Tathagata Srimani

Tathagata Srimani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), affiliated with the College of Engineering. He previously served as a Postdoctoral Scholar in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. His academic journey includes a Ph.D. and S.M. in EECS from MIT (2022 and 2018 respectively) and a B.Tech. in E&ECE from IIT Kharagpur (2016).

Research Focus: Srimani’s work centers on nanoelectronics and transformative NanoSystems. Key areas include:

• Carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFETs) and their monolithic 3D integration with silicon
• Ultra-dense 3D integration of logic and memory to address the 'memory wall' in AI/ML
• Technology-architecture co-design frameworks for energy-efficient computing

Key Achievements:

• Developed first silicon fab-compatible CNFET processes (TNANO ’18, Nature ’19)
• Enabled CNFET RISC-V microprocessor and monolithic 3D integration with Analog Devices/SkyWater
• Recipient of MIT Presidential Fellowship (2016) and Morris Joseph Levin Award (2018)

Teaching & Outreach: Teaches semiconductor devices and hardware design, including hands-on 'Hacker Fab' courses. Leads the NEXUS Research Group exploring heterogeneous nanomaterials (e.g., magnetic and oxide semiconductors) and thermal/power management in 3D systems.

Future Directions: Expanding into probabilistic computing hardware, co-design frameworks for application-specific systems, and scaling 3D NanoSystem technologies for industrial adoption.