Jayasimha Atulasimha, Ph.D., is a professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at VCU and associate director of Research and Innovation at VCU’s Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environment. He has an M.Sc and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from University of Maryland College Park and has research expertise in straintronics, nanomagnetic devices and neuromorphic computing. On Tuesday, October 1 he shared his insights on “Low Resource Edge Hardware Autoencoders for Anomaly Detections in Smart City Networks.”
Atulasimha’s research focuses on edge AI hardware. The research explores the ability to create chips that can function on the edge without communication with a server. This ability combines the use of both long term hardware solutions as well as existing hardware. Atulasimha and his team found that energy efficient computing, specifically AI, is possible through the use of nanoscale devices.
This research will revolutionize security as it can quickly detect anomalies in IOT devices without utilizing a significant amount of power, allowing for a more energy efficient and cyber secure world.
