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Dr. Sheikh Wasmir Hussain
Dr. Sheikh Wasmir Hussain Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (NIT Meghalaya)

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
About

Hello, welcome to my home page. I’m an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) at IIIT Guwahati.

  • Joined IIIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India in August 2023.
  • Served as a Senior Research Scientist in the MeLoDe (Memory Logic Devices & Logic Design) Laboratory, Dept. of Electrical Engineering,  IIT Bombay, from October 2021 to August 2023.
  • Completed Ph.D. (VLSI Design), Thesis on High Performance Content Addressable Memory, in the year 2022, from Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), NIT Meghalaya.  
  • Obtained M.Tech (ECE - VLSI Design) from NIT Meghalaya.
  • Earned B.E. (ECE)  from NIE Mysore, at Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi, India.
  • Dropped out B.Sc (Hons.) in Mathematics from University of Delhi (DU), New Delhi, India.

Research Interests

  • Semiconductor Memories 
    • High Performance Content Addressable Memory (CAM)
    • One Time Programmable (OTP) Memory 
    • In-Memory Computing (IMC)
    • Memristor for Memories
  • CMOS Digital Circuit Techniques
  • Low Power VLSI Design
  • Secure ASIC Circuits

Institute Responsibility

  • Associate Sports Co-ordinator, IIIT Guwahati, Since April 2024
  • Member of Faculty Advisory Board, IIIT Guwahati, Since April 2024
  • M.Tech (ECE) Admission Co-ordinator, VLSI & Embedded System, IIIT Guwahati, June to August 2024

Ph.D Supervision

  • Mr. Arnav Banerjee
    • Ongoing Since February 2024
    • Research Area: Low-Power and/or High-Speed Memory

Research Link

Teaching

At IIIT GuwahatiI teach the following Undergraduate & Postgraduate Courses: 

[Course Details Can be Found in GitHUB Link]

  • Theory
    • Basic Electronic Circuits (Winter 2023-24, 2024-25)
    • Digital Design (Monsoon 2024-25)
    • Analog Circuits (Monsoon 2024-25)
  • Tutorial 
    • Electrical Circuit Analysis Tutorial (Monsoon 2022-23)
  • Laboratory
    • Analog Integrated Circuit (Monsoon 2022-23)
    • Digital Design (Monsoon 2022-23, 2024-25)
    • Embedded Systems Laboratory (Winter 2023-24, 2024-25)                                                                                   
  • Seminar
    • M. Tech ECE & CSE Seminar (Monsoon 2022-23)

Tapeout Work

  • Associated with MeLoDe Lab, IIT Bombay: One time programmable (OTP) memory, physical unclonable function (PUF) and secure circuits in SCL 180-nm technology [Role in Circuit Verification & Layout Design]
  •  Associated with Research Lab, NIT Meghalaya: Pre-charge free dynamic content addressable memory in SCL 180-nm technology [Role in Circuit Verification & Layout Design]

Invited Talk

  • Invited Talk on "Content Addressable Memory: A Design Perspective From Exact to Approximate Searching Architecture", Workshop on Emerging Cutting Edge Technologies in CMOS: Trends and Challenges, Dec. 11 –  15, 2024, NIT Silchar, Silchar.
  • Expert Speaker on "Cadence Tutorial", Accelerate Vigyan SERB Workshop on Custom IC Design using EDA, Feb. 27 – Mar. 5, 2022, IIIT Pune, Pune.
  • Invited Talk on "Low-Power and High-Speed Nanometer-CMOS CAMs", Faculty Development Program (FDP), Apr. 26 – May 8, 2021, GITA Autonomous College, Bhubaneshwar.

Achievement, Award & Fellowship

  • Resource Person, Representation of R&D Works,, G20 Research and Innovation Initiative Gathering (RIIG) Summit & Research Ministers’ Meeting, Jul. 2023, IIT Bombay, Mumbai.
  • Resource Person, Representation of R&D Works,  India Semiconductor Mission’s Semicon India Conference, July 2023, Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar. 
  • First Prize in Oral Presentation in Engineering Discipline, 2nd Research Conclave, Feb. 28 - Mar. 1, 2021, NIT Meghalaya, Shillong.
  • Among Top 12 Ph.D. Thesis Works in Student Research Form, 34th International Conference on VLSI Design & 20th International Conference on Embedded Systems 2021 (VLSID 2021), Feb. 20 – 24, 2021, India (Virtual).
  • International Travel Support, from MeitY, Govt. of India for Presenting Research Paper at IEEE 6th International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applied Sciences (ICETAS), Dec. 20-21, 2019, UTMKL, Kuala Lumpur.
  • JRF and SRF Fellowships, under NIT Meghalaya from MoE (then MHRD), Govt. of India for Pursuing Ph.D., Jul. 2017 - Jul. 2021.
  • GATE Fellowship, under NIT Meghalaya from MoE (then MHRD), Govt. of India for Pursuing M.Tech and Teaching Assistantship, Jul. 2015 - May 2017.
  • GATE-2015 Qualified, 6592 All India Rank (AIR) in ECE Discipline, 96.18 Percentile.
  • Merit Cum Means (MCM) Scholarship, under Minority & OBC, Govt. of Manipur for Pursuing B.E., 2010 - 2013.
  • AIEEE-2009 Qualified, 31579 AIR and 47 Manipur State Rank in OBC Category.
  • Most Regular Student Award, 100% Attendance Record during Academic Session 2006 – 2007 at Herbert School, Imphal.
  • Academic Prizes, Appreciations, and Awards from various state organizations, Manipur, India for merit in High School Board and Higher Secondary School Council Examinations, 2006 - 2008.

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