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Srinivas Rahul Sapireddy

Assistant Professor, College of Engineering · Illinois State University
Illinois State University · Bloomington–Normal, Illinois
ssapire@illinoisstate.edu · 217 Williams Hall, Normal, IL 61761
Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering · University of Missouri–Kansas City

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🔬 Research Areas

  • Custom piecewise activation functions for neural networks
  • Efficient RF modulation classification (CAF, STFT, PDE)
  • Hardware acceleration and RTL-to-GDSII physical design
  • Edge-AI model optimization and embedded inference

🏆 Recent Achievement

  • Best Paper Award – RFCoN 2025 for “Re-Visiting R: Statistical Envelope Analysis” (Track 2, Session II)

Presented at the IEEE International Conference on Radio Frequency Communication and Networks (RFCoN).

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🏆 Hackathon Win – Fall 2021
🏆 Hackathon Win – Fall 2022
🎓 Internship Summary: SmartBridge

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SGA Result ASIC Teaching GLSVLSI Best Paper

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