Our Team
DR. RAMTIN ZAND
Assistant Professor
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.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
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 working on In-Memory Analog Computing in the ICAS Lab.
Ph.D. Student, TA Computer Architecture Fall 2021
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.
MOHAMMADREZA MOHAMMADI
Ph.D. Student
MohammadReza Mohammadi received his B.Sc degree in computer engineering (hardware) from Mazandaran University of Science and Technology in 2016. He pursued his master's Also in Computer engineering (Computer Architecture) at the University of Tehran. During his master's, he worked on digital design for Machine Learning algorithms. He graduated from the University of Tehran in 2019. Currently, he is a Ph.D. student at the University of South Carolina. His research in the iCAS lab includes Neuromorphic computing, Digital design for Machine Learning algorithms, In-Memory Processing, and bio-inspired computing.
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.
PRAFUL CHUNCHU
Master's Student
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.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
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.
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.
Sara Hendrix
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Sara Hendrix is currently a freshman Carolina Scholar at the University of South Carolina Honors College pursuing a bachelor's degree in computer science. Her research interests include artificial intelligence as well as machine and deep learning. She is currently researching topics in neuromorphic computing with spiking neural networks.