
I'm a faculty member in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Irvine, where I've been since 1987. I currently direct the Center for Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems and the Master of Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems program, which I founded to address the growing demand for expertise in this area.
My research focuses on VLSI system design, digital systems automation, and embedded and cyber-physical systems. From 2017 to 2022 I served as Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Studies at the Samueli School of Engineering. I also hold a joint appointment in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
I earned my M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from USC, and my undergraduate degree from the American University of Beirut. I'm a Fellow of IEEE and AAAS.
High-level synthesis, custom datapath design, and methodologies for moving from specification to silicon.
Computing systems that engage with the physical world — across biomedical, mobile, and real-time applications.
Co-design across the stack: making the tradeoff between energy, performance, and process variability explicit.
Programmable fabrics and adaptive architectures bridging flexibility and the efficiency of dedicated hardware.