Experience

  1. Intern - AI/ML Algorithms, Silicon Systems AI

    Micron
    Developed an MLIR infrastructure for automatic code transformation for ASIC designs using Catapult-Siemens high-level synthesis.

  2. Silicon/Firmware Intern Researcher, Brainwave Project

    Microsoft
    Built a command-line interactive performance visualization/profiling tool that analyzes RTL waveforms and constructs a visualization of task dependencies and their run-time traces.

Education

  1. Ph.D. in Computer Science

    University of California, Los Angeles
    Thesis: Automating Hardware Acceleration of Deep Neural Networks using Dataflow Architectures.

  2. M.S. in Computer Science

    University of California, Los Angeles
    GPA: 3.9/4.0

  3. B.S. in Computer Engineering

    University of Arkansas
    GPA: 4.0/4.0

  4. B.A. in Political Science

    University of Arkansas
    GPA: 4.0/4.0
Skills & Hobbies
Technical Skills
Optimization

Performance Modeling, DSE, Roofline Modeling, Data Reuse & Movement Analysis, Affine Code Transformations, Mathematical Programming

Python
C/C++
HLS (Vitis/Catapult)
MLIR/LLVM
PyTorch
Verilog/VHDL
Tools
Vivado/Vitis
Git
Slurm
LaTeX
Awards
Best Paper Candidate
FPGA 2025 (International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays) ∙ January 2025
Stream-HLS paper nominated for Best Paper at FPGA 2025.
Foundation for the International Exchange of Students Scholarship
University of Arkansas ∙ January 2019
Dr. Henry M. Alexander Memorial Award
University of Arkansas ∙ January 2019
The Charles D. Brock Scholarship
College of Engineering at University of Arkansas ∙ January 2018
Silver Medal
Third Gulf Mathematics Olympiads (Oman) ∙ January 2014
Represented Yemen in the Third Gulf Mathematics Olympiads in Oman.
Top-Ten Student Ministerial Scholarship
Yemeni Government ∙ January 2013
Ranked 9th among 218,964 Yemeni students in the National High School Exams (Top 0.000041%).
Languages
100%
English
100%
Arabic