2021 Mahboob Khan Outstanding Liaison Award Winners

• Abalhassan (Jamal) Sheikh (Texas Instruments) nominated by

  Degang Chen (Iowa State University) et al. for support of Robust ATE Multi-Site HW Design to Enable Effective Analog Performance Testing in Analog-Mixed-Signal (AMS) SoCs, GRC TASK 2810.028

• Abu Sebastian (IBM Zurich) nominated by

  Bipin Rajendran (King's College London) et al. for support of 2941.001, Transposable NVM Architectures Featuring Hybrid In-Memory Computing for Area-/Energy-Efficient DNN Training

• Ameen Akel (Micron) nominated by

  Sarita Adve (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) et al. for support of ILLIXR: Illinois Extended Reality Testbed, Tasks 2775.02, 2775.005, 2775.006, 2775.07, 2775.009, 2775.011, 2775.012 from the ADA JUMP center, PI Sarita Adve

  Kaushik Roy (Purdue University) et al. for support of all C-BRIC tasks

  Sergiu Mosanu (University of Virginia) et al. for support of CRISP Task 2780.003 and more

• Brian Cline (Arm) nominated by

  Azad Naeemi (Georgia Institute of Technology) et al. for support of JUMP TASK 2776.061

• Brian Doyle (Intel) nominated by

  Jaydeep Kulkarni (University of Texas at Austin) et al. for support of 2962.001 Thin Film Back-end Transistors for ultra-low Leakage, High-density Memory Applications

• Chen He (NXP) nominated by

  Peng Li (University of California, Santa Barbara) et al. for support of 2810.031: Development and Assessment of Machine Learning Based Analog and Mixed-Signal Verification, PI: Peng Li

  Hanbin Hu (University of California, Santa Barbara) et al. for support of Analog Optimization Hybridizing Designer's Intent and Machine Learning (Task ID: 2810.043, PI: Dr. Peng Li, UCSB) and Development and Assessment of Machine Learning Based Analog and Mixed-Signal Verification (Task ID: 2810.031, PI: Dr. Peng Li, UCSB)

• Chia-Ching Lin (Intel) nominated by

  Zhihong Chen (Purdue University) et al. for support of 2819.021 - 2D GSHE Materials for Low Power Spin Torque Devices

• Ching-Tzu Chen (IBM) nominated by

  Ravishankar Sundararaman (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) et al. for support of NCORE 2966.0002 (First-principles Inverse Design of Optimal Interconnect Materials)

• Divya Prasad (Arm) nominated by

  Azad Naeemi (Georgia Institute of Technology) et al. for support of JUMP TASK 2776.061

• Doug Gardner (Analog Devices) nominated by

  Eslam Tawfik (The Ohio State University) et al. for support of GRC task 2971.001

• Elijah Karpov (Intel) nominated by

  Jaydeep Kulkarni (University of Texas at Austin) et al. for support of 2824.001 Aggressive Vmin Scaling in High Density SRAM using Memristor and Selector as Technology Assist

  Jiyoung Kim (The University of Texas at Dallas) et al. for support of PI: Jiyoung Kim, Task ID 2823.001, Ultra-Steep Threshold Switching Selectors for High Density Memory Applications

  HYUNSANG HWANG (POSTECH) et al. for support of 2815.001: Low Voltage Thin Film Selector Research

• Farhana Sheikh (Intel) nominated by

  Mark Rodwell (Univ California Santa Barbara) et al. for support of Mark Rodwell

  Ajith Amerasekera (UC Berkeley) et al. for support of 2778.007, 2778.008, 2778.012, 2778.015, 2778.013, 2778.014, 2778.026, 2778.033, 2778.040

• Fei Su (Intel) nominated by

  Krishnendu Chakrabarty (Duke University) et al. for support of Functional Fault Modeling and Testing of Machine-Learning Hardware (Task 2879.001)

• Gurpreet Kalsi (Intel, Bangalore) nominated by

  Vijaykrishnan Narayanan (Penn State University) et al. for support of CRISP-2780.001, AIHW 2946.001, ADA2775.007, SRP 2980.001 - Fast, Robust, Energy-aware In-memory Computing Architectures

• Guy Cohen (IBM) nominated by

  Haibo Gong (SUNY Poly) et al. for support of 2960.001

  Eric Pop (Stanford University) et al. for support of Tasks 2826.001, 3004.001, and 2966.011

  Rubab Ume (SUNY Poly Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering) et al. for support of SRC GRC Task 2960.001: “Phase-change Memory with Engineered Multilevel Resistance States based on Group III-Sb Multilayers”, PI: Serge Oktyabrsky

• Harsono Simka (Samsung) nominated by

  Azad Naeemi (Georgia Institute of Technology) et al. for support of JUMP TASK 2776.061

• Henning Braunisch (Intel Corporation) nominated by

  Madhavan Swaminathan (Georgia Institute of Technology) et al. for support of 2776.033 Ultra-efficient Power Conversion and Distribution Madhavan Swaminathan

• Ian Young (Intel Corporation) nominated by

  Joerg Appenzeller (Purdue University) et al. for support of 2819.019

• Jin Cai (TSMC) nominated by

  Jaydeep Kulkarni (University of Texas at Austin) et al. for support of 2962.001 Thin Film Back-end Transistors for ultra-low Leakage, High-density Memory Applications

• John Wuu (AMD) nominated by

  Jaydeep Kulkarni (University of Texas at Austin) et al. for support of 2824.001 Aggressive Vmin Scaling in High Density SRAM using Memristor and Selector as Technology Assist

• Joonseop Sim (SK Hynix) nominated by

  Tajana Rosing (UCSD) et al. for support of Tajana Rosing - CRISP center

• Keith Bowman (Qualcomm) nominated by

  Arijit Raychowdhury (Georgia Institute of Technology) et al. for support of Arijit Raychowdhury

• Krishnan Kailas (IBM) nominated by

  Lizy John (UT Austin) et al. for support of 3015.001 Machine Learning Workload Analysis and Characterization, Dr. Lizy John, UT Austin

  Donald Yeung (University of Maryland at College Park) et al. for support of Task 2937.001 ReRAM / Cache Co-Design and Task 2937.002 Monolithically Integrated CPU-Main Memory Chips that are Feasible at 7nm

  Hadi Esmaeilzadeh (University of California San Diego) et al. for support of SLD/AIHW Task 2884.001, AIHW Task 3039.001

• Mahesh Mehendale (Texas Instruments) nominated by

  Naresh Shanbhag (University of Illinois/Electrical and Computer Eng) et al. for support of 2987.001

• Matt Horsnell (Arm) nominated by

  Sarita Adve (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) et al. for support of ILLIXR: Illinois Extended Reality Testbed, Tasks 2775.02, 2775.005, 2775.006, 2775.07, 2775.009, 2775.011, 2775.012 from the ADA JUMP center, PI Sarita Adve

• Matthias Passlack (TSMC) nominated by

  Andrew Kummel (University of California San Diego) et al. for support of Task 2776.059 DFT of Ferroelectric HfO2 and Related Compounds plus MIT Material

• Mike Burkland (Raytheon Technologies) nominated by

  Bob Lempkowski (Raytheon Missiles & Defense) et al. for support of ComSenTer, ASCENT

  Todd Austin (University of Michigan) et al. for support of ADA Center Task 2.8 - DSSP: MilSPEC - A Benchmark Suite of Military-inspired Benchmarks (PIs: Todd Austin and Valeria Bertacco, UMich)

• Nandhini Chandramoorthy (IBM) nominated by

  Jose Martinez (Cornell University) et al. for support of 2780.001 - Organization and Hierarchy, CRISP, Task Leader, Vijaykrishnan Narayanan (Penn State)

• Paul Whatmough (ARM) nominated by

  Gu-Yeon Wei (Harvard University) et al. for support of ADA JUMP Center tasks, e.g., Tasks 2775.007, 2775.014--2775.019

• Peilin Song (IBM) nominated by

  Krishnendu Chakrabarty (Duke University) et al. for support of Securing 2.5D/3D ICs Against IP Theft (Task 2994.001) , PI: Krishnendu Chakrabarty

• Ramesh Chauhan (Qualcomm) nominated by

  Vaibhav Verma (University of Virginia) et al. for support of AI_RISC: Scalable RISC-V Processor with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Extensions, 2945.001, PI - Mircea R. Stan

  Mircea Stan (University of Virginia) et al. for support of GRC TASK 2945.001 AI_RISC: Scalable RISC-V Processor with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Extensions

• Ravi Kanjolia (EMD Performance Materials) nominated by

  Andrew Kummel (University of California San Diego) et al. for support of task 2776.008 Selective ALD of Metal Silicide

  Charles Winter (Wayne State University) et al. for support of SRC JUMP, Theme 1: Vertical CMOS, Task 2776.057, Thermal ALD of Cobalt Titanium Alloy Films for Ultrathin Liner and Barrier Applications

• Robert Clark (TEL Technology Center America) nominated by

  Hwan Oh (North Carolina State University) et al. for support of Orthogonal DoD/MoM Area Selective Deposition for Advanced Nanopatterning, 2974.001, Gregory Parsons (NC State)

  Gregory Parsons (North Carolina State University) et al. for support of Task 2873.001 Area-Selective Deposition of Polymers; Task 2974.001 Orthogonal DoD/MoM Area Selective Deposition for Advanced Nanopatterning

• Sarah Atanasov (Intel) nominated by

  Christopher Perez (Stanford University) et al. for support of Task ID:2869.001 - Thermal Engineering, Optimization and Understanding the Physics of Electron and Phonon Conduction at Solid Interfaces

• Sergey Barabash (EMD Performance Materials) nominated by

  Kyeongjae Cho (UT Dallas) et al. for support of DFT modeling of electronic device materials for Vertical CMOS applications

  Andrew Kummel (University of California San Diego) et al. for support of Task 2776.059 DFT of Ferroelectric HfO2 and Related Compounds plus MIT Material

• Sunil Shukla (IBM) nominated by

  Anand Raghunathan (Purdue University) et al. for support of 2777.004, 2777.005 (part of the CBRIC JUMP center)

• Uygar Avci (Intel Corporation) nominated by

  Sayeef Salahuddin (UC Berkeley) et al. for support of Research Topics: 2D semiconductors (Eric Pop), Ferroelectrics (Suman Datta, Asif Khan, Peide ye, Andy Kummel, Sayeef Salahuddin)

• Valeriy Sukharev (Mentor Graphics) nominated by

  Chris Kim (University of Minnesota) et al. for support of Characterization and Mitigation of Electromigration Effects in Advanced Technology Nodes, Task 2810.048, Chris Kim

• Xiaoxiong Gu (IBM) nominated by

  Madhavan Swaminathan (Georgia Institute of Technology) et al. for support of Task 2776.036 Antenna Integration and Miniaturization Madhavan Swaminathan

• Xin Zhang (IBM) nominated by

  Jie Gu (Northwestern University) et al. for support of Task ID: 2810.039, PI: Jie Gu, Northwestern University

  Mingoo Seok (Columbia University) et al. for support of GRC 2810.065, Power-Efficient and Reliable 48-V DC-DC Converter with Direct Signal-to-Feature Extraction and DNN-Assisted Multi-Input Multiple-Output Feedback Control

• Xinyu Bao (TSMC) nominated by

  Jiyoung Kim (The University of Texas at Dallas) et al. for support of PI: Jiyoung Kim, Task ID 2823.001, Ultra-Steep Threshold Switching Selectors for High Density Memory Applications