M. Hassan Najafi

Associate 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
NASA Beyond the Algorithm Challenge
2025
NASA
Best Paper Award
ISLPED 2026, GLSVLSI 2023, ICCD 2017
Best Poster Award
DCAS 2026, GLSVLSI 2024
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, Senior Member National Academy of Inventors (NAI)

Publications

More than 120 peer-reviewed papers in top-tier IEEE and ACM Journals and Conferences

12 Issued U.S. Patents 

Visit the Google Scholar Page for the Complete List of Publications:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vIc-83QAAAAJ

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