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Our lab is focused on designing and creating efficient hardware systems to meet the growing computational needs of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. We pursue a Physics-to-Systems approach where we combine algorithmic understanding with tailored hardware and architectures. We try to map unique features of emerging materials to the needs of algorithms and applications to build natural and energy-efficient computing systems. Our research interests lie at the intersection of physics, computer science and electrical engineering. 

We believe that such an interdisciplinary approach connecting architectures and algorithms to materials and devices is essential in the new era of electronics driven by domain-specific hardware. 

This is in contrast to Moore’s Law-driven era that has centered around a single device, the field-effect transistor. The new era of electronics calls for a new kind of scientist who needs to be deep in one field but also broad enough to be able to make connections to related disciplines across the computing stack. 

 

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 Research Areas

We extend algorithms and architectures that match features of emerging hardware to cater to the needs of computation.
Designing efficient circuits with new functionalities often involves mapping materials directly to applications.
We seek to translate emerging materials and phenomena into physics-based circuit models to design benchmark circuits.

 Recent News

September 15, 2022

Experimental evaluation of simulated quantum annealing with MTJ-augmented p-bits has been accepted to IEDM 2022! Congratulations Andrea, Navid, Kemal, Shawn and Keito. 

August 15, 2022

We are very excited to have Saleh Bunaiyan join OPUS lab!

July 16, 2022

We are thrilled to host Keito Kobayashi from Tohoku University as a visiting graduate student. 

July 5, 2022

We are excited to have Nihal Singh join our team! 

July 1, 2022

Kerem gives an overview of OPUS Lab's latest work on p-bits at UNAM. 

June 2, 2022

We are excited to share Sparse Ising Machines with p-bits are now out in Nature Electronics. Also check out the coverage by the College of Engineering. 
 

May 13, 2022

OPUS Undergraduate Researcher Andrea Ni has been selected as a Texas Instruments URP Scholar by SRC. Congratulations Andrea!

February 22, 2022

Andrea and Navid's paper shows how invertible logic with p-bits can be useful to solve maximum satisfiability problems using sophisticated optimization algorithms such as parallel tempering. 

January 31, 2022

We are awarded an ONR grant to work on Scalable Probabilistic Computers for Optimization and Quantum Simulation.

January 25, 2022

We are thrilled to welcome Andrea as a visiting PhD student!