Dr. Mazen Saghir

Associate Professor

Office Number: 319C
Office Phone: +974 4423-0311
Fax Number: 4230011
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INTEREST AREAS
Prof. Saghir's research interests include:

• Computer architecture
• Reconfigurable computing
• Embedded systems design
• Optimizing compilers

EDUCATION

• Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toronto, 1998
• Master of Applied Science, University of Toronto, 1993
• Bachelor of Engineering, American University of Beirut, 1989

EXPERIENCE

• Visiting Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2008-present
• Associate Professor (on Leave), Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Beirut, 2008-present
• Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Beirut, 2002-2008
• Senior Software Engineer, Improv Systems, 1999-2002
• Embedded Software Engineer, Nortel Networks, 1998-1999

RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Fadi Bitar, Nasr Madi, Edmond, Ramly, Mazen Saghir, and Fadi Karameh, "A Portable MIDI Controller Using EMG-Based Individual Finger Motion Classification", Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS 2007), pp. 138-141, IEEE, November 27-30, 2007.

Roger Moussali, Nabil Ghanem, and Mazen A. R. Saghir, "Supporting Multithreading in Configurable Soft Processor Cores," Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Compilers, Architecture, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES'07), pp. 155-158, ACM, September 30 - October 3, 2007.

Roger Moussali, Nabil Ghanem, and Mazen A. R. Saghir, "Microarchitectural Enhancements for Configurable Multithreaded Soft Processors," Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Field Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL 2007), pp. 782-785, IEEE, August 27-29, 2007.

Mazen A. R. Saghir and Rawan Naous, "A Configurable Multi-Ported Register File Architecture for Soft Processor Cores," Proceedings of the 2007 International Workshop on Applied Reconfigurable Computing (ARC 2007), pp. 14-25, Springer-Verlag LNCS 4419, March 27-29, 2007.

Mazen A. R. Saghir, Mohammad El-Majzoub, and Patrick Akl, "Customizing the Datapath and ISA of Soft VLIW Processors," Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on High Performance Embedded Architectures and Compilers (HiPEAC 2007), pp. 276-290, Springer-Verlag LNCS 4367, January 28-30, 2007.

Mazen A. R. Saghir, Mohamad El-Majzoub, and Patrick Akl, "Datapath and ISA Customization for Soft VLIW Processors," Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Reconfigurable Computing and FPGA's (ReConFig'06), pp. 280 - 289, IEEE, September 20-22, 2006.

Ziad M. Alassaad and Mazen A. R. Saghir, "CERPID: A Reconfigurable Platform Interface Driver for Windows CE.NET", Proceedings of the Third ITI International Conference on Information and Communication Technology, pp. 839-850, IEEE, December, 2005.

Patrick Akl, Nahi Abdul-Ghani, Mohamad El-Majzoub, Maroulla Haddad, Siba Harb, Marwan Simaan, and Mazen A. R. Saghir, "New Opportunities for Computer Architecture Research Using High-Density FPGAs and Design Tools," Workshop on Architecture Research Using FPGA Platforms (WARFP 2005), in conjunction with the 11th IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA-11), Palace Hotel, San Francisco, February 12-16, 2005.