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Mona Hashemi

Ph.D. Candidate at University of Tehran, Visiting Researcher at National University of Singapore

Education

PhD in Computer Engineering

University of Tehran, Iran
2017 - now

MSc in Computer Engineering

Sharif University of Technology, Iran
2014 - 2016

BSc in Computer Engineering

K.N.T.U University of Technology, Iran
2008 - 2012

Languages

  • Persian (Native)
  • English (Upper-Intermediate)
  • French (Basic)

Interests

  • Secure Hardware Architectures
  • Hardware Security Verification
  • Hardware Counterfeiting
  • Security-Aware Custom Computing

Career Profile

Currently, I am in the final stages of completing my Ph.D. at the University of Tehran.

My doctoral dissertation is focused on “Hardware Security and Design for Anti-Counterfeit: Detecting and Preventing Counterfeit Hardware by Scalable and Reliable Logic Locking”.

I am continuing my Ph.D. studies as a research scholar at CompArch group at the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Academic Experience

Visiting Researcher

2023 - now
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Remote Researcher

2021 - 2023
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Remote Researcher

2021 - 2022
University of California, San Diego, USA

Teaching Assistant

2019 - 2022
University of Tehran, Iran

Courses:

  • Hardware Security and Trust, Postgraduate Course, 3 Semesters
  • Functional Verification, Postgraduate Course, 3 Semesters
  • Asynchronous Circuit Design, Postgraduate Course, 1 Semester

Invited Teacher (Lecturer)

2021 - 2021
University of Tehran, Iran

Course:

  • Microprocessor and Assembly Language, Undergraduate Course, 1 Semester

Teaching Assistant

2015 - 2016
Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Courses:

  • Digital Electronics, Undergraduate Course, 1 Semester
  • VLSI Design, Undergraduate Course, 1 Semester

HONORS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS

Research Funding

2023
School of Computing, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Research Scholarship (Granted to only two students)

2019
Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology, Iran

Ranked 5th among all M.Sc. students (in Computer Architecture)

2016
Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Ranked 6th among more than 4000 applicants

2014
Nationwide University Entrance Exam for Graduate Students in Computer Engineering, Iran

Ranked 6th among all B.Sc. students

2012
Computer Engineering Department, K.N.T.U University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Top 0.5% among more than 150000 applicants

2008
Nationwide University Entrance Exam for Undergraduate Students in Mathematics, Iran

Ranked 1st among all the students in high school

2012

Skills

VHDL, VerilogHDL, SystemVerilog

Xilinx (ISE, Vivado, Vivado HLS, SDK), Intel FPGA (Modelsim)

C, C++, Microsoft Visual Studio pack (VC#, VC++)

Synopsys (Design Compiler, DFT compiler, HSIM, HSPICE)

Cadence (SoC/IC Encounter)

CodeVisionAVR, Altium Designer (PCB), MaxPlus

X86 Assembly

SQL, Oracle

MATLAB (M-file, GUI)

Java