Faculty and Staff

Gaurav Narang, PhD

Assistant Professor
Office: ENB357

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Dr. Gaurav Narang

Reserach Interests

Dr. Narang's research interests lie at the intersection of machine learning and hardware design. Specific topics include:
(1) Design of advanced computing systems using emerging technologies (e.g., compute-in-memory, silicon photonics)
(2) Machine learning for hardware design
(3) Design for reliability in advanced packaging

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Biography

Dr. Narang received his PhD in Computer Engineering from Washington State University (WSU) in 2025, advised by Prof Partha Pande and Prof Jana Doppa. Prior to his PhD, Dr. Narang gained six years of industry experience. He worked as a Design Engineer II at Synopsys (2018–2021), and as a Senior Design Engineer at STMicroelectronics (2015–2018). His professional expertise includes digital logic design and synthesis. Dr. Narang holds an M.Tech degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from IIIT Delhi, earned in 2015.

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Research

We develop machine learning (ML)-based methodologies for the design of advanced computing systems using emerging technologies to enable energy-efficient, high-performance, and reliable inference and training of emerging ML models.

Our research program aims to solve the full range of problems to design the next generation of advanced computing systems, from edge devices and mobile platforms to high-performance computing (HPC) in servers and data centers for AI workloads. Our research focuses on cross-layer hardware and software co-design spanning across applications, advanced packaging, and architecture – synergistically combining the strengths of ML and emerging compute technologies.

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Honors and Awards

  • Outstanding Research Assistant of the Year
    Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture, Washington State University
    2025
  • Outstanding Research Assistant of the Year
    School of EECS, Washington State University
    2025
  • Research Excellence Award
    Graduate & Professional Student Association, Washington State University
    2025
  • Ph.D. Forum Selection
    IEEE/ACM Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE)
    2025
  • Harold and Dianna Frank Electrical Engineering Fellowship
    Washington State University
    2024
  • Best Paper Award
    28th ACM/IEEE Int'l Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED)
    2023
  • Richard Newton Young Fellowship
    ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA)
    2022
  • Alfred Suksdorf Fellowship
    Washington State University
    2021–23

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Research Lab

Our Mission is to achieve 100x gains in performance by cross-layer algorithms, computer architecture, interconnect fabric, advanced packaging optimizations for datacenter and edge applications.

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