# Ashwin Rohit Alagiri Rajan

> Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. Computer
> architecture, with a focus on hardware acceleration for emerging workloads —
> robotics and ownership-preserving neural inference.

Canonical URL: <https://www.ashwinrohit.com/>
Last updated: 2026-08-21

- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego
- La Jolla, California, United States
- Email: <ashwin@ucsd.edu>
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HdBa_cEAAAAJ)
- [GitHub](https://www.github.com/rohitashwin)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashwinrohit)
- [Curriculum vitae (PDF)](https://www.ashwinrohit.com/assets/resume.pdf)

## About

I study Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego,
advised by [Prof. Hadi Esmaeilzadeh](https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~hadi/). My
research interests center on computer architecture, with a focus on
acceleration for emerging workloads.

## Publications

### IroKnight: Ownership-Preserving Neural Acceleration for Inference Serving

H. Santhanam, **A. R. A. Rajan**, H. Esmaeilzadeh.
*53rd International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA)*, June 2026.
[Paper](https://iroknight.ai/iroknight-isca-2026.pdf)

```bibtex
@inproceedings{santhanam2026iroknight,
  title={IroKnight: Ownership-Preserving Neural Acceleration
         for Inference Serving},
  author={Santhanam, Harsha and Alagiri Rajan, Ashwin Rohit and
          Esmaeilzadeh, Hadi},
  booktitle={International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA)},
  year={2026}
}
```

### Accelerator Polymorphism: Transcending Domain-Specific Architectures with Robotics

H. Xu, S. Oh, Y. Lee, **A. R. A. Rajan**, R. Mahapatra, O. Patil, Y. Li,
J. Park, H. Esmaeilzadeh.
*53rd International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA)*, June 2026.
[Paper](https://hanyax.github.io/files/morphatron-isca-2026.pdf)

```bibtex
@inproceedings{xu2026polymorphism,
  title={Accelerator Polymorphism: Transcending Domain-Specific
         Architectures with Robotics},
  author={Xu, Hanyang and Oh, Seongryong and Lee, Yubin and
          Alagiri Rajan, Ashwin Rohit and Mahapatra, Rohan and
          Patil, Om and Li, Yuchuan and Park, Jongse and
          Esmaeilzadeh, Hadi},
  booktitle={International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA)},
  year={2026}
}
```

### Reducing the Carbon Footprint of EdTech with Repurposed Devices

J. Switzer, S. Katel, J. C. Lee, **A. R. A. Rajan**, R. Kastner, P. Pannuto.
*IEEE 15th International Green and Sustainable Computing Conference (IGSC)*,
November 2024.
[Paper](https://doi.org/10.1109/IGSC64514.2024.00020)

```bibtex
@inproceedings{switzer2024reducing,
  title={Reducing the Carbon Footprint of EdTech with Repurposed Devices},
  author={Switzer, Jennifer and Katel, Subash and Lee, Jaemok Christian and
          Alagiri Rajan, Ashwin Rohit and Kastner, Ryan and Pannuto, Pat},
  booktitle={IEEE 15th International Green and Sustainable
             Computing Conference (IGSC)},
  pages={59--63},
  year={2024},
  doi={10.1109/IGSC64514.2024.00020},
  organization={IEEE}
}
```

## Recent

- **Accelerator Polymorphism paper shared by Prof. Esmaeilzadeh** — Press,
  LinkedIn, July 2026.
  [Post](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7477480538744967169/)
- **Relativistic Black Hole Ray Tracer featured as best final project** —
  Recognition, CSE 168: Computer Graphics II, UC San Diego, June 2025.
  [Project](https://rohitashwin.github.io/Raytracing-Relativistic-Bodies/) ·
  [Course page](https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~viscomp/classes/cse168/sp25/info.html)
- **Getting Started with Metal C++** — Article, Medium, March 2025.
  [Article](https://medium.com/@ashwinalra/getting-started-with-metal-cpp-5f21423ed72a)
- **Open-Source Parallel Programming Curriculum** — Talk and teaching,
  Qualcomm Platforms Symposium, May 2024.
  [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-9ennYH39Y)
- **Qualcomm Institute internship trains students for careers in the sonic
  arts** — Press, UC San Diego Today, December 2023.
  [Article](https://today.ucsd.edu/story/qi-internship-trains-students-for-careers-in-the-sonic-arts)

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