Robert René Maria Birke

Tenured assistant professor at Computer Science Department, University of Turin
Parallel Computing group
Via Pessinetto 12, 10149 Torino – Italy 
Email: robert.birke@unito.it

Short Bio

Robert Birke is a tenured assistant professor in the Parallel Computing research group at the University of Torino. He received his Ph.D. in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino, Italy, (2009).
He has been a visiting researcher at IBM Research Zurich, Switzerland, and a Principal Scientist at ABB Corporate Research, Switzerland. His research interests are in the broad area of virtual resource management including network design, workload characterization, and AI and big-data application optimization.
He has published more than 90 papers at venues related to communication, system performance and machine learning, e.g., SIGCOMM, SIGMETRICS, FAST, INFOCOM, ACML and JSAC.
He is a senior member of IEEE.

Publications

2024

Gianluca Mittone, Giulio Malenza, Marco Aldinucci, Robert Birke

Distributed Edge Inference: an Experimental Study on Multiview Detection Proceedings Article

In: Proc. of the 16th IEEE/ACM Intl. Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing Companion (UCC), pp. 1-6, ACM, Taormina, Italy, 2024, (eupilot, icsc).

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ai, eupilot, icsc

Miruna Bețianu, Abele Mălan, Marco Aldinucci, Robert Birke, Lydia Chen

DALLMi: Domain Adaption for LLM-based Multi-label Classifier Proceedings Article

In: Yang, De-Nian, Xie, Xing, Tseng, Vincent S., Pei, Jian, Huang, Jen-Wei, Lin, Jerry Chun-Wei (Ed.): Proceedings of the 28th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, pp. 277–289, Springer, Taipei, Taiwan, 2024.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ai, eupilot, icsc

Chi Hong, Robert Birke, Pin-Yu Chen, Lydia Chen

On Dark Knowledge for Distilling Generators Proceedings Article

In: Yang, De-Nian, Xie, Xing, Tseng, Vincent S., Pei, Jian, Huang, Jen-Wei, Lin, Jerry Chun-Wei (Ed.): Proceedings of the 28th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, pp. 235–247, Springer, Taipei, Taiwan, 2024.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ai, epi, icsc

Bruno Casella, Iacopo Colonnelli, Gianluca Mittone, Robert Birke, Walter Riviera, Antonio Sciarappa, Carlo Cavazzoni, Marco Aldinucci

A Performance Analysis for Confidential Federated Learning Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 2024 Deep Learning Security and Privacy Workshop, IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy 2024, San Francisco, CA, 2024.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ai, confidential, epi, icsc

Iacopo Colonnelli, Robert Birke, Giulio Malenza, Gianluca Mittone, Alberto Mulone, Jeroen Galjaard, Lydia Y. Chen, Sanzio Bassini, Gabriella Scipione, Jan Martinovič, Vit Vondrák, Marco Aldinucci

Cross-Facility Federated Learning Journal Article

In: Procedia Computer Science, vol. 240, pp. 3–12, 2024, ISSN: 1877-0509.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: icsc, space, streamflow

Simon Queyrut, Robert Birke, Pascal Felber, Valerio Schiavon

CLUES: Collusive Theft of Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks Proceedings Article

In: 43rd International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems SRDS, 2024.

BibTeX | Tags: ai

2023

Zilong Zhao, Robert Birke, Lydia Y. Chen

FCT-GAN: Enhancing Global Correlation of Table Synthesis via Fourier Transform Proceedings Article

In: 32nd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM '23), ACM, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2023.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: icsc

Chi Hong, Jiyue Huang, Robert Birke, Lydia Y. Chen

Exploring and Exploiting Data-Free Model Stealing Proceedings Article

In: European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD), Turin, Italy, 2023.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: eupilot, icsc

Gianluca Mittone, Walter Riviera, Iacopo Colonnelli, Robert Birke, Marco Aldinucci

Model-Agnostic Federated Learning Proceedings Article

In: Euro-Par 2023: Parallel Processing, pp. 383–396, Springer, Limassol, Cyprus, 2023.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ai, confidential, eupilot, icsc, riscv

Zilong Zhao, Robert Birke, Lydia Y. Chen

GDTS: GAN-based Distributed Tabular Synthesizer Proceedings Article

In: 16th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD), IEEE, Chicago, USA, 2023.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ai

Iacopo Colonnelli, Robert Birke, Marco Aldinucci

Experimenting with PyTorch on RISC-V Proceedings Article

In: RISC-V Summit Europe 2023, Barcelona, Spain, 2023, (Poster).

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: eupilot, icsc, riscv

Marco Aldinucci, Robert Birke, Antonio Brogi, Emanuele Carlini, Massimo Coppola, Marco Danelutto, Patrizio Dazzi, Luca Ferrucci, Forti Stefano, Hanna Kavalionak, Gabriele Mencagli, Matteo Mordacchin, Marcelo Pasin, Federica Paganelli, Massimo Torquati

A Proposal for a Continuum-aware Programming Model: From Workflows to Services Autonomously Interacting in the Compute Continuum Proceedings Article

In: 2023 IEEE 47th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), IEEE, Turin, Italy, 2023.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: icsc

Jani Valtari, Anna Kulmala, Sandro Schönborn, David Khozaya, Robert Birke, Reikko Jyrki

Real-life Pilot of Virtual Protection and Control - Experiences and Performance Analysis Proceedings Article

In: 27th International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CIRED), Rome, Italy, 2023.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: RT

Sandro Schönborn, Robert Birke, David Kozhaya, Thanikesavan Sivanthi

Real-Time Performance of Virtualised Protection and Control Software Proceedings Article

In: 27th International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CIRED), Rome, Italy, 2023.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: RT

Gianluca Mittone, Nicolò Tonci, Robert Birke, Iacopo Colonnelli, Doriana Medić, Andrea Bartolini, Roberto Esposito, Emanuele Parisi, Francesco Beneventi, Mirko Polato, Massimo Torquati, Luca Benini, Marco Aldinucci

Experimenting with Emerging RISC-V Systems for Decentralised Machine Learning Proceedings Article

In: 20th ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers (CF '23), ACM, Bologna, Italy, 2023, ISBN: 979-8-4007-0140-5/23/05, (https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.07946).

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ai, confidential, eupilot, HPC, icsc, riscv

William Fornaciari, Federico Reghenzani, Federico Terraneo, Davide Baroffio, Cecilia Metra, Martin Omana, Josie E. Rodriguez Condia, Matteo Sonza Reorda, Robert Birke, Iacopo Colonnelli, Gianluca Mittone, Marco Aldinucci, Gabriele Mencagli, Francesco Iannone, Filippo Palombi, Giuseppe Zummo, Daniele Cesarini, Federico Tesser

RISC-V-based Platforms for HPC: Analyzing Non-functional Properties for Future HPC and Big-Data Clusters Proceedings Article

In: Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling, and Simulation - 23rd International Conference, SAMOS 2023, Samos, Greece, 2023, (icsc).

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: icsc, riscv

Amirmasoud Ghiassi, Robert Birke, Lydia Chen

Robust Learning via Golden Symmetric Loss of (un)Trusted Labels Proceedings Article

In: SDM '23: SIAM International Conference on Data Mining, pp. 568–576, 2023.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: textarossa

2022

Yujin Zhu, Zilong Zhao, Robert Birke, Lydia Y. Chen

Permutation-Invariant Tabular Data Synthesis Proceedings Article

In: Tsumoto, Shusaku, Ohsawa, Yukio, Chen, Lei, Poel, Dirk Van, Hu, Xiaohua, Motomura, Yoichi, Takagi, Takuya, Wu, Lingfei, Xie, Ying, Abe, Akihiro, Raghavan, Vijay (Ed.): IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data), pp. 5855–5864, IEEE, 2022.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: analytics

Christopher Stewart, Nathaniel Morris, Lydia Y. Chen, Robert Birke

Performance Modeling for Short-Term Cache Allocation Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 51st International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), pp. 31:1–31:11, ACM, 2022.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: parallel

Amirmasoud Ghiassi, Robert Birke, Lydia Y. Chen

LABNET: A Collaborative Method for DNN Training and Label Aggregation Proceedings Article

In: Rocha, Ana Paula, Steels, Luc, Herik, H. Jaap (Ed.): 14th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART), pp. 56–66, SCITEPRESS, 2022.

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Bart Cox, Robert Birke, Lydia Y. Chen

Memory-aware and context-aware multi-DNN inference on the edge Journal Article

In: Pervasive and Mobile Computing, vol. 83, pp. 1–16, 2022, ISSN: 1574-1192.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ai

2021

Amirmasoud Ghiassi, Robert Birke, Lydia Y. Chen

TrustNet: Learning from Trusted Data Against (A)symmetric Label Noise Proceedings Article

In: 8th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT), pp. 52–62, ACM, 2021.

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Zilong Zhao, Aditya Kunar, Robert Birke, Lydia Y. Chen

CTAB-GAN: Effective Table Data Synthesizing Proceedings Article

In: Balasubramanian, Vineeth N., Tsang, Ivor (Ed.): Proceedings of The 13th Asian Conference on Machine Learning, pp. 97–112, PMLR, 2021.

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Taraneh Younesian, Zilong Zhao, Amirmasoud Ghiassi, Robert Birke, Lydia Y Chen

QActor: Active Learning on Noisy Labels Proceedings Article

In: Balasubramanian, Vineeth N., Tsang, Ivor (Ed.): Proceedings of The 13th Asian Conference on Machine Learning, pp. 548–563, PMLR, 2021.

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Giuliano Albanese, Robert Birke, Georgia Giannopoulou, Sandro Schönborn, Thanikesavan Sivanthi

Evaluation of Networking Options for Containerized Deployment of Real-Time Applications Proceedings Article

In: 26th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), pp. 1–8, IEEE, 2021.

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Amirmasoud Ghiassi, Robert Birke, Rui Han, Lydia Y. Chen

LABELNET: Recovering Noisy Labels Proceedings Article

In: International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), pp. 1–8, IEEE, 2021.

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Chi Hong, Amirmasoud Ghiassi, Yichi Zhou, Robert Birke, Lydia Y. Chen

Online Label Aggregation: A Variational Bayesian Approach Proceedings Article

In: Leskovec, Jure, Grobelnik, Marko, Najork, Marc, Tang, Jie, Zia, Leila (Ed.): WWW '21: The Web Conference 2021, pp. 1904–1915, ACM / IW3C2, 2021.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ai

Bart Cox, Jeroen Galjaard, Amirmasoud Ghiassi, Robert Birke, Lydia Y. Chen

Masa: Responsive Multi-DNN Inference on the Edge Proceedings Article

In: 19th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), pp. 1–10, IEEE, 2021.

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Jeroen Galjaard, Bart Cox, Amirmasoud Ghiassi, Lydia Y. Chen, Robert Birke

MemA: Fast Inference of Multiple Deep Models Proceedings Article

In: 19th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events, pp. 281–286, IEEE, 2021.

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Zilong Zhao, Robert Birke, Rui Han, Bogdan Robu, Sara Bouchenak, Sonia Ben Mokhtar, Lydia Y. Chen

Enhancing Robustness of On-Line Learning Models on Highly Noisy Data Journal Article

In: IEEE Trans. Dependable Secur. Comput., vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 2177–2192, 2021.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ai

Robert Birke, Juan F. Pérez, Zhan Qiu, Mathias Björkqvist, Lydia Y. Chen

sPARE: Partial Replication for Multi-Tier Applications in the Cloud Journal Article

In: IEEE Trans. Serv. Comput., vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 574–588, 2021.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: parallel

Talks

2024

Iacopo Colonnelli, Robert Birke, Giulio Malenza, Gianluca Mittone, Alberto Mulone, Marco Aldinucci

Cross-Facility Federated Learning - Part II Miscellaneous

2024, (Invited talk).

Links | BibTeX | Tags: eupex, icsc, space

Robert Birke

FLaaS: Federated Learning as a Service Miscellaneous

ICSC - Spoke 1 meeting, 2024.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ai, icsc

Robert Birke

The impact of the advances in generative models on applications and systems Miscellaneous

8th GDR RSD / ASF Winter School on Distributed Systems & Networks 2024, 2024, (Keynote talk).

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ai, eupilot, textarossa

2023

Iacopo Colonnelli, Robert Birke, Giulio Malenza, Gianluca Mittone, Alberto Mulone, Marco Aldinucci, Valerio Basile, Marco Antonio Stranisci, Viviana Patti, Jeroen Galjaard, Lydia Y. Chen, Sanzio Bassini, Massimiliano Guarrasi, Gabriella Scipione, Jan Martinovič, Vit Vondrák

Cross-Facility Federated Learning Miscellaneous

1st EuroHPC User Day, 2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: across, ai, eupex, eupilot, HPC

Gianluca Mittone, Giulio Malenza, Marco Aldinucci, Robert Birke

Distributed Edge Inference: an Experimental Study on Multiview Detection Miscellaneous

The 16th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2023), 2023.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ai, eupilot, icsc

Gianluca Mittone, Walter Riviera, Iacopo Colonnelli, Robert Birke, Marco Aldinucci

Model-Agnostic Federated Learning Miscellaneous

29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par '23), 2023.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ai, eupilot, icsc

Gianluca Mittone, Robert Birke, Marco Aldinucci

Model-Agnostic Federated Learning Miscellaneous

29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par '23), 2023.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: eupilot, icsc

Gianluca Mittone, Nicolò Tonci, Robert Birke, Iacopo Colonnelli, Doriana Medić, Andrea Bartolini, Roberto Esposito, Emanuele Parisi, Francesco Beneventi, Mirko Polato, Massimo Torquati, Luca Benini, Marco Aldinucci

Experimenting with Emerging RISC-V Systems for Decentralised Machine Learning Miscellaneous

20th ACM international conference on computing frontiers (CF '23), 2023, (Invited talk).

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ai, eupilot, icsc