This is the Reconfigurable Computing Laboratory (LCR) of the Embedded and Evolutionary Systems (SEE) research group, which is associated to the Department of Computing Systems (SSC) from the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science (ICMC) at The University of São Paulo (USP).  

Founded in 1995 by Dr. Eduardo Marques, LCR holds several research activities ranging from  hardware architecture development for embedded deep neural networks to software solutions for a variety of optimization problems.  

Research on hardware design based on FPGA aims to develop tools for modeling and synthesis of customized hardware architectures along with software optimizations in order to improve performance and to reduce energy consumption as the main concerns. The research is applied to various areas, including Deep Learning, Mobile Robotics, Image Processing, Computer Architecture, Financial Market, and Education.

The LCR researches in evolutionary computing investigate natural systems as a way to learn how Nature designs solutions. The corresponding knowledge is synthesized in models that are used to design solutions for Engineering and Science problems.

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