Giuseppe Coviello Presents at HiPES 2026 | Euro-Par in Pisa, Italy on August 25th

August 21, 2026||inEvents|tagsai native workflows, distributed systems, domain specific language, euro par 2026, giuseppe coviello, high performance computing, hipes 2026, integrated systems, kunal rao, mohammad a khojastepour, srimat t chakradhar, will dennis

Giuseppe Coviello will present new research from NEC Laboratories America at the HiPES 2026 Workshop on August 25th.

HiPES, short for High Performance Extreme Computing for Smart Systems, runs alongside the Euro-Par 2026 Conference in Pisa, Italy and draws researchers focused on high-performance computing for emerging applications.

HIPES 2026

The paper, titled “Völ: A Domain-Specific Language and Runtime for AI-Native Workflows,” introduces a new language and runtime pairing built for coordinating the models, tools and agents that make up a modern AI application. The paper’s authors include lead author Giuseppe Coviello, Mohammad A. Khojastepour, Willard Dennis, Kunal Rao and Srimat T. Chakradhar at NEC Laboratories America.

Völ addresses a challenge built into modern AI applications: coordinating multiple models, tools and agents within a single workflow. Rather than requiring developers to write custom orchestration code for every project, Völ lets them describe a workflow declaratively, specifying what a workflow should produce rather than the step-by-step instructions for producing it. The Völ runtime then handles execution, scheduling and resource management beneath that specification, absorbing complexity that would otherwise land on the application developer.

HiPES brings together a focused community working at the intersection of high-performance computing and smart systems, positioning this presentation alongside research tackling similar infrastructure challenges from different angles. Euro-Par has run as a major venue for parallel, distributed computing research for close to three decades, drawing academic and industry researchers from across the field each year.

About the Authors

Giuseppe Coviello NEC Labs America New

Giuseppe Coviello is a Senior Researcher in our Integrated Systems Department. He earned his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Naples “Parthenope”. His research focuses on image and video processing, neural network architectures, and multimedia analysis, with deep expertise in distributed computing systems. Giuseppe leads projects on AI-enhanced media applications and real-time analytics for hybrid cloud and edge environments.

Mohammad Khojastepour NEC Labs America

Mohammad A. (Amir) Khojastepour is a Senior Researcher in our Integrated Systems Department. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology and a second Ph.D. from Rice University. His research spans wireless communications, network architecture, and AI-driven resource management, with recent work on interference-aware scheduling and adaptive protocol design for scalable, resilient wireless systems.

Kunal Rao NEC Labs America

Kunal Rao is a Researcher in our Integrated Systems Department. He holds a Bachelor of Technology from COEP Technological University and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida. His recent work focuses on AI/ML driven systems, including generative AI applications, distributed systems, edge and cloud computing, and video analytics. Kunal has authored over 30 publications and holds more than 30 granted patents.

Will Dennis is a Senior System Administrator at NEC Laboratories America with over 35 years of IT experience. He leads research computing, supporting roughly 100 research staff across the organization. He manages GPU compute clusters running Slurm and Kubernetes, working alongside associated storage and high-speed networking systems. He holds a B.A. in English from Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg.

Srimat T. Chakradhar leads our Integrated Systems group, guiding a team building next-generation intelligent computing platforms. An IEEE and ACM Fellow with a Ph.D. from Rutgers University, he works at the intersection of AI, high-performance computing, and distributed architectures. His team develops multimodal AI frameworks, real-time video analytics, and edge-cloud systems that power smart cities, transportation, security, and industrial automation, turning research breakthroughs into scalable, real-world technology.

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