Farah Ferdaus

Farah Ferdaus

Assistant Professor @ECE, LU

About me

Farah is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Lamar University. Prior to joining Lamar, she worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Mathematics and Computer Science (MCS) Division at Argonne National Laboratory, where her research focused on evaluating the energy efficiency of AI accelerators used in machine learning applications. This includes GPUs from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel, as well as specialized AI accelerators like Intel Habana Gaudi, Graphcore, Groq, and others. She works on multiple projects that benchmark the power and performance of deep learning models across different AI hardware platforms.

She has published numerous scientific articles, including journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters on esteemed platforms. Her research is showcased in premier ACM/IEEE journals and conferences, such as the SC Workshops of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, IEEE International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud, and Internet Computing (CCGrid), IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS), ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems, IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), and IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems (TVLSI). Her research interests include high-performance computer architecture, energy-efficient computing, hardware security, cybersecurity, and memory systems. Her PhD research specifically focused on hardware security and emerging memory technologies.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Florida International University, December 2022

  • M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
    University of New Hampshire, December 2018

  • B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), September 2015

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor (August 2025 – Present)
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Lamar University, TX, USA

  • Postdoctoral Researcher (February 2023 – August 2025)
    Mathematics and Computer Science (MCS) Division
    Argonne National Laboratory, IL, USA

  • Graduate Assistant (January 2021 - December 2022)
    Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Florida International University, FL, USA

  • Graduate Research Assistant (January 2019 - December 2020)
    Electrical and Computer Engineering
    University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL, USA

  • Graduate Research Assistant (August 2017 - December 2018)
    Electrical and Computer Engineering
    University of New Hampshire, NH, USA

  • Electrical Safety Engineer (January 2016 - July 2017)
    Stichting Bangladesh Accord Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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