• New! IMPACT Lab is looking for highly motivated PhD students to join our exciting research projects on AI, VLSI, and hardware privacy. One Postdoctoral Fellow position is also available immediately.[02/2026] [Grant] New USDA Grant on smart wearable system for real-time, continuous monitoring of plant health conditions, in collaboration with North Dakota State University (Lead), University of Texas at Arlington, Texas A&M, and Florida International University. Congratulations, team!
• ​[09/2025][Grant] New NSF NRT Grant as PI (DGE-2510192, $2M, 2025-2029).
• [08/2025][Grant] New NSF MRI Grant as PI (CNS-2408064, $800,000, 2025-2028).
• [08/2025] [Publication] Invited paper on “privacy by design via memory technologies” and organized panel in 2025 IEEE International Conference on Omni-layer Intelligent Systems (COINS). 
• ​[08/2025] [Event] Na and her team joined University of Alabama (UA)​.
• [07/2025][Grant] New NSF RET Site Grant as PI (CCF-2502054, $600,000, 2025-2028).
• [05/2025][Publication] Our paper on new memory design for privacy has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II!
• [04/2025][Publication] Our paper on new Edge AI device development for diabetes management has been accepted for publication in GLSVLSI 2025!
• [04/2025][Award] Destinie received the Computer Engineering Student of the Year Award and Computer Engineering Honor Book Award. Congratulations, Destinie! 
• [04/2025][Award] Na received the College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award. 
• [04/2025][Award] Na is recognized for research and innovation for the 2024-2025 year.
• [09/2024][Publication] Our paper on Flexible Bit-Truncation Memory for Low-Power Quality-Adaptive Video and Deep Learning Storage has been accepted by the 15th International Green and Sustainable Computing Conference (IGSC'24).
• ​[08/2024][Grant] New DOE grant on neuromorphic computing as Co-PI ($1,000,000, September 2024 – August 2028). 
• [08/2024][Award] Na received the National Alumni Association Faculty Innovation Award, University of South Alabama, 2024. 
• [08/2024][Grant] New NSF MRI grant (DBI # 2408000) and New NSF EAGER grant (EES #2427766) as Co-PI.
• [07/2024][Grant] New NSF grant (ITE # 2346905) on semiconductor research and experiential education as Co-PI. 
• [06/2024][Publication] Our paper on Hyperspectral Deep Learning for Colorectal Cancer Detection has been accepted for publication in Scientific Reports -Nature!
• [06/2024][Publication] Our paper on deep learning model optimization for Edge AI has been accepted for publication in Advanced Intelligent Systems!
• [05/2024][Award] Best Presentation Award, 2024 International Conference on Computer Communication and Artificial Intelligence (CCAI)!
• [05/2024] [Award] Isaac Arnold was awarded Alabama EPSCoR Graduate Research Scholars Program Fellowship. Congratulations, Isaac!
• [03/2024][Publication] Our paper on Differential Privacy by Low-power SRAM Memory has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing!
• [03/2024][Award] Our paper received 2024 ASEE-SE Thomas C. Evans Engineering Education Paper Award. 
• [01/2024][Event] Isaac Arnold joined IMPACT Lab as a MS student. Welcome, Isaac!
• [11/2023][Publication] Our paper on memory design for privacy has been accepted for publication in IEEE Micro!
• [10/2023][Award] Na received the Academic Research Excellence Award! (Read More)
• [08/2023][Event] Dr. Mario Renteria-Pinon joined IMPACT Lab as Postdoc Fellow. Welcome, Mario!
• [08/2023][Event] Safa Haq joined IMPACT Lab as a PhD student. Welcome, Safa!
• [08/2023][Event] Kyle Moore joined IMPACT Lab as a MS student. Welcome, Kyle!
• [07/2023][Award] Destinie Diggs received “NASA Space Grant Scholarship”!  Congratulations, Destinie! 
• [07/2022] [Grant] Our project on integrating culturally relevant project-based AI into high school STEM education (collaborating with Dr. S. Zha) has been recently funded by NSF (NSF DRL #2333098). 
• [06/2023][Publication] Our paper on approximate memory for low-power video applications has been accepted for publication in IEEE Access. Congratulations, Hritom, Ali, and Scott!
• [11/2022][Award] Destinie Diggs received "Outstanding LSAMP Scholar Award"! Congratulations, Destinie!
• [10/2022][Event] William Oswald and his PhD research has featured in the IEEE HKN Bridge Magazine. Congratulations, Liam! Liam also presented our recent research results on “Scalable Hyperspectral AI for Real-time Colonoscopy Classification” in Biomolecular Imaging & Informatics 2022.  
• [09/2022][Event] Our NSF Edge AI project kickoff meeting was held in Mobile, AL. (Project Webpage) 
• [08/2022][Event] Sajjad Hossain joined IMPACT Lab as PhD student. Welcome, Sajjad!
• [08/2022] [Grant] Our project on building research infrastructure and workforce in Edge Artificial Intelligence has been recently funded by NSF (NSF OIA #2218046).
• [08/2022] [Grant] Our project on memory design for differential privacy has been recently funded by NSF (NSF CNS #2211215).
• [04/2022] [Award] Na received the College of Engineering Excellence in Research Award. 
• [02/2022][Paper] Our paper on content-adaptable region-of-interest aware video system has been accepted for publication in IEEE Access. Congratulations, Ali, Liam, and Hritom!
• [02/2022][Event] William Oswald finished M.S. thesis defense and continued his Ph.D.! Congratulations, Liam!
• [12/2021][Event] We held NSF RET Fall Follow-up Workshop. All eight participating teachers successfully finished lesson implementation in the classroom. Two abstracts were accepted by ASEE 2022. 
• [10/2021][Event] IMPACT Lab offered research presentations and project demostrations (e.g., video processing, memory chip design, AI system for cancer detection) to 600+ local Middle School and High School students.
• [09/2021] [Award] Na received the Phi Kappa Phi Scholar of the Year award. 
• [08/2021] [Grant] Our project on integrating computing to pre-service teachers training (collaborating with Dr. S. Zha) has been recently funded by NSF (NSF DUE #2121417).
• [06/2021] [Paper] Our paper on flexible low-power memory with run-time ECC-adaptation has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems.
• [05/2021] [Award] William Oswald was awarded Alabama EPSCoR Graduate Research Scholars Program Fellowship. Congratulations, Liam!
• [04/2021] [Award] Trenton Howell was awarded NASA Space Grant Fellowship. Congratulations, Trent!
• [12/2020] [Award] Melanie Lim received the Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society's Outstanding Poster Award. Congratulations, Melanie! 
• [05/2020] [Paper] Our paper on Quality-Energy Optimal Memory Design has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing.
• [04/2020] [Grant] Our project on Application-Specific Asynchronous Deep Learning IC Design has been recently funded by NSF (NSF OISE #1951488)
• [02/2020] [Grant] Our RET Site on Biologically-inspired Computing Systems has been recently funded by NSF (NSF CNS #1953544). For more about this project see: RET Project Website.
• [02/2020] [Paper] Our paper on Memory Optimization for Energy-Efficient Private Deep Learning has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems.
• [01/2020] [Paper] Our paper on Mathematical Models of Optimal Video Memory Design has been accepted for publication in IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology.​
• [06/2019] [Award] Best Paper Nomination, IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), 2019.
• [04/2019] [Award] Elsevier Reviewer Award, recognized by Elsevier’s Microelectronics Journal, 2019.
• [04/2019] [Paper] Our paper on Mitigating Nonlinear Effect of Memristive Synaptic Device for Neuromorphic Computing has been accepted for publication in IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems.​
• [03/2019] [Paper] Our paper on Run-time Deep Learning Enhanced Fast Coding Unit Decision for High Efficiency Video Coding​ has been accepted for publication in Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers.​
• [03/2019] [Paper] Our paper on Content-Adaptive Memory for Viewer-Aware Energy-Quality Scalable Mobile Video Systems​ has been accepted for publication in IEEE Access.​
• [10/2018] [Grant] Our project on Viewer-Aware Energy-Quality Adaptive Mobile Video Storage was funded by NSF (NSF SHF #1855706​)