Raghavendra Pothukuchi

Raghavendra Pothukuchi is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a William R. Kenan Jr. Fellow. His research bridges natural and artificial intelligence, focusing on brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), quantum and classical frameworks for cognitive modeling, and biologically inspired computer architectures.

• Educated with a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and a B.E. (Hons.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BITS Pilani, India.

Research Areas: Computer architecture, brain-inspired AI, quantum computing, energy efficiency, and machine learning in datacenters.

Scientific Awards:

• Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists
• Heidelberg Laureate Forum selection
• Best Paper award at ISCA
• IEEE Micro Top Picks selections
• BITS Pilani and UIUC honors