About Me


I study how to make computing hardware smarter and more efficient, specifically through neuromorphic architectures, spiking neural networks, and emerging memory technologies like STT-MRAM. My research at the University of Arizona, where I’m an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, focuses on designing systems that process information more like biological brains and less like traditional processors, with an emphasis on bringing the brain’s efficiency to emerging workloads at the edge.

In 2019, I received the NSF CAREER Award for my work on runtime adaptable STT-MRAM cache memories. Earlier in my career, I worked as a Research Associate at HP Labs alongside Chief Engineer Chandrakant Patel on microprocessor optimizations for IoT. I hold a PhD and MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida, and a B.Eng from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. I had a stint as a software developer in Kuwait and a fair amount of travel in between.

Outside the lab, I’m interested in how emerging technologies like AI and IoT reshape industries beyond their obvious domains, from hospitality to legal practice. I work with industry leaders and non-technical audiences to cut through the hype and translate what’s actually happening in computing into clear, actionable insights.

I am an avid traveler and musician. I play the keyboard and bass guitar, enjoy reading non-fiction, writing, and have a habit of striking up conversations with strangers in airports.

Read more about talks/panels I’ve given, my awards/honors, and service activities.

Invited Talks and Panels

  • “Right-Sizing Intelligence: Hardware, Software, and the Sustainable Future of AI,” AZ SciFi Writers, February 2026
  • “When AI Gets Out of Hand: Navigating the Perils of Autonomous and Misused Intelligence,” AZ SciFi Writers, July 2025
  • “Are LLMs Any Good for High-Level Synthesis?” ICCAD 2024, Special Session on AI4HLS.
  • “The electrifying future of hardware brains: the mash-up of Artificial Intelligence, domain-specific architectures, edge computing, and that Internet of Things thing,” AZ SciFi Writers, July 2022
  • “In search of specialization for energy-efficient resource-constrained computing,” Duke University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, March 2022
  • “Emerging architecture designs for energy-efficient resource-constrained computing,” University of Florida, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, November 2021
  • “The Internet of Things: Overview, Recent Advancements, and Future Trends,” Webinar at SRM College of Engineering and Science, India, September 2020
  • “Architecture Designs for Energy-Efficient and Adaptable STTRAM Cache Hierarchies,” National University of Singapore, School of Computing, October 2019
  • “Emerging Technologies for Right-Provisioned IoT Computing”, Panel, ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), May 2019
  • Panel on Academic Career Challenges, Design Automation Conference (DAC) Early Career Workshop, San Francisco CA, June 2018
  • “Potentials of microarchitecture adaptability for performance, energy, and security optimizations,” Emerging Technologies Conference (ETCMOS), Whistler BC, Canada, May 2018
  • “Landscape of the Future: The Internet of Things,” Keynote at SHFM National Conference, Phoenix AZ, September 2016
  • “Dynamic Phase-based Optimization of Embedded Systems,” Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Canada, April 2015
  • Panel Session: Diversity Panel - Central Florida STEM Alliance, Tampa, FL, March 2015

Awards and Honors

  • Thomas R. Brown Endowed Fellowship, ECE Department, University of Arizona, 2025-2028
  • Award for Excellence at the Student Interface, ECE Department, University of Arizona, May 2026
  • Elected to Senior Member Grade, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2020
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, 2019
  • Award for Excellence at the Student Interface (Teaching Award, ECE Junior Faculty). College of Engineering, University of Arizona, May 2018
  • ACM GLSVLSI Travel Award. ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), May 2015
  • Best Paper Award - “Dynamic Phase-based Optimization of Embedded Systems,” Tosiron Adegbija and Ann Gordon-Ross. IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), July 2014 - PhD Forum

Service Activities

Conference Organizing and Technical Committees:

  • International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), 2025
  • IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI); TPC Co-Chair, 2024
  • ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI); Track Chair, VLSI Circuits and Design, 2024
  • International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED); Panels Chair, 2023
  • Embedded Systems Week (ESWEEK); Ph.D. Forum Chair, 2022
  • Design Automation Conference; Track Chair - ESS2. Embedded System Design Methodologies, 2022
  • ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI); Track Co-Chair - VLSI Circuits and Power Aware Design, 2022
  • IEEE/ACM Conference on Hardware/Software Co-Design and Synthesis (CODES); 2017 - Present
  • IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), 2016 - 2023
  • Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2020 - 2023
  • ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI); 2017 - 2023
  • IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA), 2020
  • IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems (iSES); Program Vice Chair, 2020
  • ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI); Panel Chair, 2019
  • IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software (ISPASS); Posters Chair, 2019
  • International Green and Sustainable Computing Conference (IGSC); Track Chair - VLSI Design, 2019
  • Languages, Compilers, Tools and Theory of Embedded Systems (LCTES), 2019
  • IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software (ISPASS), 2019
  • IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2018
  • IEEE Computer Society Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI); 2017, 2018

Journal Reviewer and Editorship:

  • IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), Associate Editor, 2023 - Present
  • IEEE Embedded Systems Letters (ESL), Associate Editor, 2024 - 2026
  • ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS)
  • ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS)
  • ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization (TACO)
  • IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration systems (TVLSI)
  • IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS)
  • IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC)
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD)
  • IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing (TUSC)
  • IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine (CEM)
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoTJ)
  • Springer Journal of Supercomputing
  • Elsevier Microelectronics Journal
  • Elsevier Journal of Signal Processing Systems

Grant Proposal Reviewer/Panelist:

  • Department of Energy (DOE)
  • CSR: Computer Systems Research
  • Cyber-Physical Systems
  • CCF: Software and Hardware Foundations

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