Akhil R. Pakala received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, in 2019. From 2019-2020, he has worked with Samsung Semiconductor R&D India on SerDes PHY IP. He is currently pursuing his doctoral degree at Rice University, Houston, Texas. His current research interests include digital, mixed-signal IC design for security and machine learning applications.

Awards

• ISSCC 2022 Student Travel Grant Recipient