DR. RAMTIN ZAND

Director

Dr. Ramtin Zand is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Carolina (UofSC), and the director of Intelligent Circuits, Architectures, and Systems (iCAS) Lab. He received his M.Sc. degree in Digital Electronics from Sharif University of Technology in Artificial Creature LAB (ACL) under the supervision of Prof. Saeed Bagheri. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Central Florida (UCF), Orlando, FL in 2019, where he worked in the Computer Architecture Lab (CAL) under the supervision of Prof. Ronald F. DeMara. He has authored or co-authored 35+ conference proceedings papers and journal articles, as well as a book chapter, and received research recognitions from ACM/IEEE including the best paper recognition at ACM GLSVLSI, and Featured Paper in IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing.

BRENDEN CHAVIS

Ph.D. Student

Brenden received his B.Sc. degree in Information Systems Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, MD, USA, in 2018 and his M.Sc. degree in Information Technology from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC, USA, in 2020. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering at The UofSC. Brenden is a Full GEM Fellow as well as a part of the UofSC’s first NSF Bridge to Doctorate cohort. His current research interests include Biologically Inspired Computing, Neuromorphic Computing, Big Data Analysis, Reinforcement Learning, and Machine Learning.

MOHAMMED E. ELBTITY

Ph.D. Student

Mohammed received his BSc degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Al-Azhar University, Egypt, in 2017. After graduation, Mohammed joined the Nanoelectronics Integrated Systems Center (NISC), Egypt, as a research assistant, where he worked on Emerging Memory technologies and Memristors based Architectures. In 2019, Mohammed joined the Mixed-Signal Integrated Systems Lab, South Korea, and he worked on AI Hardware Accelerators. Currently, he is a research assistant at iCAS and a Ph.D. student at the UofSC, USA. His current research areas include Neuromorphic Computing, In-Memory Computing, Emerging Memory Technologies, and intelligent systems.

MD HASIBUL AMIN

Ph.D. Student

Md Hasibul Amin is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering at the University of South Carolina. He received his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 2019. His research interests include Hardware Accelerator Design for Machine Learning and Neuromorphic Computing. He is currently researching in In-Memory Analog Computing and Spiking Neural Networks Hardware Accelerators.

PEYTON CHANDARANA

Ph.D. Student

Peyton Chandarana received his B.S.E. in Computer Engineering from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA in 2019. Prior to joining the iCAS Lab in the spring of 2021, he worked on building an Amazon Alexa skill for healthcare applications as well as aiding in researching proteins similar to COVID-19. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of South Carolina. His current interests include Neuromorphic Computing, Biologically Inspired Computing, and Bioinformatics. His research consists of Neuromorphic Computing topics in the iCAS Lab.

JOSEPH LINDSAY

Master's Student

Joseph received his B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, the USA in 2020. He is currently pursuing his M.Sc degree in Computer Science at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA. His current research interests include quantum computing, machine learning, physics, neuromorphic and beyond-CMOS computing, and more.

BRENDAN REIDY

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Brendan Reidy is currently pursuing his bachelor's degree in computer science at the University of South Carolina. His current research interests include deep learning, hardware accelerator design for machine learning applications, and parallel computing.

PRAFUL CHUNCHU

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Praful Chunchu is currently a senior pursuing a degree in computer engineering from USC, Columbia, SC, USA. He is enrolled in the accelerated master's program at the University of South Carolina. He is the recipient of the Magellan Scholar Award, Marva Smalls Scholarship, as well as Deans and President’s list. His research interests include Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics. He is currently researching on Neuromorphic Computing with Spiking Neural Networks.

WILL DUGGAN

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Will is a sophomore at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC pursuing a degree in Computer Engineering. He is the recipient of the J.Hubert Nolan scholarship as well as the President's List and Dean's List. His research interests include Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Computer Vision. He is currently researching Deep Learning and Computer Vision in "Deep Morphology" project.

BLAKE SEEKINGS

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Blake Seekings is currently a junior pursuing his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of South Carolina. He is the recipient of the McNAIR Junior Fellows scholarship as well as the President’s List and Dean’s List. His research interests include Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence. He is currently researching Neuromorphic Computing with Spiking Neural Networks.