Ongoing
AI-assisted hardware design and verification
Research on hardware design and verification using LLMs and AI agents.
- Current status
- Ongoing collaborative research.
Projects
From models to working systems.
Selected research, engineering, and collaborative projects. Each entry describes my contribution and the outcome of the work.
Ongoing work
Research projects
Master’s project
Understanding Power9 performance
CPI breakdown analysis for a clearer view of CPU bottlenecks.
- Problem
- Identify where execution time is spent on IBM Power9.
- My contribution
- Focused my master’s project on an LDMS-Sampler analysis framework.
- Methods
- CPI breakdown, LDMS sampling, IBM Power9.
- Outcome
- Completed a master’s project at NMSU in May 2023 describing the analysis framework.
Published
BB-ML: predicting GPU execution
Machine learning for basic block execution counts.
- Problem
- Estimate execution counts for large inputs without profiling every configuration.
- My contribution
- Contributed to basic block count prediction using NVBit-supported PPT-GPU.
- Methods
- GPU instrumentation, machine learning, benchmark workloads.
- Outcome
- Co-authored BB-ML, accepted at ICPADS 2023. The paper evaluates prediction across 16 GPU benchmarks.
Research contribution
GPU tracing for PPT-GPU
Tracing tools for GPU performance modeling.
- Problem
- Collect execution and memory behavior to support GPU performance prediction.
- My contribution
- Collaborated with Los Alamos National Laboratory on reuse-distance and memory-tracing toolkits.
- Methods
- NVBit, GPU traces, reuse-distance analysis.
- Outcome
- Contributed tool development for PPT-GPU.
Computer engineering
Course project
Hardware validation with ASMD
State-machine reasoning for hardware verification.
- Problem
- Check hardware behavior against its intended control and data paths.
- My contribution
- Debugged and verified hardware using an Algorithmic State Machine with Data Path diagram.
- Methods
- ASMD diagrams, hardware/software co-design.
- Outcome
- Completed a hardware design-validation project.
Course project
Cache memory simulator
A C++ simulator for exploring cache organizations.
- Problem
- Model memory accesses across different cache configurations.
- My contribution
- Implemented programs for direct-mapped and set-associative caches.
- Methods
- C++, cache simulation.
- Outcome
- Built a configurable cache simulation implementation.
Course project
MIPS compiler project
Exploring compilation with abstract syntax trees.
- Problem
- Translate program structure into a MIPS implementation.
- My contribution
- Created a MIPS implementation using an abstract syntax tree for Compiler Transition.
- Methods
- Abstract syntax trees, MIPS.
- Outcome
- Completed the course implementation.
Course project
An 8-bit computer
A Simple As Possible computer simulated in Proteus.
- Problem
- Explore the organization of a small, complete computer.
- My contribution
- Designed an 8-bit microcomputer with 64 KB of main-memory support.
- Methods
- Digital logic, Proteus simulation.
- Outcome
- Designed and simulated the computer.
Course project
General-purpose shift register
A small digital design with multiple data-movement modes.
- Problem
- Support left shift, right shift, and parallel loading.
- My contribution
- Designed a general-purpose 4-bit shift register.
- Methods
- Digital logic, register design.
- Outcome
- Produced the register design with the three operating modes.
Connected systems
Published
Secure offline IoT automation
Local monitoring and control when internet connectivity is unavailable.
- Problem
- Keep appliance monitoring and control available during internet outages.
- My contribution
- Worked with Team Hawkbit on desktop software and a sensor network; presented the paper at WiSPNET 2019.
- Methods
- MQTT, Python, sensor networks, a shared control dashboard.
- Outcome
- Built and demonstrated a supershop automation system with BUET and ACI Logistics; published the resulting paper.
Competition project
Connected home automation
An app to control lights, fans, and their operating levels.
- Problem
- Remotely control light brightness and fan speed.
- My contribution
- Worked with Team Hawkbit on the Android interface and connected hardware.
- Methods
- MIT App Inventor, Google Firebase, IoT.
- Outcome
- Won Battle of Hardware (IoT) at BUET CSE Festival 2018.
Hackathon project
Smart waste monitoring
Connected bins that notify collectors when service is needed.
- Problem
- Communicate bin status and collection needs.
- My contribution
- Worked with Team Hawkbit on cloud-connected bin monitoring and SMS alerts.
- Methods
- IoT sensors, cloud data, SIM808 GSM messaging.
- Outcome
- Built the hackathon prototype; received an honorable mention at CISCO Bangladesh’s 2018 IoT hackathon.
Prototype
Indoor wayfinding wearable
A wearable project for people with Alzheimer’s disease.
- Problem
- Support finding a path inside a house.
- My contribution
- Built a wearable device for indoor wayfinding.
- Methods
- Embedded wearable system.
- Outcome
- Built a wearable prototype.