He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. He is also a director of the Intelligent Device-2–Applications (iDEA) Lab. His group research interests span the areas of design and implementation of cross-layer (device/ circuit/ architecture) co-design for implementing complex machine learning tasks and secure computation, including hardware security, and the security of artificial intelligence. Specifically, they are working on a wide range of practical problems in the area of machine learning, computer architecture, and embedded systems to bridge the gap between neuromorphic and conventional Von Neumann computing