Publications

Book Chapters

  1. K. Zenozia, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “Enabling Memory-Augmented Neural Networks for Efficient Edge Applications,” in AI-Enabled Electronic Circuit and System Design: From Ideation to Utilization, A. Iranmanesh and H. Sayadi, 2025.
  2. S. Vahdat, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “Ultralow-Power Implementation of Neural Networks Using Inverter-Based Memristive Crossbars,” in Frontiers of Quality Electronic Design (QED) AI, IoT and Hardware Security, A. Iranmanesh, 2023.
  3. M. Vaeztourshizi, H. Afzali-Kusha, M. Kamal, M. Pedram, “Design Techniques for Approximate Realization of Data-Flow Graphs”, in Approximate Computing, W. Liu, and F. Lombardi, 2022.
  4. A. Fayyazi, M. Ansari, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, ”Inverter-Based Memristive Neuromorphic Circuit for Ultra-Low-Power IoT Smart Applications,” in Hardware Architectures for Deep Learning, M. Daneshtalab and M. Modaressi, IET, 2020.
  5. M. Hemmat, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “Robust Hybrid TFET-MOSFET Circuits in Presence of Process Variations and Soft Errors”, in VLSI-SoC: System-on-Chip in the Nanoscale Era – Design, Verification and Reliability, Th. Hollstein, et al., 2017.

Journal Papers

  1. S.A. Azizi, M. Nazemi, M. Kamal, M. Pedram, “Low-Precision Mixed-Computation Models for Inference on Edge”, IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), 2024.
  2. M. Karamuftuoglu, Z. Ucpinar, S. Razmkhah, M. Kamal, M. Pedram,”Unsupervised SFQ-Based Spiking Neural Network”, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 2024.
  3. S. Razmkhah, M. Kamal, N. Yoshikawa, M. Pedram,”Josephson parametric oscillator based Ising machine,”Physical Review B, vol. 109, no. 1, 2024.
  4. M. Sharei, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “GEMA: A Genome Exact Mapping Accelerator Based on Learned Indexes,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 2023.
  5. R. Zand-Kazerooni, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “Memristive-based Mixed-signal CGRA for Accelerating Deep Neural Network Inference,” ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), 2023.
  6. S. Taghipour, M. Kamal, Niaraki, and A. Afzali-Kusha, ” H2C-TM: A Hybrid High Coverage Test Method for Improving the Detection of HtD Faults in STT-MRAMs,” IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, 2023.
  7. E. Tanghatari, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “Federated learning by employing knowledge distillation on edge devices with limited hardware resources” Elsevier Neurocomputing Journal, vol. 531, pp. 87-99, 2023
  8. F. Ebrahimi-Azandaryani, O. Akbari, M. Kamal, Ali Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “Block-based Carry Speculative Approximate Adder for Energy-Efficient Applications,” ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), 2022.
  9. M. Zolfaghari Nejad, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “Posit Process Element for Using in Energy-Efficient DNN Accelerators”, IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 844-848, 2022.
  10. M. Ahmadzadeh, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “A2P-MANN: Adaptive Attention Inference Hops Pruned Memory-Augmented Neural Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2022.
  11. E. Tanghatari, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “Distributing DNN Training over IoT Edge Devices based on Transfer Learning” Elsevier Neurocomputing Journal, vol. 467, pp. 56-65, 2022.
  12. M. Soltani, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, ”An Adaptive Memory Side Encryption Method for Improving Security and Lifetime of PCM-based Main Memory,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 1744-1756, 2022.
  13. S. Taghipour, M. Kamal, Niaraki, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “CD-DFT: A Current-Difference Design-For-Testability to Detect Short Defects of STT-MRAM Under Process Variations,” IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 436-443, 2021.
  14. S. Vahdat, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “Loading-Aware Reliability Improvement of Ultra-Low Power Memristive Neural Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I (TCAS-I), vol. 68, no. 8, pp. 3411-3421,2021.
  15. Mohammad Ali Maleki, Alireza Nabipour-Meybodi, Mehdi Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “An Energy-Efficient Inference Method in Convolutional Neural Networks based on Dynamic Adjustment of the Pruning Level,” ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), vol. 26, no. 6, 2021, Article 49.
  16. S. Vahdat, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “LATIM: Loading-Aware Offline Training Method for Inverter-based Memristive Neural Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (TCAS-II), 2021.
  17. R. Yarmand, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram,” OPTIMA: An Approach for Online Management of Cache Approximation Levels in Approximate Processing Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), Vol. 29, No. 2, 2021.
  18. S. Amanollahi, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “Circuit-Level Techniques for Logic and Memory Blocks in Approximate Computing Systems,” Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 108, no. 12, pp. 2150-2177, 2020.
  19. S. Vahdat, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “Offline Training Improvement of Inverter-based Memristive Neural Networks Using Inverter Voltage Characteristic Smoothing”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (TCAS-II), vol. 67, no. 12, pp. 3442-3446, 2020.
  20. S. Vahdat, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, ”INTERSTICE: Inverter-based Memristive Neural Networks Discretization for Function Approximation Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), vol. 28, no. 7, pp. 1578-1588, 2020.
  21. P. Haghi, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “O4-DNN: A Hybrid DSP-LUT Based Processing Unit with Operation Packing and Out-of-Order Execution for Efficient Realization of Convolutional Neural Networks on FPGA Devices,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I (TCAS-I), vol. 67, no. 9, pp. 3056-3069, 2020.
  22. H. Afzali-Kusha, M. Vaeztourshizi, M. Kamal, and M. Pedram, “Design Exploration of Energy Efficient Accuracy Configurable Dadda Multiplier with Improved Lifetime Based on Voltage Overscaling”, IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1207-1220, 2020.
  23. N. Samimi, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “Res-DNN: A Residue Number System based DNN Accelerator Unit” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I (TCAS-I), vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 658-671, 2020.
  24. E. Bank-Tavakoli, S.A. Ghasemzadeh, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram,” POLAR: A Pipelined/Overlapped FPGA-based LSTM Accelerator,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 838-842, 2020.
  25. M. Soltani, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram,”RandShift: An Energy-Efficient Fault-Tolerant Method in Secure Non-Volatile Main Memory,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), vol. 28, no.1, pp. 187-291, 2020.
  26. O. Akbari, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Shafique, and M. Pedram,”X-CGRA: Approximate Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architecture,“ IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), vol. 39, no.10, 2558-2571, 2020.
  27. R. Yarmand, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram,”DART: A Framework for Determining Approximation Levels in an Approximable Memory Hierarchy,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), vol. 28, no.1, pp. 273, 286, 2020.
  28. F. Ebrahimi-Azandaryani, O. Akbari, M. Kamal, Ali Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “Block-based Carry Speculative Approximate Adder for Energy-Efficient Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (TCAS-II), vol. 67, no.1, pp. 1371-141, 2020.
  29. M. Ansari, A. Fayyazi, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “OCTAN: An On-Chip Training Algorithm for Memristive Neuromorphic Circuits,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I (TCAS-I), vol. 66, no. 12, pp. 4687-4698, 2019.
  30. S. Vahdat, M. Kamal, and A. Afzali-Kusha, Massoud Pedram, “TOSAM: An Energy-Efficient Truncation- and Rounding-Based Scalable Approximate Multiplier,“ IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 1161-1173, 2019.
  31. M. Pashaeefar, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M Pedram, “A Theoretical Framework for Quality Estimation and Optimization of DSP Applications Using Low-Power Approximate Adders”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I (TCAS-I), vol. 66, no. 1, 2019.
  32. S. Tabatabaei-Nikkhah, M. Zahedi, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “ACHILLES: Accuracy-Aware High-Level Synthesis Considering Online Quality Management,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), vol. 38, no. 8, pp. 1452-1465, 2019.
  33. S. S. Nabavi Larimi, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, “BIMS: Built-in Intermediate Memory Structure to Improve Multi-Level Phase Change Memories,” Accepted in Tabriz Journal of Electrical Engineering, vol. 49, no. 3, pp.1405-1414, 2019.
  34. M. Pashaeefar, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M Pedram, “Approximate Reverse Carry Propagate Adder for Energy-Efficient DSP Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), vol.  26, no. 11, pp. 2530-2541, 2018.
  35. O. Akbari, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, and M. Shafique, “Towards Approximate Computing for Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architectures,” IEEE Micro, vol. 38, no. 6, pp.63-72, 2018.
  36. H. Afzali-Kusha, O. Akbari, M. Kamal, and M. Pedram, “Energy and Reliability Improvement of Voltage-based, Clustered, Coarse-Grain Reconfigurable Architectures by Employing Quality-aware Mapping,” IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (JETCAS), vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 480-493, 2018.
  37. A. Fayyazi, M. Ansari, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “An Ultra Low-Power Memristive Neuromorphic Circuit for Internet of Things Smart Sensors”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT), vol., 5, no. 2, pp. 1011-1022, 2018.
  38. S. Abolmaali, M. Kamal, and A. Afzali-Kusha, “An Efficient False Path-Aware Heuristic Critical Path Selection Method with High Process Space Coverage”, ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), vol. 23, no. 3, Article 32, 2018.
  39. S. Sadeghi-Kohan, M. Kamal, and Z. Navabi, “Self-Adjusting Monitor for Measuring Aging Rate and Advancement”, Accepted in IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, 2017.
  40. F. Nakhaee, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, and S. M. Fakhraie, H. Dorosti, “Lifetime Improvement by Exploiting Aggressive Voltage Scaling during Runtime of Error-resilient Applications, “ Integrated, the VLSI, vol. 61, pp-29-38, 2018.
  41. M. Ansari, A. Fayyazi, A. Banagozar, M.A. Maleki, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “PHAX: Physical Characteristics Aware Ex-Situ Training Framework for Inverter-Based Memristive Neuromorphic Circuits,“ IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), vol. 37, no. 8, pp. 1602-1613, 2017.
  42. A. Iranfar, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, D. Atienza, and M. Pedram, “TheSPoT: Thermal Stress-Aware Power and Temperature Management for Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chip,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), vol. 37, no. 8, pp. 1532-1545, 2017.
  43. S. Vahdat, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “LETAM: A Low Energy Truncation-based Approximate Multiplier,“ Elsevier Journal of Computers and Electrical Engineering, vol. 63, pp. 1-17, 2017.
  44. S. Abolmaali, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “Efficient Critical Path Identification based on Viability Analysis Method Considering Process Variations,”  IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), vol.(25), no.(9), pp. 2668-2672,2017.
  45. M. Bahadori, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “An Energy and Area Efficient yet High-Speed Square-Root Carry Select Adder Structure,” Elsevier Journal of Computers and Electrical Engineering, vol. 58, pp. 101-112, 2017.
  46. O. Akbari, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and Massoud Pedram, “Dual-Quality 4:2 Compressors for Utilizing in Dynamic Accuracy Configurable Multipliers,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems(TVLSI), vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 1352-1361, 2017.
  47. M. Bahadori, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, Y. Afsharnezhad, E. Z. Salehi, “CL-CPA: A Hybrid Carry-Lookahead/Carry-Propagate Adder for Low-Power or High-Performance Operation Mode,” Elsevier Integration, the VLSI journal, vol. 57, pp. 62-68, 2017.
  48. O. Akbari, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and Massoud Pedram, “RAP-CLA: A Reconfigurable Approximate Carry Look-Ahead Adder,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (TCAS-II), vol. 65, no. 8, pp. 1089-1093, 2018.
  49. M. Hemmat, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “Hybrid TFET-MOSFET Circuit: A Solution to Design Soft-Error Resilient Ultra-Low Power Digital Circuit,” Elsevier Integration, the VLSI journal, vol. 57, pp. 11-19, 2017.
  50. R. Zendegani, M. Kamal, M. Bahadori, A. Afzali-Kusha, and Massoud Pedram, “RoBA Multiplier: A Rounding-Based Approximate Multiplier for High-Speed yet Energy-Efficient Digital Signal Processing,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems(TVLSI), vol. 25, .no 2, pp. 393-401, 2017.
  51. M. Hemmat, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “Study On the Impact of Device Parameter Variations on Performance of III-V Homojunction and Heterojunction Tunnel FETs,” Solid-State Electronics, vol. 124, pp. 46-53, 2016.
  52. M. Kamal, Q. Xie, M. Pedram, A. Afzali-Kusha, and S. Safari. “An Efficient Temperature Dependent Hot Carrier Injection Reliability Simulation Flow,” Elsevier Journal of Microelectronics Reliability, vol. 57, pp.10-19, 2016.
  53. M. Bahadori, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “A Comparative Study on Performance and Reliability of 32-bit Binary Adders,”Elsevier Integration, the VLSI journal, vol. 53, pp. 54-67, 2016.
  54. M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, S. Safari, and M. Pedram, “Yield and Speedup Improvements in Extensible Processors by Allocating Extra Cycles to Some Custom Instructions,” ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), vol. 21, no.2, Article No. 8, 2016.
  55. M. Bahadori, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “High-Speed and Energy-Efficient Carry Skip Adder Operating Under a Wide Range of Supply Voltage Levels,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems(TVLSI), vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 421-433, 2016.
  56. H. Ahmadi-Balef, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “All-Region Statistical Model for Delay Variation based on Log-Skew-Normal Distribution,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), vol. 35, no. 9, pp. 1503-1508, 2016.
  57. M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, S. Safari, and M. Pedram, “OPLE: A Heuristic Custom Instruction Selection Algorithm Based on Partitioning and Local Exploration of Application Data Flow Graphs,” ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems(TECS), vol. 14, no. 4, Article No. 72, 2015.
  58. B. Eghbalkhah, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. B. Ghaznavi-Ghoushchi, and M. Pedram, “Workload and Temperature Dependent Evaluation of BTI-Induced Lifetime Degradation in Digital Circuits,” Elsevier Journal of Microelectronics Reliability, vol. 55, .no 8, pp. 1152-1162, 2015.
  59. M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, S. Safari, and M. Pedram, “Design of NBTI-resilient extensible processors,” Elsevier Integration, the VLSI journal, vol. 49, pp. 22-34, 2015.
  60. B. Eghbalkhah, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. B. Ghaznavi-Ghoushchi, and M. Pedram, “CSAM: A clock skew-aware aging mitigation technique,” Elsevier Journal of Microelectronics Reliability, vol. 55, .no, 1, pp. 282-290, 2015.
  61. V. Akhlaghi, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “An efficient network on-chip architecture based on isolating local and non-local communications,” Elsevier Journal of Computers and Electrical Engineering, vol. 45, pp. 430-444, 2015.
  62. A. Yazdanbakhsh, M. Kamal, S.M. Fakhraie, A. Afzali-Kusha, S. Safari, and M. Pedram, “Implementation-Aware Selection of the Custom Instruction Set for Extensible Processors,” Elsevier Journal of Microprocessors & Microsystems, vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 681-691, 2014.
  63. M. Kamal, A. Yazdanbakhsh, H. Noori, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram,”A New Merit Function for Custom Instruction Selection under an Area Budget Constraint”, Journal of Design of Automation for Embedded Systems (DAEM), vol. 17, no. 1,  pp. 1-25, 2014.
  64. M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, S. Safari, and M. Pedram, “Impact of Process-Variations on Speedup and Maximum Achievable Frequency of Extensible Processors,” ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems(JETC), vol. 10, no. 3, 2014.
  65. M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, S. Safari, and M. Pedram, “Considering the Effect of Process Variations during the ISA Extension Design Flow,” Elsevier Journal of Microprocessors & Microsystems, Vol. 37,pp.713-724, 2013.
  66. M. Kamal, S. Koohi, S. Hessabi, “GPH: A group-based partitioning scheme for reducing total power consumption of parallel buses,” Elsevier Journal of Microprocessors & Microsystems, Vol. 35, pp. 68-80, Feb. 2011.

Conference Papers

  1. Arya Fayyazi, M. Kamal and M. Pedram, “Dynamic Co-Optimization Compiler: Leveraging Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Enhanced DNN Accelerator Performance,” ASP-DAC, 2025.
  2. A. Abdollahi, M. Kamal and M. Pedram, “ICD2S: A Hybrid Ising-Classical-Machines Data-Driven QUBO Solver Method,” ASP-DAC, 2025.
  3. M. Kamal and M. Pedram, “X-IMM: Mixed-Signal Iterative Montgomery Modular Multiplication,” ISLPED, 2024.
  4. B.Z. Ucpinar, S. Razmkhah, M. Kamal, M. Pedram, “Scalable Superconducor Ising Machine for Combinatorial Optimization Problems,” ISVLSI, 2024.
  5. A. BanaGozar , S. H. Hashemi Shadmehri, S. Stuijk, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, H. Corporaal, “ReMeCo: Reliable memristor-based in-memory neuromorphic computation,” Proceedings of the 28th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, 2023, pp. 396-401.
  6. S. H. Hashemi Shadmehri, A. BanaGozar, M. Kamal, S. Stuijk, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, H. Corporaal, “SySCIM: SystemC-AMS Simulation of Memristive Computation In-Memory”, in Proceedings of Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) conference, 2022.
  7. M. Vaeztourshizi, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “EGAN: A Framework for Exploring the Accuracy vs. Energy Efficiency Trade-off in Hardware Implementation of Error Resilient Applications,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), 2020. (Best Paper Award)
  8. H. Afzali-Kusha, M. Kamal, and M. Pedram, “Low-power Accuracy-configurable Carry Look-ahead Adder Based on Voltage Overscaling Technique,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), 2020.
  9. M. Vaeztourshizi, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “An Energy-Efficient, Yet Highly-Accurate, Approximate Non-Iterative Divider,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), 2018.
  10. H. Afzali-Kusha, O. Akbari, M. Kamal, and M. Pedram, “Energy Consumption and Lifetime Improvement of Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architectures Targeting Low-Power Error-Tolerant Applications,“ Proceedings of ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), 2018.
  11. O. Akbari, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, M. Shafique, “PX-CGRA: Polymorphic Approximate Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architecture,“ in Proceedings of Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) conference, 2018.
  12. S. Vahdat, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, and Z. Navabi, “TruncApp: A Truncation-based Approximate Divider for Energy Efficient DSP Applications,” in Proceedings of Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) conference, 2017.
  13. A. BanaGozar, M. A. Maleki, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “Robust Neuromorphic Computing in the Presence of Process Variation,” in Proceedings of Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) conference, 2017.
  14. M. Hemmat, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “Hybrid TFET-MOSFET Circuits: An Approach to Design Reliable Ultra-Low Power Circuits in the presence of Process Variation,“ in Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI-SoC), 2016.
  15. S. Nabavi Larimi, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and H. Mahmoodi, “Power and Energy Reduction of Racetrack-based Caches by Exploiting Shared Shift Operations,“ in Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI-SoC), 2016.
  16. R. Zendegani, M. Kamal, A. Fayyazi, A. Afzali-Kusha, and Massoud Pedram, “SEERAD: A High Speed yet Energy-Efficient Rounding-based Approximate Divider”, in Proceedings of Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) conference, 2016, pp. 1481-1484.
  17. A. Iranfar, S. Shahsavani, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, “A Heuristic Machine Learning-based Algorithm for Power and Thermal Management of Heterogeneous MPSoCs,” in Proceedings of International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), 2015, pp. 291-296.
  18. S. Sadeghi-Kohan, M. Kamal, J. McNeil, P. Prinetto, and Z. Navabi, “Online self-adjusting progressive age monitoring of timing variations,” in Proceedings International Conference on Design & Technology of Integrated Systems in Nanoscale Era (DTIS), 2015.
  19. M. Kamal, A. Iranfar, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “A Thermal Stress-Aware Algorithm for Power and Temperature Management of MPSoCs,” in Proceedings of Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) conference, 2015, pp. 954-059.
  20. P. Foroutan, M. Kamal, Z. Navabi, “A Heuristic Path Selection Method for Small Delay Defects Test,” in Proceedings of Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI and Nanotechnology Systems (DFTs), 2014, pp. 252-257.
  21. M. Kamal, A. Ghasem-Azar, A. Afzali-Kusha, M. Pedram, “Improving Efficiency of Extensible Processors by Using Approximate Custom Instructions,” in Proceedings of Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), pp. 1-4, 2014.
  22. M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, S. Safari, M. Pedram, and B. Eghbalkhah, “Capturing and Mitigating the NBTI Effect During the Design Flow for Extensible Processors,” in Proceedings of Design and Technology of Integrated Systems in Nanoscale Era (DTIS), 2013, pp. 180-183.
  23. V. Akhlaghi, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram. “An Efficient Network on-Chip Architecture Based on Isolating Local and non-Local Communications,” in Proceedings of Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), 2013, pp. 350-353.
  24. M. Kamal, Q. Xie, M. Pedram, A. Afzali-Kusha, and S. Safari. “An Efficient Reliability Simulation Flow for Evaluating the Hot Carrier Injection Effect in CMOS VLSI Circuits,” in Proceedings of the Int’l Conf. on Computer Design (ICCD), Oct. 2012, pp. 352-357. (Best Paper Award)
  25. M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, A. Safari, and M. Pedram. “An Architecture-Level Approach for Mitigating the Impact of Process Variations on Extensible Processors,” in Proceedings of the Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), 2012, pp. 467-472.
  26. S. Abbaspour, M. Kamal, H. Noori, and S. Safari, “Securing Embedded Processors against Power Analysis based Side Channel Attacks using Reconfigurable Architecture”, in Proceedings of the 9th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, Melbourne, 2011, pp. 255-260.
  27. M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram. “Timing variation-aware custom instruction extension technique,” in Proceedings of the Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), 2011, pp. 1517-1520.
  28. A. Yazdanbakhsh, M. Kamal, Mostafa E. Salehi, Hamid Noori, and S. M. Fakhraei, “Energy-Aware Design Space Exploration of RegisterFile for Extensible Processors,” in Proceedings of Conf. on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, MOdeling and Simulation (SAMOS), SAMOS, Greece, 2010, pp. 273-281.
  29. M. Kamal, N. Kazemian Amiri, A. Kamran, S.A. Hoseini, M. Dehyadegari, and H. Noori, “Dual-Purpose Custom Instruction Identification Algorithm based on Particle Swarm Optimization,” in Proceedings of 21st IEEE International Conference on Application-specific Systems, Architectures and Processors (ASAP), Rennes, France, 2010, pp. 159-166.
  30. M. Kamal, S. Koohi, S. Hessabi,”A Novel Partitioned Encoding Scheme for Reducing Total Power Consumption of Parallel Bus,” in Proceedings of International CSI Computer Conference, Kish Island, Persian Gulf, Iran, March 2008, pp. 90-97.
  31. M. Kamal, M. Salmani Jelodar, S. Hessabi, ”GABIST: A New Methodology to Find near Optimal LFSR for BIST Structure,” in Proceedings IEEE Intl. Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Marrakesh, Morroco, Dec. 2007.
  32. M. Kamal and S. Kasaei, “An Improved Method for Designing Morphological Filtering based on Genetic Algorithm and Wavelet Transform,” in Proceedings of the 4th Iranian Conference on Machine Vision & Image Processing (MVIP), 2007, pp. 625–632.
  33. M. Kamal, S. Koohi, S. Hessabi, “Empirical Analysis of the Dependence of
    Test Power, Delay, Energy and Fault Coverage on the Architecture of
    LFSR-Based TPGs,” in Proceedings of 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems (DFT’07), Italy, September, 2007, pp. 179-187.
  34. M. Kamal, S. Koohi, S. Hessabi, “Analyzing Capability of LFSR Architecture as a TPG to Reduce Power, Energy and Test Delay,” in Proceedings of 5th IEEE East-West Design & Test International Symposium, Armenia, September, 2007, pp. 509-514.
  35. M. Kamal, S. Hessabi, “Low Power Techniques for System-Level Object Oriented Synthesis,” in Proceedings of 5th IEEE East-West Design & Test International Symposium, Armenia, September, 2007, pp. 211-216.
  36. Amin Farmahini Farahani, Mehdi Kamal, Seid Mehdi Fakhraie, Saeed Safari, “HW/SW partitioning using discrete particle swarm,” in Proceedings of Proceedings of the 17th ACM Great Lakes symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI’07), 2007, pp. 359-364.
  37. Amin Farmahini Farahani, Mehdi Kamal, Mehdi Salmani Jelodar, “ Parallel-Genetic-Algorithm-Based HW/SW Partitioning,” in Proceedings of International Symposium on Parallel Computing in Electrical Engineering (PARELEC), 2006, pp. 337-342.
  38. Mehdi Salmani Jelodar, Mehdi Kamal, Seid Mehdi Fakhraie, and Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, “SOPC-based parallel genetic algorithm,” in Proceedings of IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Vancouver, BC, Canada, Jul. 2006, pp. 2800-2806.
  39. Mehdi Salmani Jelodar, Mehdi Kamal, Seid Mehdi Fakhraie, and Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, “SOPC-based genetic algorithm”, in Proceedings of 4th Iranian Conf. on Electrical Engineering (ICEE’06), Tehran, Iran, May 2006.
  40. Mehdi Kamal, Amin Farmahini, Mehdi Salmani Jelodar, “Automatic Combinational Circuit Design using Genetic Algorithm,” in Proceedings of 7th Conf. on Intelligent Systems, Tehran, Iran, 2005.