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ATIF GUL HASHMI E-mail: *******@****.*** Phone: +1-608-***-****

Website: www.ece.wisc.edu/~ahashmi

Objective

To understand the structural and functional properties of the neocortex from an engineer s perspective and

develop software/hardware models motivated by various neocortical properties

Education

University of Wisconsin Madison, USA

PhD. Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2008 2011

Thesis: Cortical Columns: A Non von Neumann Computational Abstraction

M.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2005 2007, Cumulative GPA: 4.0/4.0

Thesis: Accelerating Search and Recognition with a TCAM functional unit

Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan

B.S. Computer Engineering, 2001 2005, Cumulative GPA: 3.96/4.0, Major GPA: 4.0/4.0

Professional Experience

Wisconsin Psychiatric Research Institute, University of Wisconsin Madison

Research Associate, Jul 2011 Present, Advisor: Giulio Tononi

Working on the IBM/DARPA SyNAPSE project

Developing software tools that automate the deployment of complex biological networks on chip

Designing schemes for routing connections between densely connected complex neural networks

Implementing the mammalian vision processing regions using spiking neurons

Studying hierarchical meta-stable attractor networks of multiple neuron populations

Emulating complex neuronal mechanisms via simple integrate and fire neurons

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison

Research Assistant, Jul 2007 Dec 2011, Advisor: Mikko Lipasti

Investigated various structural and functional aspects of the cortical hierarchy

Developed processing models and algorithms inspired by biological cortical columns

Studied the role of feedforward and feedback processing paths in learning

Proposed a novel learning scheme based on biological spontaneous

Teaching Assistant, Aug 2008 Jan 2009

Assisted in teaching the introductory level course in computer engineering.

Conducted discussion sessions, one-one meetings with students, compiled and graded the exams

Research Assistant, Jan 2007 Jul 2007, Advisor: Mikko Lipasti

Worked on modeling and studying a TCAM based functional unit to improve the performance of

search and recognition based applications

Developed a TCAM simulator to measure the performance enhancements provided b y the TCAM

hardware accelerator

Research Assistant, Aug 2005 May 2006, Advisor: John White

Worked on the development of WiscScan, a system used to control various features of a laser

microscope, acquire images from it and analyze them

Interfaced fire wire camera for image acquisition from the microscope with the already existing setup

to observe developments in biological specimens

PEOPLE Program, University of Wisconsin Madison

Lead Instructor Advanced Mathematics, 2009 2011

Designed and taught advanced mathematics courses to underprivileged high school juniors

Performance Validation Team, Intel Corporation, Folsom, California

Graduate Intern (Technical), May 2006 Jan 2007

Analyzed and characterized various 3D graphics workloads and conducted performance studies using

hardware counters and simulation tools on Intel s future generation graphics processor

Improved the graphics simulator to obtain better correlation between simulator and silicon

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Department of Computer Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan

Teaching Assistant, Aug 2003 Mar 2005

Taught courses in the area of Digital Signal Processing, Computer Architecture and Circuit Design

Assisted a graduate level course in Digital Image Processing during my senior year

Research Assistant, Jul 2004 Sep 2004, Advisor: Mohammad Jahangir Ikram

Developed an Embedded Ethernet System for controlling electrical app liances via Local Area Network

Research Assistant, Apr 2003 Aug 2003, Advisor: Mohammad Akmal Butt

Developed hardware for a Multi-Channel Data Acquisition using joystick port of the computer and

the driver for hardware on a LINUX based system

Division of University Housing, University of Wisconsin Madison

Resident Manager, May 2009 Dec 2011

Provide off-hour (5:30pm 8:00am) assistance to more than 3000 culturally diverse residents

Mediate neighbor disputes and conflicts

Work with UW Police and Fire Departments in case of emergency situations at University Housing

Conduct interviews to hire new staff at the Division of University Housing

Selected Publications

1. Atif Hashmi, Hugues Berry, Olivier Temam, and Mikko H. Lipasti, Automatic Abstraction and Fault

Tolerance in Cortical Microarchitectures, In Proceedings of the 38th International Symposium on

Computer Architecture (ISCA), June 2011 acceptance rate: 18%

2. Atif Hashmi, Andrew Nere, James Thomas, and Mikko H. Lipasti, A Case for Neuromorphic Instruction

Set Architectures, In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Architectural Support for

Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS), Mar ch 2011 acceptance rate: 19%

3. Andrew Nere, Atif Hashmi, and Mikko H. Lipasti, Profiling Heterogeneous Multi-GPU Systems to

Accelerate Cortically Inspired Learning Algorithms, In Proceedings of the 25th International Parallel

and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), May 2011 acceptance rate: 17%

4. Atif Hashmi and Mikko Lipasti, Discovering Cortical Algorithms, In Proceedings of the International

Conference on Neural Computation (ICNC), October 2010 acceptance rate: 13%

5. Atif Hashmi and Mikko Lipasti, Accelerating Search and Recognition with a TCAM Functional Unit,

In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), October 2008

Honors & Achievements

Best paper award, IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing S ymposium (IPDPS), May 2011

President, South Asian Forum (SAF), University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2007 2009

Recipient of NMF Gold Medal for securing 1st position in the B.S. class of 2005, Dec 2005

Recipient of Excellence Gold Medal for being the best student of B.S. class of 2005, Dec 2005

Recipient of Dean s Honor Shield for graduating with distinction, Dec 2005

Class Valedictorian, B.S. class of 2005, Dec 2005

Member, Lahore University of Management Sciences Embedded System Society, 2003 2005

Placed on Dean s Honor List for academic achievements, 2002 2005

Recipient of LUMS Merit Scholarship for exceptional academic performance, 2002 2005

Vice-Captain, Lahore University of Management Sciences soccer team, 2002 2005

Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2003 2004

Best project award, IEEE International Electronics Design Contest for Students (IEDCS), Sep 2004

Recipient of Award of Academic Excellence from the President of Pakistan, Aug 2003

Recipient of President s Gold Medal for securing 1st position out of 30,000 students, Aug 2002

Senior Prefect, Abbottabad Public School and College, 1999 2001

Technical Skills

C/C++, Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), Windows API Programming, Microsoft Visual Basic

Proficient Programming in MATLAB, Java, and Python

Proficient Programming in Verilog HDL and Assembly Language (Intel-80x86 and MIPS)

Mentor Graphics Design Architect and Simulation Toolkit

Computer processor simulation/emulation tools e.g. Simple-scalar, GEMS, and QEMU

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