Author: Sani Nassif

Farshad Firouzi is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering department of Duke University. Dr. Firouzi is a top-producing expert and technical leader with 10+ years’ experience offering strong performance in all aspects of AI/ML, Smart Data, Computer Architecture, VLSI, and Io T including R&D, consulting services, strategic planning, and technology solutions, across vertical industries, e.g., Semiconductor, Automotive, Finance, Manufacturing, Logistics, and e Health. Dr. Firouzi authored 45+ Conference/Journal papers and served as Guest/Associate Editor of several well-known Journals (e.g., IEEE TVLSI, IEEE TCAD, Elsevier FGCS, and Elsevier MICPRO) as well as chair of 10+ international conferences/workshops on AI/Io T/e Health, e.g., in the USA, Portugal, Greece, Czech Republic, Spain, and Germany. Dr. Firouzi received his M.S., Ph.D., and Postdoctoral degrees in Computer Engineering from University of Tehran, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and KU Leuven (IMEC), respectively. Krishnendu Chakrabarty is the John Cocke Distinguished Professor and Department Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. Prof. Chakrabarty has received numerous awards for his research, including the Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, the IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award, the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Charles A. Desoer Technical Achievement Award, the Semiconductor Research Corporation Technical Excellence Award, and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship in the “Short Term S: Nobel Prize Level” category. His current research projects include: microfluidic biochips; testing and design-for-testability of integrated circuits and systems; hardware security; machine learning for fault diagnosis and failure prediction; neuromorphic computing systems. He holds over a dozen US patents and his research on microfluidic biochips has been licensed by Advanced Liquid Logic, Illumina, Gen Mark and Baebies, Inc. He is a Fellow of AAAS, a Fellow of ACM, a Fellow of IEEE, and a Golden Core Member of the IEEE Computer Society. He was a Distinguished Visitor of the IEEE Computer Society (2005-2007, 2010-2012), a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (2006-2007, 2012-2013), and an ACM Distinguished Speaker (2008-2016). Prof. Chakrabarty served as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Design & Test of Computers during 2010-2012, ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems during 2010-2015, and IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems during 2015-2018. Prof. Chakrabarty received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan.  Sani Nassif has 28 years of research and development experience at Bell Labsand IBM Research where he led teams working on various aspects of integrated circuit modeling, simulation, statistical analysis, and optimization. In 2014 he formed Radyalis, a company focused on applying engineering techniques to the discipline of cancer radiation therapy. He is a widely published and world-renowned expert on simulation, optimization, and statistics. Dr. Nassif has collaborated with key medical research institutions, including: Massachusetts General Hospital, Mayo Clinic, M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Center, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, among others. He was a member of the IBM Academy, an IBM Master Inventor with 75 patents, and is an IEEE Fellow. Dr. Nassif received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.