Research Areas

Research in the ML-AI area is focused in two streams. The first pertains to algorithms and applications including data science, online learning, reinforcement learning as well as applications to networked and control systems. The second pertains to computational platforms for ML-AI including VLSI realization of ML algorithms and multicore architectures supporting ML.

Faculty: Gwan Choi, Ulisses Braga-Neto, JF Chamberland, Zhiwen Fan, Nick Duffield, I-Hong Hou, Jiang Hu, Stavros Kalafatis, Kalathil, Dileep,  Sunil Khatri,  P.R. Kumar, John Lusher II, Varun Murali, Narayanan, Krishna,   Kevin Nowka, Joshua Peeples, “JV” Jeyavijayan Rajendran, Srinivas Shakkottai; Weiping Shi,  Suin Yi

Research in the Computer Architecture area is focused on on security, power, reliability and performance of the future chip-multiprocessor (CMP) and multiprocessor system-on-chip (MPSoC) designs as well as computer arithmetic.

Faculty: Paul Gratz, Jiang Hu, Sunil P Khatri,  Stavros Kalafatis, Mi Lu, John Lusher II, Narasimha Reddy, Suin Yi

Research in the Computer Systems area is focused on fault-tolerant systems, storage and file systems, computer architecture, multiprocessors on a chip, cloud computing, and distributed systems.

Faculty: JF Chamberland, Paul Gratz, I-Hong Hou, Stavros Kalafatis, P.R. Kumar, JV Rajendran, Narasimha Reddy, Alex Sprintson

Research being conducted under the Advanced Robotics in Manufacturing Consortium (ARM) focuses on human robot interface, manufacturing automation, path planning, robot security and safety.

Faculty: Zhiwen Fan, Starvos Kalafatis, Kalathil, Dileep, P.R. Kumar; John Lusher II, Varun Murali, Kevin Nowka, Srinivas Shakkottai

Research in the Security area is focused on VLSI security, computer security, network security, and cyber-physical systems security among other security issues that impact society.

Faculty:  Nick Duffield, Paul Gratz, Jiang Hu, Stavros Kalafatis, Sunil Khatri,  P.R. Kumar, JV Rajendran, Narasimha Reddy, Weiping Shi

Research focused on optimized integration of voice in VR systems provide a more natural human interface. Augmented Reality solutions look into medical, mechanical, aeronautical training and latency reduction.

Faculty: Zhiwen Fan, Paul Gratz,  I-Hong Hou,  Starvos Kalafatis, Varun Murali, Kevin Nowka, Srinivas Shakkottai

Research in the VLSI Circuits and Systems area is focused on Electronic Design Automation (EDA) of digital and analog circuits as well as VLSI design. Current research projects cover all strategically important areas including logic synthesis, layout synthesis, modeling, simulation, low power, reliability, testing, design for manufacturability, hardware/software co-design, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), and System-on-Silicon (SOC), and hardware acceleration of EDA algorithms.

Faculty: Gwan Choi,  Jiang Hu, Stavros Kalafatis, Sunil Khatri, Kevin Nowka, JV Rajendran, Weiping Shi; Suin Yi