Shashank Obla https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/ Recent content on Shashank Obla Hugo en Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Versal V80 Fan Shroud https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/projects/v80-shroud/ Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/projects/v80-shroud/ A custom 3D-printable active cooling shroud for the AMD Versal V80 accelerator card, designed to mount a high-static-pressure 80mm fan. RapidScan: High-Throughput Parameterized HLS-based Streaming String Matching Library for FPGAs https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/publications/rapidscan-fccm-rcc/ Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/publications/rapidscan-fccm-rcc/ Reconfigurable Computing Challenge, FCCM 2026 — We won 3rd place 🥉! Lightweight Queueing Abstraction for Rapid Simulation and Automated Tuning of Input-Dependent Streaming Pipelines on FPGAs https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/publications/rapidq-fccm-poster/ Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/publications/rapidq-fccm-poster/ Poster, FCCM 2026 ReCONNECT: FPGA-Optimized RTL-Native Network-on-Chip (NoC) https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/projects/noc/ Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/projects/noc/ A highly parameterizable, high-performance Network-on-Chip (NoC) in SystemVerilog optimized for FPGAs, supporting multiple topologies and credit-based flow control. FPGA--: A From-Scratch FPGA Design and Tapeout https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/projects/fpga-tapeout/ Fri, 10 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/projects/fpga-tapeout/ A custom 4x4 FPGA fabric featuring fracturable CLBs, configurable Switch and Connection Boxes, and JTAG-based programming, designed and taped out as part of CMU's 18-725 class. Transcribing Chess Board https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/projects/modern-making-chessboard/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/projects/modern-making-chessboard/ An electronic chessboard that transcribes physical piece locations and transmits them to a PC, built for the Intro to Modern Making course at CMU. Pigasus 2.0: Making the Pigasus IDS Robust to Attacks and Different Workloads https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/publications/pigasus2-sigcomm-demo/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/publications/pigasus2-sigcomm-demo/ Demo, SIGCOMM 2022 Exploiting the Common Case When Accelerating Input-Dependent Stream Processing by FPGA https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/publications/exploiting-common-case-fpga/ Mon, 22 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/publications/exploiting-common-case-fpga/ IEEE Transactions on Computers, May 2023 High Performance Multigrid V-Cycle using SIMD Intrinsics https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/publications/stencil-acceleration/ Mon, 15 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/publications/stencil-acceleration/ 18-645 Course Project, Dec 2022 Enabling Hardware Design Tradeoffs at Runtime with Dynamically Composable Designs for FPGAs https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/publications/dynamic-pr-tuning/ Thu, 01 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/publications/dynamic-pr-tuning/ ECE Qualifiers, Apr 2021 Accelerated Circuit Simulation: Harmonic Balance and Logic Partitioning https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/publications/masters-dissertation/ Wed, 01 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/publications/masters-dissertation/ Masters Dissertation, IIT Bombay, May 2019 Bio https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/bio/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/bio/ About me — research interests, work experience, and hobbies Ethics https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/teaching/ethics/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/teaching/ethics/ Practical ethics — a must-read by Prof. H. Narayanan Miscellaneous Resources https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/teaching/misc/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/teaching/misc/ Inspiring teaching resources and advice Resume https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/resume/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/resume/ Shashank Obla's Resume Service https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/service/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/service/ Academic service, leadership, and mentorship activities by Shashank Obla Token System https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/projects/token-system/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sobla/projects/token-system/ A queue-based allocation system for handling student requests in FCFS order