Research focus: improving the security of modern computer processors and GPUs.
The research studies hidden vulnerabilities in complex processors, including microarchitectural behavior and security-observable side effects that can be exploited to leak confidential data.
Ph.D. Dissertation: Hardware Trojan Detection Approaches Using Design for Hardware Trust
Designed efficient Design-for-Hardware-Trust methodologies to detect hardware Trojans mounted by untrusted foundries. Dissertation score: Excellent.
MSc Dissertation: Design and Implementation of Low-Power Discrete Cosine Transform Using CORDIC Algorithm
Designed and implemented a low-power DCT architecture based on the CORDIC algorithm for Wireless Capsule Endoscopy and HEVC compression engines. Dissertation score: Excellent.
19th International ISC Conference on Information Security and Cryptography (ISCISC2022)
Recognized for the Ph.D. dissertation on hardware Trojan detection and Design for Hardware Trust.
Shahid Beheshti University
Ranked first in the Digital Electronic Systems master's program.
Iran's National Elites Foundation
Recipient of student prize for two successive years.
University of Tehran
Entrance exam requirement waived by the Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents.
VHDL / Verilog — proficient in synthesizable hardware description.
Efficient simulation tool for hardware description.
DRC LVS PEX — post-layout checking and netlist extraction.
Design Compiler Formality VCS DFT PrimeTime.
Virtuoso Innovus Voltus Quantus Abstract Generator.
SPI I2C UART CAN LIN RS485 RS232 MQTT HTTP/HTTPS WiFi BLE Ethernet.
Altium Designer Icarus Verilog Quartus Vivado Vitis PetaLinux NetBeans VS Code Atmel Studio.
ESP32 ESP8266 AVR ATTiny85 STM32F103C8T6 NXP-LPC1788.
ZYNQ embedded platform ZTurn Alinx Zybo.
MPU6050 OLED Hall sensors IR/PIR ADCs RTCs WiFi modules light sensors.
ESP32CAM ESP32 Arduino Uno/Mega NodeMCU Raspberry Pi Zero W Raspberry Pi Pico.
Perl C/C++ Python Fortran CUDA C SystemC TCL VHDL Verilog.