{"655371":{"#nid":"655371","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Suman Datta Joins College of Engineering as GRA Eminent Scholar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESuman Datta, one of the nation\u0026rsquo;s top researchers in semiconductor and nanoelectronic device research, is joining Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)\u003C\/a\u003E as Joseph M. Pettit Chair and a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gra.org\/page\/1051\/talent.html\u0022\u003EGeorgia Research Alliance (GRA) Eminent Scholar\u003C\/a\u003E. He will also have a joint appointment with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)\u003C\/a\u003E. Datta is currently serving as a Georgia Tech adjunct professor while at the University of Notre Dame and will transition full time to Georgia Tech in the fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDatta is the Stinson Professor of Nanotechnology in Notre Dame\u0026rsquo;s Department of Electrical Engineering. He is the director of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ascent.nd.edu\/\u0022\u003EASCENT (Applications and Systems-Driven Center for Energy-Efficient Integrated NanoTechnologies)\u003C\/a\u003E, a $40 million microelectronics research center funded by the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The center\u0026#39;s mission is to provide breakthrough advances in foundational semiconductor materials, devices, and heterogenous integration technologies. ASCENT includes Notre Dame and 13 partner universities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDatta\u0026rsquo;s research involves high-performance, heterogenous computing, brain-inspired computing, and collective state computing using advanced CMOS (complementary metal\u0026ndash;oxide\u0026ndash;semiconductor) and beyond-CMOS devices. He also focuses on the development of semiconductor technologies for other types of computing, including intermittent computing, cryogenic computing, and harsh environment computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Suman is a leader in the fields of semiconductors and nanoelectronic device research. His addition to the faculty is a tremendous benefit for our students, research community, and the state of Georgia,\u0026rdquo; said Raheem Beyah, dean of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and Southern Company Chair. \u0026ldquo;I welcome him to Georgia Tech and am excited to see him continue to define the future of computing.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom 2016-2021, Datta served as director of the six-university \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/collectivecomputing.nd.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Extremely Energy Efficient Collective Electronics (EXCEL),\u003C\/a\u003E which is funded by the SRC and National Science Foundation (NSF). EXCEL explores the demonstration of an alternate computing platform that leverages continuous-time dynamics of emerging devices to execute optimization, learning, and inference tasks in a collective, cooperative, and scalable way to transcend the current energy efficiency wall by many orders of magnitude.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech ECE faculty members have played technical roles in both EXCEL and ASCENT and many have collaborated with Datta in recent years.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I have been fortunate to pursue a career in semiconductor science and technology, a field inherently multi-disciplinary that touches many areas of physical sciences. Looking ahead, with new paradigms of computing, communication, and information storage on the horizon, I see traditional boundaries between computing and physical sciences blurring,\u0026rdquo; said Datta. \u0026ldquo;This is why I\u0026rsquo;m thrilled to join the Georgia Tech family in ECE and MSE. Additionally, as a new member of the Georgia Research Alliance, I look forward to bringing my technology development experience in the private sector and contributing to the larger tech transfer and commercialization ecosystem in the state of Georgia.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDatta has been at the forefront of logic transistor research for the past two decades. While at Intel from 1999-2007, two of his most impactful contributions in high-k\/metal gate CMOS and Tri-gate CMOS research and development led to commercially successful technologies that allowed transistor scaling from 45nm node to 14nm node and beyond. Datta\u0026rsquo;s recent research has driven advances in embedded high-performance memory space such as single transistor Ferroelectric transistor memory and capacitorless gain cell (or floating body DRAM) suitable for compute-in-memory (CIM) accelerators. His recent work on using continuous time dynamics of coupled oscillators to solve optimization problems is galvanizing interest in the alterative compute paradigm of \u0026ldquo;let physics do the computing.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Suman Datta is one of the nation\u0026rsquo;s leaders in semiconductor research,\u0026rdquo; said GRA President \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gra.org\/staff\/117\/Susan_Shows.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESusan Shows\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;He is a strong collaborator and will continue to make advances in this growing, important industry for Georgia. GRA is pleased to welcome him to its Academy.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to Notre Dame, Datta was a professor of electrical engineering at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, from 2007-2015. Datta has co-authored 11 book chapters and more than 400 refereed journal and conference proceedings papers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2013, Datta was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his contributions to high-performance advanced silicon and compound semiconductor transistor technologies. Datta holds 185 U.S. patents. In 2016, he was named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) in recognition of his inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Top researcher in semiconductors and nanoelectronic devices will have roles in ECE and MSE"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESuman Datta, one of the nation\u0026rsquo;s top researchers in semiconductor and nanoelectronic device research, is joining Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) as Joseph M. Pettit Chair and a Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Eminent Scholar. He will also have a joint appointment with the School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Suman Datta, one of the nation\u2019s top researchers in semiconductor and nanoelectronic device research, is joining Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2022-02-10 16:41:19","changed_gmt":"2022-02-17 17:24:02","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"655369":{"id":"655369","type":"image","title":"Suman Datta","body":null,"created":"1644510950","gmt_created":"2022-02-10 16:35:50","changed":"1644510950","gmt_changed":"2022-02-10 16:35:50","alt":"Suman Datta","file":{"fid":"248462","name":"Suman Datta.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Suman%20Datta.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Suman%20Datta.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":660640,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Suman%20Datta.jpg?itok=hUxUGAIl"}}},"media_ids":["655369"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/nano","title":"Institute of Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"187433","name":"go-ien"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}