MulticoreWare Hosts Annual R&D Meeting in Collaboration with IIT Palakkad, Establishes Research Milestones with Academic Partners

June 24, 2024

MulticoreWare held its annual R&D Symposium in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad (IITP) on the 17th of June, 2024.

As part of MulticoreWare’s MAGIC (MulticoreWare Academia Global Innovation Centre) initiative designed to cultivate research, innovation, and collaborative ties with academic counterparts, the symposium welcomed delegates from the MAGIC R&D clusters and other engineering colleges.

More than 75 engineering colleges participated in the event which was attended by faculty members and students interested in the internship programs.

Addressing the occasion, AGK Karunakaran, MulticoreWare’s President & CEO, stated, “Our annual R&D symposium with our academic partners provides a great opportunity for us to review our impressive achievements and showcase the cutting-edge technologies we’re developing at MulticoreWare. The momentum of our MAGIC program has been incredible, and we are continually prioritizing and expanding our excellence in AI-driven algorithm development, Cloud, Edge Computing, Radars, LiDAR & Signal Processing. It is extremely gratifying to see this program producing talented engineers who have gained valuable industry exposure. Additionally, we are proud of our faculty internship program, which allows us to work with faculty members, providing them with real-time industry experience and allowing us to leverage their skills”.

Dr. John Stratton, Chief Technology Officer, MulticoreWare, delivered the keynote speech titled ‘Modern/AI Software Performance: What Every Developer Needs to Learn.’ He noted that in the early days of the computing industry, software performance engineering was crucial due to the limited compute resources available, necessitating aggressive optimization for applications to function within the constraints of machines. Over the following decades, performance engineering receded as computational power grew exponentially and software developers refocused on software practices to address more pressing challenges such as functionality, security, and reliability. He highlights that now, with the slowdown in silicon technology scaling and the rapid growth of computationally intensive ML applications, we are reentering a period where software performance engineering will again be a widely necessary skill.

Dr. Satyajit Das, Assistant Professor of Data Science, Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad, said, “This collaborative effort between MulticoreWare and IIT Palakkad has been instrumental in student training, knowledge generation, and several scientific articles published in reputed venues. The ongoing development of various products sets the stage for future research, patents, and the establishment of knowledge centers.” The MAGIC research program at IIT Palakkad began in February 2022 with the establishment of the AI research cluster, followed by compiler and radar research clusters. Dr.Satyajit Das leads the MAGIC AI cluster at IIT Palakkad, focusing on AI systems, explainable AI, and system-level design. Their research covers optimization methodologies and tools for high-performance architectures targeting the Cloud Edge Compute Continuum, spanning architectures, systems, circuits, algorithms, and applications.

Dr. Prof. Shunmuga Velayuthan from Amrita University discussed the benefits for students participating in MulticoreWare’s MAGIC initiative. He said, “By participating in problem formulation, solution development and implementation process, the problem solving skills are improved. Students get to see the problem solving process in its entirety that helps them to look beyond textbook solutions. Practical coding challenges arising out of the dynamic problem solving process gives unique opportunities to improve the coding skills. Such challenges cannot be experienced by solving coding competition problems.”

When discussing the reasons why faculty should collaborate with MulticoreWare, Dr. Prof. Shunmuga Velayuthan mentioned, “We get to work on live contemporary research problems of practical concern. Such problems turn out to be excellent use cases for one’s research area”.

The MAGIC research center at Amrita University, established in December 2022, focuses on multiple research areas including Artificial Intelligence, Compiler Technologies, and Video Encoding Technologies.