Laura Pozzi

Laura Pozzi is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Informatics, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Switzerland, since 2015. She previously held positions as Associate Professor (2011–2015) and Assistant Professor (2005–2011) at USI. Prior to joining USI, she was a postdoctoral researcher at EPFL's Processor Architecture Laboratory (2001–2005), a research engineer at STMicroelectronics (2000), and an Industrial Visitor at UC Berkeley (2000).

• Education: MS and PhD in Computer Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy (1996–2000).

Her research focuses on the interaction between compiler and architecture design, particularly in embedded systems, with key areas including approximate computing, coarse-grained reconfigurable arrays (CGRAs), high-level synthesis (HLS), and fuzz testing. She has led projects on automated design space exploration, compiler optimizations for reconfigurable architectures, and error estimation in approximate circuits.

Recent Publications span topics like SAT-based mapping for CGRAs, grammar-based fuzzing of shell interpreters, and approximate logic synthesis, reflecting her interdisciplinary work bridging hardware/software co-design and software verification.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Credit Swiss Best Teaching Award
  • IEEE DAC Best Paper Award
• Leadership Roles:
  • Co-Program Chair, IEEE Symposium on Application Specific Processors (SASP)
  • Editorial Board Member, IEEE Design and Test
• Students:
  • Current: Rodrigo Otoni (Postdoc), Morteza Rezaalipour (PhD), Riccardo Felici (PhD), Cristian Tirelli (PhD)
  • Alumni: Ilaria Scarabottolo (PhD/Postdoc), Lorenzo Ferretti (PhD/Postdoc), Georgios Zacharopoulos (PhD), Giovanni Ansaloni (PhD/Postdoc), Paolo Bonzini (PhD)