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most citedLate Breaking Results: Fortifying Neural Networks: Safeguarding Against Adversarial Attacks with Stochastic Computing

5 citations · 8 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

cs.AR2026

XL-HD: Extended Learning in Hyperdimensional Computing via Deterministic Projections for In-Memory Accelerators

Sabrina Hassan Moon, Abu Kaisar Mohammad Masum, Sercan Aygun +1

Hyperdimensional computing (HDC) is a promising approach for energy-efficient edge machine learning (ML), where low latency, low power, and tight memory budgets are essential. Howe…

cs.ET2026

Maximizing Memory-Level Parallelism via Integrated Stochastic Logic-in-Memory Architectures

Farzad Razi, Mehran Moghadam, Sercan Aygun +2

Today's high-performance architectures are increasingly constrained by data movement latency and energy overhead, as the slowdown of single-core performance scaling coincides with…

cs.SC2026

AMS-HD: Hyperdimensional Computing for Real-Time and Energy-Efficient Acute Mountain Sickness Detection

Abu Masum, Mehran Moghadam, M. Hassan Najafi +4

Objective: Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the most prevalent altitude illness, affecting unacclimatized individuals ascending above 2,500 m and potentially escalating to life thr…

cs.ET2026

TranSC: Hardware-Aware Design of Transcendental Functions Using Stochastic Logic

Mehran Moghadam, Sercan Aygun, M. Hassan Najafi

The hardware-friendly implementation of transcendental functions remains a longstanding challenge in design automation. These functions, which cannot be expressed as finite combina…

cs.LG2025

A Hybrid Classical-Quantum Fine Tuned BERT for Text Classification

Abu Kaisar Mohammad Masum, Naveed Mahmud, M. Hassan Najafi +1

Fine-tuning BERT for text classification can be computationally challenging and requires careful hyper-parameter tuning. Recent studies have highlighted the potential of quantum al…

quant-ph2025

Quantum Hyperdimensional Computing: a foundational paradigm for quantum neuromorphic architectures

Fabio Cumbo, Rui-Hao Li, Bryan Raubenolt +4

A significant challenge in quantum computing (QC) is developing learning models that truly align with quantum principles, as many current approaches are complex adaptations of clas…

cs.ET2025

All-in-Memory Stochastic Computing using ReRAM

João Paulo C. de Lima, Mehran Shoushtari Moghadam, Sercan Aygun +3

As the demand for efficient, low-power computing in embedded and edge devices grows, traditional computing methods are becoming less effective for handling complex tasks. Stochasti…

cs.ET2025★ 1 cited

Improved Data Encoding for Emerging Computing Paradigms: From Stochastic to Hyperdimensional Computing

Mehran Shoushtari Moghadam, Sercan Aygun, M. Hassan Najafi

Data encoding is a fundamental step in emerging computing paradigms, particularly in stochastic computing (SC) and hyperdimensional computing (HDC), where it plays a crucial role i…

physics.ao-ph2024

Regional Weather Variable Predictions by Machine Learning with Near-Surface Observational and Atmospheric Numerical Data

Yihe Zhang, Bryce Turney, Purushottam Sigdel +11

Accurate and timely regional weather prediction is vital for sectors dependent on weather-related decisions. Traditional prediction methods, based on atmospheric equations, often s…

cs.CR2024★ 5 cited

Late Breaking Results: Fortifying Neural Networks: Safeguarding Against Adversarial Attacks with Stochastic Computing

Faeze S. Banitaba, Sercan Aygun, M. Hassan Najafi

In neural network (NN) security, safeguarding model integrity and resilience against adversarial attacks has become paramount. This study investigates the application of stochastic…

cs.LG2023

Sobol Sequence Optimization for Hardware-Efficient Vector Symbolic Architectures

Sercan Aygun, M. Hassan Najafi

Hyperdimensional computing (HDC) is an emerging computing paradigm with significant promise for efficient and robust learning. In HDC, objects are encoded with high-dimensional vec…

cs.AR2023★ 1 cited

uHD: Unary Processing for Lightweight and Dynamic Hyperdimensional Computing

Sercan Aygun, Mehran Shoushtari Moghadam, M. Hassan Najafi

Hyperdimensional computing (HDC) is a novel computational paradigm that operates on long-dimensional vectors known as hypervectors. The hypervectors are constructed as long bit-str…

cs.AR2023★ 1 cited

Sorting it out in Hardware: A State-of-the-Art Survey

Amir Hossein Jalilvand, Faeze S. Banitaba, Seyedeh Newsha Estiri +2

Sorting is a fundamental operation in various applications and a traditional research topic in computer science. Improving the performance of sorting operations can have a signific…

cs.ET2023

P2LSG: Powers-of-2 Low-Discrepancy Sequence Generator for Stochastic Computing

Mehran Shoushtari Moghadam, Sercan Aygun, Mohsen Riahi Alam +1

Stochastic Computing (SC) is an unconventional computing paradigm processing data in the form of random bit-streams. The accuracy and energy efficiency of SC systems highly depend…