Amit Ranjan Trivedi

Amit Ranjan Trivedi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He completed his B.Tech. and M.Tech. at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur (2003-2008), where he received an Academic Excellence Award, and earned his Ph.D. at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) from 2010 to 2015. His research focuses on Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the edge, Hardware Security, and Nano-robotics, with an emphasis on low-power and neuromorphic computing using emerging technologies like Tunneling field-effect-transistors and magneto-tunneling junctions.

Trivedi's publications reveal a strong interdisciplinary approach spanning VLSI Systems, Neural Networks, Nanotechnology, and Embedded Systems. His work addresses challenges in device authentication, energy-efficient AI, and nonvolatile memory, often leveraging nanoscale phenomena for novel applications.

• NSF CAREER Award (2021): Robust and Ultra-low-power Spatial Intelligence
• Sigma Xi Best PhD Dissertation (2015)
• IEEE Electron Device Society Fellowship (2014)
• Academic Excellence Award, IIT Kanpur (2005)

At UIC, he has secured the College of Engineering Seed Funding award and the Phase-I Chancellor’s Proof-of-Concept award. His prior roles included research internships at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (2012) and Intel’s Circuit Research Lab (2014), following his tenure at IBM Semiconductor Research and Development Center (2008-2010).