“Chip Design”

September 3-5, 2025, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

The 1st TAICHIP Summer Workshop, themed “Chip Design,” will be held from September 3 to 5, 2025, at the Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia. As the inaugural edition in a planned annual series hosted by TAICHIP project partners, this workshop is tailored for MSc and PhD students, as well as researchers and engineers from TalTech and wider Estonia. It will deliver a robust programme blending technical and transferable skills essential for pioneering research and innovation in reliable, efficient AI‑chip design. The agenda includes lectures, live demonstrations, hands-on exercises, industry-focused sessions, and peer reflection and networking opportunities designed to both advance project milestones and foster cross-disciplinary collaboration within the AI-chip community.

General Chair:

• Maksim Jenihhin, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Programme Co-Chairs: 

• Jaan Raik, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• Artur Jutman, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Programme

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 “School Day”

ICT-501 (5th floor), Akadeemia tee 15A, Tallinn
10:30 – 10:45 Welcome coffee

10:45 – 11:00 Welcome words
Maksim Jenihhin, TalTech - Tallinn, Estonia

11:00 – 12:00 Lecture “Asynchronous networks-on-chip for neuromorphic communications”
Davide Bertozzi, University of Manchester - Manchester, United Kingdom

12:00 – 12:30 Lecture “A Synthesis Toolflow for the Predictable Implementation of Asynchronous Neuromorphic NoCs on FPGA”
Giuseppe Chessa, University of Manchester - Manchester, United Kingdom

12:30 – 13:00 Live Demo “Building Energy-Efficient Asynchronous NoCs on FPGA: A Live Demo.”
Giuseppe Chessa, University of Manchester - Manchester, United Kingdom

13:00 – 15:00 Lunch and Networking

ICT-315 (3rd floor)
15:00 – 18:00 Lecture and hands-on exercise “Introduction to Hardware-oriented attacks for embedded and emerging technologies”
Cédric Marchand, EC-Lyon - Lyon, France

Thursday, September 4, 2025 “Industry Day”

ICT-501 (5th floor), Akadeemia tee 15A, Tallinn
10:00 – 10:15 Welcome and Coffee

10:15 – 10:30 Twinning Project TAICHIP: Towards Reliable and Efficient AI Chips
Maksim Jenihhin, TalTech - Tallinn, Estonia

10:30 – 12:00 End-to-end open source design in practice: applications from classroom to research
Philippe Sauter, ETHZ – Zürich, Switzerland

12:00 – 12:30 PULP in space, the Trikarenos adventure
Michael Rogenmoser, ETHZ – Zürich, Switzerland

12:30 – 13:00 First ASIC experience: a fault-tolerant systolic array FORTALESA for CNN inference acceleration
Natalia Cherezova, TalTech - Tallinn, Estonia

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch and Networking

ICT-507AB (5th floor)
14:00 – 15:00 An Overview of Fault-Tolerant Design Solutions at IHP
Marko Andjelkovic, IHP - Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics – Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee-Break

15:30 – 16:30 Frontgrade Gaisler RISC-V and AI developments for Space: radiation-hardened fault-tolerant GR765 SoC and GR801 accelerator
Lucas Antunes Tambara (Radiation Effects Section Head), Frontgrade Gaisler - Göteborg, Sweden

16:30 – 17:30 Discussion “Chip design in Estonia”
Moderated by Jaan Raik and Artur Jutman, TalTech - Tallinn, Estonia

Rooftop bar "Suveterrass", Kai 5, Tallinn
19:30 – 21:30 Networking Dinner for registered participants

Friday, September 5, 2025 “Reflection Day”

(Restricted to invited participants)

ICT-507AB (5th floor), Akadeemia tee 15A, Tallinn
9:30 – 12:00 MC Meeting with the AB, including discussions of the TalTech study programmes
TAICHIP Industrial Advisory Board members + TAICHIP PIs + TalTech administration

ICT-507C (5th floor)
12:00 – 13:00 Technical Meetings
TAICHIP Industrial Advisory Board members + TAICHIP PIs

13:00 – 14:00: Lunch

14:00 – 21:00 Networking

Venue

The 1st TAICHIP Summer Workshop will take place at the Department of Computer Systems, Tallinn University of Technology.

Department of Computer Systems (5th floor)
Akadeemia tee 15A, 
Tallinn 12618
Estonia

Main contact

    Maksim Jenihhin
    This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
    +372 620 2262 (Office)
    ICT-529, Akadeemia tee 15A, Tallinn

Organizing Committee

• Maksim Jenihhin, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Jaan Raik, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Artur Jutman, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Secretary

• Kadri Mäger, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
• Katrin Tõemets, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.