{"id":158690,"date":"2025-01-07T08:54:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T13:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?page_id=158690"},"modified":"2025-08-19T10:02:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:02:00","slug":"chips-at-bu-ai-hardware","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/research-impact\/chips\/chips-areas-of-research\/chips-at-bu-ai-hardware\/","title":{"rendered":"CHIPS at BU &#8211; AI Hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-hardware.png\" alt=\"Ai hardware\" width=\"410\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-165401 size-full\" \/>AI Hardware<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What we do<\/strong>: Design hardware for accelerating AI and leverage AI for designing hardware with a focus on energy efficiency, performance, security, and privacy, Ongoing research across the entire hardware stack including electronic and photonic devices, digital\/analog VLSI circuit design, computer architecture, embedded systems, and algorithms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters<\/strong>: To sustain the rapid progress in the field of AI we need to develop novel computing solutions at the hardware level, Our work forms the backbone of the entire AI industry.<\/p>\n<h3>Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-1970 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-energy-sustainability-climate affiliation-intelligent-autonomous-secure-systems affiliation-primary-affiliated-faculty department-electrical-computer-engineering department-systems-engineering\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/ayse-coskun\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2024\/02\/ece.faculty.24.coskun-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Ay\u0219e Coskun, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor (ECE, SE Affiliate); Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Director, Center for Information and Systems Engineering<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-2054 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-intelligent-autonomous-secure-systems affiliation-primary-affiliated-faculty department-electrical-computer-engineering\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/ajay-joshi\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/06\/ajay.joshi_-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Joshi headshot\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Ajay Joshi, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor (ECE)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-42766 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-photonics-optics affiliation-primary-affiliated-faculty department-electrical-computer-engineering\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/milos-popovic\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2024\/08\/ece.faculty.24.popovic-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Milo\u0161 Popovi\u0107, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Associate Professor (ECE)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-145190 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-convergent affiliation-photonics-optics affiliation-primary-affiliated-faculty department-electrical-computer-engineering\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/tianyu-wang-phd\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2024\/03\/ece.faculty.24.twang_-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Tianyu Wang, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Assistant Professor (ECE)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n<p><!-- <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/research-impact\/chips\/chips-at-bu-classes\/\">Relevant courses<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI Hardware What we do: Design hardware for accelerating AI and leverage AI for designing hardware with a focus on energy efficiency, performance, security, and privacy, Ongoing research across the entire hardware stack including electronic and photonic devices, digital\/analog VLSI circuit design, computer architecture, embedded systems, and algorithms. 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