{"id":1030,"date":"2022-09-17T00:28:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T00:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/?page_id=1030"},"modified":"2022-09-22T19:05:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T19:05:58","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1030\" class=\"elementor elementor-1030\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7df5c825 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-full animated-fast elementor-section-items-top elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7df5c825\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"homeSection\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-114b9881\" data-id=\"114b9881\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-376e6a31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"376e6a31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.6 - 08-06-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2587\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IFC-Logo-Dark2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-53e00d15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53e00d15\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-67254ba6\" data-id=\"67254ba6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47023e29 elementor-view-framed elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"47023e29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-hang\" href=\"#about\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-down\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15f2fa61 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-full elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"15f2fa61\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"about\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64af3620\" data-id=\"64af3620\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76401c15 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76401c15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.6 - 08-06-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ABOUT<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b3eac2d elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b3eac2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.6 - 08-06-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The Institute for Future of Computing (IFComputing) aims to investigate novel and emerging computing paradigms, architectures, and physical fabrics that can significantly improve functionality, security, and sustainability of today\u2019s computing systems.<\/p><p>The institute led by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mpedram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor Massoud Pedram<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/viterbi.usc.edu\/directory\/faculty\/Yang\/J-Joshua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor Joshua Yang<\/a>\u00a0comprises faculty and researchers from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/minghsiehece.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Computer Science<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information Sciences Institute<\/a>\u00a0at USC, as well as prominent researchers from government, industry and other academic institutions.<\/p><p>The approach of IFComputing is mission and application driven, including: applications in information processing, bioinformatics, medicine, and artificial intelligence. Emphasis is also placed on investigating the impacts of these technologies on the environment, people, and the society as a whole.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50029e45 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"50029e45\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"mission\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-533d4d97\" data-id=\"533d4d97\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d33ad23 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d33ad23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mission<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58e05f7b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58e05f7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The mission of the Institute for Future of Computing is to explore and harness new computing paradigms, architectures, and physical fabrics that will be significantly more functional, secure, and sustainable compared to today\u2019s computing solutions in order to enable challenging new applications in information processing, bioinformatics, medicine, and artificial intelligence while investigating the impacts of these technologies on the environment, people and the society as a whole.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7deddae elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7deddae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">DRIVERS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b2d01ba elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b2d01ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li aria-level=\"2\">End of Moore\u2019s law \u2013 need to ensure US leadership in nanoelectronics and AI<\/li><li aria-level=\"2\">Security and Privacy concerns, trusted computing<\/li><li aria-level=\"2\">Energy efficiency and sustainability<\/li><li aria-level=\"2\">Distributed computing and connectivity requirements (low latency compute on the edge)<\/li><li aria-level=\"2\">Trained workforce<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-236ea48c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"236ea48c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Opportunities<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1533538d elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1533538d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li aria-level=\"2\">Emerging revolutionary new devices for both computing and storage: 2D material, nano-photonics, SFT, TFET, MRAM, magnetic nanowires, ferroelectric-based devices, memristive devices, etc.<\/li><li aria-level=\"2\">Multitude of beyond-CMOS circuit fabrics: in-memory computing, approximate computing, neuromorphic computing, cryogenic superconductive electronics, etc.<\/li><li aria-level=\"2\">New ultra-custom architectures suited to the target application needs: systolic arrays and vector processors, ultra-low-power embedded systems, domain-specific architectures<\/li><li aria-level=\"2\">Emerging class of applications: homomorphic computing, precision medicine, AI on the edge<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f96f7e3 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f96f7e3\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"research\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7632bc\" data-id=\"b7632bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cea3c99 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7cea3c99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">RESEARCH<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ef3df0f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ef3df0f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d9565dc\" data-id=\"3d9565dc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72beb71d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72beb71d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Technologies<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-559f19f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"559f19f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-635df689\" data-id=\"635df689\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-684f3c06 elementor-absolute eael-tooltip-align-left eael-tooltip-text-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-tooltip\" data-id=\"684f3c06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"eael-tooltip.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-tooltip\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eael-tooltip-content\"><p>Non-Von Neumann Computing<\/p><\/span>\n  \t\t\t<span class=\"eael-tooltip-text eael-tooltip-right\"><p>Application-specific non-Von Neumann computing implemented in conventional electronic hardware can result in orders of magnitude reduction in energy efficiency for data-centric problems, often found in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. This, in itself, justifies study of a hardware customization approach to the future of computing. Heterogeneous hardware that exploits new degrees of freedom in beyond-CMOS device design such as multi-level states, analog behavior, nonlinear dynamics,\u00a0 spin-wave logic, and phase change phenomena may lead to an even higher efficiency and intelligence level.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><\/span>\n  \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b6211a8\" data-id=\"7b6211a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c045809 elementor-absolute eael-tooltip-align-left eael-tooltip-text-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-tooltip\" data-id=\"1c045809\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"eael-tooltip.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-tooltip\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eael-tooltip-content\"><p>3D Heterogeneous Integration<\/p><\/span>\n  \t\t\t<span class=\"eael-tooltip-text eael-tooltip-left\"><p>To enable a paradigm shift in the computing hardware technology, future development in hardware foundations is likely to feature two critical approaches: i) 3D integration and ii) heterogeneous integration. First, instead of today\u2019s chips, which build all the active devices on the wafer surface and only have passive interconnects in the upper layers, future computing chip fabrication will extend active device integration to the third dimension for enhanced component density per chip area and interconnection bandwidth. 3D integration is a natural way to increase the device density. More importantly, it\u2019s the only way to enhance the device connectivity and reduce the communication loss, which are essential for complex neural network hardware. Heterogeneous integration will enable multi-functional chips that can replace the more cumbersome multi-chipsets being used today.<\/p><\/span>\n  \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a174da2\" data-id=\"a174da2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51e404e6 elementor-absolute eael-tooltip-align-left eael-tooltip-text-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-tooltip\" data-id=\"51e404e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"eael-tooltip.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-tooltip\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eael-tooltip-content\"><p>Secure and Private Computing<\/p><\/span>\n  \t\t\t<span class=\"eael-tooltip-text eael-tooltip-left\"><p>Secure and guaranteed private computing, which is of prime importance to a world dependent on trustworthy, secure, privacy-protecting distributed systems for commerce, defense, social networking, and entertainment. It is critical to adopt a holistic, system-level perspective that integrates human context, application, software, and hardware into a single, collaborative, unified research framework, and that treats privacy, security, and trustworthiness as first principles within the larger computing domain.\u00a0<\/p><\/span>\n  \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f8ef1c5\" data-id=\"7f8ef1c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c44fca0 elementor-absolute eael-tooltip-align-left eael-tooltip-text-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-tooltip\" data-id=\"7c44fca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"eael-tooltip.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-tooltip\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eael-tooltip-content\"><p>\u00a0Approximate <br \/>Computing<\/p><\/span>\n  \t\t\t<span class=\"eael-tooltip-text eael-tooltip-left\"><p>Approximate computing improves performance and efficiency by allowing some errors and inaccuracies for machine learning applications. Different from the brain, conventional computing does not allow errors because of the sequential processing of executing programs. While statistical machine learning applications tolerate certain levels of errors and inaccuracies, which can be used as a tradeoff for a better efficiency in the future of computing.\u00a0<\/p><\/span>\n  \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-62bc97ef\" data-id=\"62bc97ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e480e8d elementor-absolute eael-tooltip-align-left eael-tooltip-text-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-tooltip\" data-id=\"e480e8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"eael-tooltip.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-tooltip\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eael-tooltip-content\"><p>Graph Analytics and Machine Learning<\/p><\/span>\n  \t\t\t<span class=\"eael-tooltip-text eael-tooltip-right\"><p>It has become a promising approach to analyze big data in a graph format using data points as nodes and relationships as edges to determine pairwise relationship between two objects at a time and structural characteristics of the graph as a whole. Graph analytics has also been closely related to machine learning. For instance, it directly offers a unique set of unsupervised machine learning methods.\u00a0 Acceleration of graph analytics and machine learning at both algorithm and hardware levels is an important research task for the future of computing.<\/p><\/span>\n  \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4221cbac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4221cbac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-15271d0b\" data-id=\"15271d0b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66fdc587 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"66fdc587\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"484\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/infoGraph2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2706cf01 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2706cf01\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-772de645\" data-id=\"772de645\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43fcd6e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43fcd6e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thrusts and THEMES<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-85049e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85049e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-37f8fa30\" data-id=\"37f8fa30\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa76ac8 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa76ac8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">COMPUTING FABRICS<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ab460d5 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ab460d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kc_title\">This thrust addresses research and development of new materials, devices, and circuits that would fundamentally enable the new computing models and platforms. Examples include investigation of compound semiconductors, topological insulators, metamaterials and metasurfaces, plasmonic material and plasmonics, 2D materials, nanomaterials growth, and development of CNT-FET, Tunnel FET, Graphene FET, nanophotonic devices, Josephson junction devices, CMOS Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz ICs, magneto-resistive devices, synthetic DNA, bio-nanotechnology, and so on<\/p><p><strong>Affiliated faculty<\/strong>: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Information Sciences Institute\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-754176b8\" data-id=\"754176b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd8bcdb elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd8bcdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">COMPUTING PLATFORMS<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b44176a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b44176a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInRight&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kc_title\">This thrust aims to explore and deliver on opportunities in designing new and potentially disruptive hardware\/software platforms and the corresponding computation, storage, and communication architectures (e.g., many-core processing fabrics, structured ASICs and complex FPGAs, hybrid opto-electronic fabric, embedded system-on-chip designs, neural networks, ultra-low-power embedded systems, cyber-physical systems, and advanced sensing and actuation systems) in support of the evolving new computing\u00a0paradigms.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Affiliated faculty<\/strong>: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Information Sciences Institute\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d7ca311 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d7ca311\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c7a8a06\" data-id=\"3c7a8a06\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-264fc33e elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"264fc33e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">COMPUTING PARADIGM<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1faee5b3 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1faee5b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kc_title\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 15px;\">This thrust focuses on computing paradigms, which refer to new and potentially disruptive models of computations and alternate methods of performing computations. Examples include analog, neuromorphic (brain-inspired), in-memory, quantum, secure distributed, molecular-scale (DNA-based), time-domain, optical, hyperdimensional, stochastic computing paradigms.<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Affiliated faculty<\/strong>: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Information Sciences Institute\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e77c33c\" data-id=\"3e77c33c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14b9f2bd elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14b9f2bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">SOCIETAL IMPACTS<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c0bae19 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c0bae19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInRight&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This thrust investigates the principles of sustainability, characteristics and goals of a sustainable society, including sociopolitical, economic, and ecological ones, and the expected impacts as well as unplanned consequences of new computing technologies on the sustainable society over the short, medium, and long term.<\/p><p><strong>Affiliated faculty:<\/strong> USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Price School of Public Policy, Marshall School of Business<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d68158c elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d68158c\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"people\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-465f809\" data-id=\"465f809\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57751b35 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57751b35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PEOPLE<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a3b3382 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a3b3382\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3dd3044d\" data-id=\"3dd3044d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5b76fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e5b76fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LEADERSHIP<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bf6e2ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7bf6e2ee\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-17b9dd6b\" data-id=\"17b9dd6b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50bdd8ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"50bdd8ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Massoud-Pedram-dec2016-929x1024-1-1-768x847-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-156541f0\" data-id=\"156541f0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3527bcb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3527bcb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Massoud Pedram<\/h1><div><h3>DIRECTOR<\/h3><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/mpedram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-631\" src=\"http:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/211-2116593_web-solution-png-icon-website-logo-clipart-png.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"25\" height=\"26\" \/><\/a><\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61a29273 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61a29273\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (1991)<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Charles Lee Powell Chair in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ea862e3\" data-id=\"4ea862e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a77045c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a77045c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/joshua_yang-e1634788228989-1024x856-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6248e823\" data-id=\"6248e823\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-433e7c44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"433e7c44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Joshua Yang<\/h1><div><h3>CO-DIRECTOR<\/h3><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/viterbi.usc.edu\/directory\/faculty\/Yang\/J-Joshua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-631\" src=\"http:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/211-2116593_web-solution-png-icon-website-logo-clipart-png.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"25\" height=\"26\" \/><\/a><\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ce935c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ce935c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Ph.D. University of Wisconsin \u2013 Madison (2007)\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cb6357 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cb6357\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a0bf70d\" data-id=\"4a0bf70d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2abacf80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2abacf80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Research interests:<\/p><ul><li>Energy-efficient computing \u2013 Computer-aided design, Low power design, Embedded systems<\/li><li>Hardware design \u2013 Approximate hardware, DNN accelerators, Homomorphic encryption<\/li><li>Superconductor Electronics \u2013 RTL\/logic synthesis, Place&amp;Route, Timing and margin analysis<\/li><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-64131e0c\" data-id=\"64131e0c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49d655e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49d655e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Research interests:<\/p><ul><li>Neuromorphic \/ Synaptic computing using memristive devices with diffusion dynamics to implement neuroscience principles<\/li><li>Hardware accelerators to efficiently implement Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning using analog resistive switching devices<\/li><li>High performance Non-volatile memories using emerging materials and devices<\/li><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c3ba1a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c3ba1a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6299d4db\" data-id=\"6299d4db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dc66d28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2dc66d28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8b2995 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8b2995\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-33a5dad8\" data-id=\"33a5dad8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b0822db elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b0822db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mehdi-Kamal-849x1024-2-768x926-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ebfe0bf\" data-id=\"3ebfe0bf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3536af37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3536af37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Mehdi Kamal<\/h1>\n<div>\n<h3>Senior Research Scientist<\/h3>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=cyfI_XQAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-631\" src=\"http:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/211-2116593_web-solution-png-icon-website-logo-clipart-png.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"25\" height=\"26\" \/><\/a>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e7982c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e7982c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Ph.D. University of Tehran (2013)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-23a002f1\" data-id=\"23a002f1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-168ff792\" data-id=\"168ff792\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-738ae0ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"738ae0ee\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b4b518d\" data-id=\"5b4b518d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e3c20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e3c20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Research interests:<\/p><ul><li>Low Power Design<\/li><li>Approximate Computing\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>Neuromorphic Computing\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>HW\/SW Co-design\u00a0<\/li><li>Reliability in nanometer designs\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-139f6da3\" data-id=\"139f6da3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-68252431 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68252431\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-60ea36ed\" data-id=\"60ea36ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8db2bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8db2bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Technology Advisors<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-72387e16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72387e16\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3430dfc3\" data-id=\"3430dfc3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-ep-wrapper-link=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/viterbi.usc.edu\\\/directory\\\/faculty\\\/Leahy\\\/Richard&quot;,&quot;is_external&quot;:&quot;on&quot;,&quot;nofollow&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;custom_attributes&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" class=\"bdt-element-link elementor-element elementor-element-45877610 elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdt-member\" data-id=\"45877610\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bdt-member.bdt-partait\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-member bdt-member-skin-partait\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-grid bdt-grid-collapse bdt-child-width-1-2@m\" data-bdt-grid>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-member-photo-wrapper bdt-image-mask\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-member-photo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Richar-Leahy.jpg\" title=\"Richar-Leahy\" alt=\"Richar-Leahy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-member-desc bdt-position-relative bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-text-center bdt-member-desc-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-member-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"bdt-member-name\">Richard Leahy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-52704b16\" data-id=\"52704b16\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-ep-wrapper-link=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/viterbi.usc.edu\\\/directory\\\/faculty\\\/Levi\\\/Anthony&quot;,&quot;is_external&quot;:&quot;on&quot;,&quot;nofollow&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;custom_attributes&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" class=\"bdt-element-link elementor-element elementor-element-65723c63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdt-member\" data-id=\"65723c63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bdt-member.bdt-partait\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-member bdt-member-skin-partait\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-grid bdt-grid-collapse bdt-child-width-1-2@m\" data-bdt-grid>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-member-photo-wrapper bdt-image-mask\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-member-photo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Tony-Levi-square-1-1.jpg\" title=\"Tony-Levi-square-1\" alt=\"Tony-Levi-square-1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-member-desc bdt-position-relative bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-text-center bdt-member-desc-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-member-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"bdt-member-name\">Toni Levi<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c7161ed\" data-id=\"2c7161ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-ep-wrapper-link=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.isi.edu\\\/people\\\/crago\\\/about&quot;,&quot;is_external&quot;:&quot;on&quot;,&quot;nofollow&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;custom_attributes&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" class=\"bdt-element-link elementor-element elementor-element-33cdc424 elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdt-member\" data-id=\"33cdc424\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bdt-member.bdt-partait\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-member bdt-member-skin-partait\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-grid bdt-grid-collapse bdt-child-width-1-2@m\" data-bdt-grid>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-member-photo-wrapper bdt-image-mask\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-member-photo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stephan-Crago.jpg\" title=\"Stephan-Crago\" alt=\"Stephan-Crago\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-member-desc bdt-position-relative bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-text-center bdt-member-desc-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-member-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"bdt-member-name\">Stephen P. Crago<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e5a34d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e5a34d9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-262d7996\" data-id=\"262d7996\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b62ef7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b62ef7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Participating USC Faculty<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a8ff7ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a8ff7ca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a157fdc\" data-id=\"4a157fdc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36372287 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36372287\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Machine Learning and Graph Analytics:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Keith Chugg<\/li><li>Eun Sok Kim<\/li><li>Leana Golubchik<\/li><li>Viktor Prasanna<\/li><li>Xuehai Qian<\/li><li>Murali Annavaram<\/li><li>Peter Beerel<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-14692e7\" data-id=\"14692e7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-669a4249 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"669a4249\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Devices and Circuits:<\/strong>\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/p><ul><li>Chongwu Zhou<\/li><li>Rehan Kapadia<\/li><li>Mercedeh Khajavikhan<\/li><li>Mike Chen<\/li><li>Joshua Yang<\/li><li>Han Wang<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ff7021e\" data-id=\"6ff7021e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5caa840 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5caa840\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Quantum Computing:<\/strong>\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/p><ul><li>Daniel Lidar<\/li><li>Todd Brun<\/li><li>Itay Hen<\/li><li>Federico Spedalieri<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-720afde2\" data-id=\"720afde2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3faa9bc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3faa9bc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Non VonNeumann Computing:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Joshua Yang<\/li><li>Ajey Jacob<\/li><li>Wei Wu<\/li><li>Chia Wei Wade Hsu<\/li><li>John Wroclawski<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 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data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b6dff7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b6dff7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">USC\/ISI will hold the first Symposium on the Future of Computing Research. 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left;\">A half-day workshop at ISCA 2022 will focus on the DISCoVER Expedition and its research agenda with invited speakers covering various topics from superconductive devices to systems\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/sportlab.usc.edu\/~discover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e95620a\" data-id=\"7e95620a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f16ef85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2f16ef85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"378\" 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class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; preserveAspectRatio=&#039;none&#039; overflow=&#039;visible&#039; height=&#039;100%&#039; viewBox=&#039;0 0 24 24&#039; fill=&#039;none&#039; stroke=&#039;black&#039; stroke-width=&#039;1&#039; stroke-linecap=&#039;square&#039; stroke-miterlimit=&#039;10&#039;%3E%3Cpath d=&#039;M0,6c6,0,0.9,11.1,6.9,11.1S18,6,24,6&#039;\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;);\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-261b31bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"261b31bd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-71d2dffa\" data-id=\"71d2dffa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b024e16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1b024e16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/joshua_yang-e1634788228989-1024x856-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/joshua_yang-e1634788228989-1024x856-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/joshua_yang-e1634788228989-1024x856-2-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/joshua_yang-e1634788228989-1024x856-2-768x642.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f99f1b9\" data-id=\"1f99f1b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3133f0b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3133f0b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Professor Yang gives a short course in 2021 VLSI-TSA on \u201cAI-Devices to systems: Resistive Switching Materials and Devices\u201d for Bio-Inspired Computing in April 2021 (<a href=\"https:\/\/expo.itri.org.tw\/2021VLSITSA\/Program\/SessionView\/ShortCourse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1866ba10 elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1866ba10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; preserveAspectRatio=&#039;none&#039; overflow=&#039;visible&#039; height=&#039;100%&#039; viewBox=&#039;0 0 24 24&#039; fill=&#039;none&#039; stroke=&#039;black&#039; stroke-width=&#039;1&#039; stroke-linecap=&#039;square&#039; stroke-miterlimit=&#039;10&#039;%3E%3Cpath d=&#039;M0,6c6,0,0.9,11.1,6.9,11.1S18,6,24,6&#039;\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;);\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d9b4c7f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d9b4c7f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-54f7fe63\" data-id=\"54f7fe63\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56e6dab8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56e6dab8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Professor Pedram is awarded a subcontract from\u00a0<strong>DARPA MTO<\/strong>\u00a0to develop next-generation homomorphic computing solutions, 2020.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ba431b\" data-id=\"1ba431b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32ee4be4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32ee4be4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DARPA-1024x557.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DARPA-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DARPA-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DARPA-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DARPA-1536x836.png 1536w, https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DARPA-2048x1115.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cdf3c66 elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3cdf3c66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5fe1f97f\" data-id=\"5fe1f97f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17e7a7f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"17e7a7f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NSF-1019x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NSF-1019x1024.png 1019w, https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NSF-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NSF-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NSF-768x772.png 768w, https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NSF-1528x1536.png 1528w, https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NSF.png 1722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4637ccd3\" data-id=\"4637ccd3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15f60b2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15f60b2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Professor Yang receives an\u00a0<strong>NSF ASCENT<\/strong>\u00a0award to develop 3D memristor convolutional kernels with diffusive memristor-based reservoir for real-time machine learning, 2020.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5263755d elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5263755d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; preserveAspectRatio=&#039;none&#039; overflow=&#039;visible&#039; height=&#039;100%&#039; viewBox=&#039;0 0 24 24&#039; fill=&#039;none&#039; stroke=&#039;black&#039; stroke-width=&#039;1&#039; stroke-linecap=&#039;square&#039; stroke-miterlimit=&#039;10&#039;%3E%3Cpath d=&#039;M0,6c6,0,0.9,11.1,6.9,11.1S18,6,24,6&#039;\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;);\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7faece11 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7faece11\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ae7a310\" data-id=\"6ae7a310\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-702c9b29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"702c9b29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Professor Yang is awarded an\u00a0<strong>AFOSR MURI project<\/strong>\u00a0to develop Brain-inspired networks for multifunctional intelligent systems in aerial vehicles, 2019.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c3fe024\" data-id=\"7c3fe024\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a3dbf74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a3dbf74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ifcomputing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AFOSR_cut.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-280b3e50 elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"280b3e50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; preserveAspectRatio=&#039;none&#039; overflow=&#039;visible&#039; height=&#039;100%&#039; viewBox=&#039;0 0 24 24&#039; fill=&#039;none&#039; stroke=&#039;black&#039; stroke-width=&#039;1&#039; stroke-linecap=&#039;square&#039; stroke-miterlimit=&#039;10&#039;%3E%3Cpath d=&#039;M0,6c6,0,0.9,11.1,6.9,11.1S18,6,24,6&#039;\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;);\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ec7d1eb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ec7d1eb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-158f2744\" data-id=\"158f2744\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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