Gauge QCD P. Bacilieri et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 61(1988)1545

[10]     The Hadronic Mass Spectrum in Quenched Lattice QDC: b=5.7 P. Bacilieri et al. Nucl. Phys. B 317(1989)509

[9]       The Hadronic Mass Spectrum in  Quenched Lattice QCD: Results at  b=5.7 andb=6.0 P. Bacilieri et al. Phys. Lett. B 214(1988)115

[8]       Eigenstates and Limit Cycles in the SK Model S. Cabasino, E. Marinari, P.S. Paolucci and G. Parisi J. Phys. A, Math. Gen. 21(1988)4201

[7]       Scaling in Lattice QCD: Glueball Masses and String Tension P. Bacilieri et al. Phys. Lett. B 205(1988)535

[6]       Glue Ball Masses and the Loop-Loop Correlation Functions M. Albanese et al. Phys. Lett. B 197(1987)400

[5]       Glue Ball Masses and String Tension in Lattice Q.C.D. M. Albanese et al. Phys. Lett. B 192(1987)163

[4]       A 3-D Filtered Back-Projection Algorithm for a 3-D PET M. Conti et al., V.Cappellini and A.G.Constantinides (Editors) Digital Signal Processing 87 (Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., North-Holland, 1987

[3]       The Ape Computer: an Array Processor Optimized for Lattice Gauge Theory Simulations M. Albanese et al. Comp. Phys. Comm. 45(1987)345

[2]       The Ape Project: a Gigaflop Parallel Processor for Lattice Calculations P. Bacilieri et al. L.O. Hertzberger and W. Hoogland (Editors) Computing in High Energy Physics 85, (Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., North-Holland, 1986)

[1]       Proposal of  a Computer for Lattice Calculations P. Bacilieri et al. Nota interna ROM2F/85/6 (Roma, 1985) Dip. di Fisica, Universita' di Roma II

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