About Hossein Fariborzi Hossein Fariborzi Adjunct Professor (former), Electrical and Computer Engineering integrated circuits ICS MEMS NEMS Hussain Fariborzi is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and the Principal Investigator of the Integrated Circuits and Systems (ICS) Research Group. Fariborizi addresses problems in ultra-low power Integrated Circuits and Systems, MEMS/NEMS IC design and fabrication, as well as novel switching devices for next-generation ICs. Education and early career Fariborzi holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2013. He worked at Intel, then was an RF Design Engineer at Nokia and joined Oracle/Sun Microsystems Labs. Areas of Articles Related News May 2022 Ditching sensors for streamlined control of microdevices 1 min read · Wed, May 25 2022 News sensors nanofabrication electrical engineering Hossein Fariborzi's team has developed a novel miniature microelectromechanical device that avoids the need to use sensors and has significant potential for use in industrial or medical applications. March 2021 Meet KAUST New Student: Aijaz Lone 2 min read · Sun, Mar 7 2021 News nanoelectronic devices Neuromorphic Spintronics Aijaz Lone is a M.S. graduate in electrical and computer engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India. Lone first came to KAUST as a visiting student in 2020 and was instantly impressed by the facilities he encountered. It was these very facilities that piqued his interest in joining the University as a Ph.D. student to pursue his research career. November 2020 KAUST startup tackles COVID using AI and robotics 1 min read · Mon, Nov 9 2020 News robotics artificial intelligence COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has activated vital innovation and R&D initiatives to tackle the crippling effects, health ramifications, and overall impact of the coronavirus on global societies and economies. In recent months, the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, launched a COVID-19-themed virtual accelerator aimed at supporting talented innovators, aspiring entrepreneurs, and innovative small companies dedicated to finding solutions to mitigate the spread of the virus through protection, prevention, tracking/detection, and treatment solutions. August 2020 Meet KAUST prospective student: Haoliang Lu 2 min read · Wed, Aug 19 2020 News magnetic materials semiconductors Haoliang Lu, 22, is an electrical engineering graduate who will join KAUST from the University of Electronic Science and Technology, China. Haoliang will join KAUST in the fall of 2020 as a M.S./Ph.D. candidate, and member of the Integrated Circuits and Systems (ICS) research group, under the supervision of Professor Hossein Fariborzi. January 2019 Approximate Computing With Stochastic Transistors’ Voltage Over-Scaling 1 min read · Tue, Jan 1 2019 News Circuits Transistors Stochastic processes Approximate computing Computational modeling Ren Li, et al., "Approximate Computing With Stochastic Transistors’ Voltage Over-Scaling" IEEE Access 7, 2019, 6373. Ubiquitous computing and the ever-rising need for energy efficiency pose challenges in terms of the processing requirements and the corresponding machine complexity. Nonetheless, the nature of the underlying applications, particularly dealing with real-world data, offers alternative paradigms toward the efficient utilization of the available design resources. In this paper, approximate computing is addressed as an accommodating technique that can benefit from the inherent July 2018 Device to circuit to system 5 min read · Wed, Jul 18 2018 News ultra-low power circuit design MEMS next-generation computing The city of the future will be innervated with millions of microscopic sensors. These sensors will need to be virtually invisible, extremely low power and, conversely, extremely powerful from a computing perspective. A team at KAUST is chasing this impossible list of requirements in the form of miniaturized mechanical structures or MEMS. February 2018 UESTC students visit CEMSE Laboratories during a one week Winter Camp at KAUST 1 min read · Sun, Feb 4 2018 News photonics printable electronics nanoelectronics laser sensors bioimaging biophotonics 3D printing Twenty-two undergraduate students from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, are currently visiting the CEMSE Division as part of one week Winter Camp at KAUST. October 2014 CEMSE Welcomes new Professor: Dr. Hossein Fariborzi 1 min read · Sun, Oct 12 2014 News integrated circuits MEMS The CEMSE Division has recently welcomed a new Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Dr. Hossein Fariborzi. Prof. Fariborzi joins from Oracle/Sun Microsystems labs where he was a member of technical staff.
Ditching sensors for streamlined control of microdevices 1 min read · Wed, May 25 2022 News sensors nanofabrication electrical engineering Hossein Fariborzi's team has developed a novel miniature microelectromechanical device that avoids the need to use sensors and has significant potential for use in industrial or medical applications.
Meet KAUST New Student: Aijaz Lone 2 min read · Sun, Mar 7 2021 News nanoelectronic devices Neuromorphic Spintronics Aijaz Lone is a M.S. graduate in electrical and computer engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India. Lone first came to KAUST as a visiting student in 2020 and was instantly impressed by the facilities he encountered. It was these very facilities that piqued his interest in joining the University as a Ph.D. student to pursue his research career.
KAUST startup tackles COVID using AI and robotics 1 min read · Mon, Nov 9 2020 News robotics artificial intelligence COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has activated vital innovation and R&D initiatives to tackle the crippling effects, health ramifications, and overall impact of the coronavirus on global societies and economies. In recent months, the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, launched a COVID-19-themed virtual accelerator aimed at supporting talented innovators, aspiring entrepreneurs, and innovative small companies dedicated to finding solutions to mitigate the spread of the virus through protection, prevention, tracking/detection, and treatment solutions.
Meet KAUST prospective student: Haoliang Lu 2 min read · Wed, Aug 19 2020 News magnetic materials semiconductors Haoliang Lu, 22, is an electrical engineering graduate who will join KAUST from the University of Electronic Science and Technology, China. Haoliang will join KAUST in the fall of 2020 as a M.S./Ph.D. candidate, and member of the Integrated Circuits and Systems (ICS) research group, under the supervision of Professor Hossein Fariborzi.
Approximate Computing With Stochastic Transistors’ Voltage Over-Scaling 1 min read · Tue, Jan 1 2019 News Circuits Transistors Stochastic processes Approximate computing Computational modeling Ren Li, et al., "Approximate Computing With Stochastic Transistors’ Voltage Over-Scaling" IEEE Access 7, 2019, 6373. Ubiquitous computing and the ever-rising need for energy efficiency pose challenges in terms of the processing requirements and the corresponding machine complexity. Nonetheless, the nature of the underlying applications, particularly dealing with real-world data, offers alternative paradigms toward the efficient utilization of the available design resources. In this paper, approximate computing is addressed as an accommodating technique that can benefit from the inherent
Device to circuit to system 5 min read · Wed, Jul 18 2018 News ultra-low power circuit design MEMS next-generation computing The city of the future will be innervated with millions of microscopic sensors. These sensors will need to be virtually invisible, extremely low power and, conversely, extremely powerful from a computing perspective. A team at KAUST is chasing this impossible list of requirements in the form of miniaturized mechanical structures or MEMS.
UESTC students visit CEMSE Laboratories during a one week Winter Camp at KAUST 1 min read · Sun, Feb 4 2018 News photonics printable electronics nanoelectronics laser sensors bioimaging biophotonics 3D printing Twenty-two undergraduate students from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, are currently visiting the CEMSE Division as part of one week Winter Camp at KAUST.
CEMSE Welcomes new Professor: Dr. Hossein Fariborzi 1 min read · Sun, Oct 12 2014 News integrated circuits MEMS The CEMSE Division has recently welcomed a new Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Dr. Hossein Fariborzi. Prof. Fariborzi joins from Oracle/Sun Microsystems labs where he was a member of technical staff.
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