Congratulations to Dr. Jiang Hu, Ph.D. student Yishuang Lin and former Ph.D. student Yaguang Li! Their paper “MMM: Machine Learning-Based Macro-Modeling for Linear Analog ICs and ADC/DACs” won the Best Student Paper Award at the 5th ACM/IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for CAD (MLCAD 2023). This work introduces macro-model level machine learning techniques to address the […]
CESG Seminar – Anshumali Shrivastava
Friday, September 22, 2023 10:20 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. (CST) ETB 1020, In-Person Presentation Only Anshumali Shrivastava Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science Rice University Title: “How We Pre-Trained GPT/LLM Models from Scratch on a CPU-Only Cluster: Democratizing the GenAI Ecosystem with Algorithms and Dynamic Sparsity” Talking Points: You can now Pre-train and fine-tune […]
CESG Seminar – Laxmikant (Sanjay) Kale
Monday, September 25, 2023 10:20 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. (CST) ETB 1034 Laxmikant (Sanjay) Kale Director & Research Professor at the Parallel Programming Laboratory Paul and Cynthia Saylor Professor Emeritus of Computer Science University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Title: “The Migratable Objects Parallel Programming Model: Successes and Prospects” Talking Points: Parallel Programming Model with Runtime Adaptivity Automated […]
CESG Seminar – Bingzhe Li
Friday, October 6, 2023 10:20 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. (CST) ETB 1020 Bingzhe Li Assistant Professor I Dept. of Computer Science University of Texas at Dallas Title: “Next-Generation Storage Systems for Big Data” Talking Points: How to efficiently manage current emerging storage devices How to design a new DNA storage system How to build a high-performance […]
Welcome to Fall 2023!
Welcome to our incoming CEEN students and our returning graduate students! It is lining up to be an exciting Fall semester with great classes, CESG Seminars, ECE seminars (postings to come), and campus activities! I hope you enjoyed the Howdy Week events through Aug. 22. International Students: Check out this event for you Friday, Aug. […]
2022 Awards: Dr. Reddy & Dr. Khatri
Congratulations Dr. Khatri on your 2022 Engineering Faculty Award! Well done! Congratulations Dr. Reddy on your Engineering Honoree Award!
Winner at the CESG Poster Event 2023!
CESG Poster Event 2023 (tamu.edu)
Spring Graduation!
✿ We are pleased to announce the following 54 MS and 3 PhD students graduating from ECE’s Computer Engineering Systems Group on Saturday, May 13! We are grateful they were part of our program, and we hope they are leaving with strong skills and confidence as they pursue their careers and go out to make the […]
Congratulations Dr. Hu!
CESG’s Jiang Hu has a new publication: Machine Learning Applications in Electronic Design Automation by himself and Dr. Haoxing Ren. This book covers a wide range of the latest research on ML applications in electronic design automation (EDA), including analysis and optimization of digital design, analysis and optimization of analog design, as well as functional verification, […]
Dr. P.R. Kumar – IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
Dr. Kumar is the 2022 recipient of one of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) most prestigious honors — the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal. It is the highest award by IEEE in communications and networking. Kumar was recognized for his seminal contributions to the modeling, analysis and design of wireless networks. For […]
Dr. JV Rajendran – 2022 Young Investigator Award Recipients
Dr. JV Rajendran has won the 2022 Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research Science & Technology! His research work is titled Steel Wool: Next-Generation Hardware Fuzzers and addresses the area of Cyber Security and Complex Software Systems. Congratulations JV!
Best Paper Award – IEEE: Drs. Yasin and Rajendran
Congratulations to former CESG Post-Doc Dr. Muhammad Yasin and Dr. JV Rajendran! Their 2020 paper “Removal Attacks on Logic Locking and Camouflaging Techniques” won a Best Paper Award from the Computer Society Publications Board and IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing.
Congratulations Dr. Karan Watson!
Dr. Karan Watson, Regents Professor, was awarded the 2021 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Lifetime Achievement Award in Engineering Education. Dr. Watson was recognized for her pioneering leadership and sustained contributions to education in the fields of engineering and engineering technology. For the full article or a more in-depth look at her work, please […]

CESG Former Student Shiyan Hu Elected to European Academy of Sciences and Arts
By Paul Gratz
CESG former student, Shiyan Hu, who received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering in 2008, has been elected as a Member for European Academy of Sciences and Arts for his significant contributions to Design, Optimization, and Security of Cyber-Physical Systems. European Academy of Sciences and Arts currently has about 2,000 members, including 34 Nobel Prize Laureates, who are world […]

Agricultural Blue Legacy Award
By Paul Gratz
Congratulations to Dr. Jiang Hu and team for receiving the Agricultural Blue Legacy Award this March. They developed a center pivot automation and control system known as CPACS. This contributes to water conservation in the field of agriculture. To learn more, go to http://www.hpwd.org/newswire/2021/3/18/amarillo-water-management-team-honored. The team is referred to as the “Amarillo Water Management Team” and includes: Dr. Hongxin Kong, CEEN, PhD Graduate […]
CESG Seminar – Shuiwang Ji
Friday, September 15, 2023 10:20 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. (CST) ETB 1020 Shuiwang Ji Professor at Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering Texas A&M University Title: “AI for Science in Quantum, Atomistic, and Continuum Systems” Talking Points: How to use AI to solve problems in physics, chemistry, material science, and fluid mechanics How to capture symmetries […]