CV

Research Interests

  • Computer Systems and Architecture
  • Hardware Security

Education

  • 2031
    Doctor of Philosophy
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • 2025
    Bachelor + Master of Technology
    Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    • Integrated Bachelor + Master Technology in Electrical Engineering (GPA: 9.38/10)
    • Specialization in Electronic Systems
    • Minor Degree in Computer Science and Engineering

Publications

  • 2025
    SoK: So, You Think You Know All About Secure Randomized Caches?
    USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security)
  • 2024
    The Maya Cache: A Storage-efficient and Secure Fully-associative Last-level Cache
    International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA)

Work Experience

  • 2023
    Embedded Software Intern
    Texas Instruments, India
    • Created a driver monitoring application for the AM62Ax Sitara processor using the GStreamer media framework
    • Modified the existing GStreamer pipelines to enable stacking of multiple DNN models required for the application
    • Analyzed the boot flow of various processors and created a boot loader porting guide for the Sitara AM62x processor
    • Reviewed existing documentation and Linux examples for the AM62x & suggested changes to improve user experience

Awards

  • MIT EECS Great Educators Fellowship 2025-26
  • Intel India Research Fellowship 2024-25
  • Undergraduate Research Award (IIT Bombay)
  • Kishore Vaigyanak Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) fellowship

Skills

  • Languages
    • C, C++, VHDL, Verilog, Python, Assembly (8085), Algorithmic Assembly (Aa), Heptagon
  • Software
    • Intel Quartus, Vivado, Autodesk Fusion 360, GStreamer, Cadence Virtuoso, Synopsys Sentaurus, GHDL, Keil μVision, MATLAB, LTSpice, Ngspice, ArduinoIDE, GNU Radio, LATEX, AutoCAD, Solidworks
  • Simulators
    • ChampSim, gem5, Sniper, GPGPU-Sim, CacheFX, PCACTI