Assistant Professors

  Paulo Eduardo de Faria Jr. Assistant Professor Ph.D., Computational Physics University of São Paulo Email Phone Office Physical Sciences Building, Room 436 Phone E-mail Paulo@ucf.edu Web site Personal web site Biography Paulo Eduardo de Faria Jr. received his bachelor’s degree in 2009, master’s degree in 2012, and doctorate degree in 2016 in computational physics…

  Wayesh Qarony Siyuan Niu Assistant Professor Ph.D., Quantum Computing University of Montpellier, Email Phone Office Research I, Rm. 362B Phone E-mail siyuan.niu@ucf.edu Web site Biography Siyuan Niu comes to UCF from the Computational Research Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, where she served as a postdoctoral fellow. She received her doctoral degree from the…

  Wayesh Qarony Assistant Professor Ph.D., Applied Physics Hong Kong Polytechnic University Email Phone Office Research 1 Room 255 Phone 407-823-1212 E-mail wayesh@ucf.edu Web site Q-Lab Biography Wayesh Qarony is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering with a joint appointment in the Department of Physics. Prior to UCF, he was…

  Qichen Yang Assistant Professor Ph.D., Power Electronics Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018 Email Phone Office RS1-378 Phone E-mail qichen.yang@ucf.edu Web site Power electronics and Insulation Technology Lab (in development) Biography Qichen Yang received his bachelor’s degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2013, and his doctoral degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2018.…

  Tong Wu Assistant Professor Ph.D., Information Engineering Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2021 Email Phone Office HEC 432 Phone (407) 823-1446 E-mail tong.wu@ucf.edu Web site Intelligent Control and Sustainable Energy Systems (ICSES) Lab Biography Tong Wu received his doctoral degree in information engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2021. From September…

  Kimia Zamiri Azar Assistant Professor Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering George Mason University, 2021 Email Phone Office L3Harris Engineering Center, Room 336 Phone 407-823-1417 E-mail kimia.zamiriazar@ucf.edu Web site Biography Kimia Zamiri Azar completed her Ph.D. at George Mason University in 2021, and pursued postdoctoral research at the University of Florida. Azar’s research focuses on…

  Shahana Ibrahim Assistant Professor Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering Oregon State University Email Phone Office HEC-427 Phone (407) 823-0698 E-mail Shahana.Ibrahim@ucf.edu Home Page https://shahana-ibrahim.github.io/ Research Interests Methods and theories for robust machine learning systems, with a focus on weakly supervised learning problems Tensor decomposition Non-negative matrix factorization Stochastic optimization algorithms Teaching Interests Machine learning…

  Hadi Mardani Kamali Assistant Professor Ph.D., Computer Engineering George Mason University, 2021 Email Phone Office HEC 435 Phone 407-823-0764 E-mail hadi.mardanikamali@ucf.edu Home Page https://haven.ece.ucf.edu/ https://www.ece.ucf.edu/~kamali Research Interests VLSI design and testing Hardware security and trust FPGA design Electronic design automation Applied machine learning Computer architecture On-going research projects: IC/IP protection: logic locking and secure…

  Yue Wang Assistant Professor Ph.D., Electrical Engineering The State University of New York at Buffalo, 2023 Email Phone Office HEC-442 Phone (407) 823-2045 E-mail yue.wang@ucf.edu Home Page Yue Wang’s home page Research Interests Reinforcement learning Robustness Machine learning Optimization Computer vision On-going research projects: Robust reinforcement learning under model uncertainty Long-term performance of RL…

  Xin Xin Assistant Professor Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Pittsburgh, 2023 Email Phone Office HEC Rm. 317A Phone 407-823-1753 E-mail xin.xin@ucf.edu Web site Xin Xin’s home page Research Interests Computer architecture Memory hierarchy Reliable hardware/software systems Domain-specific architecture On-going Research Low-cost and energy-efficient processing-in-memory designs for in-memory database (IMDB) applications A compatible…