Frank Li is an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech, affiliated with the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy and School of Electrical & Computer Engineering . His research focuses on computer security and privacy , particularly internet, network, and web security, with a data-driven approach. Education : PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley, BS in Computer Science from MIT (Course 6-3) Experience : Previously a visiting researcher at Facebook, with internships at Google and Microsoft Research Research interests include empirical computer security , internet measurement, password policies, IoT security, browser extensions, and DeFi vulnerabilities. His work combines large-scale data analysis, network traffic studies, and user behavior experiments. His publications highlight trends in IPv6 adoption , security notifications, password masking, third-party web content, and PLC security evaluation. Teaching awards include the Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching (Annual CIOS Award and Semester Honor Roll) at Georgia Tech. He leads the BEES Lab (Better Empirically Established Security), which investigates security and privacy issues through internet-wide measurements, network traffic analysis, and data mining. Lab members include PhD and MS students in computer science.
Shubham Tulsiani is an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, where he leads the Computer Vision group and the Physical Perception Lab. His research focuses on inferring physically and spatially grounded representations from perceptual inputs, with applications in 3D vision, robot manipulation, and neural scene reconstruction. He directs an active research group with multiple PhD and Master's students. Research interests center on 3D scene understanding , robot learning , and generative modeling , with specific emphasis on: self-supervised perception, neural rendering, multi-view geometry, manipulation from visual inputs, and physics-based reasoning. The lab develops methods that leverage physical world constraints as supervisory signals. Recent publications demonstrate strong focus on diffusion models for 3D tasks , sparse-view reconstruction , and robotic manipulation transfer . Key trends include neural inverse rendering, view synthesis from limited observations, and translating human interactions to robot actions. Awards include: Best Student Paper Award at CVPR 2015 Advising includes supervision of 5 PhD students, 4 MS students, and undergraduates. Lab alumni hold positions at Google, Stanford, Meta, and Princeton. The Physical Perception Lab collaborates with FAIR Pittsburgh and the CMU Computer Vision group.
Pierre Vandergheynst is a Full Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) in the Department of Electrical Engineering, with a courtesy appointment in Computer and Communication Sciences. He serves as EPFL’s Vice-Provost for Education since 2015 and leads the Signal Processing Laboratory 2 (LTS2). His research spans harmonic analysis, sparse approximations, mathematical data processing, and applications in signal/image processing, computer vision, machine learning, and graph-based data analysis. PhD in Mathematical Physics (1998), Université catholique de Louvain Postdoctoral Researcher at EPFL (1998-2001) Assistant Professor at EPFL (2002-2007) His research explores geometry/symmetry in high-dimensional data, redundant dictionaries for dimensionality reduction, and computational harmonic analysis on manifolds. Recent work focuses on protein structure modeling, geometric deep learning, and graph-based signal processing. Key article trends include graph neural networks for protein analysis, geometric deep learning in neuroscience, and structured knowledge priors in neural models. His 2023-2025 publications emphasize interpretable AI, long-range dependencies in graphs, and molecular representation learning. Scientific Awards: IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Best Paper Award (2023) Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award (2022) Apple ARTS Award (2007) De Boelpaepe Prize, Royal Academy of Sciences of Belgium (2009-2010) He has supervised over 30 PhD theses and contributed to foundational work in graph signal processing, compressive sensing, and geometric deep learning. His lab develops tools for data science on non-Euclidean structures, with applications in medicine, astronomy, and wireless systems.
Qianwen Wang is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Computer Science department at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Her research combines interactive visualization with interpretable machine learning to foster intuitive, efficient, and reliable Human-AI collaboration. She actively seeks motivated students, research assistants, and interns to join her dynamic research team at UMN CS. Dr. Wang's research focuses on three primary themes: Human-AI Collaboration, where she designs tools to facilitate Human-AI interaction; Automatic & Intelligent Visualization, where she develops techniques to make visualizations accurately interpreted and easily used; and VIS+(X)AI in Biomed/Healthcare, where she studies how visualization and explainable AI can promote scientific discoveries in biomedicine and healthcare. Her work has made significant contributions to visualization, human-computer interaction, and bioinformatics, with particular applications in biomedical knowledge graphs and single-cell omics analysis. Her recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward integrating visualization with large language models and graph neural networks for biomedical applications. She has published extensively at top venues including IEEE VIS, ACM CHI, and Nature Medicine, with a focus on making AI systems more interpretable and useful for domain experts, particularly in healthcare contexts. Her work often bridges theoretical advances in visualization with practical applications in genomics and healthcare. Two IEEE VIS Honorable Mention Awards (2022, 2024) Best Paper Award from IMLH@ICML 2021 Two Best Abstract Awards from BioVis ISMB (2021, 2022) HDSI Postdoctoral Research Fund Award Research covered by MIT News and Nature Technology Features Dr. Wang actively contributes to the academic community through service roles including General Chair for ISMB BioVis, VisNotes and Poster Chair for IEEE PacificVis, and Program Committee member for IEEE VIS, ACM CHI, and ACM IUI. Her research has been supported by various grants that enable her team to develop innovative visualization techniques and explore their practical applications in biomedical domains. Her research group maintains an active presence in the visualization and HCI communities, with members participating in major conferences and workshops. The lab focuses on creating tools that bridge the gap between complex AI models and human understanding, with particular emphasis on making these technologies accessible and useful for domain experts in biomedical research.
Sara Stymne is a Senior Lecturer in Computational Linguistics at the Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, where she has been working since 2012. She initially joined as a post-doc (2012-2015), then worked as a researcher (2015-2017), and served as an assistant professor (2017-2023) before her current position as Senior Lecturer. Prior to Uppsala, she was a researcher at Linköping University's Department of Computer and Information Science. Dr. Stymne earned her PhD in Computational Linguistics from Linköping University in 2012 with the thesis 'Text Harmonization Strategies for Phrase-Based Statistical Machine Translation,' following a Licentiate degree in Computational Linguistics (2009) and a Master's degree in Cognitive Science (2006), both also from Linköping University. During her doctoral studies, she spent the autumn of 2010 and spring of 2009 at Xerox Research Centre Europe in Grenoble, France. Her primary research interests focus on cross-lingual natural language processing and digital humanities, with particular emphasis on multilingual dependency parsing. Dr. Stymne is passionate about applying computational linguistics to solve research questions in other fields, including language history, literary analysis, and political science. Her earlier work concentrated on machine translation, with specific interests in discourse-aware translation, compound processing, and error analysis. She has made significant contributions to the development of language technology tools for analyzing dialogue, narrative, and stylistic features in literature. Analysis of Dr. Stymne's recent publications reveals a strong focus on cross-lingual and cross-domain natural language processing. Her work spans multiple subfields including dependency parsing across genres and topics, discourse relation analysis in low-resource languages like Egyptian Arabic, direct speech identification in Swedish literature, and causality detection in governmental documents. A notable trend is her application of NLP techniques to digital humanities problems, particularly in analyzing literary texts and historical language change. Her research often involves creating and utilizing specialized datasets for specific linguistic phenomena across multiple languages. Dr. Stymne actively supervises graduate students, having guided numerous master's and bachelor's theses on topics ranging from speech recognition to multilingual parsing and causality detection. She leads or participates in several research projects including 'Fictional prose and language change' (funded by VR, 2021-2023) and 'Enabling climate-resilient development' (funded by Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, 2023-2027), demonstrating her commitment to interdisciplinary research with practical applications. Her work has resulted in several notable software resources including uuPronPred for cross-lingual pronoun prediction, uuparser for dependency parsing, and Docent for document-level machine translation. Within the Computational Linguistics and Language Technology group at Uppsala University, Dr. Stymne contributes to multiple research initiatives focused on developing language technology tools for digital humanities applications. Her team works closely with literary scholars and historians to create computational methods for analyzing large corpora of literary texts, particularly focusing on Swedish literature across different historical periods. Her research bridges the gap between theoretical computational linguistics and practical applications in the humanities, creating new methodologies for quantitative analysis of literary and historical texts.
Jian Huang is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), holding a 100% appointment since August 2024. He is also an affiliated Associate Professor in Computer Science and serves as the Y. T. Lo Faculty Fellow in ECE. Huang leads the Systems Platform Research Group and received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology in August 2017, where his dissertation earned the College of Computing Dissertation Award. His research focuses on Computer Architecture, Memory and Storage Systems, AI Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, and Systems Security . Huang has pioneered work in sustainable AI infrastructures, modular data centers, neural processing unit virtualization, and ransomware-aware storage systems. His research has been featured in top-tier conferences including ISCA, MICRO, ASPLOS, OSDI, SOSP, and USENIX ATC, with over 50 publications and multiple patents issued worldwide. Huang's research has significant industry impact, with some work transferred into products and featured in popular media outlets including ACM CACM, TechXplore, and Science Daily. His work on non-volatile memory and storage systems has received extensive coverage, with some projects generating over 50 media reports. Among his notable achievements are the ACM SIGMICRO Early Career Award, NSF CAREER Award, IEEE Micro Top Picks (three times), USENIX Best Paper Award, and the MICRO Best Paper Runner Up in 2024. He has secured over $4.01M in grants ($11.12M with collaborators) from NSF, DARPA, Army Research Office, and industry partners. ACM SIGMICRO Early Career Award NSF CAREER Award IEEE Micro Top Picks (three times) USENIX Best Paper Award MICRO Best Paper Runner Up (2024) Google Faculty Research Award NetApp Faculty Fellowship Award Huang actively contributes to the academic community as program co-chair of NVMW'23 and organizer of HotInfra'23. He currently advises 12 Ph.D. students, 1 master student, and multiple undergraduates. His teaching innovations include developing ECE522: Emerging Memory/Storage System and revising ECE511: Computer Architecture with cutting-edge content.
Dr. Yi-Feng Chen is a Research Assistant Professor and Master's Supervisor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, China. He joined SUSTech as a postdoctoral fellow in November 2020 and was promoted to Research Assistant Professor in February 2023. His academic journey includes interdisciplinary training across engineering, neuroscience, and biomedical applications. Dr. Chen's educational background includes: Ph.D. in Engineering from Wuhan University of Technology (2014-2017), supervised by Professor Quan Liu M.Sc. from Wuhan University of Technology (2011-2014), supervised by Professor Zhou Zude B.Sc. from Wuhan University of Technology (2007-2011) He also participated in exchange programs at Yuan Ze University in Taiwan (2012) and the University of Auckland in New Zealand (2015). Dr. Chen's research spans the intersection of biomedical engineering, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence, with particular focus on brain-computer interfaces and rehabilitation technologies. His work combines advanced signal processing techniques with clinical applications, especially in decoding neural signals for movement intention and monitoring brain states during anesthesia. His research has significant implications for neurorehabilitation, assistive technologies, and intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring. His recent publications demonstrate a clear trajectory toward increasingly sophisticated neural decoding techniques, with a focus on coordinated limb movements and practical rehabilitation applications. The work shows progression from basic EEG signal processing to complex bimanual movement decoding and robot-assisted rehabilitation systems, reflecting a translational research approach from basic science to clinical applications. Dr. Chen has secured significant research funding as principal investigator and core contributor on multiple projects: National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Science Fund Project (2024-2026) Guangdong Natural Science Foundation General Project (2024-2026) Ministry of Science and Technology National Key R&D Program Project (2023-2026) Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission Key Project (2022-2025) As a Master's Supervisor, Dr. Chen mentors graduate students in biomedical engineering with focus on neural engineering and rehabilitation robotics. His laboratory collaborates closely with clinical partners to ensure research relevance to real-world medical challenges, particularly in neurorehabilitation and intraoperative monitoring.
Andrew Childs is a Professor at the University of Maryland, affiliated with the Department of Computer Science and the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS). He serves as Director of the NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation (RQS) and is a Fellow at the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS). His research focuses on quantum algorithms for simulating physical systems, algebraic problems, and quantum walk protocols, with applications in quantum computing and computational complexity. University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS) NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation Childs' research spans quantum simulation, quantum Fourier transform, phase estimation, and Hamiltonian dynamics. He has developed techniques to reduce quantum computational resources for simulating quantum systems and explored limitations of quantum computers through hidden subgroup problems and non-unitary dynamics. His publications cover diverse areas including quantum walk optimization, Hamiltonian simulation methods, and applications to cryptography and condensed matter physics. Recent works address spatial search algorithms, product formulas for commutators, and quantum routing protocols. As an educator, Childs has taught courses on quantum algorithms and information processing at both the University of Maryland and University of Waterloo, with lecture notes and materials spanning multiple years. Contact: amchilds@umd.edu | Office: ATL 3359 | Affiliated with University of Maryland's quantum research institutes.
Professor Martin Schrimpf is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at EPFL, holding dual appointments in the School of Life Sciences (SV) and the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC). His research bridges computational neuroscience, deep learning, and cognitive science to model human natural intelligence in vision and language. He leads the NeuroAI Lab, focusing on aligning artificial neural networks with brain mechanisms and human behavior. Education: PhD in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from MIT (2017–2022), MSc in Software Engineering from TUM/LMU/UNA (2014–2017), and BSc in Information Systems from TUM (2011–2014). His work has been recognized with awards including the Neuro-Irv Open Science Prize, McGovern Fellowship, and Takeda AI+Health Fellowship. He co-founded Integreat, a social impact startup recognized with Google.org’s Impact Challenge and TUM’s Social Impact Award. Research interests include neuroAI, brain-like models, and clinical translation (e.g., visual prosthetics). He has published in top venues like Neuron, Nature Human Behavior, NeurIPS, and ICLR. Current projects involve developing topographic language models (TopoLM) and investigating causal language network interactions using LLMs. Teaching: Courses include Neuroscience Foundations for Engineers and Brain-like Computation and Intelligence . Supervised over 26 students, including PhD candidates Badr Alkhamissi, Ben Lönnqvist, and Yingtian Tang. Active in grants from SNSF, NeuroX, and EPFL’s AI Center. Labs/Teams: NeuroAI Lab at EPFL Neuro-X Institute. Future directions include advancing brain-inspired models for clinical applications and expanding interdisciplinary collaborations between neuroscience and AI.
Verena Zimmermann serves as Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) for Security, Privacy and Society at ETH Zurich within the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences. She leads the Security, Privacy and Society research group, focusing on human-centered approaches to safety, IT security, and privacy challenges in emerging technologies. Her academic foundation includes a PhD in Usable Security from TU Darmstadt, where her dissertation From the Quest to Replace Passwords towards Supporting Secure and Usable Password Creation earned dual awards from the German Association for Data Protection and Data Security (GDD) and the Ernst-Ludwigs-Hochschulgesellschaft. Zimmermann's research pioneers the shift from viewing humans as security vulnerabilities to recognizing them as integral solutions. Her work spans password security, phishing interventions, smart home privacy, and cybersecurity education, consistently applying human factors principles to design systems that align with natural user behavior. Current projects explore emotional dimensions of security engagement, quantum governance frameworks, and LLM-related privacy concerns through interdisciplinary lenses combining computer science, psychology, and safety science. Recent publications reveal strong thematic trends toward understanding user motivations in security behavior, developing personalized training through augmented reality and adaptive systems, and translating safety science principles to cybersecurity incident management. Her work increasingly addresses societal implications of emerging technologies like quantum computing and generative AI. Her distinguished recognitions include: GDD Dissertation Award for Usable Security research Ernst-Ludwigs-Hochschulgesellschaft Dissertation Award IANUS Award (2nd place) for Moving from a 'Human-as-Problem' to a 'Human-as-Solution' Cybersecurity Mindset Zimmermann actively mentors through ETH's Human-Centered Security and Privacy Lab while collaborating internationally with institutions including ATHENE (German National Center for Applied Cybersecurity), Abertay University's Cybersecurity Division, and the Safety Science Innovation Lab. Her research receives support from Swiss and European funding bodies focused on privacy-preserving technologies and organizational security behavior. At ETH Zurich, she directs the Security, Privacy and Society group which employs design thinking, LEGO Serious Play, and mixed-methods research to tackle real-world security challenges. The team partners with industry stakeholders to develop practical solutions for phishing resistance, smart home privacy, and cybersecurity education while maintaining strong ties to the Research Training Group 2050 Privacy and Trust for Mobile Users.
Wengong Jin is an Assistant Professor at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, and a visiting research scientist at the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center at the Broad Institute. He holds a PhD from MIT CSAIL, advised by Prof. Regina Barzilay and Prof. Tommi Jaakkola. Research Interests: His work focuses on geometric and generative AI models for drug discovery, biology, and chemical engineering. Key areas include equivariant neural networks (e.g., FAFormer), diffusion models for binding energy prediction, antibody/enzyme design (RefineGNN, SurfPro), and molecular design through graph neural networks (Junction Tree VAE). He also explores domain generalization and systems for autonomous molecular discovery. Publications: His research has been published in top venues like NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, Nature, Science, and Cell. Recent breakthroughs include discovering novel antibiotics using explainable AI and designing synergistic drug combinations for cancer treatment. Awards: He has received the BroadIgnite Award, Dimitris N. Chorafas Prize, and MIT EECS Outstanding Thesis Award for his contributions to computational biology and AI-driven drug discovery. Teaching: Currently teaches a PhD seminar on AI for Science, focusing on integrating machine learning into scientific discovery processes.
Allison Koenecke is an Assistant Professor of Information Science at Cornell Tech and a field faculty member in Computer Science at Cornell University. Previously, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research New England and completed her PhD at Stanford University’s Institute for Computational & Mathematical Engineering. Her research focuses on algorithmic fairness, computational social science, and causal inference in public health, addressing disparities in automated systems like speech recognition and policy decision-making. Education : PhD, Stanford Institute for Computational & Mathematical Engineering MA/MS, Stanford University BA/BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Interests : Dr. Koenecke’s work bridges economics and computer science, emphasizing equity in AI systems. Key areas include: Algorithmic bias in speech recognition (e.g., racial disparities in voice assistants) Fairness in policy tools like environmental justice data systems Causal analysis in public health interventions Ethical implications of large language models in education Media & Impact : Her research has been featured in outlets like New York Times , Science , and Scientific American . Notable studies include exposing racial gaps in speech-to-text systems and advocating for inclusive dataset development. She also explores societal impacts of AI in education and governance. Awards : Sloan Research Fellow in Computer Science Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science NSF Awards Cornell CIS Teaching Excellence Award (2024) Teaching & Outreach : She teaches courses like Designing Fair Algorithms and Data Science for Global Development , emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration. Her PhD Professionalization course addresses hidden curricula in academia. She advises on AI ethics for nonprofits, tech companies, and government agencies.
Alenda Y. Chang serves as an Assistant Professor in Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. With a multidisciplinary background spanning biology, literature, and film, she integrates ecocritical theory with contemporary media analysis. Her scholarly work appears in journals including Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment , Qui Parle , and electronic book review , focusing on sustainable media practices and ecological frameworks for digital engagement. Her educational background includes: M.A. and Ph.D. in Rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley M.A. in English Language and Literature from the University of Maryland Chang specializes in environmental media and game studies, developing theoretical frameworks for ecological game design. Her research examines how digital games model environmental systems and foster player engagement with climate change through concepts like "slow violence" and "rambunctious play." She advocates for sustainable design patterns that address gaming's carbon footprint while creating immersive ecological narratives. Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals a consistent trajectory from foundational ecological game theory (2013-2018) to current work on thermal contexts of play and sustainable infrastructure (2022-2024). Her scholarship increasingly bridges data-driven activism with critical game design, emphasizing multispecies entanglements and infrastructural play as tools for environmental awareness. As co-founder of Wireframe—a collaborative media studio at UCSB—Chang cultivates critical game design practices through initiatives like growinggames.net . The studio supports data-driven global media art, environmental activism, and experimental pedagogy, serving as a hub for translating ecological theory into tangible digital interventions that challenge anthropocentric perspectives in gaming.
Freda Shi is an Assistant Professor at the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo and a Faculty Member at the Vector Institute, where she holds a Canada CIFAR AI Chair. She joined the University of Waterloo in July 2024 after completing her Ph.D. at the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago. Educational Background: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (2024), advised by Professors Karen Livescu and Kevin Gimpel Bachelor's degree in Intelligence Science and Technology (Computer Science Track) with a minor in Sociology, Peking University (2018) Dr. Shi's research focuses on computational linguistics and natural language processing, particularly on deeper understandings of natural language and the human language processing mechanism. She is especially interested in learning language through grounding, computational multilingualism, and related machine learning aspects. Her work aims to inform the design of more efficient, effective, safe, and trustworthy NLP systems. She leads the CompLING Lab at the University of Waterloo, which investigates how language models process spatial relationships and acquire linguistic structures through grounded experiences. Her publication record shows a consistent trajectory of high-impact research, with recent work focusing on spatial reasoning in vision-language models, multilingual chain-of-thought capabilities, and grounded language acquisition. She has published in top-tier conferences including ACL, EMNLP, ICLR, and NAACL, with several papers receiving notable recognition including Best Paper Nominee status at multiple venues. Her research bridges theoretical linguistics with practical NLP applications, demonstrating how linguistic insights can improve AI systems. Scientific Recognition: Canada CIFAR AI Chair (2024) Google Ph.D. Fellowship Thesis of Distinction for her doctoral work Multiple Best Paper Nominee awards at major NLP conferences Dr. Shi teaches CS 784: Computational Linguistics and CS 486/686: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence at the University of Waterloo. She actively contributes to the NLP research community through conference participation, program committee service, and collaborative projects. Her research has significant implications for creating more robust, human-like language understanding systems and advancing the field of grounded language learning in artificial intelligence.
Dr. Akhilesh Jaiswal serves as Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where his research pioneers device-circuit co-design for next-generation computing systems. His work focuses on enabling extreme-edge intelligence through processing-in-pixel technology, in-memory computing architectures, and bio-inspired neuromorphic systems. His academic credentials include: PhD in Nano-electronics from Purdue University (2019) MS from the University of Minnesota (2014) Bachelor of Technology from Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology (2011) Dr. Jaiswal's research program centers on revolutionizing edge computing through hardware innovations that integrate sensing and processing. His device-circuit co-design approach leverages alternate state variables to create energy-efficient systems for real-time applications, with particular emphasis on retina-inspired sensors and photonic memory architectures. This work bridges semiconductor physics with AI acceleration needs, targeting applications from autonomous systems to biomedical devices. Analysis of his 2023-2025 publications reveals dominant themes in photonic SRAM-based in-memory computing (40% of output), retina-inspired motion processing (30%), and secure hardware architectures (20%). His team consistently develops novel bitcell designs that enable XOR logic execution within memory arrays while maintaining compatibility with CMOS fabrication processes. Recent work shows increasing focus on biomedical applications of processing-in-pixel technology. His distinguished recognition includes: Three consecutive ISI Exploratory Research Awards (2020-2023) IEEE Brain Community Best Paper Award (2022) 27 issued US patents with multiple pending applications Nomination for USC Moore Inventor Fellowship (2022) Dr. Jaiswal actively mentors graduate researchers through ECE 790/890/990 courses while securing exploratory funding through ISI and Keston Foundation awards. His patent portfolio demonstrates exceptional translational impact, with industry game-changer classifications from USPTO. The 2022 VLSI-SoC nomination and multiple research highlights in major outlets validate his contributions to hardware security and neuromorphic vision sensors. His laboratory develops integrated hardware platforms combining magnetic tunnel junctions, photonic memory, and CMOS image sensors to create unified processing-in-sensor systems. Current projects include retina-inspired motion segmentation for event cameras and electro-optic frequency transducers for quantum computing interfaces, with strong industry collaboration through patent licensing.
