Summary
Projjal Gupta is a graduate researcher and teaching assistant in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida, specializing in computer architecture, FPGA accelerators, embedded systems, and ISA design. With 11 years of hands-on experience spanning hardware design, embedded product development, and software engineering, he blends research rigor with product-focused execution. He has interned at Synopsys on verification cloud features, led IoT and blockchain research teams, and built ML-to-business logic pipelines in industry roles. Comfortable across HDL, compilers, and back-end systems, he is actively pursuing work in algorithm acceleration, RISC-V, and embedded ISA implementation. His background includes leadership in university R&D initiatives and tangible hardware product engineering, reflecting an ability to take ideas from paper to deployed systems. Projjal’s unusual mix of FPGA accelerator research and prior blockchain/ML integration experience gives him a systems-oriented perspective on accelerating practical workloads.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, 85.58%, Bachelor of Technology, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, 85.58% at SRM University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Florida
English, Hindi