Biswajit Ray

Profile Information
Name
Dr. Biswajit Ray
Institution
University of Alabama
Position
Assistant Professor
Affiliation
University of Alabama in Huntsville
h-Index
14
ORCID
0000-0002-5890-1368
Biography

Biswajit Ray is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering with the University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL, USA, where he leads the Hardware Reliability Lab. Dr. Ray received Ph.D. from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN in 2013 and then he worked in SanDisk Corporation, California, USA, developing 3D NAND flash memory technology. His current research spans the boundaries of electron devices and systems for addressing the challenges in hardware security and reliability. Dr. Ray has 10 U.S. issued patents on non-volatile memory systems, published more than 40 research papers in international journals and conferences. He is a permanent resident of USA.

Publications:
"Gamma Ray Induced Error Pattern Analysis for MLC 3-D NAND Flash Memories" Biswajit Ray, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Vol. 2021 Link
"Layer Dependent Bit Error Variation in 3-D NAND Flash Under Ionizing Radiation" Biswajit Ray, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Vol. 67 2020 2021-2027 Link
"Radiation Induced Error Mitigation by Read-Retry Technique for MLC 3-D NAND Flash Memory" Biswajit Ray, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Vol. 2021 Link
"Radiation Tolerance of 3-D NAND Flash Based Neuromorphic Computing System" Biswajit Ray, Proc. of the 2020 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium, Monterey, CA Vol. 2020 Link
In this paper we show the effectiveness of a multi-level-cell 3-D NAND flash chip as a weight storage device for a neuromorphic computing system under radiation environment. We find that the error-correction codes can be avoided for storing model weights in 3-D NAND for enabling low-power computing applications without sacrificing much accuracy (radiation dose <10k rad). Additionally, radiation induced BER data shows layer-to-layer variations, which can be utilized in favor of improving neural network’s accuracy.
Presentations:
"Word Line Dependent Bit Error in 3-D NAND Flash Under Ionizing Radiation" Biswajit Ray, IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference July 2-3, (2019)
NSUF Articles:
RTE 2nd Call Awards Announced - Projects total approximately $1.6 million These project awards went to principal investigators from 26 U.S. universities, eight national laboratories, two British universities, and one Canadian laboratory. Tuesday, May 14, 2019 - Calls and Awards
DOE Awards 37 RTE Proposals - Awarded projects total nearly $1.4M in access awards Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - News Release, Calls and Awards
NSUF awards 30 Rapid Turnaround Experiment proposals - Approximately $1.53M has been awarded. Tuesday, June 14, 2022 - Calls and Awards
NSUF awards 22 Rapid Turnaround Experiment proposals - Thursday, September 14, 2023 - Calls and Awards
Additional Publications:
"Total Ionizing Dose Effects on the Power-Up State of Static Random-Access Memory" Horace Wilson, Maryla Wasiolek, Khalid Hattar, Aleksandar Milenkovic, Biswajit Ray, Umeshwarnath Surendranathan, [2023] IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science · DOI: 10.1109/tns.2023.3236625 · ISSN: 0018-9499
"Analysis of SRAM PUF integrity under ionizing radiation: Effects of stored data and technology node" Horace Wilson, Lei R. Cao, Aleksandar Milenkovic, Biswajit Ray, Umeshwarnath Surendranathan, [2023] IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science · DOI: 10.1109/tns.2023.3340949 · ISSN: 0018-9499
"New Total-Ionizing-Dose Resistant Data Storing Technique for NAND Flash Memory" Sadman Sakib, Umeshwarnath Surendranathan, Maryla Wasiolek, Khalid Hattar, Aleksandar Milenkovic, Biswajit Ray, Matchima Buddhanoy, [2022] IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability · DOI: 10.1109/tdmr.2022.3189673 · ISSN: 1530-4388
"Instant data sanitization on multi-level-cell NAND flash memory" Matchima Buddhanoy, Aleksandar Milenkovic, Biswajit Ray, Md Raquibuzzaman, [2022] Proceedings of the 15th ACM International Conference on Systems and Storage · DOI: 10.1145/3534056.3534941
"Analytical Bit-Error Model of NAND Flash Memories for Dosimetry Application" Umeshwarnath Surendranathan, Maryla Wasiolek, Khalid Hattar, Narayana Bhat, Biswajit Ray, Preeti Kumari, [2022] IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science · DOI: 10.1109/tns.2021.3125652 · ISSN: 0018-9499
"Total Ionizing Dose Effects on Read Noise of MLC 3-D NAND Memories" Maryla Wasiolek, Khalid Hattar, Daniel M. Fleetwood, Biswajit Ray, Umeshwarnath Surendranathan, [2022] IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science · DOI: 10.1109/tns.2021.3140204 · ISSN: 0018-9499
"Flash-DNA: Identifying NAND Flash Memory Origins Using Intrinsic Array Properties" Aleksandar Milenkovic, Biswajit Ray, Sadman Sakib, [2021] IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices · DOI: 10.1109/ted.2021.3087454 · ISSN: 0018-9383
"Gamma-Ray-Induced Error Pattern Analysis for MLC 3-D NAND Flash Memories" Preeti Kumari, Maryla Wasiolek, Khalid Hattar, Timothy Boykin, Biswajit Ray, Umeshwarnath Surendranathan, [2021] IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science · DOI: 10.1109/tns.2021.3059186 · ISSN: 0018-9499
"Radiation-Induced Error Mitigation by Read-Retry Technique for MLC 3-D NAND Flash Memory" Umeshwarnath Surendranathan, Maryla Wasiolek, Khalid Hattar, Narayana P. Bhat, Biswajit Ray, Preeti Kumari, [2021] IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science · DOI: 10.1109/tns.2021.3052909 · ISSN: 0018-9499
"Flash Watermark: An Anticounterfeiting Technique for NAND Flash Memories" Aleksandar Milenkovic, Biswajit Ray, Sadman Sakib, [2020] IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices · DOI: 10.1109/ted.2020.3015451 · ISSN: 0018-9383
"True Random Number Generation Using Read Noise of Flash Memory Cells" Aleksandar Milenkovic, Biswajit Ray, [2018] IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices · DOI: 10.1109/ted.2018.2792436 · ISSN: 0018-9383
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