Publications

@article{ma2023deep,
  title = {{Deep Learning Based Walking Tasks Classification in Older Adults using fNIRS}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Meltem Izzetoglu and Roee Holtzer and Xun Jiao},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {IEEE},
}

@article{ma2023testing,
  title = {{Testing and Enhancing Adversarial Robustness of Hyperdimensional Computing}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Tajana {\v{S}}imuni{\'{c}} Rosing and Xun Jiao},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems},
  year = {2023},
  volume = {42},
  number = {11},
  pages = {4052--4064},
  publisher = {IEEE},
}

@article{wang2022enhdc,
  title = {{EnHDC: Ensemble Learning for Brain-Inspired Hyperdimensional Computing}},
  author = {Ruixuan Wang and Dongning Ma and Xun Jiao},
  journal = {IEEE Embedded Systems Letters},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {IEEE},
}

@article{ma2021devot,
  title = {{DEVoT: Dynamic Delay Modeling of Functional Units under Voltage and Temperature Variations}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Xinqiao Zhang and Ke Huang and Yu Jiang and Wanli Chang and Xun Jiao},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems},
  year = {2021},
  volume = {41},
  number = {4},
  pages = {827--839},
  publisher = {IEEE},
}

@article{jiao2020levax,
  title = {{LEVAX: An Input-aware Learning-based Error Model of Voltage-Scaled Functional Units}},
  author = {Xun Jiao and Dongning Ma and Wanli Chang and Yu Jiang},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems},
  year = {2020},
  volume = {39},
  number = {12},
  pages = {5032--5041},
  publisher = {IEEE},
}

@article{ma2019woma,
  title = {{WoMA: An Input-Based Learning Model to Predict Dynamic Workload of Embedded Applications}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Xun Jiao},
  journal = {IEEE Embedded Systems Letters},
  year = {2019},
  publisher = {IEEE},
}

@inproceedings{kaniyeri2026peweaver,
  title = {{PEWeaver: Enabling Agentic Hardware Optimization for Efficient Brain Implants using CHIA}},
  author = {Nikhil Kaniyeri and Dongning Ma and Abdulrahman Mahmoud},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Agentic Approaches to Computer Architecture (co-located with MICRO 2026)},
  year = {2026},
  address = {Athens, Greece},
  note = {Spotlight paper},
}

@inproceedings{shopulatov2026portforge,
  title = {{PortForge-TT: Enabling Agentic Cross-Platform Model Adaptation using CHIA}},
  author = {Abror Shopulatov and Dongning Ma and Abdulrahman Mahmoud},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Agentic Approaches to Computer Architecture (co-located with MICRO 2026)},
  year = {2026},
  address = {Athens, Greece},
  note = {Short paper},
}

@inproceedings{wen2026hdflow,
  title = {{HDFlow: A Multi-layer Design and Evaluation Framework for Hyperdimensional Computing}},
  author = {Jinghao Wen and Dongning Ma and Sizhe Zhang and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks},
  year = {2026},
  address = {Maastricht, Netherlands},
}

@inproceedings{wang2026understanding,
  title = {{Understanding the Robustness of BERT Models Against Hardware Errors: An Experimental Study}},
  author = {Ruixuan Wang and Dongning Ma and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security},
  year = {2026},
  address = {Stony Brook, New York, USA},
}

@inproceedings{wen2026mileam,
  title = {{MILEAM: Modeling Input-Aware Logic Errors of Approximate Multipliers Using Machine Learning}},
  author = {Jinghao Wen and Dongning Ma and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems},
  year = {2026},
  address = {Shanghai, China},
}

@inproceedings{ma2026stealing,
  title = {{Stealing Black-box Hyperdimensional Computing Models Without Data}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Ruixuan Wang and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 19th ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining},
  year = {2026},
  address = {Boise, Idaho, USA},
}

@inproceedings{wen2025proof,
  title = {{Proof-of-Useful-Work Blockchain for Trustworthy Biomedical Hyperdimensional Computing}},
  author = {Jinghao Wen and Dongning Ma and Sizhe Zhang and Hasshi Sudler and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 21st IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference},
  year = {2025},
  address = {Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates},
}

@inproceedings{ma2025understanding,
  title = {{Understanding Recommendation System Robustness Against Silent Data Corruption: An Empirical Study}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Xun Jiao and Fred Lin and Daniel Moore and Sriram Sankar},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 36th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering},
  year = {2025},
  address = {S{\~{a}}o Paulo, Brazil},
}

@inproceedings{ma2024memory,
  title = {{Memory-Efficient Deep Recommender Systems using Approximate Rotary Compositional Embedding}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 47th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval},
  year = {2024},
  address = {Washington D.C., USA},
  pages = {2507--2511},
}

@inproceedings{ma2024dr,
  title = {{Dr. DNA: Combating Silent Data Corruptions in Deep Learning using Distribution of Neuron Activations}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Fred Lin and Alban Desmaison and Joel Coburn and Daniel Moore and Sriram Sankar and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems},
  year = {2024},
  address = {San Diego, California, USA},
  pages = {239--252},
}

@inproceedings{ma2024hyperdimensional,
  title = {{Hyperdimensional Computing vs. Neural Networks: Comparing Architecture and Learning Process}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Cong Hao and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 25th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design},
  year = {2024},
  address = {San Francisco, California, USA},
}

@inproceedings{ma2023perfhd,
  title = {{PerfHD: Efficient ViT Architecture Performance Ranking using Hyperdimensional Computing}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Pengfei Zhao and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Neural Architecture Search, Third Lightweight NAS Challenge at the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops},
  year = {2023},
  address = {Vancouver, Canada},
  pages = {2230--2237},
}

@inproceedings{zhang2023hyperdimensional,
  title = {{On Hyperdimensional Computing-Based Federated Learning: A Case Study}},
  author = {Sizhe Zhang and Dongning Ma and Song Bian and Lei Yang and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2023 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks},
  year = {2023},
  address = {Queensland, Australia},
}

@inproceedings{ma2023robust,
  title = {{Robust Hyperdimensional Computing Against Cyber Attacks and Hardware Errors: A Survey}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Sizhe Zhang and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 28th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference},
  year = {2023},
  address = {Tokyo, Japan},
  pages = {598--605},
}

@inproceedings{ma2022molehd,
  title = {{MoleHD: Efficient Drug Discovery using Brain-Inspired Hyperdimensional Computing}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Rahul Thapa and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine},
  year = {2022},
  address = {Las Vegas, Nevada, USA},
  pages = {390--393},
}

@inproceedings{amrouch2022brain,
  title = {{Brain-Inspired Hyperdimensional Computing for Ultra-Efficient Edge AI}},
  author = {Hussam Amrouch and Mohsen Imani and Xun Jiao and Yiannis Aloimonos and Cornelia Fermuller and Dehao Yuan and Dongning Ma and Hamza Errahmouni and Paul R. Genssler and Peter Sutor},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis},
  year = {2022},
  address = {Shanghai, China},
  pages = {25--34},
}

@inproceedings{ma2022axbyvit,
  title = {{AxBy-ViT: Reconfigurable Approximate Computation Bypass for Vision Transformers}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Xue Qin and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design},
  year = {2022},
  address = {Virtual Conference},
}

@inproceedings{zhang2022energy,
  title = {{Energy-Efficient Brain-Inspired Hyperdimensional Computing Using Voltage Scaling}},
  author = {Sizhe Zhang and Ruixuan Wang and Dongning Ma and Jeff Jun Zhang and Xunzhao Yin and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference},
  year = {2022},
  address = {Antwerp, Belgium},
}

@inproceedings{thapa2021hdxplore,
  title = {{HDXplore: Automated Differential Testing of Brain-Inspired Hyperdimensional Computing}},
  author = {Rahul Thapa and Dongning Ma and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI},
  year = {2021},
  address = {Tampa, Florida, USA},
}

@inproceedings{thapa2021spamhd,
  title = {{SpamHD: Efficient Text Spam Detection Using Brain-Inspired Hyperdimensional Computing}},
  author = {Rahul Thapa and Bikal Lamichhane and Dongning Ma and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI},
  year = {2021},
  address = {Tampa, Florida, USA},
  pages = {84--89},
}

@inproceedings{ma2021hdtest,
  title = {{HDTest: Differential Fuzz Testing of Brain-Inspired Hyperdimensional Computing}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Jianmin Guo and Yu Jiang and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 58th ACM/EDAC/IEEE Design Automation Conference},
  year = {2021},
  address = {San Francisco, California, USA},
  pages = {391--396},
}

@inproceedings{ma2021workload,
  title = {{Workload-Aware Approximate Computing Configuration}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Rahul Thapa and Xingjian Wang and Cong Hao and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference},
  year = {2021},
  address = {Grenoble, France},
}

@inproceedings{ma2020machine,
  title = {{A Machine Learning-based Error Model of Voltage-Scaled Circuits}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 50th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks},
  year = {2020},
  address = {Valencia, Spain},
}

@inproceedings{ma2020axby,
  title = {{AxBy: Approximate Computation Bypass for Data-Intensive Applications}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design},
  year = {2020},
  address = {Portoro{\v{z}}, Slovenia},
  pages = {332--339},
}

@inproceedings{ma2020axr,
  title = {{AxR-NN: Approximate Computation Reuse for Energy-Efficient Convolutional Neural Networks}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Xunzhao Yin and Michael Niemier and X. Sharon Hu and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 30th ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI},
  year = {2020},
  address = {Beijing, China},
  pages = {363--368},
}

@inproceedings{jiao2020tevot,
  title = {{TEVoT: Timing Error Modeling of Functional Units under Dynamic Voltage and Temperature Variations}},
  author = {Xun Jiao and Dongning Ma and Wanli Chang and Yu Jiang},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 57th ACM/EDAC/IEEE Design Automation Conference},
  year = {2020},
  address = {San Francisco, California, USA},
}

@inproceedings{ma2020input,
  title = {{An Input-aware Learning-based Error Model of Voltage-Scaled Functional Units}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 16th IEEE Workshop on Silicon Errors in Logic – System Effects},
  year = {2020},
  address = {Stanford, California, USA},
}

@inproceedings{ma2019devos,
  title = {{Work-in-Progress: DeVos: A Learning-based Delay Model of Voltage-Scaled Circuits}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Siyu Shen and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis},
  year = {2019},
  address = {New York, USA},
}

@inproceedings{ma2019detecting,
  title = {{Detecting and Bypassing Trivial Computations in Convolutional Neural Networks}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Nanoscale Architectures},
  year = {2019},
}

@inproceedings{ma2019energy,
  title = {{Energy Efficient GPU Applications Through Computation Skip}},
  author = {Dongning Ma and Xun Jiao},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems},
  year = {2019},
  address = {Las Vegas, Nevada, USA},
}

@inproceedings{lucman2025realtime,
  title = {{Real-Time Spike Sorting with SpikeDashboard}},
  author = {Juwayni Lucman and Chaimaa Abi and Dongning Ma and Raghavendra Pradyumna Pothukuchi and Luciano Dyballa and Abhishek Bhattacharjee and James E. Smith and Abdulrahman Mahmoud},
  booktitle = {IEEE EMBS 12th Annual International Conference on Neural Engineering},
  year = {2025},
  address = {San Diego, California, USA},
  note = {Poster},
}