Principal Investigator

Dr. Wantong Li
Dr. Wantong Li
Assistant Professor

Wantong Li is a tenure-track assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Riverside. He directs the Intelligent Computing Architecture and Nanosystem (ICAN) Group. He received the Ph.D. degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests span the areas of memory-centric computing, emerging logic and memory technologies, reliable and robust IC design, 2.5-D/3-D integrated nanosystems, and software-hardware co-design for edge AI.


Ph.D. Students

Weilun Wang
Weilun Wang
Fall 2025 - Present

M.S. in Microelectronics, Newcastle University, UK, 2025
Research: Neuro-symbolic hardware, memory architecture
• DAC Young Fellow, 2026

Zirui Wang
Zirui Wang
Fall 2025 - Present

M.Eng. in Electronic Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, China, 2025
Research: Memory-centric computing, smart sensing
• DAC Young Fellow, 2026


M.S. Students

Hari Lalichetti: Spring - Summer 2025, M.S. independent research

Next position: Ph.D. student at George Mason University

Leela Puli: Spring 2025 - Winter 2026, M.S. thesis project

Tharunya Yogananda: Spring 2025 - Winter 2026, M.S. thesis project

Thasmaya Yogananda: Spring 2025 - Winter 2026, M.S. thesis project

Shruti Gadkari: Summer 2025 - Spring 2026, M.S. independent research

Next position: SanDisk

Christopher Yonemoto: Summer 2025 - Fall 2025, M.S. independent research

Next position: SuperMicro


Undergraduate Students

Nimrah Saleem: Fall 2024 - Spring 2026, Honors Capstone Research

Next position: M.S. student at UC Riverside

Zami Alam: Fall 2025, B.S. independent research