News // 14 August 2026

APRIL Presenting at UKAIRS 2026

APRIL is proud to announce that we will have eighteen projects presented at UKAIRS 2026 by members of our Hub!

Projects being presented:

Band Gap Prediction of Two-Dimensional Materials Using a Gradient-Boosted Feature Selection Approach
Ben Rowlinson, Research Fellow

LaMDA: A Language Model-Assisted Electronic Design Automation Framework
Cristian Sestito, Research Fellow 

PhyTENG: A physics-informed machine learning framework for modelling contact - separation triboelectric nanogenerators
Shashank Mishra, Research Associate

Towards a Data-Centric AI Framework for Design of p-GaN E-mode HEMTs
Zarak Bhat, Research Associate

A System-Level Systolic Array Accelerator for Convolution Workloads
Eleni Tselepi, PhD Student

Electronic Circuit Optimisation with Graph and Sheaf Neural Networks
Eva Maria Hita Sogorb, PhD Student

A Hybrid Heuristic-LLM System for Autonomous FPGA Timing Closure
Matthew Youngman, PhD Student

Live Demo: Non-Frontal Face Recognition Using GANs and Memristor-Based Classifiers
Semih Vazgecen, PhD Student

"EDA-Trace: An Execution-Aware Schema for EDA Optimization Trajectories"
Shu Gu, PhD Student

AI-Enabled Optimization of SRAM Cell Design Using the Async-SADEA Framework
Ankit Dixit, Research Associate at University of Glasgow (Seed Funding Grant Holder)

Analysing Electronic Properties of Point Defects using ML
Dominic Stead, 2026 Summer Intern

Machine Learning Assisted Physics Guided Analysis and Design Space Exploration of p-Channel GaN FETs
Fatih Arda Zengin, 2026 Summer Intern

Gen-TAS: Generative AI for Task Allocation in FPGA-GPP Heterogeneous Systems
Mary Kong, 2026 Summer Intern

A Multi-Agent Tool for Verification Plan Generation and Coverage Analysis of Open Hardware Specifications
Reanna McEldowney, 2026 Summer Intern

STARS TFT: An Integrated Desktop Tool for Thin-Film-Transistor Characterization, Yield Analysis, and Recipe Management
Saim Egemen Yucel, 2026 Summer Intern

A Multi-Agent Framework for Extraction of Materials, Methodology and Performance data from Triboelectric Nanogenerator Literature
Sean Yalcin, 2026 Summer Intern

AI based Mediation for Collaborative Decision Making under Hidden Profile Conditions
Thiara de Alwis, 2026 Summer Intern

Persistent Homology for the Quantification of Microstructures in HRTEM Images
Thiara de Alwis, 2026 Summer Intern