Teaching

• Building the Infinite Brain
  Instructor, UNC COMP 590/COMP 790 [Fall '25]
  • Course on computer architectures for BCIs, targeting early graduate/senior undergraduates.
  • Mix of lectures and paper discussions.
• Computer Architecture
  Substitute lecturer, Yale CPSC 420 [Spring '23]
  • Introductory course on computer architecture.
  • I taught four lectures on cache coherency and memory consistency.
• Parallel Computer Architecture
  Teaching Assistant, UIUC CS 533[Spring '17]
  • This is a graduate course on advanced architecture topics such as memory and cache models, speculation, synchronization, OS interaction and alternative computing models.
  • I taught three lectures, created and graded homeworks, and organized office hours.
• Energy-Efficient Computer Architecture
  Teaching Assistant, UIUC CS598JT [Fall '16]
  • This is a graduate level special topics course that discusses state-of-the-art papers on energy efficiency in each class.
  • I moderated discussions and provided insights for four lecture-sessions.
• Computer Design and Organization
  Teaching Assistant, UIUC CS 433[Fall '15]
  • This is a senior undergraduate/early graduate level course on computer architecture concepts like Out of Order execution, Caches, Virtual Memory and Cache Coherence.
  • I taught two lectures, designed homeworks and examinations, and organized office hours.
• Microelectronic Circuits
  Teaching Assistant, BITS Pilani [Fall '10]
  • This is a junior year course for all Electronics majors. It describes the design of analog MOSFET circuits such as Common Source Amplifiers and introduces advanced circuits like differential gain amplifiers and current mirrors.
  • I developed laboratory teaching modules and assignments. I also assisted smaller tutorial teaching sessions of ~30 students.
• Engineering Graphics
  Teaching Assistant, BITS Pilani [Fall '08]
  • This is a freshman course for students across all majors. It teaches the projections of objects and engineering drawing with tools like AutoCAD.
  • I designed laboratory assignments and supervised laboratory sessions.

Mentoring

• Research Mentor
  Yale [September'20 – June'25]
  
  • Mentored two graduate students on BCI research (present, Muhammed Ugur; past, Karthik Sriram), one graduate student on brain-inspired memory system design (Michael Wu), and one on LSTM continual learning (Ketaki Joshi).
  • Mentored undergraduates (3 current, 12 past) on using quantum computing for cognitive modeling.
  • My students received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, and several undergraduate fellowships at Yale like the STARS II program, Wu Tsai summer research fellowship, Andy Keidel summer grant, and the Branford Richter Fellowship, and have been admitted to top graduate programs at MIT, Princeton, UC Berkley, and Yale.
• Mavis Mentor
  College of Engineering, UIUC [August '16 – August '17]
  
  • Mentored two graduate students and supported their research for their Master’s Degree
• MUSE Mentor
  College of Engineering, UIUC [August '16 – August '17]
  
  • MUSE: Mentoring Undergraduates in Science and Engineering
  • Mentored a sophomore to complete an introductory Machine Learning research project by defining the scope, goals and guiding mentee's learning.