{"666901":{"#nid":"666901","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Recent ECE Graduate, Peng, Recognized for Dissertation on Compute-in-Memory Evaluation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EXiaochen Peng has received the 2023 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.edaa.com\u0022\u003EEuropean Design and Automation Association\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(EDAA). Peng is a recent Ph.D. graduate from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(ECE) and currently works at TSMC Corporate Research (North America) as principal engineer. She was advised by ECE Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/shimeng-yu\u0022\u003EShimeng Yu\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Ewhile at Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPeng\u2019s award-winning dissertation proposes an end-to-end benchmark framework to evaluate state-of-the-art compute-in-memory (CIM) accelerators by considering the hardware performance with the impacts from device options, circuit topologies, architecture hierarchy and data flow, as well as the software accuracy with non-ideal hardware properties. Her work provided the design automation community a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/github.com\/neurosim\u0022\u003Efamily of open-sourced NeuroSim series\u003C\/a\u003E. These tools allow users to explore different hardware specifications and find the best design options for their research on CIM accelerators. The NeuroSim series has been recognized for its comprehensive capabilities and has attracted many users, including industry researchers from major companies such as Intel, TSMC, IBM, Samsung, and SK Hynix, as well as researchers from universities and academia worldwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEDAA is an open nonprofit association, aimed at educational, scientific, and technical purposes for the benefit of the international electronics design and design automation community.\u0026nbsp;In recognition of the importance of university research to the advancement of design automation and test, and to encourage young researchers to work in the field, EDAA annually honors four young researchers with an Outstanding Dissertation Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPeng will be honored with the award at this year\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.date-conference.com\u0022\u003EDesign, Automation, and Test in Europe Conference\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on April 18, 2023 in Antwerp, Belgium.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EXiaochen Peng has received the 2023 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.edaa.com\u0022\u003EEuropean Design and Automation Association\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(EDAA).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The award-winning dissertation proposes an end-to-end benchmark framework to evaluate state-of-the-art compute-in-memory (CIM) accelerators."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-03-30 14:26:47","changed_gmt":"2023-03-30 14:31:47","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670354":{"id":"670354","type":"image","title":"Recent ECE Graduate Xiaochen Peng.","body":"\u003Cp\u003ERecent ECE Graduate Xiaochen Peng.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1680186617","gmt_created":"2023-03-30 14:30:17","changed":"1680186617","gmt_changed":"2023-03-30 14:30:17","alt":"Recent ECE Graduate Xiaochen Peng.","file":{"fid":"253182","name":"Xiaochen Peng.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/03\/30\/Xiaochen%20Peng.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/03\/30\/Xiaochen%20Peng.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":79218,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/03\/30\/Xiaochen%20Peng.jpg?itok=eQVbS4TN"}}},"media_ids":["670354"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192468","name":"Xiaochen Peng"},{"id":"178857","name":"Shimeng Yu"},{"id":"66891","name":"Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"192469","name":"compute-in-memory accelerators"},{"id":"192470","name":"NeuroSim"},{"id":"192471","name":"European Design and Automation Association"},{"id":"192472","name":"Outstanding Dissertation Award"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}