Nader Bagherzadeh () is a professor of

computer engineering Computer engineering (CE, CoE, or CpE) is a branch of engineering specialized in developing computer hardware and software. It integrates several fields of electrical engineering, electronics engineering and computer science. Computer engi ...

in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the

University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Irvine, California, United States. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, U ...

, where he served as a chair from 1998 to 2003. Bagherzadeh has been involved in research and development in the areas of: Computer Architecture,

Reconfigurable Computing Reconfigurable computing is a computer architecture combining some of the flexibility of software with the high performance of hardware by processing with flexible hardware platforms like FPGA, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The princip ...

, VLSI Chip Design, Network-on-Chip, 3D chips,

Sensor Networks Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) refer to networks of spatially dispersed and dedicated sensors that monitor and record the physical conditions of the environment and forward the collected data to a central location. WSNs can measure environmental ...

Computer Graphics Computer graphics deals with generating images and art with the aid of computers. Computer graphics is a core technology in digital photography, film, video games, digital art, cell phone and computer displays, and many specialized applications. ...

, Memory and

Embedded Systems An embedded system is a specialized computer system—a combination of a computer processor, computer memory, and input/output peripheral devices—that has a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electronic system. It is em ...

. Bagherzadeh was named

Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and ot ...

(IEEE) in 2014 ''for contributions to the design and analysis of coarse-grained reconfigurable processor architectures''. Bagherzadeh has published more than 400 articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He was with

AT&T Bell Labs Nokia Bell Labs, commonly referred to as ''Bell Labs'', is an American industrial research and development company owned by Finnish technology company Nokia. With headquarters located in Murray Hill, New Jersey, the company operates several labo ...

from 1980 to 1984.

Education

*Ph.D., 1987 Computer Engineering

University of Texas-Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...

*M.Sc., 1979 Electrical Engineering

*B.Sc., 1977 Electrical Engineering

Notable works

*MorphoSys: an integrated reconfigurable system for data-parallel and computation-intensive applications *Design and implementation of the MorphoSys reconfigurable computing processor *Power-aware scheduling under timing constraints for mission-critical embedded systems *Optimal Ring Embedding in Hypercubes with Faulty Links *A scalable register file architecture for dynamically scheduled processors *A framework for reconfigurable computing: task scheduling and context management *Performance study of a multithreaded superscalar microprocessor

Awards

* 2014, Khwarizmi International Award (27th Session) * 2002, Best paper award in IEEE Transactions on VLSI Design (TVLSI) * 2002, Best paper award in the proceedings of Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC)

References

Fellows of the IEEE Living people Iranian engineers American people of Iranian descent 1955 births University of California, Irvine faculty University of Texas at Austin alumni American electrical engineers Alborz High School alumni {{US-electrical-engineer-stub