M. Hassan Najafi

Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Case School of Engineering

Research broadly focuses on emerging digital design methodologies, artificial intelligence, stochastic and unary computing, hyperdimensional computing, edge computing, processing-in-memory, and computer architecture.

Research Information

Research Interests

Emerging Design Technologies, Stochastic Computing, Unary Computing, Hyperdimensional Computing, In-Memory Computing, Near-Sensor Processing, Low Power VLSI Design, Computer Architecture, and Machine Learning

Awards and Honors

NSF CAREER Award
2024
National Science Foundation
Best Poster Award
2024
GLSVLSI'24
Best Paper Award
2023
GLSVLSI'23
Lockheed Martin Corporation Endowed Professorship
2023
ULL
Francis Patrick Clark/BORSF Professorship
2022
ULL
Best Poster Award
2019
Design Automation Conference (DAC)
Outstanding Dissertation Award
2018
EDAA

Professional Memberships

Senior Member IEEE

Education

PhD
Electrical Engineering
University of Minnesota
2018
M.S.
Computer Architecture
University of Tehran
2014
B.S.
Computer Engineering - Hardware
University of Isfahan
2006