Overview
By bringing together a multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, researchers, educators, and professionals, from academia, industry, and local communities, IAIM is pursuing leading-edge AI and microelectronics research, such as AI hardware, IC design, hardware privacy, and neuromorphic computing. IAIM is also committed to educate and build the next generation workforce in AI and microelectronics related technologies through an Education-to-Workforce Pipeline from K-12 students, undergraduates students, graduate students, to Post-Doctoral researchers, junior faculty, and industry practitioners.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hardware
RII Track 2 FEC: Building Research Infrastructure and Workforce in Edge Artificial Intelligence
NSF OIA-2218046: Period: 08/2022-07/2026, Sponsor: National Science Foundation.
IRES Track I: Collaborative Research: Application-Specific Asynchronous Deep Learning IC Design for Ultra-Low Power
NSF OISE-1951488: Period: 09/2020-08/2025, Sponsor: National Science Foundation.
Hardware Privacy
Collaborative Research: CNS Core: Small: Privacy by Memory Design
NSF CNS-2211215: Period: 08/2022-12/2025, Sponsor: National Science Foundation.
Neuromorphic Computing
Collaborative Research: ENG-SEMICON: Carbohydrate Memristor Empowered Environmentally Sustainable Processor-in-Memory
NSF ECCS-2420994: Period: 10/2024-09/2027, Sponsor: National Science Foundation.
Collaborative Research: SHF: Small: CMOS+X: Honey-ReRAM Enabled 3D Neuromorphic Accelerator
NSF CCF-2247343: Period: 10/2023-09/2026, Sponsor: National Science Foundation.
AI and Microelectronics Workforce Development
Collaborative Research: Microelectronics Experimental Research Experiences for Graduates
NSF EES-2427766: Period: 10/2024-09/2026, Sponsor: National Science Foundation.
Collaborative Research: Experiential-learning-based Undergraduate Semiconductor Workforce Exploration
NSF ITE-2346905: Period: 07/2024-06/2027, Sponsor: National Science Foundation.
RET Site: Research Experiences for Teachers in Biologically-inspired Computing Systems
NSF CNS-1953544: Period: 03/2020-09/2024, Sponsor: National Science Foundation.