KARTHIK GANESAN

ABOUT ME

I am a PhD student at the University of Toronto, in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department. I am advised by Dr. Natalie Enright Jerger.

My research looks into improving the performance of ultra low-power systems, used in Internet-of-Things (IoT) and EDGE computing devices, specifically using approximate computing techniques. Such processors are commonly powered by energy harvesting. The unpredictable energy profile of such systems imposes unique challenges on the operation of such intermittently powered devices.

I am also interested in other areas where approximate computing can be applied to yield significant energy benefits.

Click here to see my academic geneology, all the way back to the 19th century!

The most damaging phrase in the language is “We’ve always done it this way!”
Any one can do things the way we’ve always done them. It takes brains to do and understand new things.
- Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper

PUBLICATIONS

2024

Intergenerational Embodied Carbon
Aster Plotnik, Karthik Ganesan, Natalie Enright Jerger and Mark C. Jeffrey
Workshop on Hot Topics in Ethical Computer Systems (HotEthics), co-located with Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS) 2024 (To Appear)

2024

FlipBit: Approximate Flash Memory for IoT devices
Alexander Buck, Karthik Ganesan and Natalie Enright Jerger
International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA) 2024 (To Appear)
Pre-print PDF

2023

DINAR: Enabling Distribution Agnostic Noise Injection in Machine Learning Hardware
Karthik Ganesan, Viktor Karyofillis, Julianne Attai, Ahmed Hamoda and Natalie Enright Jerger
Workshop on Hardware and Architectural Support for Security and Privacy (HASP) 2023 (To Appear)
PDF Presentation

2022

Altocumulus: Scalable scheduling for Nanosecond-scale Remote Procedure Calls
Jiechen Zhao, Iris Uwizeyimana, Karthik Ganesan, Mark C. Jeffrey and Natalie Enright Jerger
International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO) 2022
PDF

2020

Approximate computing for privacy on IoT devices
Karthik Ganesan, Kamran Hassan and Natalie Enright Jerger
Workshop on Approximate Computing Across the Stack (WAX) 2020
PDF

2019

The What's Next Intermittent Computing Architecture
Karthik Ganesan, Joshua San Miguel and Natalie Enright Jerger
International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA) 2019
PDF

2018

The EH Model: Early Design Space Exploration of Intermittent Processor Architectures
Joshua San Miguel, Karthik Ganesan, Mario Badr, Steven Xia, Rose Li, Hsuan Hsiao and Natalie Enright Jerger
International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO) 2018
PDF

The What's Next Computing Architecture
Karthik Ganesan, Joshua San Miguel and Natalie Enright Jerger
Workshop on Approximate Computing Across the Stack (WAX) 2018
PDF

The EH Model: Analytical Exploration of Energy-Harvesting Architectures
Joshua San Miguel, Karthik Ganesan, Mario Badr and Natalie Enright Jerger
IEEE Computer Architecture Letters
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THESES

Doctor of Philisopy (PhD)

Secure and Private Machine Learning in Hardware
LINK

Master of Applied Science

SPORADIC: An Anytime Architecture for Intermittent Computing
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EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy
Computer Engineering
University of Toronto

2024

Master of Applied Science
Computer Engineering
University of Toronto

Jan 2018

Bachelors of Applied Science
Computer Engineering
University of Waterloo

Jun 2011

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Community outreach officer
GradMinds
University of Toronto

2019 - 2020

Vice president
GECoS Mental Wellness Commission
University of Toronto

2019 - 2020

President
Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Students' Society
University of Toronto

2018 - 2019

Ambassador
Launch Lab (The Entrepreneurship Hatchery)
University of Toronto

2018-2019

Treasurer
Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Students' Society
University of Toronto

2017 - 2018

WORK EXPERIENCE

FULL TIME

Graphics Validation Lead
Advanced Micro Devices, Markham, ON

Jul 2011 - Nov 2015

➯ Lead in the graphics validation team, testing and debugging state of the art x86 based System on a chip (APU) and Graphics ASICs (GPU).
➯ Assisted in pre-silicon planning and scoping of validation efforts, by understanding features of the SOC under test and developing test plans to fully validate the chip prior to tape-out.
➯ Coordinated both planning and text execution activites across a global engineering network, spanning several countries.

CO-OP

Interim Software Developer (co-op)
Qualcomm Inc, San Diego, CA

➯ Assisted in software integration duties for the latest line of Qualcomm Chips.
➯ Aided the integration team is obtaining and maintaining the code-base from the various functional teams.

Aug 2010 - Dec 2010

Hardware and Systems Developer (co-op)
ON Semiconductor, Waterloo, ON

➯ Assisted in software development for state of the art biomedical chip.
➯ Developed sample programs to enable customers to quickly bring designs to market.

Jan 2009 - Apr 2009
Aug 2009 - Dec 2009

Chipset Marketing Engineer (co-op)
Advanced Micro Devices, Markham, ON

➯ Perform benchmarking and performance analysis on internal and competitor products
➯ Assemble PC systems and prepare systems for use in trade shows
Assist partners in resolving issues with reference motherboards, in order to assist a timely launch of AMD based OEM platforms.

Sep 2007 - Dec 2007
May 2008 - Aug 2008

CONTACT

Email
firstname DOT lastname AT mail DOT utoronto DOT ca

Address
The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
10 King's College Road
Toronto, Ontario - M5S 3G4

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