Scholar
Mahdi Nikdast
Google Scholar ID: y48KryIAAAAJ
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University
Citations & Impact
Citations
2,018
H-index
26
i10-index
60
Publications
20
Co-authors
8
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Has authored and coauthored over 100 papers in refereed journals and international conference publications; edited two books: 'Silicon Photonics for High-Performance Computing and Beyond' (Taylor and Francis Group, 2022) and 'Photonic Interconnects for Computing Systems: Understanding and Pushing Design Challenges' (River Publishers, 2017). Currently serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (IEEE TVLSI) and has served on the TPC of various international conferences. Recipient of several awards including the Second Best Project Award at the AMD Technical Forum and Exhibition (AMD-TFE 2010, Taiwan), the Best Paper Award at the Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP 2015, Hong Kong), and individual honors such as the NSF CAREER Award (2021) and the George T. Abell Award for Outstanding Early-Career Faculty (2022).
Research Experience
- Was a member of the Mobile Computing System Lab (now called the Big Data System Lab & OPTICS Lab) at HKUST; worked as a postdoctoral fellow with the Photonic DataCom Group and Heterogeneous Embedded System Lab at McGill University and Polytechnique Montreal.
Education
- Received his Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Engineering from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2014; was a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University and Polytechnique Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from 2014 to 2017.
Background
- Associate Professor and Endowed Rockwell-Anderson Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University (CSU), where he directs the Electronic-Photonic System Design (ECSyD) Laboratory. Research interests include integrated photonics, silicon photonics, and high-performance computing systems.
Miscellany
- Looking for motivated students to join the research group; recent news includes acceptance of student papers and collaboration with the University of Michigan to develop 2.5D chiplet-based photonic systems.
