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Manan Suri

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preprint2026arXiv

DIAGRAMS: A Review Framework for Reasoning-Level Attribution in Diagram QA

Diagram question answering (Diagram QA) requires reasoning-level attribution that links each question-answer pair to all visual regions needed to derive the answer, rather than only the region containing the final response. Creating such structured evidence across diagrams, charts, maps, circuits, and infographics is time-consuming, and existing annotation tools tightly couple their interfaces to dataset-specific formats. We present DIAGRAMS, a lightweight, schema-driven review framework that decouples interface logic from dataset-specific JSON structures through an internal meta-schema and dataset adapters. Given an image and QA pair with optional candidate regions, the system performs QA-conditioned evidence selection and proposes the regions required for reasoning. When QA pairs or candidate regions are missing, it generates them and supports human verification and refinement. Across six Diagram QA datasets, model-suggested evidence achieves 85.39% precision and 75.30% recall against reviewer-final selections (micro-averaged). These results indicate that the review-first framework reduces manual region creation while maintaining high agreement with final reasoning-level attributions. We release a public demo and installable package to support dataset auditing, grounded supervision creation, and grounded evaluation.

preprint2022arXiv

Time-multiplexed In-memory computation scheme for mapping Quantized Neural Networks on hybrid CMOS-OxRAM building blocks

In this work, we experimentally demonstrate two key building blocks for realizing Binary/Ternary Neural Networks (BNNs/TNNs): (i) 130 nm CMOS based sigmoidal neurons and (ii) HfOx based multi-level (MLC) OxRAM-synaptic blocks. An optimized vector matrix multiplication programming scheme that utilizes the two building blocks is also presented. Compared to prior approaches that utilize differential synaptic structures, a single device per synapse with two sets of READ operations is used. Proposed hardware mapping strategy shows performance change of <5% (decrease of 2-5% for TNN, increase of 0.2% for BNN) compared to ideal quantized neural networks (QNN) with significant memory savings in the order of 16-32x for classification problem on Fashion MNIST (FMNIST) dataset. Impact of OxRAM device variability on the performance of Hardware QNN (BNN/TNN) is also analyzed.

preprint2020arXiv

Exploration of Optimized Semantic Segmentation Architectures for edge-Deployment on Drones

In this paper, we present an analysis on the impact of network parameters for semantic segmentation architectures in context of UAV data processing. We present the analysis on the DroneDeploy Segmentation benchmark. Based on the comparative analysis we identify the optimal network architecture to be FPN-EfficientNetB3 with pretrained encoder backbones based on Imagenet Dataset. The network achieves IoU score of 0.65 and F1-score of 0.71 over the validation dataset. We also compare the various architectures in terms of their memory footprint and inference latency with further exploration of the impact of TensorRT based optimizations. We achieve memory savings of ~4.1x and latency improvement of 10% compared to Model: FPN and Backbone: InceptionResnetV2.

preprint2020arXiv

Investigation of Data Deletion Vulnerabilities in NAND Flash Memory Based Storage

Semiconductor NAND Flash based memory technology dominates the electronic Non-Volatile storage media market. Though NAND Flash offers superior performance and reliability over conventional magnetic HDDs, yet it suffers from certain data-security vulnerabilities. Such vulnerabilities can expose sensitive information stored on the media to security risks. It is thus necessary to study in detail the fundamental reasons behind data-security vulnerabilities of NAND Flash for use in critical applications. In this paper, the problem of unreliable data-deletion/sanitization in commercial NAND Flash media is investigated along with the fundamental reasons leading to such vulnerabilities. Exhaustive software based data recovery experiments (multiple iterations) has been carried out on commercial NAND Flash storage media (8 GB and 16 GB) for different types of filesystems (NTFS and FAT) and OS specific delete/Erase instructions. 100 % data recovery is obtained for windows and linux based delete/Erase commands. Inverse effect of performance enhancement techniques like wear levelling, bad block management etc. is also observed with the help of software based recovery experiments.

preprint2020arXiv

Methodology for Realizing VMM with Binary RRAM Arrays: Experimental Demonstration of Binarized-ADALINE Using OxRAM Crossbar

In this paper, we present an efficient hardware mapping methodology for realizing vector matrix multiplication (VMM) on resistive memory (RRAM) arrays. Using the proposed VMM computation technique, we experimentally demonstrate a binarized-ADALINE (Adaptive Linear) classifier on an OxRAM crossbar. An 8x8 OxRAM crossbar with Ni/3-nm HfO2/7 nm Al-doped-TiO2/TiN device stack is used. Weight training for the binarized-ADALINE classifier is performed ex-situ on UCI cancer dataset. Post weight generation the OxRAM array is carefully programmed to binary weight-states using the proposed weight mapping technique on a custom-built testbench. Our VMM powered binarized-ADALINE network achieves a classification accuracy of 78% in simulation and 67% in experiments. Experimental accuracy was found to drop mainly due to crossbar inherent sneak-path issues and RRAM device programming variability.

preprint2020arXiv

SLIM: Simultaneous Logic-in-Memory Computing Exploiting Bilayer Analog OxRAM Devices

Von Neumann architecture based computers isolate/physically separate computation and storage units i.e. data is shuttled between computation unit (processor) and memory unit to realize logic/ arithmetic and storage functions. This to-and-fro movement of data leads to a fundamental limitation of modern computers, known as the memory wall. Logic in-Memory (LIM) approaches aim to address this bottleneck by computing inside the memory units and thereby eliminating the energy-intensive and time-consuming data movement. However, most LIM approaches reported in literature are not truly &#34;simultaneous&#34; as during LIM operation the bitcell can be used only as a Memory cell or only as a Logic cell. The bitcell is not capable of storing both the Memory/Logic outputs simultaneously. Here, we propose a novel &#39;Simultaneous Logic in-Memory&#39; (SLIM) methodology that allows to implement both Memory and Logic operations simultaneously on the same bitcell in a non-destructive manner without losing the previously stored Memory state. Through extensive experiments we demonstrate the SLIM methodology using non-filamentary bilayer analog OxRAM devices with NMOS transistors (2T-1R bitcell). Detailed programming scheme, array level implementation and controller architecture are also proposed. Furthermore, to study the impact of introducing SLIM array in the memory hierarchy, a simple image processing application (edge detection) is also investigated. It has been estimated that by performing all computations inside the SLIM array, the total Energy Delay Product (EDP) reduces by ~ 40x in comparison to a modern-day computer. EDP saving owing to reduction in data transfer between CPU Memory is observed to be ~ 780x.

preprint2020arXiv

Unified Characterization Platform for Emerging NVM Technology: Neural Network Application Benchmarking Using off-the-shelf NVM Chips

In this paper, we present a unified FPGA based electrical test-bench for characterizing different emerging NonVolatile Memory (NVM) chips. In particular, we present detailed electrical characterization and benchmarking of multiple commercially available, off-the-shelf, NVM chips viz.: MRAM, FeRAM, CBRAM, and ReRAM. We investigate important NVM parameters such as: (i) current consumption patterns, (ii) endurance, and (iii) error characterization. The proposed FPGA based testbench is then utilized for a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Neural Network (NN) image classification application. Four emerging NVM chips are benchmarked against standard SRAM and Flash technology for the AI application as active weight memory during inference mode.