Puneet Sharma

sharma_at_ucsd_dot_edu

+1 858 822 5003

I am a fifth year Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCSD. I work in the area of VLSICAD and my advisor is Prof. Andrew B. Kahng. Prior to joining UCSD, I completed my undergraduate in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

My research interests lie in the area of VLSI and I find most of the challenges faced by the silicon industry interesting. Specifically, I am interested in Design For Manufacturing (DFM) techniques and process variability. I am also interested in modeling and reduction of power.

When not working, I enjoy maintaining and driving my Nissan 300ZX.

What's New?

• I'm joining Freescale Semiconductor in Austin, TX as a full-time R&D engineer.
• 2007/09/28. My paper titled "Interconnect Modeling for Improved System-Level Design Optimization" is accepted for ASPDAC08.
• 2007/09/07. Submitted my Ph.D. dissertation.
• 2007/08/29. Defended my Ph.D.! [slides]
• 2007/06/29. My paper titled "Defocus-Aware Leakage Estimation and Control" is accepted for Transactions on Computer-Aided Design.
• 2007/06/19. My paper titled "Exploiting STI Stress for Performance" is accepted for ICCAD07.
• 2007/05/29. New pictures added to my online album.
• 2007/05/07. My paper titled "Detailed Placement for Leakage Reduction using Systematic Through-Pitch Variation" is accepted for ISLPED07.
• 2007/01/09. My Car Performance Calculator is ready. If you're an automobile enthusiast, give it a try. . .
• Blurb on PhoneShare in MIT's Technology Review magazine (Oct 2004 issue, page 17). [Local Copy]