Naveed Mahmud

Naveed is an Assistant Professor in the department of Computer Engineering and Sciences (COES) at Florida Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2022 from the University of Kansas (KU), USA with honors in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). Dr. Mahmud’s primary research interests are future and emerging computing architectures such as quantum computing and reconfigurable computing. His work involves developing reconfigurable emulation architectures for quantum algorithms, optimizing quantum algorithms for efficient implementation on near-term quantum devices, and developing applications for quantum computing. His publication record includes several peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers. Dr. Mahmud also worked as a Senior Design Verification Engineer for Ulkasemi, a top semiconductor services firm in Bangladesh with off-shore design centers in the USA. He was responsible for leading the Digital Design Verification team in addition to developing automated, self-checking testbenches for ASICs.