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Morteza Fayazi

Associate Professor and Lab Director
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah

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Biography

Morteza Fayazi was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1994. He received the B.Sc. major degree in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology (SUT), Tehran, Iran, in 2017. He also received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2020 and 2024, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. His research interests include Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). He has designed and developed multiple AI-based tools for analog, RF, and System-on-Chip circuit design automation including AnGeL, FuNToM, and FASoC.

Research Interests

Electronic Design Automation Machine Learning AI

Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 2017 – 2024
    • Advisors: Prof. Ronald Dreslinski and Prof. Ehsan Afshari
    • Dissertation Title: Machine Learning Meets Analog Circuit Design: Intelligent Automation of IC Design
  • M.S.E. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 2017 – 2020
    • GPA: 3.82/4

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

  • B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering; Major: Electronics, Minor: Computer Science 2012 – 2017
    • GPA: 17.71/20 (3.88/4)

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering 2024 – Present, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, US
  • Consultant 2023 – 2024, Altium Ltd, La Jolla, CA, US
  • Machine Learning Engineering Intern 2021, Shyld AI, Sunnyvale, CA, US
  • Graduate Student Research Assistant 2017 – 2024, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

Honors and Awards

  • Awarded the College of Engineering Dean’s Engineering Translational Research (ETR) Fund from the University of Michigan, 2024
  • Awarded the University of Michigan Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant 2023
  • Outstanding undergraduate thesis award from the Electrical Engineering department at Sharif University of Technology, 2017
  • Awarded the University of San Diego graduate fellowship for Ph.D. studies in 2017
  • Awarded University of Waterloo graduate fellowship, for M.A.Sc program 2017

Contact

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