Nachiket Kapre, University of Waterloo

Research

accelerators machine learning reconfigurable computing high-speed design hardware design coarse-grained architectures adaptive systems parallel electronic design automation

Latest funding

Rethinking Configurable Logic Architectures in the age of AI
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$53,000
Real-Time Baseband Signal Processing and Reconfigurable Computing Development Platform
NSERC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$141,755
Enhancing Hardware Compilation for Reconfigurable Architectures using Machine Learning and Cloud Computing
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$231,000

All 3 grants and awards

Rethinking Configurable Logic Architectures in the age of AI

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kapre, Nachiket

Keywords: reconfigurable computing; machine learning; high-speed design; hardware design; accelerators; coarse-grained architectures

$53,000

Real-Time Baseband Signal Processing and Reconfigurable Computing Development Platform

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Boumaiza, Slim

$141,755

Enhancing Hardware Compilation for Reconfigurable Architectures using Machine Learning and Cloud Computing

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kapre, Nachiket

Keywords: accelerators; adaptive systems; machine learning; parallel electronic design automation; reconfigurable computing

$231,000

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: accelerators Dear Professor Kapre, 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 accelerators 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 "Rethinking Configurable Logic Architectures in the age of AI" (2024), 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]