EPFL-LAP/dynamatic
Jan 2025 – Jun 2026
5 Months active
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VHDLVerilogMarkdownShellC++MLIRPython
Technical Skills
Digital DesignHardware Description LanguageVHDLVerilogBuild SystemsDocumentation
Aya ElAkhras
PROFILE
Aya Elakhras
Worked on the EPFL-LAP/dynamatic repository, delivering features and fixes that improved hardware design correctness and build efficiency. Focused on digital logic and compiler infrastructure, they enhanced tokenized merge components in Verilog and VHDL, generalized handshake modules, and improved Functional to Dataflow analysis for safer optimizations. Their work included refining build scripts with shell and Python, correcting VHDL interface directions, and optimizing handshake materialization to accelerate builds. They also expanded RTL handshake capabilities by adding logical NOT support and maintained clear documentation. This approach enabled more reliable HDL generation, streamlined codebases, and facilitated faster, more robust hardware and compiler development cycles.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
50%Features
Repository Contributions
10Total
Bugs
4
Commits
10
Features
4
Lines of code
736
Activity Months5
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140 peopleWork History
June 2026
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2026June 2026 monthly summary for EPFL-LAP/dynamatic. Focused on correctness and build-performance improvements in the dynamatic project to deliver reliable HDL generation and faster iteration cycles.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2026June 2026 monthly summary for EPFL-LAP/dynamatic. Focused on correctness and build-performance improvements in the dynamatic project to deliver reliable HDL generation and faster iteration cycles.
June 2026
October 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 monthly summary: Focused on expanding RTL handshake capabilities in the EPFL-LAP/dynamatic project. Delivered support for handshake.not operation by extending core RTL parameter handling, enabling NOT-based signaling in the handshake protocol. This enhancement broadens the RTL design space and improves synthesis flexibility, paving the way for more expressive handshake designs and easier future validations.
October 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 monthly summary: Focused on expanding RTL handshake capabilities in the EPFL-LAP/dynamatic project. Delivered support for handshake.not operation by extending core RTL parameter handling, enabling NOT-based signaling in the handshake protocol. This enhancement broadens the RTL design space and improves synthesis flexibility, paving the way for more expressive handshake designs and easier future validations.
August 2025
4 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for EPFL-LAP/dynamatic: Key features delivered, major bugs fixed, and business impact focused on improving the reliability of the Functional to Dataflow (FTD) analysis along with essential codebase maintenance.
4 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for EPFL-LAP/dynamatic: Key features delivered, major bugs fixed, and business impact focused on improving the reliability of the Functional to Dataflow (FTD) analysis along with essential codebase maintenance.
August 2025
May 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly performance summary for EPFL-LAP/dynamatic focusing on correctness improvements and maintenance clarity. Delivered a critical bug fix to the export-cfg pipeline to source the post-transformation IR correctly and aligned with the CfToHandshake conversion, and performed a documentation cleanup to avoid confusion by removing an outdated Zulip link.
May 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly performance summary for EPFL-LAP/dynamatic focusing on correctness improvements and maintenance clarity. Delivered a critical bug fix to the export-cfg pipeline to source the post-transformation IR correctly and aligned with the CfToHandshake conversion, and performed a documentation cleanup to avoid confusion by removing an outdated Zulip link.
January 2025
1 Commits
Jan 1, 2025Month: 2025-01 — EPFL-LAP/dynamatic: Delivered robust merge components for tokenized inputs and generalized merge modules. Fixed correctness issues when multiple inputs emit tokens simultaneously and ensured proper data handling in out-of-order execution. Refactored the merge implementations to instantiate merge_notehb and merge_notehb_dataless for greater generality and reliability. Commit reference: ebf54e81e39f131d38bbb198b24e003b95cb7667 ([HDL] Modularizing merges and generalizing their implementation). Impact: enhanced robustness in token merging, improved stability for multi-input token streams, enabling broader use in asynchronous pipelines. Technologies: HDL modularization, Verilog/VHDL templating, code refactoring, generalization of core components.
1 Commits
Jan 1, 2025Month: 2025-01 — EPFL-LAP/dynamatic: Delivered robust merge components for tokenized inputs and generalized merge modules. Fixed correctness issues when multiple inputs emit tokens simultaneously and ensured proper data handling in out-of-order execution. Refactored the merge implementations to instantiate merge_notehb and merge_notehb_dataless for greater generality and reliability. Commit reference: ebf54e81e39f131d38bbb198b24e003b95cb7667 ([HDL] Modularizing merges and generalizing their implementation). Impact: enhanced robustness in token merging, improved stability for multi-input token streams, enabling broader use in asynchronous pipelines. Technologies: HDL modularization, Verilog/VHDL templating, code refactoring, generalization of core components.
January 2025
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Quality Metrics
Correctness92.0%
Maintainability90.0%
Architecture89.0%
Performance82.0%
AI Usage24.0%
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C++MLIRMarkdownPythonShellVHDLVerilog
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Build System ManagementBuild SystemsC++ programmingCode CleanupCompiler DevelopmentCompiler OptimizationCompiler Pass DevelopmentControl Flow AnalysisDigital DesignDigital Logic DesignDocumentationHardware Description LanguageHardware DesignIntermediate Representation (IR) ManipulationRefactoring
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