{"621144":{"#nid":"621144","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Meet SCS: Divya Mahajan Designs Hardware of the Future","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Computer Science (SCS) builds the computing process from the ground up\u0026mdash;from the algorithms to the architecture, security to networking, system design to databases. Our Ph.D. students are often at the forefront of this research. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mahajandivya\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDivya Mahajan\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E not only designs hardware but revolutionizes access to it by making it open source. When she\u0026rsquo;s not pioneering in her field, she paints and advocates for women in tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHometown\u003C\/strong\u003E: Chandigarh, India\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvisor:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EHadi Esmaeilzadeh (a former Georgia Tech assistant professor now at University of California San Diego)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECurrent Georgia Tech degree program:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EPh.D. in Computer Science\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOther degrees earned:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;M.S. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, bachelor\u0026rsquo;s of technology from Indian Institute of Technology Ropar. I\u0026nbsp;am graduating with MBA from Tech this semester as well. My MBA gave me\u0026nbsp;a chance to broaden my\u0026nbsp;knowledge and holistic problem-solving skills. My complementary experience in the business\u0026nbsp;school has provided me the opportunity to collaborate with industry leaders across\u0026nbsp;geographies and understand the business aspect of our work.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETell us about your research: \u003C\/strong\u003EI am working on\u0026nbsp;designing high-performance hardware frameworks and solutions for artificial intelligence.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECampus service:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;I am an active member of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ncwit.org\/\u0022\u003ENational Center\u0026nbsp;for Women and IT (NCWIT)\u003C\/a\u003E. One of the main goals is to promote young women to be more active in research beginning from high school.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFavorite conference: \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hpca22.site.ac.upc.edu\/\u0022\u003EHigh Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA) 2016\u003C\/a\u003E was my favorite conference. My first Ph.D. research paper was accepted there. It showed me how tightly knit our community is and made me feel connected.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFavorite Atlanta hangout:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Pho 24. It\u0026rsquo;s a Vietnamese place on Buford Highway that\u0026rsquo;s open 24 hours. It used to be a place where our entire lab went after late nights and conference deadlines. Having warm noodles after weeks of hard work and long hours was very satisfying and enjoyable. We shared a lot of laughs, jokes, and frustrations there.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EFavorite hobbies:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EI\u0026nbsp;enjoy oil painting and am an avid reader. One of my favorite books is \u003Cem\u003EGone with the Wind\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026bull; Favorite Georgia Tech experience:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EWhen I first\u0026nbsp;came to Georgia Tech, I was excited but and scared about the new place and program. A Ph.D. is very different from whatever academic journey I had taken before. But within a month, my lab mates and I went to the Six Flags Night. We connected and discussed research and life in Atlanta, and I started to feel connected to this university and city. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWho inspires you: \u003C\/strong\u003EMy father is a physician\u0026nbsp;and mother is a professor. Both of them balance their careers and family very well. I aspire to be as dedicated as them to my work and also take care of all\u0026nbsp;personal\u0026nbsp;responsibilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;What is something that you would most like to create?\u003C\/strong\u003E We were the first ones to develop \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/598241\/georgia-techs-act-lab-pushing-frontier-open-source-hardware\u0022\u003Eopen source hardware designs\u003C\/a\u003E for higher community and\u0026nbsp;industry engagement. One of the first frameworks to be open-sourced was Tabla, which generates accelerators for machine learning algorithms. It does this by using a\u0026nbsp;compiler that can turn high level language specification into deeper abstractions that work closer to the hardware. We can attribute this accomplishment to my advisor, Hadi, who tirelessly works to create the best quality research. He is an amazing researcher, and I hope to emulate some of his qualities in my research career.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Divya Mahajan is an SCS Ph.D. student."}],"uid":"34541","created_gmt":"2019-04-30 20:32:08","changed_gmt":"2019-04-30 20:49:24","author":"Tess Malone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"621145":{"id":"621145","type":"image","title":"Divya Mahajan","body":null,"created":"1556656443","gmt_created":"2019-04-30 20:34:03","changed":"1556656443","gmt_changed":"2019-04-30 20:34:03","alt":"Divya Mahajan","file":{"fid":"236607","name":"IMG_4397.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_4397.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_4397.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":145572,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IMG_4397.JPG?itok=UY6QuHnD"}}},"media_ids":["621145"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"181209","name":"scs-architecture"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETess Malone, Communications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tess.malone@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}