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.









