Katayoun Neshatpour

PhD student at Geroge Mason University

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Research and Work Experiences

  • Spring 2015 - Present

  • Research on “MapReduce acceleration”

  • Implementation of several machine learning algorithms in Apache Hadoop using Hadoop streaming to write C codes for the map and reduce functions

  • Hardware acceleration of the map and reduce functions on Xilinx Zedboard

  • Evaluation of the overall accelerated MapReduce implementation based on the results obtained from hardware acceleration on Zedboard

  • Fall 2014

  • Research on inverse thermal dependence-aware dynamic thermal managements for multi-core processors

  • Spring 2014

  • FPGA-optimized adders and modular adders for long integers

  • Fall 2013:

  • A twin axis foam turret with a directional control pad and LCD display controlled by MSP430 microprocessor.

  • Fall 2013

  • Implementation of the advanced encryption standard (AES) in offset code book mode (OCB), including VHDL and MATLAB implementations

  • 2010-2012:

  • M.Sc. thesis on “the Design and Implementation of a 64-QAM 4×4 MIMO Detector Applied to the LTE”,

  • Design, FPGA verification and chip fabrication.

  • Spring 2010

  • Simulation, implementation and verification of several DVB-T digital frontend blocks including Randomizer, inner encoder, Viterbi decoder, Reed Solomon encoder and decoder.

  • Fall 2009

  • Design and simulation of a high-frequency low-power operational amplifier using HSPICE.

  • Fall 2009

  • Layout and analysis of a Cascode differential amplifier including DRC, LVS and RC-extracted simulation using Cadence Virtuoso

  • Summer 2009

  • B.Sc. thesis on “Steganography and Steganalysis”

  • MATLAB implementation of data embedding in picture files

  • MATLAB implementation for detection and estimation of length of the hidden data using RS Steganalysis.

Honors and Awards

  • IEEE Big Data student travel grant (Fall 2015)

  • GSTF travel grant to present at IEEE Big Data conference in Santa Clara CA (Fall 2015).

  • George Mason University Summer research assistantship (Summer 2015)

  • George Mason University Presidential Scholarship (Fall 2013- Spring 2016)

  • Student support travel grant to attend ISCAS 2012 in Seoul South Korea.

  • Ranked 25th among more than 23000 participants in the Master of Electrical Engineering nationwide University Entrance Exam. (Rank in the distinct fields: 16th in electronics, 19th in Communication, 10th in Control and 10th in Biomedical Engineering)