NeuroScalar: A Deep Learning Framework for Fast, Accurate, and In-the-Wild Cycle-Level Performance Prediction

The evaluation of new microprocessor designs is constrained by slow, cycle-accurate simulators that rely on unrepresentative benchmark traces. This paper introduces a novel deep learning framework for high-fidelity, ``in-the-wild'' simulation on production hardware. Our core contribution is a DL model trained on microarchitecture-independent features to predict cycle-level performance for hypothetical processor designs. This unique approach allows the model to be deployed on existing silicon to evaluate future hardware. We propose a complete system featuring a lightweight hardware trace collector and a principled sampling strategy to minimize user impact. This system achieves a simulation speed of 5 MIPS on a commodity GPU, imposing a mere 0.1% performance overhead. Furthermore, our co-designed Neutrino on-chip accelerator improves performance by 85x over the GPU. We demonstrate that this framework enables accurate performance analysis and large-scale hardware A/B testing on a massive scale using real-world applications.

AutoFPDesigner: Automated Flight Procedure Design Based on Multi-Agent Large Language Model

Current flight procedure design methods heavily rely on human-led design process, which is not only low auto-mation but also suffer from complex algorithm modelling and poor generalization. To address these challenges, this paper proposes an agent-driven flight procedure design method based on large language model, named Au-toFPDesigner, which utilizes multi-agent collaboration to complete procedure design. The method enables end-to-end automated design of performance-based navigation (PBN) procedures. In this process, the user input the design requirements in natural language, AutoFPDesigner models the flight procedure design by loading the design speci-fications and utilizing tool libraries complete the design. AutoFPDesigner allows users to oversee and seamlessly participate in the design process. Experimental results show that AutoFPDesigner ensures nearly 100% safety in the designed flight procedures and achieves 75% task completion rate, with good adaptability across different design tasks. AutoFPDesigner introduces a new paradigm for flight procedure design and represents a key step towards the automation of this process. Keywords: Flight Procedure Design; Large Language Model; Performance-Based Navigation (PBN); Multi Agent;

Reinforcement Learning from Demonstrations by Novel Interactive Expert and Application to Automatic Berthing Control Systems for Unmanned Surface Vessel

In this paper, two novel practical methods of Reinforcement Learning from Demonstration (RLfD) are developed and applied to automatic berthing control systems for Unmanned Surface Vessel. A new expert data generation method, called Model Predictive Based Expert (MPBE) which combines Model Predictive Control and Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient, is developed to provide high quality supervision data for RLfD algorithms. A straightforward RLfD method, model predictive Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (MP-DDPG), is firstly introduced by replacing the RL agent with MPBE to directly interact with the environment. Then distribution mismatch problem is analyzed for MP-DDPG, and two techniques that alleviate distribution mismatch are proposed. Furthermore, another novel RLfD algorithm based on the MP-DDPG, called Self-Guided Actor-Critic (SGAC) is present, which can effectively leverage MPBE by continuously querying it to generate high quality expert data online. The distribution mismatch problem leading to unstable learning process is addressed by SGAC in a DAgger manner. In addition, theoretical analysis is given to prove that SGAC algorithm can converge with guaranteed monotonic improvement. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of MP-DDPG and SGAC to accomplish the ship berthing control task, and show advantages of SGAC comparing with other typical reinforcement learning algorithms and MP-DDPG.