@inproceedings{ba9871078a0840ecb212e8ae9ae329e8,
title = "Special Sessions - Emerging Scope and Design Challenges for Approximate Computing: Optimizing Accuracy-PPA trade-offs and Beyond",
abstract = "The rapid growth of AI workloads is driving interest in Approximate Computing (AxC) as a means to enable low-cost, energy-efficient inference in resource-constrained systems. By introducing controlled inaccuracies, AxC can deliver substantial gains in power, performance, and area (PPA) while leveraging the inherent error tolerance of many AI models. Achieving this potential requires adapting existing frameworks to support the design and optimization of neural networks with approximate operators. Modern AxC research extends beyond accuracy-PPA trade-offs to address reliability and security, reducing redundancy overheads and exploring the distinctive side-channel implications of approximation. Application-aware approaches, such as those for spiking neural networks, show that tailoring approximation to workload-specific error behavior can surpass generic strategies. This article examines AI-guided design methods and the interplay between efficiency, reliability, and security, highlighting how these interconnected facets can advance embedded and high-performance computing.",
keywords = "Approximate Computing, Reliability, Security, Energy, Power/Energy, Edge Computing, Edge AI, Fault Tolerance, Side-channel Attacks, fault tolerance, approximate computing, edge computing, reliability, security, side-channel attacks, power/energy, edge AI, energy",
author = "Sahoo, \{Siva Satyendra\} and Bastien Deveautour and Marcello Traiola and Chongyan Gu and Yun Wu and Aditya Japa and Salim Ullah and Akash Kumar",
note = "Copyright {\textcopyright} 2025 Copyright is held by the owner/author(s). Publication rights licensed to ACM.; CASES '25: International Conference on Compilers, Architecture, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems ; Conference date: 28-09-2025 Through 03-10-2025",
year = "2025",
month = sep,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1145/3742872.3757056",
language = "English",
isbn = "9798400719912",
series = "Proceedings of the International Conference on Compilers, Architecture, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
pages = "11--20",
booktitle = "CASES '25: International Conference on Compilers, Architecture, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems",
address = "United States",
}