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Circuit Research Lab

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Circuit Research Lab

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University Service –

Thesis Committee:

  1. Vivek Varier, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Summer 2021
  2. Qingxuan Ma, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Spring 2021
  3. Sudhanva M Vasishta, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Spring 2021
  4. Wei Shi, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Spring 2021
  5. Ki Young Kim, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fall 2020
  6. Xiao Wang, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fall 2020
  7. Ge Li, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fall 2020
  8. Xin Zhao, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Spring 2020
  9. Crystal Baker, Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Expected Graduation: 2020
  10. Paras Ajay, Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering Graduation: Fall 2019
  11. Heechai Kang, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Graduation: Fall 2019

UT Committees:

  1. Selection Panelist for UT competition sponsored by Office of Vice President for Research, 2019, 2020
  2. Faculty hiring committee, ECE Department, UT Austin, 2018-present
  3. Colloquium Series committee, ECE Department, UT Austin, 2019-2020
  4. Integrated Circuits and Systems graduate admissions committee, 2017-present

Student Engagement:

  1. Career panel presentation on faculty job preparation, Graduate Engineering Council (GEC), Cockrell School of Engineering, Fall 2019, Fall 2020,
  2. Coordinator for the Integrated circuits area for incoming graduate student site visit, Spring 2019
  3. Student technical area advising, HKN Technical Area night, Spring 2018

Conference Service –

Keynotes:

  1. “Energy Efficient Embedded Memories in Advanced CMOS: Trends and Prospects”, VLSI Design and Test Conference, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore, India, July 2019
  2. “Embedded memories in advanced CMOS: Trends and Opportunities in ML/AI Accelerators”, IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), Bengaluru, India, July 2019

Invited Talks:

  1. “High Density Non-Volatile SRAM using RRAM and Selector devices”, IEEE International Conference on Emerging Electronics, (ICEE), New Delhi, India, November 2020
  2. “High Density Non-Volatile SRAM using RRAM and Selector as Technology Assist”, IEEE Non-Volatile Memory Technology Symposium (NVMTS), Durham, NC, October 2019
  3. “Circuit Technologies for efficient in-memory computing” at International Memory Workshop (IMW), Monterey, CA, May 2019
  4. “Phase transition material assisted energy efficient CMOS design” Workshop on microelectronics and Electron Devices (WMED), IEEE Boise Chapter, Boise, ID, April 2019

Tutorials, Short Course:

  1. Tutorial: “Analog computing for Machine Learning” at VLSI Symposia on Technology and Circuits, 2020
  2. Short Course: “Circuit Technologies for efficient in-memory computing” at International Memory Workshop (IMW), Monterey, CA, May 2019
  3. Tutorial: “Embedded Memory Design for Future Technologies: Challenges, Solutions and Applications” at Design, Automation and Test Conference (DATE), March 2015

Conference Organization:

  1. Local arrangements team member for ISCAS 2022 to be held in Austin, TX
  2. Session co-chair, 2020, 2021 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC)
  3. Best paper award committee member, 2018, 2019 VLSI Design Conference, India
  4. General Co-chair, 2018, International Symposium on Low Power Electronics Design (ISLPED)
  5. Technical program co-chair, 2017 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics Design (ISLPED)
  6. Session co-chair, 2016, International Symposium on Low Power Electronics Design (ISLPED)

Technical Program Committee Member:

  1. AI Circuits and Systems Conference (AICAS, 2020-present)
  2. Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC, 2019-present)
  3. International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD, 2018-present)
  4. Design Automation Conference (DAC, 2018-2019, 2021)
  5. International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID, 2019)
  6. Dallas Circuits and Systems Conference (DCAS, 2018)
  7. International Symposium on Quality Electronics Design (ISQED, 2019)
  8. Asian Solid State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC, 2014-2017)
  9. International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD, 2017)
  10. International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS, 2016)
  11. International Symposium on Low Power Electronics Design (ISLPED, 2013-2016)
  12. Asian Symposium on Quality Electronics Design (ASQED, 2010-13)

Journal Service –

Editorial Board:

  1. Review Editor, Frontiers in Electronics, Integrated Circuits and VLSI track (May’2021-)
  2. Guest Editor, IEEE Micro, Special Issue on Chip Design 2020 (December 2020)
  3. Associate Editor, IEEE Solid State Circuits Letters, (2018-present)
  4. Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on VLSI systems, (2015-present)
  5. Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-II (2022-2023)

Reviewer:

  1. IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits,
  2. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – I and II,
  3. IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems,
  4. IEEE Transactions on Computers,
  5. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices,
  6. IEEE Electron Device Letters,
  7. IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems
  8. ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing

Invited Seminars –

  1. “Embedded Memories in Advanced CMOS: Trends and Opportunities in ML/AI Accelerators”, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India, July 2019
  2. “Embedded memories in advanced CMOS: Trends and Opportunities in ML/AI Accelerators”, IEEE Chapter University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), Bengaluru, India, July 2019
  3. “Threshold switching selector devices for energy efficient integrated circuits”, IEEE EDS/SSCS Bangalore Chapter, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India, July 2019
  4. “Embedded memories in advanced CMOS: Trends and Opportunities in ML/AI Accelerators”, College of Engineering Pune (COEP), India, July 2019
  5. “Energy Efficient memory design for the compute continuum and beyond” IEEE Santa Clara Valley Circuits and Systems Society, May 2017

Panels:

  1. Panel: NSF SBIR panelist for Advanced Materials, Photonics, Semiconductors, and Power Management program, November 2020
  2. Panel: “Nanoscale transistors and memory devices” and “Full custom design” panels in Vaishwik Bharatiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Summit, October 2020
  3. Panel: “Security and Trust as New Dimensions in Analog / RF Design Space Exploration” TxACE STARS: TxACE Workshop on Secure and Trusted Analog/RF Systems, UT Dallas, May 2018

Professional Societies –

  1. Chair, IEEE CASS/SSCS Central Texas Chapter, Austin, TX (2020-present)
  2. Vice-chair, IEEE CASS/SSCS Central Texas Chapter, Austin, TX (2018-19)
  3. Senior Member – IEEE, Solid State Circuits, Circuits and Systems, and Electron Device Society (2015-present)
  4. Senior Member – National Academy of Inventors (2021)
  5. Member – Association of Computing machinery (ACM), Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA)
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