Suhail Basalama

A Senior undergraduate student at the University of Arkansas

pursuing two degrees:

  • B.S. in Computer Engineering
  • B.A. in Political Science

    • Working as a Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant at the Computer Science and Computer Engineering Department

    Research Interests

  • FPGA Acceleration
  • Computer Architecture
  • Parallel Computing
  • Machine Learning Acceleration
  • Heterogeneous Computing
  • Reconfigurable Computing

    • ARray Processor Project

    University of Arkansas | Computer Systems Design Laboratory

    Supervisor | Dr. David Andrews

    Four different SIMD array processor architectures on the Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA VC707 for machine learning and image processing applications

    ARLO Robot

    University of Arkansas | Smart Embedded Systems Lab

    Supervisor | Dr. Christophe Bobda

    (Moved to the University of Florida)

    An Autonomous ground vehicle built using the Parallax Arlo Robot System and the Digilent Zybo Z7-20 FPGA

    Cryptocurrency Wallet

    University of Arkansas | Smart Embedded Systems Lab

    Supervisor | Dr. Christophe Bobda

    (Moved to the University of Florida)

    A hardware-based wallet with end-to-end encryption for cryptocurrency on the Lattice iCE40 Ultra Wearable Development Platform

    Teaching Assistant

    University of Arkansas | Digital Design CSCE 2114

    Supervisor | Dr. Patrick Parkerson

  • Teaching 30 students in two lab sections the fundamentals of digital and hardware design.
  • Topics include:
    Number Representation, Combinational/Sequential Circuits, Optimizing Logic Functions, Breadboarding, Flip-Flops, Registers, Counters, Lookup Tables, Hardware Description Languages (VHDL)
  • Holding office hours to assist students with the class or lab material
  • Grading and correcting students’ assignments, quizzes, lab reports, and exams

    • Curriculum Vitae