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Rethinking AI
from the Memory Up.
Rethinking AI
from the Memory Up.
Memory-centric chips and architectures
for efficient, trustworthy Al.
RESEARCH DIRECTION
From memory technologies to intelligent systems.
From memory technologies to intelligent systems.
We connect memory technologies, circuits, computer architectures, and learning algorithms to rethink how Al computes, protects data, and interacts with the world.
MEMORY-CENTRIC & 3D COMPUTING
MEMORY-CENTRIC & 3D COMPUTING
In-memory computation and 3D architectures that bring processing closer to data.
PRIVACY-PRESERVING AI HARDWARE
PRIVACY-PRESERVING AI HARDWARE
Architectures and circuits for efficient privacy-preserving learning.
INTELLIGENT EDGE & BIOMEDICAL AI SYSTEMS
INTELLIGENT EDGE & BIOMEDICAL AI SYSTEMS
Hardware and algorithms for health and intelligence at the edge.
Multiple PhD openings at NC State
I am recruiting PhD students to join my group in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University!
Our research focuses on memory-centric hardware and computer architectures for efficient and trustworthy AI. Current research directions include:
• Processing-in-memory and computing-in-memory architectures
• Hardware acceleration for privacy-preserving machine learning
• Energy-efficient edge and biomedical AI systems
I would be glad to hear from students interested in computer architecture, VLSI/chip design, or hardware–software co-design for machine learning. Relevant backgrounds include electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, and related fields.
Students joining the group will have opportunities to help shape new research directions and connect ideas across algorithms, architectures, and circuits.
If you are interested, please email bkim33@ncsu.edu with your CV, unofficial transcripts, and a brief description of your research interests.
NEWS
(2026. 11) I will serve as a panelist at the IEEE SSCS Women in Circuits & Young Professionals Luncheon and Mentoring during A-SSCC 2026 on November 2.
(2026. 10) I will moderate the IEEE CASS Young Professionals Career Development and Networking Forum at APCCAS 2026 in Fukuoka, Japan, on October 25.
(2026. 10) I am organizing and moderating the APCCAS 2026 satellite workshop, “Memory-Centric Design for Next-Generation AI Systems”, on October 24 in Fukuoka, Japan.
(2026. 09) I presented “Dataflow-aware Memory-centric Computing: From Synaptic Devices to Practical AI Systems” at the 20th U.S.–Korea Forum on Nanotechnology, held at NC State University on September 14–15.
(2026. 07) I present a research talk at National Taiwan University (NTU) on 7/23.
(2026. 06) I am visiting Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) as a Visiting Professor during June-July 2026 for collaborative research activities.
(2026. 05) Seungmin, an undergraduate intern in my research group, has been accepted to the graduate program at Carnegie Mellon University. Huge congratulations!
(2026. 04) I am pleased to share that I have been awarded the 2026 NTICe Pilot Grant from the Rutgers Brain Health Institute for research on specialized hardware for seizure classification.
(2026. 01) An invited paper, "Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning Accelerators: Balancing Efficiency and Security," has been accepted to the 2026 ISCAS.
(2026. 01) A paper, "DPIMA: A Differentially Private Processing-in-DRAM Accelerator," has been accepted to IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems (TVLSI).
(2026. 01) I began serving as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part II (TCAS-II).
(Please refer to the NEWS section for further details..)
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