Farhad EbrahimiAzandaryani

Profiles Info

Farhad is a Lecturer and Research Assistant at the Department of Computer Science (Chair of Computer Architecture, CS3) at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. He holds an M.Sc. in Computer Engineering from the University of Tehran, Iran. His research focuses on computer architecture, RISC-V, and hardware accelerators, with expertise in custom processor design, reconfigurable computing, and low-power system design. He has extensive hands-on experience in FPGA implementation and is currently working on the RTL-to-GDSII/ASIC design flow of NOVACore using open-source toolchains. Farhad’s work bridges academic research and real-world applications, contributing to advancements in high-performance and energy-efficient computing systems.

For more details, please refer to his CV, which is available below.

Projects and Research Interests

• NOVACore Demo:(Github) 
• RISC-V | Hardware Accelerators
• Hardware Development with FPGAs
• Low Power and Reconfigurable Computing

Teaching 

• Architecture of Supercomputers (ArchSup) Winter 2022/23 – ongoing
• Computer Architecture for Medical Applications (CAMA) Summer 2023 – ongoing

Supervised M.Sc | B.Sc Thesis

If you’re a bachelor’s or master’s student looking for a thesis topic and your research background aligns with mine, feel free to reach out—I’d be happy to discuss potential opportunities with you!

Publications

• A. Abdelhafez, F. EbrahimiAzandaryani, M. Bianconi and D. Fey, “FPGA Implementation of a Real-Time Application Based on RISC-V Cores” 2025 IEEE 22nd International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals & Devices (SSD), Monastir, Tunisia, 2025, pp. 1174-1179.
• F. EbrahimiAzandaryani and D. Fey, “ CSD-Driven Speedup in RISC-V Processor ” In: Lorandel, J., Kamaleldin, A. (eds) Design and Architecture for Signal and Image Processing. DASIP 2025. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 15569. Springer, Cham.
• F. EbrahimiAzandaryani and D. Fey, “ ExTern: Boosting RISC-V core performance using ternary encoding ” Microprocessors and Microsystems , volume 107(2024), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpro.2024.105058.
• F. Ebrahimi-Azandaryani, O. Akbari, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “ Accuracy configurable adders with negligible delay overhead in exact operating mode ” ACM Trans. Des. Autom. Electron. Syst ., vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 1–14, Jan. 2023.
• F. Ebrahimi-Azandaryani, O. Akbari, M. Kamal, A. Afzali-Kusha, and M. Pedram, “ Block-based carry speculative approximate adder for energy-efficient applications, ”IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II, Exp. Briefs, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 137–141, Jan. 2019.

For more details, please take a look at my resume ( CV )