Prof. Dr. Akash Kumar
Professor
Embedded Systems
Address:
Ruhr University Bochum
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Embedded Systems
Postbox ID 29
Universitätsstraße 150
D-44801 Bochum
Room:
ID 2/609
Email:
akash.kumar(at)rub.de
Curriculum Vitae
| since 2024 | Professor, Chair of Embedded Systems, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany |
| 2015 – 2024 | Professor, Chair of Processor Design, TU Dresden, Germany |
| 2011 – 2015 | Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore |
| 2009 – 2011 | Visiting Fellow, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore |
| 2005 – 2009 | Eindhoven University of Technology (TUe) & National University of Singapore, PhD thesis title: Analysis, Management and Design of Multimedia Multiprocessor Systems |
| 2003 – 2004 | National University of Singapore & Eindhoven University of Technology (TUe), Master of Technological Design (Embedded Systems |
| 1999 – 2002 | National University of Singapore (NUS), accelerated B. Eng. (Computer Engineering) Program, First Class Honours |
Projects
Ongoing research projects:
- Lean-MICS: Learning-Based Cross-Layer Reliability Management in Embedded Mixed-Criticality Systems, DFG
Principal Investigator, 04/2024-03/2027 - SecuREFET-II: Secure circuits through inherent reconfigurable FET-II, DFG Special Priority Program.
Principal Investigator, 04/2024-03/2027 - Hardware Architecture and Platform for Cognitive Science, Sino German Center
Principal Investigator, 11/2022-10/2025. - DART: Design Automation for Reconfigurable Transistors, DFG
Principal Investigator, 9/2022-8/2025 - X-DNet: Energy-Efficient Distributed and In-Network Computing via Cross-Layer ApproXimation of Applications and Accelerators Software Campus (BMBF)
Principal Investigator, 04/2023-12/2025 - X-ReAp: Cross(X)-Layer Runtime Reconfigurable Approximate Architecture, DFG
Principal Investigator, 1/2022-12/2024.
