Prashant Nair, University of British Columbia

Research

Computer Architecture Data Compression and Management Fault Tolerance Information and Coding Theory Memory Systems Moore's Law Performance-Power Efficiency Reliability

Latest funding

Transformative Server Architectures for Next Generation AI Systems
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$450,000
Architectural Techniques to Sustain Moore's Law to Enable Reliable, Secure, and Efficient Memory Systems
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$196,000

All 2 grants and awards

Transformative Server Architectures for Next Generation AI Systems

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Fedorova, Alexandra A

Keywords: energy efficiency; machine learning; server architecture

$450,000

Architectural Techniques to Sustain Moore's Law to Enable Reliable, Secure, and Efficient Memory Systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Nair, Prashant Jayaprakash

Keywords: moore's law; reliability; fault tolerance; security; data compression and management; performance-power efficiency; memory systems; computer architecture; scalable systems; information and coding theory

$196,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Computer Architecture Dear Professor Nair, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on computer architecture connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Architectural Techniques to Sustain Moore's Law to Enable Reliable, Secure, and Efficient Memory Systems" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]