About Me
CVI’m a third-year PhD student at the University of Maryland, College Park, where I also earned my Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. Advised by Dr. Bahar Asgari, my research operates at the intersection of computer architecture and machine learning, focusing on the development of self-adaptive systems. By leveraging machine learning as a foundational architectural mechanism rather than just a target workload, I aim to design systems that autonomously learn and adapt to changing demands throughout their lifecycle. My work moves beyond rigid, pre-defined design heuristics toward autonomous systems that proactively self-optimize for latency, throughput, and energy efficiency, ensuring architectural agility against the high-variance demands of modern computing.
This research philosophy is embodied in my work on Misam, an adaptive framework that earned me First Place at the ACM Student Research Competition at MICRO 2024. My contributions, including both Misam and the Boötes framework, have been featured at top-tier venues such as MICRO, and reflect my broader goal of treating intelligence as a first-class citizen within the hardware stack. By integrating adaptability directly into the architectural fabric, I continue to push the boundaries of how intelligent computing infrastructure can be effectively deployed in increasingly resource-constrained and dynamic environments.
Research Interests
Publications
Situla: Studying the Interplay of Sparse Formats and CPU/GPU Libraries
Amirmahdi Namjoo, Sanjali Yadav, Helya Hosseini & Bahar Asgari
Misam: Machine Learning–Assisted Dataflow Selection in Accelerators for Sparse Matrix Multiplication
Sanjali Yadav, Amirmahdi Namjoo & Bahar Asgari
Boötes: Boosting the Efficiency of Sparse Accelerators Using Spectral Clustering
Sanjali Yadav & Bahar Asgari
DynaFlow: An ML Framework for Dynamic Dataflow Selection in SpGEMM Accelerators
Sanjali Yadav & Bahar Asgari
Experience
Jan. 2024 – Present
Computer Architecture Systems Lab, UMD
Graduate Research Assistant
Summer 2024
Capital One
Software Engineering Intern
Summer 2023
Capital One
Software Engineering Intern
Summer 2022
Amazon
Software Development Intern
Summer 2021
Amazon
Software Development Intern
Dec. 2019 – Dec. 2022
Maryland Information and Network Dynamics Lab, UMD
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Education
2023 – Present
Ph.D. in Computer Science
University of Maryland, College Park
2022 – 2023
M.S. in Computer Science
University of Maryland, College Park
2019 – 2022
B.S. in Computer Science
University of Maryland, College Park
Awards
2024
First Place — ACM Student Research Competition
Presented at International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO)
2022
Undergraduate Scholarship
Presented by the Capital One Bank Dean's Scholarship Fund in Computer Science
Service
2026
IEEE Transactions on Computers — Reviewer
2026
ISCA — Artifact Evaluation Committee
2025
MICRO — Artifact Evaluation Committee
2025
ISCA — Artifact Evaluation Committee
2025
IEEE Micro — Journal Reviewer
2025
SPICE Workshop @ MICRO 2025 — Student Volunteer
2025
IEEE Transactions on Big Data — Journal Reviewer
Get In Touch
I'm always open to discussing research, new ideas, or potential collaborations. Feel free to reach out.
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In my free time, I love going on walks and stumbling across little moments in nature worth remembering.