About us
The HiCrest research group combines expertise in parallel algorithms and high performance computing with reliable computing systems by combining an hardware-software co-design approach. The synergy between our researchers, coming from multidisciplinary fields, is the key in the quest for producing the most performant, efficient, and reliable algorithms. Our research is focused on High Performance Computing and Safety-Critical applications, ranging from self-driving cars to space exploration and scientific computing. Our interest ranges from traditional CMOS systems to more advanced and cutting-edge technologies, including Quantum Computing, Neuromorphic devices, and Processing In Memory.
From a software perspective, our team members research on various topics, ranging from programming models for emerging computer system architectures to scalable and efficient algorithms and data structures, with an emphasis on irregular applications such as sparse algebra and graph analytics.
The group, whilst being very active and successful in various research communities, maintains a deep interest in experimental evaluations in the industrial field, with a strong focus on impact and technology transfer.
Departments
Given the interdisciplinary nature of its research field, the HiCrest group is supported both by the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science and the Department of Industrial Enginnering at the University of Trento, Italy.
News
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Three HiCrest Papers Accepted at SC26
We are immensely proud to announce that the HiCREST Laboratory will have a strong presence at the upcoming SC26 (Supercomputing 2026), the premier international conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis. This year, our group has achieved an outstanding milestone with three research papers accepted into the main technical program. These papers span…
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OEHI Best Performing Team Award in Hamburg
The HiCrest research group at the University of Trento has been honored with the prestigious Best Performing Team Award by the Open Edge and HPC Initiative (OEHI). The annual awards, which recognize outstanding contributions to the AI data centre industry ecosystem, were officially presented during this year’s ISC High Performance conference in Hamburg, Germany. The…
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HiCrest at NET4EXA General Assembly in Oslo
On the 10th and 11th of June, our research group participated in the face-to-face meeting (General Assembly) of the European project NET4EXA, hosted in Oslo at the headquarters of our partner Numascale AS. The meeting provided a key opportunity for in-person discussion to assess the scientific and technological progress of the consortium, which aims to…
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Special Session on Quantum Reliability at ETS25
Prof. Paolo Rech organized a Special Session at IEEE ETS – European Test Symposium about quantum computing technology and reliability. The test community is ready to contribute to quantum computing by exploiting the Good to defeat the Bad and the Ugly! Overall, the special session has been a huge success, with wide interest from all…
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Prof. Rech received the Italy-Canada Innovation Award
Prof. Paolo Rech has been awarded with the Italy-Canada innovation award by the from the Ambassador of Canada in Rome! In the Professor’s words: “It has been a pleasure to discuss strategic research politics and opportunities on AI and Quantum technologies during lunch.” The award was the perfect opportunity to strengthen the collaboration with Canadian…
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Best Student Paper Award at SC24
We are proud to announce that Marzio Vallero and Gioele Casagranda, under the supervision of Prof. Vella and Prof. Rech, have received the Best Student Paper award at the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, held in Atlanta, GA, USA.


