Projects

Year
Research Track

2025

Project RPI Principal Investigators IBM Principal Investigators
Holistic Algorithm-Architecture Co-Design of Approximate Computing for Scalable Foundation Models Tong Zhang, Liu Liu Swagath Venkataramani, Sanchari Sen
High resolution x-ray imaging for 3D-HI chiplet non-destructive internal metal joints inspection Edwin Fohtung, James Lu Roy Yu, Katsuyuki Sakuma
Associative Energy-based Diffusion Models for Generative AI Mohammed J. Zaki Dmitry Krotov, Rogerio S. Feris
E-beam glancing angle scattering for hybrid bonding surface planarity measurement Gwo-Ching Wang, Toh-Ming Lu Nicholas Polomoff, Katsuyuki Sakuma
Fast Inference and Alignment for Large Multi-modal Models Koushik Kar, Tianyi Chen Parikshit Ram, Nathalie Baracaldo, Yi Zhou, Horst Samulowitz, Ken Wong
Intermetallic compounds for high-conductivity interconnects Daniel Gall Atharv Jog, Ching-Tzu Chen, Nargess Arabchi
Molecular engineering of metal/low-k interfaces for Cu interconnects Ganpati Ramanath, Pawel Keblinski Dan Edelstein
Meta-Transfer-Learning for Tabular Data Distillation, Generation, and Predictive Modeling Oshani Seneviratne Horst Samulowitz, Yi Zhou, Parikshit Ram
Model Optimization and Hardware-aware Neural Architecture Search for Spatiotemporal Data Mining Yinan Wang, Liu Liu Kaoutar El Maghraoui
Control of orientation and handedness of nanoscale topological and directional interconnect conductors on amorphous SiO2 Jian Shi, Ravishankar Sundararaman Ching-Tzu Chen, Fausto Martelli
Interpretable Foundation Models for General-Purpose Time Series Analysis Agung Julius Lam Nguyen
Quantum Computing for Predicting Lithium-Ion Mobility Fabian M. Faulstich, Nikhil Koratkar, Ravishankar Sundararaman Jeannette (Jamie) Garcia
Key-Value Cache Compression for Memory-Efficient Large Language Model Inference Mohammad Mohammadi Amiri Pin-Yu Chen, Tejaswini Pedapati, Subhajit Chaudhury
Strategic AI: Enhancing Large Language Model Agents with Decision-Making Algorithms for Advanced Reasoning and Planning Santiago Paternain Dharmashankar Subramanian
Utility-scale Spin-Boson QCSC Simulation Joel Giedt, Cameron Cogburn, Jeannette (Jamie) Garcia
Low-precision Distributed Accelerated Methods and Library Development for Training and Fine-tuning Foundation Models Yangyang Xu, George Slota Jie Chen, Naigang Wang
Efficient Deployment of Large Language Model over Heterogeneous Computing Systems Meng Wang, Tong Zhang Kaoutar El Maghraoui, Naigang Wang
A Hybrid Quantum-Classic Approach to Solve Semidefinite Programming Problems Diego Moran Ramirez, Santiago Paternain, Sebastian Souyris Jeannette (Jamie) Garcia
Large Language Models as Planning Domain Model Generators Selmer Bringsjord Kavitha Srinivas, Harsha Kokel Michael Katz, Shirin Sohrabi
Reliable Quantum Simulation of Fluid Dynamics on Quantum Hardware Lucy Zhang Jeannette (Jamie) Garcia
Closing the Accuracy Gap in Analog In-memory Training: Device-dependent Algorithms and Hyperparameter Search Tianyi Chen, Liu Liu Tayfun Gokmen, Omobayode Fagbohungbe
Bringing AI Intelligence to 5G/6G Edge Platform Ish Jain, Ali Tajer Alberto Gracia, Kaoutar El Maghraoui
Materials Quantum Intelligence: Creating an HPC-Assisted Quantum Machine Learning Framework for Materials Design Trevor David Rhone Jeannette (Jamie) Garcia
Discovering topological materials for BEOL interconnects using first-principles calculations and machine learning Trevor David Rhone, Ravishankar Sundararaman Ching-Tzu Chen, Dmitry Zubarev, Timothy Philip
Meta-Learned Digital Twins for Circuit Design in Chiplet Integration Tianyi Chen, Mona Hella Cheng Chi, Songtao Lu, Xin Zhang, Shawn Pinkett
Quantum optimization algorithm for combinatorial composite material design Yunfeng Shi, Jian Shi, Liping Huang Jeannette (Jamie) Garcia
Validation of multiscale 3D chiplet stack thermal model with temperature-dependent materials through 3w measurements Jacob Merson, Max Bloomfield Roy Yu, Timothy Chainer, Prabudhya Roy Chowdhury, Aakrati Jain, Mukta Farooq
Theoretical and Algorithmic Foundations of In-Context Learning and Chain of Thought Using Properly Trained Transformer Models Meng Wang Songtao Lu, Pin-Yu Chen, Xiaodong Cui
Stochastic hydrodynamics for designing non-equilibrium many-body systems Patrick Underhill Jeannette (Jamie) Garcia
Optimization of Hardware-based Neural Network Accelerators for Fluorescence Lifetime in Biomedical Applications Xavier Intes, Vikas Pandey Karthik Swaminathan
Co-Designing Analog AI System and Accelerator for Large Foundation Models Liu Liu, Meng Wang Sidney Tsai, Kaoutar El Maghraoui

2026

Project RPI Principal Investigators IBM Principal Investigators
Hardware–Software Co-Design for Unified Pruning and Mixed-Precision Compression of Vision–Language Model Meng Wang, Liu Liu Kaoutar El Maghraoui, Pin-Yu Chen
Validation of size dependent and interface resistance models with 3 measurements Jacob Merson, Max Bloomfield, Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc Timothy Chainer, Aakrati Jain, Prabudhya Roy Chowdhury, Dureseti Chidambarrao
Efficient Chiplet-based Memory Architecture for AI Hardware Accelerator Kanad Basu, Liu Liu Pradip Bose, Karthik Swaminathan, Nandhini Chandramoorthy, Gracen Wallace, Xin Zhang
Harnessing Quantum Hysteresis in Spin Materials Xiangyi Meng, Cameron Cogburn
Efficient Hardware Acceleration of CoFrNets Kanad Basu Amit Dhurandhar, Ruchir Puri, Pradip Bose, Karthikeyan Natesan Ramamurthy, Karthik Swaminathan
Quantum–Classical Optimization and Edge–Quantum Collaboration for Next-Generation Transportation Systems Ruimin Ke, Sean X. He, Cara X. Wang, Jose Holguin-Veras
Efficient Deployment of Large Language Model over Heterogeneous Computing Systems Tong Zhang, Meng Wang Kaoutar El Maghraoui, Naigang Wang
Hybrid Quantum-Classical Workflows for Modeling Multi-Body Interactions in Disordered Materials Prashun Gorai, Patrick Underhill,
Communicating Generative Models: Multi-Agent Causal Representation Learning for Coordinated Decision-Making Ali Tajer, Mohammad Mohammadi Amiri Horst Samulowitz, Debarun Bhattacharjya
Exploring Analog-Aware Learning and Architectures with Hardware Support for Next-Generation Foundation Models Liu Liu Sidney Tsai, Kaoutar El Maghraoui
Qantum Approximate Optimization for Secure and Resilient Supply Chains Kanad Basu
Novel Diffusion and Flow-based Generative Language Models via Associative Memories Mohammed J. Zaki Dmitry Krotov
Hardware–Software Co-Design of Efficient Spatiotemporal Transformers and Mixture-of-Experts on IBM Hardware Yinan Wang, Liu Liu Kaoutar El Maghraoui, Pin-Yu Chen
Topology-Aware Circuits and Structure-Aware Optimizers for Phase Transitions Jian Shi, Yangyang Xu
Time Series Data Agent: Enabling Multipurpose Foundation Models for Multimodal Data Agung Julius Lam Nguyen, Chandra Reddy
KV-cache Management for Improving Run-time efficiency of Large Reasoning Models Mohammad Mohammadi Amiri Pin-Yu Chen,Tejaswini Pedapati, Subhajit Chaudhury, Keerthiram Murugesan, Kaoutar El Maghraoui, Naigang Wang, and Charlie Liu
QRMI-DA: Robust Direct Access Middleware and Hybrid Workflows for Quantum-Centric Supercomputing Christopher D. Carothers, Cameron Cogburn, Osama Raisuddin, Andrew Damin, Michael Sofka Antonio Corcoles, Sean Dague
Latent Representation and Tiered Indexing for Scalable and Efficient Data Product Creation from Large Data Lakes Oshani Seneviratne Horst Samulowitz
Rethinking Retrieval Signals via Hybrid Retrieval Heads Stacy Patterson Wei Sun, Radu Florian, Yulong Li
Quantum-Enhanced Bayesian Inference for Inverse Problems and Digital Twins in Complex Dynamical Systems Fotis Kopsaftopoulos
Advancing LLM Reasoning via Intrinsic and Integrative Capabilities Yao Ma, Meng Wang Ching-Yun (Irene) Ko, Keerthiram Murugesan
Integrated Sensing and Communication with AI-RAN Platform Ish Jain, Ali Tajer Alberto Gracia, Kaoutar El Maghraoui, Arun Paidimarri
Systematic Failure Analysis for LLM Agents: Taxonomy, Attribution, and Reflection Lei Yu Subhajit Chaudhury, Tejaswini Pedapati, Keerthiram Murugesan
Glancing electron diffraction study of Cu pads surface texture for hybrid bonding Gwo-Ching Wang, Toh-Ming Lu Roy Yu, Katsuyuki Sakuma
Holistic Alignment of Agentic LLM Systems via Lightweight System-Level Objectives Alex Gittens Karthikeyan Natesan Ramamurthy, Nathalie Baracaldo, Momin Abbas, Raya Horesh
Discovering topological materials for BEOL interconnects using first-principles calculations and machine learning Ravishankar Sundaraman Ching-Tzu Chen, Dmitry Zubarev, Timothy Philip
Automated Design and Optimization of Enterprise-Scale AI Agent Systems Jianxi Gao, Shaowu Pan Pin-Yu Chen, Irene Ko
New materials for high-conductivity interconnects Daniel Gall Atharv Jog, Nargess Arabchi, Ching-Tzu Chen
Rethinking Retrieval Signals via Hybrid Retrieval Heads Stacy Patterson, Ana Milanova Wei Sun, Radu Florian, Yulong Li
High-Resolution X-ray Imaging for 3D-HI Chiplet Non-Destructive Internal Metal Joints Inspection Edwin Fohtung, James Lu Nick Polomoff, Roy Yu, Katsuyuki Sakuma
AI Safeguards Using Agentic AI Mohammad Mohammadi Amiri Momin Abbas, Karthikeyan Natesan Ramamurthy, Prasanna Sattigeri
Molecularly engineered liner/low-k interfaces and linerless Cu interconnects Ramanath Ganpati, Pawel Keblinski Dan Edelstein
AutoComp: Automated Compression & Deployment for Foundation Models Ruimin Ke Kaoutar El Maghraoui, Naigang Wang
Control of orientation and handedness of nanoscale Weyl interconnects metals on amorphous SiO2 Jian Shi, Ravishankar Sundararaman Ching-Tzu Chen, Thanh Nguyen
Enabling Efficient Inference and High Accuracy by Exploring Novel Linear-type Attention and KV Cache Optimization Yangyang Xu, George Slota Jie Chen, Naigang Wang
Computation-Guided Discovery of High-Thermal Conductivity, Low-k Dielectrics for Advanced Node Technologies Prashun Gorai, Nikhil Koratkar, Theo Borca-Tasciuc Prabudhya Roy Chowdhury, Aakrati Jain, Son Nguyen

2024

Project RPI Principal Investigators IBM Principal Investigators
Holistic Algorithm-Architecture Co-Design of Approximate Computing for Scalable Foundation Models Tong Zhang, Liu Liu Swagath Venkataramani, Sanchari Sen
Control of orientation and handedness of nanoscale topological interconnect conductors on amorphous SiO2 Jian Shi, Ravishankar Sundar Ching-tzu Chen
Unlearning: Dynamics of Membership Privacy and Inference Attacks Against Large Language Models Lei Yu Magdon Ismail, Nathalie Baracaldo, Ling Cai
Integration and Scheduling of High Performance Computing (HPC) and Quantum Computing Workflows Christopher Carothers Antonio Córcoles
E-beam glancing angle scattering for hybrid bonding surface planarity measurement Gwo-Ching Wang, Toh-Ming Lu Nicholas Polomoff, Katsuyuki Sakuma
Control-Based Reinforcement Learning Santiago Paternain Mark Squillante; Chai Wah Wu
Co-Designing Analog AI System and Accelerator for Large Foundation Models Liu Liu, Meng Wang  Sidney Tsai, Kaoutar El Maghraoui
Correctors and Selectors: Building An Ecosystem for LLM Alignment Alex Gittens Mikhail Yurochkin, Mayank Agarwal
Educating the Quantum Future: Filling the Pipeline from Middle School to the Workforce Brian Callahan, Malik Magdon-Ismail, Ali Tajer, Sophia Acquisto Jeannette (Jamie) Garcia
Data Distillation in Tabular Date: A Foundation Model Approach Oshani Seneviratne, Inwon Kang Horst Samulowitz, Parikshit Ram, Yi Zhou
Quantum Computing Exploration to Advance Supply Chain Ruimin Ke, Jose Holguin-Veras, Xiaokun (Cara) Wang, Xiaozheng (Sean) He Jeannette (Jamie) Garcia
Discovering topological materials for BEOL Interconnects using first-principles calculations and machine learning Trevor Rhone, Ravishankar Sundar Ching-tzu Chen, Atharv Jog
HPC-assisted Hybrid Classical Quantum System for Drug Discovery and Development Zhiding Liang, Xiao-Yang Liu, Tianfan Fu Jeannette (Jamie) Garcia
Energy Transformer for Foundational Models Mohammed Zaki Dmitry Krotov, Benjamin Hoover, Hendrik Strobelt
Benchmarking Quantum Computational Methods for Thermo- Chemical Processes Osama Raisuddin, Fabian Faulstich Jeannette (Jamie) Garcia
FIT: Fast Inference using Transformer models Koushik Kar, Tianyi Chen Parikshit Ram, Nathalie Baracaldo, Yi Zhou, Soham Dan, Horst Samulowitz
Enhancing Gate Fidelity and Speed Through AI-Driven Optimization for Hubbard Model Computation Jian Shi, Yangyang Xu Jeannette (Jamie) Garcia
High resolution x-ray imaging for 3D-HI chiplet non-destructive internal metal joints inspection Edwin Fohtung, James Lu Roy Yu, Katsuyuki Sakuma
Foundational Models for Understanding Tabular Data Through AI Automation Jianxi Gao Kavitha Srinivas, Tejsawini Pedapati, Horst Samulowitz, Pin-Yu Chen
Low-precision second-order-type distributed methods for training and fine-tuning foundation Yangyang Xu, George Slota Jie Chen, Mayank Agarwal, Yikang Shen, Naigang Wang
Molecular nanoengineering of post-Cu-metal/dielectric interfaces for nanodevice wiring Ganpati Ramanath, Pawel Keblinski, Ravishankar Sundararaman Griselda Bonilla, Ching-tzu Chen, Atharv Jog
Multi-Objective Training of Foundation Acoustic Models for Automatic Speech Recognition Tianyi Chen, Mei Si Xiaodong Cui, Brian Kingsbury, Songtao Lu
Intermetallic compounds for high-conductivity interconnects Daniel Gall Atharv Jog, Ching-Tzu Chen
Optimization of Hardware-based Neural Networks Accelerators for Fluorescence Lifetime Biomedical Applications Xavier Intes Karthik Swaminathan
Resource-Effective Fine-Tuning of Large Language Models Mohammad Mohammadi Amiri Pin-Yu Chen, Tejaswini Pedapati, Subhajit Chaudhury
Structured & Robust Neural Network Pruning on Low-Precision Hardware for Guaranteed Learning Performance for Complex Time-Series Datasets Christopher Carothers, Meng Wang Kaoutar El Maghraoui, Pin-Yu Chen, Naigang Wang
Algorithmic Innovations and Architectural Support towards In-Memory Training on Analog AI Accelerators Tianyi Chen, Liu Liu Tayfun Gokmen, Malte J. Rasch
Testing LLM Safety via Causal Reasoning Ali Tajer Prasanna Sattigeri, Dennis Wei, Dmitrity Katz-Rogozhnikov
Anisotropic Thermal Resistance Characterization of SI, BEOL, and underfill layers using 3 omega Joule heating thermometry and exploratory non-destructive scanning Thermal Microscopy/ Multiscale Thermal Modeling of 3D ICs Theo Borca-Tasciuc, Jacob Merson, Max Bloomfield Roy Yu, Timothy Chainer, Prabudhya Roy Chowdhury, Aakrati Jain, Mukta Farooq
Theoretical and Algorithmic Foundations of In-Context Learning Using Properly Trained Transformer Models Meng Wang Songtao Lu, Pin-Yu Chen

2023

Project RPI Principal Investigators IBM Principal Investigators
A Framework for Automating Decentralized Training of Foundation Models Koushik Kar, Tianyi Chen Theodoros Salonidis, Parikshit Ram, Nathalie Baracaldo, Yi Zhou
Deep Causal Representation Learning Towards Generalizable, Explainable, and Fair AI Systems Qiang Ji Tian Gao, Amit Dhurandhar
Enhancing Efficiency and Robustness Simultaneously in Processing Deep Neural Networks Liu Liu Swagath Venkataramani
Explainable Transfer Learning Christopher Sims, James Hendler Keerthiram Murugesan, Amit Dhurandhar, Ronny Luss, Pin-Yu Chen
Fairness Auditor: Stress-testing AI Fairness Methodologies using Synthetic Data Kristin Bennett Ioana Baldini, Dennis Wei, Jiaming Zeng
Large-Scale Foundation Acoustic Modeling for Automatic Speech Recognition Tianyi Chen, Mei Si Xiaodong Cui, Brian Kingsbury, Songtao Lu
Provably Efficient Reinforcement Learning via Neuro-Symbolic Representations Meng Wang, Tianyi Chen Miao Liu, Pin-Yu Chen, Songtao Lu, Keerthiram Murugesa, Subhajit Chaudhury
Quickest Failure Prediction Algorithm for High Dimensional Time Series Data Bulent Yener, Ali Tajer Kyongmin Yeo, Wesley Gifford
Robustness of Causal Bandits Ali Tajer Prasanna Sattigeri, Dennis Wei, Dmitriy Katz-Rogozhnikov
SafeR: Automating Safe Reinforcement Learning Sandipan Mishra, Santiago Paternain, Koushik Kar Long Vu, Lan Hoany, Dharmashankar Subramanian

2022

Project RPI Principal Investigators IBM Principal Investigators
Interpretable Failure Prediction Algorithm for Time Series Data Bulent Yener Kyongmin Yeo, Wesley Gifford
Joint Domain Generalization and Algorithm Robustness for Trusted AI Pingkun Yan, Ali Tajer, Yangyang Xu Karthikeyan Shanmugam, Richard Chen, Pin-Yu Chen, Amit Dhurandhar
Secure and Robust Cross-Silo Vertical Federated Learning Stacy Patterson Shiqiang Wang
Signal Temporal Logic Neural Network (STL-NN): A Neuro-Symbolic Framework for Human-Interpretable Machine Learning Julius Agung Achille Fokoue
Sufficiently Accurate Model Based Reinforcement Learning Santiago Paternain Dharmashankar Subramanian
Training Neural Network with Few-Shot Data & Applications to AI Automation Jianxi Gao Pin-Yu Chen, Tejaswini Pedapati
Accelerated and Compressed Distributed Stochastic Optimization for Deep Learning Yangyang Xu Jie Chen, Chia-Yu Chen, Songtao Lu
GATOR: The Goal-oriented Autonomous Dialogue System Tomek Strzalkowski Dakou Wang
Anomaly Detection on Knowledge Graphs Alex Gittens, Mohammed Zaki Charu Aggarwal
AutoDML: A Framework for Automating Decentralized Machine Learning Koushik Kar, Tianyi Chen Theodoros Salonidis, Parikshit Ram, Nathalie Baracaldo, Yi Zhou
Fairness Auditor Stress-Testing AI Fairness Methodologies Using Synthetic Data Kristin Bennett Yoonyoung Park, Ioana Baldini, Dennis Wei

2021

Project RPI Principal Investigators IBM Principal Investigators
Active Learning for Automated Decision-Making Ali Tajer Payel Das
Combining Learning and Reasoning for Embedding Ethical Properties in AI Group Decision Making Lirong Xia Francesca Rossi
Deep Learning for Trust in Cybersecurity Nidhi Rastogi, Alex Gittens, Mohammed Zaki Charu Aggarwal
Extracting Types from Python Machine Learning Libraries Ana Milanova Martin Hirzel, Julian Dolby
Fast Learning of Neural Network Models with Provable Generalizability Meng Wang Jinjun Xiong, Sijia Liu, Pin-Yu Chen
Manifold-Structured Latent Space for Deep Generative Modeling Rongjie Lai Jie Chen
Self-Supervision Method for Natural Language Processing and Applications Sibel Adali Pin-Yu Chen
Composable Systems Christopher Carothers Kailash Gopalakrishnan
Interpretable Similarity Metric Learning Derya Malak, Ali Tajer, Bulent Yener Karthikeyan Natesan Ramanurthy, Dennis Wei, Amit Dhurandhar
Towards a General Framework Stacy Patterson Shiqiang Wang

2020

Project RPI Principal Investigators IBM Principal Investigators
A Code Knowledge Graph for Planning Data Science Experiments Jamie McCusker, Deborah McGuinness Kavitha Srinivas, Julian Dolby, Michael Katz, Octavian Udrea, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi
Active Learning of Adversarial Attack Boudaries Ali Tajer Payel Das
AI Models for Curation of Threat Intelligence Nidhi Rastogi Charu Aggarwal
Asynchronous and adaptive stochastic approximation methods for accelerating deep learning Yangyang Xu Jie Chen
Improving Generalization and Abstraction in Deep Reinforcement Learning Chris R. Sims Tim Klinger
Learning and Embedding Ethical Guidelines in Group Decision-Making AI Lirong Xia Francesca Rossi, Michael Hind, Pin-Yu Chen
Neural Memories for Text and Knowledge Graphs Mohammed J. Zaki Dimitry Krotov
Semantic shift as measure of bias with applications to detection, explanation and mitigation of misinformation Sibel Adali Pin-Yu Chen

2019

Project RPI Principal Investigators IBM Principal Investigators
Capacity Limited Reinforcement Learning in Minds and Machines Chris Sims Gerald Tesauro
Data Recovery and Subspace Clustering from Quantized and Corrupted Measurements Meng Wang Jinjung Xiong
Exploration of Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Earth Observing Remote Sensing Kevin Rose, Peter Fox Harry Kolar
Neural Memories: Distributed Representations and Associative Retrieval Mohammed Zaki Dmitry Krotov
Smart Contracts Augmented with Learning and Semantics Oshani Seneviratne, Lirong Xia Geeth De Mel
Tentacular AI (TAI) Selmer Bringsjord, Naveen Govindarajulu Karthik Talamadupula
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