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Overview

Rajit Manohar is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has an extensive body of research spanning engineering, computer science, and neuroscience. Their work primarily focuses on the intersections of advanced memory and neural computing, low-power high-performance VLSI design, and neuroscience and neural engineering.

The main fields of study for Rajit Manohar include:

  • Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Neuroscience

Within these areas, the subfields of study often addressed are:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Artificial Intelligence

The main topics covered by Rajit Manohar's research work encompass:

  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Low-power high-performance VLSI design
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
  • VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing

Rajit Manohar has co-authored publications with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Karthik Sriram
  • Abhishek Bhattacharjee
  • Jiayuan He
  • Keshav Pingali
  • Raghavendra Pradyumna Pothukuchi

The scientist's published papers appear notably in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Micro
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • JMIR Formative Research
  • Nature Communications

Selected recent papers by Rajit Manohar include:

  • The neurobench framework for benchmarking neuromorphic computing algorithms and systems, 2025, Nature Communications
  • SPRoute 2.0: A detailed-routability-driven deterministic parallel global router with soft capacity, 2022, 2022 27th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC)
  • An Open-Source EDA Flow for Asynchronous Logic, 2021, IEEE Design and Test
  • NeuroBench: A Framework for Benchmarking Neuromorphic Computing Algorithms and Systems, 2023, Lirias (KU Leuven)
  • Pilot Evaluations of Two Bluetooth Contact Tracing Approaches on a University Campus: Mixed Methods Study, 2021, JMIR Formative Research

Best Publications

  • A million spiking-neuron integrated circuit with a scalable communication network and interface

    Paul A. Merolla;John V. Arthur;Rodrigo Alvarez-Icaza;Andrew S. Cassidy

  • TrueNorth: Design and Tool Flow of a 65 mW 1 Million Neuron Programmable Neurosynaptic Chip

    Filipp Akopyan;Jun Sawada;Andrew Cassidy;Rodrigo Alvarez-Icaza

  • A digital neurosynaptic core using embedded crossbar memory with 45pJ per spike in 45nm

    Paul Merolla;John Arthur;Filipp Akopyan;Nabil Imam

  • The design of an asynchronous MIPS R3000 microprocessor

    A.J. Martin;A. Lines;R. Manohar;M. Nystrom

  • Highly pipelined asynchronous FPGAs

    John Teifel;Rajit Manohar

  • Braindrop: A Mixed-Signal Neuromorphic Architecture With a Dynamical Systems-Based Programming Model

    Alexander Neckar;Sam Fok;Ben V. Benjamin;Terrence C. Stewart

  • Building block of a programmable neuromorphic substrate: A digital neurosynaptic core

    John V. Arthur;Paul A. Merolla;Filipp Akopyan;Rodrigo Alvarez

  • Utilizing Dynamically Coupled Cores to Form a Resilient Chip Multiprocessor

    C. LaFrieda;E. Ipek;J.F. Martinez;R. Manohar

  • An asynchronous dataflow FPGA architecture

    J. Teifel;R. Manohar

  • An ultra low-power processor for sensor networks

    Virantha Ekanayake;Clinton Kelly;Rajit Manohar

  • Programmable asynchronous pipeline arrays

    John R. Teifel;Rajit Manohar

  • A level-crossing flash asynchronous analog-to-digital converter

    F. Akopyan;R. Manohar;A.B. Apsel

  • Asynchronous analog-to-digital converter and method

    Filipp Akopyan;Alyssa Apsel;Rajit Manohar

  • Neuromorphic event-driven neural computing architecture in a scalable neural network

    Filipp Akopyan;John V. Arthur;Rajit Manohar;Paul A. Merolla

  • Slack Elasticity in Concurrent Computing

    Rajit Manohar;Alain J. Martin

  • Real-time scalable cortical computing at 46 giga-synaptic OPS/watt with ~100× speedup in time-to-solution and ~100,000× reduction in energy-to-solution

    Andrew S. Cassidy;Rodrigo Alvarez-Icaza;Filipp Akopyan;Jun Sawada

  • Pipelined asynchronous processing

    Alain J. Martin;Andrew Lines;Rajit Manohar;Uri Cummings

  • Fault detection and isolation techniques for quasi delay-insensitive circuits

    C. LaFrieda;R. Manohar

  • SNAP: a Sensor-Network Asynchronous Processor

    C. Kelly;V. Ekanayake;R. Manohar

  • Automated conversion of synchronous to asynchronous circuit design representations

    Rajit Manohar

Frequent Co-Authors

Alain J. Martin
Alain J. Martin California Institute of Technology
Dharmendra S. Modha
Dharmendra S. Modha IBM (United States)
Sunil A. Bhave
Sunil A. Bhave Purdue University West Lafayette
Yoram Moses
Yoram Moses Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Yannis Tsividis
Yannis Tsividis Columbia University
Keshav Pingali
Keshav Pingali The University of Texas at Austin
François Guimbretière
François Guimbretière Cornell University
Michael B. Steer
Michael B. Steer North Carolina State University
Paul D. Franzon
Paul D. Franzon North Carolina State University
Yong Lian
Yong Lian York University

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