Muhammad Akmal Shafique
Digital design engineer having strong background in conceptualizing, modeling, and optimizing digital designs with extensive experience in integrating cutting-edge research into existing implementations.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor | Department of Computer & Software Engineering, NUST CEME, Pakistan (Sep 2025 – Present)
Graduate Research Assistant | Department of Computer Engineering, Chosun University, South Korea (Mar 2021 – Aug 2025)
Research Assistant | Department of Electrical Engineering, HITEC University, Pakistan (Feb 2019 – Aug 2019)
Intern | Department of Electrical Engineering, COMSATS University, Pakistan (May 2016 – May 2017)
EDUCATION
PhD Computer Engineering | Chosun University, South Korea [2025]
Dissertation Title: High Performance Deep Learning Hardware Accelerator Architectures via Online Arithmetic based Processing Approaches
Advisor: Prof. Jeong-A Lee & Prof. Seokjoo Shin
MSc Electrical Engineering | University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan [2020]
Dissertation Title: Gracefully Degraded Fault Tolerance Mechanism for Network-on-Chip Architecture
Advisor: Prof. Muhammad Iram Baig & Asst. Prof. Naveed Khan Baloch
BSc Electrical Engineering | Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Pakistan [2015]
Project Title: Design of Reflow Soldering Oven for SMT devices
PUBLICATIONS [J: Journal | C: Conference]
[J] ON-CNN: Low Latency and High Throughput Online Arithmetic based Convolutional Neural Network Accelerator [PDF]
M.A. Shafique and J-A Lee, IEEE Access, 2024.
[J] Fault-Tolerant Network-On-Chip Router Architecture Design for Heterogeneous Computing Systems in the Context of Internet of Things [PDF]
M. Rashid, N.K. Baloch, M.A. Shafique, F. Hussain, S. Saleem, Y.B. Zikria, and H. Yu, MDPI Sensors, 2020.
[J] NoCGuard: A Reliable Network-on-Chip Router Architecture [PDF]
M. A. Shafique, N. K. Baloch, M. I. Baig, F. Hussain, Y. B. Zikria, and S. W. Kim, MDPI Electronics, 2020.
[C] CSA Based Radix-4 Gemmini Systolic Array for Machine Learning Applications [PDF]
M.A. Shafique, K. Inayat and J-A Lee, 13th HEART Symposium, 2023.