Hadi S. Esmaeilzadeh

Hadi Esmaeilzadeh is an Associate Professor at the University of California, San Diego in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He leads the Alternative Computing Technologies (ACT) Laboratory and serves as Associate Director of the Center for Machine Integrated Computing and Security (MICS). Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology.

• Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington (2013)
• Research focuses on computer architecture, machine learning acceleration, and approximate computing

His work has produced 15+ publications spanning IEEE Micro Top Picks, CACM Research Highlights, and ISCA. Key projects include:

• Tabla: Cross-stack ML acceleration framework
• DnnWeaver: Open-source DNN acceleration platform

Major honors include:

• IEEE TCCA Young Computer Architect Award
• ISCA Hall of Fame
• Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship
• Georgia Tech PURA Award

Teaching roles:

• CSE 141: Introduction to Computer Architecture
• CSE 240D: Accelerator Design for Deep Learning
• CSE 240A: Principles of Computer Architecture