Specialization

Algorithms, Design Automation and Optimization for Digital and Optical Systems

Email

sumit.sharma@thapar.edu

Education
•    Ph.D. in Computer Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand.
•    M. Tech. in Information Technology from International Institute of Information and Technology Bangalore (IIITB), Karnataka.
•    B. Tech in Computer Engineering from  Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana

Experience
1.    Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Thapar University Patiala, India (September 2022 - present)
2.    Assistant Professor (Contractual), Computer Science and Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra, India (July, 2015- December, 2015)
3.    Assistant Professor (Guest), Computer Science, University Institute of Engineering & Technology (UIET), Panjab University, Chandigarh, India (August, 2014 – December, 2014)
4.    Research Intern, Siemens Technology and Services Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, Karnataka, India (December, 2013- June, 2014)

Journal publications:
1.    Sumit Sharma and Sudip Roy, “Optimizing bend loss in optical waveguide channel routing on photonic integrated circuits", Springer Journal of Computational Electronics, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10825-022-01989-4. 
2.    Sumit Sharma and Sudip Roy, “Design of All-optical Parallel Multipliers using Semiconductor Optical Amplifier-based Mach-Zehnder Interferometers", Springer Journal of Supercomputing, vol. 77, no. 7, pp. 7315-7350, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-020-03543-0.

International Conference Papers in Proceedings:
1.    Sumit Sharma and Sudip Roy, “Optical Waveguide Channel Routing with Reduced Bend-Loss for Photonic Integrated Circuits", In Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on VLSI Design and 20th International Conference on Embedded Systems (VLSID), India, 2021, pp. 246-251. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSID51830.2021.00047
2.    Sumit Sharma, Krishnendu Chakrabarty and Sudip Roy, “On Designing All-Optical Multipliers Using Mach-Zender Interferometers", In Proceedings of the 21st Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD), Prague, 2018, pp. 672-679. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/DSD.2018.00113
3.    Arjun Sharma, Anirban Mitra, Sumit Sharma and Sudip Roy, “Estimation of Air Quality Index from Seasonal Trends Using Deep Neural Network”, In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), Greece, 2018, pp. 511-521. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01424-7_50
4.    Anirban Mitra, Arjun Sharma, Sumit Sharma and Sudip Roy, “Thermal Comfort Index Estimation and Parameter Selection Using Fuzzy Convolutional Neural Network”, In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), Greece, 2018, pp. 714-724. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01418-6_70
5.    Yu-Jhih Chen, Sumit Sharma, Sudip Roy and Tsung-Yi Ho, "Scheduling and optimization of genetic logic circuits on flow-based microfluidic biochips," In Proceedings of the Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE), Switzerland, 2017, pp. 1805-1810. DOI: https://doi.org/10.23919/DATE.2017.7927285

Abroad Visit(s)
•    Presented research work at the 21st Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD), Prague, Czech Republic, during 29-31 August 2018

Seminars / Conferences / Workshops Attended
•    34th International Conference on VLSI Design and International Conference on Embedded Systems (VLSID), Guwahati, India, during 20-24 February 2021
•    21st Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD), Prague, Czech Republic, during 29-31 August 2018
•    31st International Conference on VLSI Design and International Conference on Embedded Systems (VLSID), Pune, India, during 6-10 January 2018
•    3rd Workshop of Visvesvaraya Ph.D. scheme, during November 16-18, 2017 at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
•    A Technology Workshop by Samsung Research Institute Bangalore (SRIB) on “Advanced Embedded Intelligence” during October 13-14, 2017 at IIT Roorkee, India

Professional Activities
•    IEEE Member
•    Reviewer in Springer Journal of Supercomputing 
Honors and Recognition
•    UGC-NET 2015, Qualified for Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Applications
•    GATE 2015, 2012 in Computer Science and Information Technology 
•    VLSID 2018 Travel Grant of 6000 INR to attend the International Conference on VLSI Design and International Conference on Embedded Systems (VLSID) in Pune, India, 2018
•    Visvesvaraya Travel Support for Ph.D. Students by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to present a paper at the IEEE Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018.
•    Travel Support by the office of Dean of Resources and Alumni Affairs Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, 2018
•    MSR Financial Assistantship by IIT Roorkee to attend International Conference, 2018
•    Visvesvaraya Research Fellow scholarship by Ministry of Electronics and IT for 5 years, 2016-2020
•    Received Certificate of Excellence during the internship in Siemens for delivering the project on time with quality, June 2014