Khizar Anjum Wins 2025 Rutgers Graduate Student Innovation Award
Khizar Anjum, PhD candidate at the CPS Lab, has been awarded the prestigious Graduate Student Innovation Award at the 2025 Rutgers Innovation Awards ceremony. The award, presented on October 8, 2025, by Executive Vice President Keena Arbuthnot and Senior Vice President for Research Michael Zwick, recognizes researchers whose breakthrough ideas have potential for economic value and societal benefit.
Ultra-Low Power Neural Network Computing
Khizar’s award-winning research focuses on a novel analog computing architecture that uses anisotropic diffusion in passive element lattices to perform neural network computations at ultra-low power levels. This groundbreaking approach enables the development of batteryless wearable health monitors that can operate entirely on harvested energy.
“Our innovation uses anisotropic diffusion in passive element lattices to perform neural network computations at ultra-low power levels, enabling batteryless wearable health monitors,” Khizar explained.
Impact on Global Health
The technology has significant potential to transform healthcare monitoring, particularly for patients in resource-limited settings where power access is limited. The innovation could enable continuous health monitoring for approximately 96 million epilepsy patients worldwide, as well as millions more with cardiovascular diseases.
From Theory to Prototype
Building on similar work already underway in the CPS Lab under the guidance of Dr. Dario Pompili, Khizar plans to move from theoretical validation to prototype development and eventual commercialization of this technology.
This recognition highlights the CPS Lab’s continued commitment to developing innovative, sustainable technologies that address critical real-world challenges in healthcare and beyond.
