Biography

Sheikh received his PhD in Computer Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, KSA in 2016. Before coming to KAUST, he was serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Air University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Research Interests

His research interests lie in designing fault tolerant digital circuits, hardware security and computer architecture. At RC3 he will extend his knowledge in investigating and designing of secure and resilient hardware platforms.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Computer Science and Engineering, UET, Lahore, Pakistan, 2005
Master of Science (M.S.)
Electrical Engineering, NUST, Pakistan, 2008
PhD (Dr. rer. nat.)
Computer Science and Engineering, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, 2016