Peng Li @ UCSB

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Current Lab Members

@UCSB

• Richard Boone, Ph.D. student (M.S. & B.S., UCSB)
• Naga Sai Veenadhari Bellamkonda, M.S. student ( B.S., Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Hyderabad)
• Hanbin Hu, Ph.D. student (B.S. & M.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
• Jeonjun Lee, Ph. D. student (B.S. & M.S., Seoul National University)
• Peng Li (Faculty)
• Lakshmi Varshika Mirtinti, M.S. student (B.S., Birla Institute of Technology and Science)
• Karthik Somayaji NS, M.S. student (B.S., PES University)
• Yu Wang, Ph.D. student (M.S., Texas A&M; B.S., Fudan University)
• Wenrui Zhang, Ph.D. student (B.S., University of Science and Technology of China)

Graduated Doctoral Students

• Myung Seok Shim, Ph.D., December 2020 (B.S., Sung Kyun Kwan University)
  Thesis tile: “Learning architectures and algorithms for collision avoidance and sensor fusion”
  First employment: AI Resident, Shell, Houston, Texas

• Yu Liu, Ph. D., August 2019 (B.S., Fudan University; M.S. Purdue University)
  Thesis tile: “Design and Optimization of Energy Efficient Recurrent Spiking Neural Accelerators”
  First employment: Apple, Bay Area, California

• Xin Zhan, Ph. D., May 2019 ( B.S., M.S., Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology)
  Thesis tile: “Distributed IC power delivery: stability-constrained design optimization and workload-aware power management”
  First employment: Cadence Design Systems, Austin, Texas

• Jimmy (Yingyezhe) Jin, Ph. D., August 2018 (B.S., Zhejiang University)
  Thesis tile: “Architectures and Training Algorithms of Deep Spiking Neural Networks”
  First employment: Research Engineer, Facebook, Bay Area, California

• Ya (Tony) Wang, Ph.D., December 2017 (B.S., Xi'an Jiaotong University) Thesis tile: “Efficient and Robust Simulation, Modeling and Characterization of IC Power Delivery Circuits” First employment: Google, Bay Area, California

• Honghuang Lin, Ph.D., August 2016 (B.S., Tsinghua University)
  Thesis tile: “Algorithms for Verification of Analog and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits”
  Current employment: Apple, Bay Area, California

• Qian Wang, Ph. D. August 2016 (B.S., Harbin Inst. of Technology; M.S., U. of Kansas)
  Thesis tile: “Architectures and Design of VLSI Machine Learning Systems”
  Current employment: Computer Vision Research Engineer, Apple, Bay Area, CA

• Parijat Mukherjee, Ph. D. December 2014 (B. Tech. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli; M.S., Texas A&M)
  Thesis tile: “Detection and Diagnosis of Out-of-Specification Failures in Mixed-Signal Circuits” First employment: Strategic CAD Laboratories, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon

• Tong Xu, Ph. D. December y 2014 (B. S., Tianjin Univ.)
  Thesis tile: “Circuit and System Level Design Optimization for Power Delivery and Management” First employment: Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, California

• Suming Lai, Ph.D. December 2014 (B.S., M.S., Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.)
  Thesis tile: “Modeling, Design and Optimization of IC Power Delivery with On-chip Voltage Regulation” First employment: Maxim, San Diego, California

• Yong Zhang, Ph. D. May 2014 (B. S., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.)
  Thesis tile: “Simulation and Design of Biological and Biologically-Motivated Computing Systems” First employment: Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, California

• Yongtae Kim, Ph. D. December 2013 (B. S., M. S., Korea Univ.)
  Thesis tile: “Energy Efficient and Error Resilient Neuromorphic Computing in VLSI”
  Current position: Assistant Professor, Kyungpook National University, Korea
  Previous employment: Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, California

• Leyi Yin, Ph.D. December 2012 (B.S., M.S., Tsinghua Univ.)
  Thesis tile: “Formal Verification and In-Situ Test of Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits”
  First employment: Cirrus Logic, Austin, TX

• Zhiyu (Albert) Zeng, Ph.D. December 2011 (B.S., Zhejiang Univ.)
  Thesis tile: “Scalable Analysis, Verification and Design of IC Power Delivery”
  Current position: Cadence Design Systems, Austin, Texas
  Previous employment: Samsung Austin Research Center (SARC), Austin, TX

• Xiaoji Ye, Ph.D. December 2010 (M.S., Texas A&M, B.S., Wuhan Univ.)
  Thesis tile: “Parallel VLSI Circuit Analysis and Optimization”
  First employment: Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR

• Guo Yu, Ph.D., December 2009 (M.S., TU Delft, B. S., Fudan Univ.)
  Thesis tile: “Modeling, Test and Optimization of Robust Analog and Mixed-Signal ICs”
  First employment: Oracle Corporation, Austin, TX

• Wei Dong, Ph.D., August 2009 (M.S., Shanghai JiaoTong Univ., B. S., Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.) Thesis tile: “Parallel Algorithms for Time and Frequency Domain Circuit Simulation” First employment: Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX

• Zhuo Feng, Ph.D. August 2009 (M.S., National Univ. of Singapore, B. S., Xi’an JiaoTong Univ.) Thesis tile: “Modeling, Analysis and Verification of Large-Scale On-Chip Interconnect”
  Current position: Associate Professor (NSF Career Award Recipient), Stevens Institute of Technology

Graduated Master's Students

• Jianhao Chen, M.S., August 2020  ( B.S., University of Science and Technology of China)
  Thesis Title: “A Variation-aware adaptation of heterogeneous voltage regulation”
  First employment: Cirrus Logic, Austin, TX

• Yu Wang, M.S., December 2019  ( B.S., Fudan University)
  Thesis Title: “A scalable, bandwidth minimized FPGA Engine for Parallel Acceleration of Singular Value Decomposition”
  (Currently pursuing Ph.D. in the same group at UCSB)

• Ashvin Shenoy Renjal, M.S., December 2019 

Thesis Title: “Liquid state machine model with homeostasis and supervised STDP on neuromorphic Loihi Processorn”
First employment: software engineer, Ericsson, Austin, TX

• Renqian Zhang, M.S. August 2019 (B.S., Fudan University)
  Thesis Title: “Onchip Training of Spiking Neural Accelerators using Spike-Train Level Direct Feedback Alignment”
  First employment: Cirrus Logic, Austin, TX

• Yang Li, M.S. May 2019 (B.S., Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology)
  Thesis Title: “Auxiliary loss weighting for robust multi-modal sensor fusion with deep neural networks”
  First employment: Software Development Engineer, Seattle, WA

• Chenye Zhao, M.S. May 2019 (B.S., Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology)
  Thesis Title: “Hardware Testbed and deep neural networks with auxiliary-model regulated gating for resilient multi-model sensor fusion”
  Position after graduation: Ph.D. student in computer science at UIC

• Sai Sourabh Yenamachintala, M.S. December 2018 (B.Tech, National Institute of Technology Warangal)
  Thesis Title: "FPGA spiking neural processors with supervised and unsupervised Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity"
  First employment: Intel, Folsom, California

• Ting-Jui Chang, M.S. December 2019 (B.S., National Chiao Tung University)
  Thesis Title: “Enhancing resilience against adversarial attacks of deep neural networks using efficient two-step adversarial defense”
  Position after graduation: Ph.D. student in Industrial & Systems Engineering at TAMU

• Yukun He, M.S. December 2019 (B.S. Southeast University)
  Thesis Title: “Robust Dynamic Step Adversarial Training Defense for Deep Neural Networks”

• Amarnath Mahadevuni, M.S., May 2018 (B.Tech., Indian Inst. of Technology, Roorkee)
  Thesis title: "Autonomous Navigation using Reinforcement Learning with Spiking Neural Networks" First employment: Nvidia, Durham, NC

• Qingran Zheng, M.S., December 2017 (B.S., Beijing Inst. of Tech.)
  Thesis title: “Hybrid Verification for Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits” First employment: Synopsys, Mountain View, California

• Seungjai Ahn, M.S., May 2017 (B.S., University of Washington)
  Thesis title: “Energy-efficient Q-Learning for Collision Avoidance of Autonomous Robots” First employment: Intelligent Safety Research Team, Hyundai, Uiwang, Korea

• Sushirdeep Narayana, M.S., May 2017
  (B.S., National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, Karnataka) Thesis title: “Affect Recognition using Electroencephalography Features”
  Current position: Ph.D. student, UIC

• Ang Li, M.S., August 2016 (B.S., Tsinghua University)
  Thesis title: “HNoise-sensitive loop identification for linear time-varying analog circuits”
  First employment: Analog Devices, Greensboro, NC

•  Sai Srujan Gudibandi, M.S., August 2016 (B.S., Indian Inst. of Tech. Bhubaneswar)
  Thesis title: “PPG heart rate detection in the presence of motion artifacts”
  First employment: Global Prior Art Inc., Boston

• Youjie Li, M.S., May 2016 (B. S., Changchun U. of Science & Tech.)
  Thesis title: ““Energy efficient spiking neuromorphic architectures for pattern recognition”
  Current Position: Ph.D. student, ECE, UIUC

• Yen-Ju Lin, M.S., August 2016 (B.S., National Taiwan University)
  Thesis title: “FPGA-based cascade support vector machine with integrated training

• Hariharan  Bhagavatheeswaran, M.S., December 2015 (B.Tech., National Institute of Tech., Tiruchirappalli)
  Thesis title: “Hardware accelerator for HMM based speech recognition”
  First employment: Qualcomm, San Jose, California

• Di Gao, M.S., Dember 2015 (B.S., Harbin Inst. of Tech.)
  Thesis title: “Multi-harmonic modeling of low-power PWM DC-DC Converters”
  First employment: Cadence Systems, San Jose, Californi

• Kumaran Thulasiraman, M.S., August 2015 (B.Tech., National Institute of Tech., Tiruchirappalli) Thesis title: “Enhanced reinforcement learning with attentional feedback and temporally attenuated distal rewards”
  First employment: Cisco, San Jose, California

• David Fan, M.S., May 2015 (B.S. in BME, Duke Univ.)
  Thesis title: “Backpropagation for continuous theta neuron networks”
  Position after graduation: Ph.D. student, GaTech

• Nityendra Singh, M.S., December 2014 (B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Thesis title: “Training Algorithms for Networks of Spiking Neurons”
  First employment: Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, California

• Botang Shao, M.S., August 2014 (B.S., Harbin Inst. of Technology)
  Thesis title: “Design of Energy-Efficient Approximate Arithmetic Circuits”
  First employment: NXP Semiconductors, Austin, Texas

• Shaodao James Yu, M.S., August 2014 (B.S., University of Texas at Dallas)
  Thesis title: “EEG-based Drowsiness Detection using Support Vector Machine”
  First employment: BioTex, Inc., Houston, Texas

• Ahmad Bashaireh, M.S., May 2014 (B.S.,Univ. of Jordan)
  Thesis title: “Design Robustness Analysis of Neuromorphic Circuits”
  Position after graduation:  PhD student at ECE TAMU

• Ruicheng Dai, M.S., August 2012 (B.S., Zhejiang Univ.)
  Thesis title: “Parallel and Distributed Multi-Algorithm Circuit Simulation”
  First employment: Nvidia, Santa Clara, California

• Jingzhen Hu, M.S., May 2012 (B.S., Beijing Univ. of Posts and Telecommunications)
  Thesis title: “Biophysically accurate Brain Modeling and Simulation Using Hybrid MPI/OpenMP Parallel Processing”
  First employment: Advanced Micro Devices(AMD), Sunnyvale, California

• Yue Deng, M.S., May 2012 (B.S., Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.)
  Thesis title: “SAT-based Verification for Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits”
  First employment: Zipalog, Plano, Texas

• Mingchao Wang, M.S., May 2012 (B.S., Zhejiang Univ.)
  Thesis title: “Large-Scale Simulation of Neural Networks with Biophysically Accurate Models on Graphics Processors”
  First employment: Mentor Graphics, Oregon

•  Amandeep Singh, M.S., May 2011 (B.E., Punjab Engineering College)
  Thesis title: “Behavioral model equivalence checking for large analog/mixed signal systems”
  First employment: Cypress Semiconductors, California

• Parijat Mukherjee , M.S., December 2010 (B.S., National Institute of Tech., Tiruchirappalli) Thesis title: “Automatic stability checking for large analog circuits”
  (Pursued PhD student in the same group)

• Shivananda Reddy, M.E., December 2010.
  First employment: Nvidia, Santa Clara, California

• Hsiang-Wen Chiu, M.E., December 2010.

• Srinath Narasimhan, M.S., May 2010 (Defended in Nov. 2009)
  Thesis title: “Circuit Optimization Using Efficient Parallel Pattern Search”
  First employment: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon

• Akshit Dayal, M.S., December 2009
  Thesis title: “Robust Optimization of Nanometer SRAM Designs”
  First employment: Texas Instruments, Houston, Texas

• Chang Zhao, M.S., December 2009
  Thesis title: “Statistical Performance Modeling of SRAMs”
  First employment: Precision Reservoir Modeling Inc., Houston, TX
  Current position: Synopsys, Hillsboro, Oregon

• Vaidyanatha Sambasivan, M.E., December 2009
  First employment: Nvidia Corp., Santa Clara, California

• Ramanathan Swaminathan, M.E., December 2009
  First employment: ARM Inc., San Jose, California

• Arunprasad Venkatraman, M.E., August 2009
  First employment: Nvidia Corp., Santa Clara, California

• Tong Zhu, M.E., August 2008

• Xiaoji Ye, M.S., August 2007
  Thesis title: “Fast High-Order Variation-Aware IC Interconnect Analysis”
  Pursued Ph.D. in the same group

• Jihun Oh, M.E., May 2006 (pursued Ph.D. at U. of Minnesota)

Past Undergraduate Researchers 

• Suil Lee, currently M.S. student, ECE, TAMU
• Ayaz Abdullah
• Abdullah Alquwayzani
• Paul Crouther, currently Ph. D. student, CS, UMass
• Jui Yen Chua
• Peter Adkins
• Patrick Cramer
• Trung Le
• Andy Chang
• Catherine Ockman
• Jong Hyun Park

Past Post-Doctoral Fellows and Visitors

• William Jiang, Academic Affiliate, (B.S. in physics, UCSB, 2019-2020)
• Changqing Xu, visiting Ph.D. student (B.S. & M.S., Ph.D., Xidian University, 2018-2019)
• Xuchong Zhang, Visiting Ph. D. student, Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Xi'an Jiaotong University (Oct 2017 - September 2018)

• Dr. Xiaoyu Xu, Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2015 - 2016 )
• Dr. Song Qiu, East China Normal University  (2016- 2017)
• Dr.  Dani A. Tannir, Lebanese American University (Fulbright Scholar, July 2014 to October 2014)
• Yue Shi, Chengdu University of Information Technology (2014 - 2015)
• Prof. Liang Feng, Department of Microelectronics, Xi’an Jiaotong University (2011 - 2012)
• Dr. Boyuan Yan, Postdoctoral research fellow (2010 - 2012) (Ph.D., University of California, Riverside); currently research faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University