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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
Has over 13 issued US patents and 3 pending patent applications. Published over 140 articles in peer-reviewed conferences and journals in the areas of digital system design, computer architecture, DSP, and computer arithmetic.
Research Experience
Has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Khalifa University since 2012. Co-founder and active researcher in the KSRC (Khalifa University Research Center) and the System on Chip Research Center (SOCC), where he led multiple IoT projects for the development of wearable blood glucose monitoring SOC, mobile surveillance SOC, and AI Accelerators for edge devices. Prior to joining Khalifa University, he worked for many leading semiconductor design companies including Apple Inc., Intel (ATOM mobile microprocessor design), AMD (Bobcat mobile microprocessor design), Qualcomm (QDSP DSP core design for mobile SOCs), Synopsys (designed the I2C DW IP included in Synopsys DesignWare library), Fujitsu (SPARC compatible high-performance microprocessor design), and Motorola Australia, accumulating 19 years of industrial experience.
Education
Received a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Jordan; an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at San Antonio; and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
Background
Research interests include IoT design, deep learning, AI hardware design, DSP algorithms design, DSP hardware design, computer architecture, computer arithmetic, SoC design, ASIC chip design, FPGA design, and automatic computer recognition.