Dr. Ravikiran Yeleswarapu

Assistant Professor

Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
BITS Pilani – Hyderabad Campus

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Research Areas

Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems, Human-centric Technologies

Current Funding

New Faculty Seed Grant, National Quantum Mission (DST)

Open Positions

Interns, PhD, MTech, BTech, JRF opportunities

About

I am an Assistant Professor specializing in Computer Engineering at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BITS Pilani – Hyderabad Campus.

My research interests lie in computer architecture, embedded systems, and human-centric technologies - building responsible, scalable computing systems.

Research and Teaching Philosophy: My goal is to equip students with skills to help them develop/apply various technologies to benefit the universe.

  • Affiliation: BITS Pilani
  • Department: EEE
  • Industry: Qualcomm, AMD, Intel

Research Interests

My research combines foundational computing systems with applied, human-centered problem domains.

Computer Architecture

Quantum computer architecture

Embedded Systems

Power-aware systems, IoT, automation

Human-centric Technologies

AI/ML, Internet Technologies, Mental Health

Open Positions

Position 1: Intern – Internet Technologies & Mental Health

Position 2: PhD / MTech / BTech Research Scholar

Position 3: PhD / JRF – Quantum Computer Architecture

Research Projects

2024–2026

New Faculty Seed Grant – BITS Pilani

Topic: Internet Technologies & Mental Health

Goals:

1) To understand the correlations between internet technologies and mental health. Provide solutions to mitigate any detrimental impact.

2) To identify challenges faced by doctors in diagnosis, treatment and recovery of mental illnesses. Develop tools to aid them.

We are collaborating with doctors at NIMHANS, Banglore to provide ML based tools to aid doctors.

2025–

National Quantum Mission – DST, Govt. of India

Topic: Fault tolerance for semiconductor-based quantum computers

Error models and fault-tolerant architectures.

Details:https://qcinnovation.co.in/design-and-demonstration-of-a-highly-scalable-quantum-computer-using-semiconducting-qubits/

Education

PhD (2020) – Computer Engineering

Iowa State University, USA

MSc Physics & B.E. EEE (2010)

BITS Pilani

Experience

Qualcomm

Senior Engineer · San Diego · 2020–2023

Automotive SoC power modelling and analysis.

Qualcomm

Engineer · Hyderabad · 2010–2014

Worked on WLAN solutions for mobile platforms.

AMD Research

Intern · Austin · 2017

x86 CPU power models for exascale systems.

Intel

Intern · Oregon · 2015

Post-silicon performance analysis of Atom SoCs.

Contact

Email: ravikiran.y@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in

Office: I-202, BITS Pilani Hyderabad

Phone: 040-66303614