Sumeet Kumar Gupta

Sumeet Kumar Gupta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. His academic career spans from his current role to a prior Assistant Professorship at Pennsylvania State University (2014-2017) and an engineering position at Qualcomm Inc. (2012-2014). He holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University (2012), an M.S. from the same institution (2008), and a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi (2006).

• B.Tech, Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi (2006)
• M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University (2008)
• PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University (2012)

Dr. Gupta's research focuses on neuromorphic computing, low power variation-aware VLSI design in emerging nanotechnologies, device-circuit co-design, and nano-scale device modeling/simulations. His work addresses challenges in ferroelectric materials, crossbar arrays for deep neural networks, and energy-efficient AI hardware. Recent publications (2025-2024) highlight trends in:

• Ferroelectric HfO2/HZO thin films
• Compute-in-memory architectures
• Variability/stochasticity analysis
• Machine learning for device optimization
• Interconnect resistance/temperature effects
• AI hardware fault tolerance

Scientific Awards & Recognitions:

• DARPA Young Faculty Award (2016)
• Early Career Professorship, Penn State (2014)
• 6th TSMC Outstanding Student Research Bronze Award (2012)
• Magoon Award (Purdue)
• Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (Purdue, 2007)
• Intel PhD Fellowship (2009)

His professional journey includes academic appointments at Purdue University (2020-present, Associate Professor) and Pennsylvania State University (2014-2017, Assistant Professor) after industry experience at Qualcomm Inc. (2012-2014). He maintains IEEE and EDS membership while publishing over 100 refereed works.