Vijaykrishnan Narayanan

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on ferroelectric memory systems, energy-efficient computing, and neuromorphic engineering, with applications in deep learning, edge computing, and secure hardware design. He leads projects such as EFRI BRAID (Neuroscience-Inspired Visual Analytics) and FuSe-TG (Heterogeneous Ferroelectronics for Big Data Analytics).

Research Interests

• Compute-in-Memory (CIM) architectures
• Ferroelectric Field-effect Transistors (FeFETs)
• Low-power VLSI design
• Hardware security mechanisms

Scientific Contributions

• Over 707 research outputs and 26 grants
• Key contributor to UN Sustainable Development Goals via energy-efficient computing
• NSF grants for projects like Ferro-CoDE (combinatorial optimization) and INSECT NET (entomology-computer science collaborations)