Biography

Sukanta is working as a Senior EDA Engineer at Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US. He received his Master’s and Ph.D. from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Guwahati in March 2021, specializing in Machine Learning techniques for Electronic Design Automation (EDA). His Ph.D. thesis title is "Design Methodology for On-Chip Power Grid Interconnect: AI/ML Perspective". Prior to joining IIT Guwahati, he received his Bachelor's in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Assam Engineering College in July 2014. His domain of expertise includes EDA, VLSI CAD, VLSI Physical Design, Machine Learning for VLSI CAD, Custom IC Design (Analog and Mixed Signal), RTL to GDS2 Flow (ASIC Design), and Hardware Security/Security-Aware EDA.

His research works have been published in reputed EDA journals/conferences, such as ACM TODAES journal, IEEE/ACM DATE, IEEE ISVLSI, IEEE/ACM VLSID conferences. He has served as a technical program committee member, expert reviewer, and organizing committees of premier ACM and IEEE conferences, including Design Automation Conference (DAC), International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST), and VLSI Design Conference (VLSID). He also serves as a research paper reviewer for reputed IEEE and IET journals. His research was supported by SRC, DARPA, AFRL, DoD, Analog Devices, ANSYS, and Cisco. He is a member of IEEE and ACM.

Industrial Experiences

  • Senior EDA Engineer, April 2023 to Present

    Intel Corporations,
    Santa Clara, CA 95054, US

  • Project Intern, December 2015

    Texas Instruments India,
    Bengaluru, KA 560093, INDIA

Academics

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, September 2021 to Feb 2023

    Florida Institute of Cybersecurity Research,
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
    University of Florida
    Gainesville-32608, FL, US

  • Researcher, October 2020 to July 2021

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
    Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
    Guwahati-781039
    India

  • M.Tech. + Ph.D, Computer Science and Engineering, July 2014 to March 2021

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
    Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
    Guwahati-781039
    India

  • Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Class of 2014

    Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering,
    Assam Engineering College
    Affiliated to Gauhati University
    Guwahati-781013
    India

  • Class 12 (AISSCE), Science Stream, Senior Secondary School, Class of 2010

    Maharishi Vidya Mandir Sr. Secondary School, Silpukhuri, Guwahati
    Affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi
    Guwahati-781003
    India

  • Class 10 (HSLCE), Secondary School, Class of 2008

    Kamakhya Vidyalaya High School
    Affiliated to Board of Secondary Education, Assam
    Guwahati-781011
    India