Farid Najm, University of Toronto

Research

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)Design Methodology Electromigration Electronic Design Automation (EDA)Integrated Circuits Nanoelectronics Power Grid Optimization Power Grid Verification

Latest funding

Computer-Aided Design for High-Performance Large-Scale Integrated Circuits
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$234,000
NSERC/Intel Industrial Research Chair in Programmable Silicon
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$55,642
Computer-Aided Design for High-Performance Large-Scale Integrated Circuits
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$185,000

All 9 grants and awards

Computer-Aided Design for High-Performance Large-Scale Integrated Circuits

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Najm, Farid

Keywords: integrated circuits; very large scale integration (vlsi); nanoelectronics; design methodology; computer-aided design (cad); electronic design automation (eda); power grid verification; electromigration; reliability; power grid optimization

$234,000

NSERC/Intel Industrial Research Chair in Programmable Silicon

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Industrial Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Najm, Farid

$55,642

Computer-Aided Design for High-Performance Large-Scale Integrated Circuits

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Najm, Farid

$185,000

Computer-aided design for advanced large-scalre integrated circuits

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Najm, Farid

$300,000

Power Grid Verification

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Najm, Farid

$150,000

Computer-aided design for high-performance nanoelectronic integrated circuits

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Najm, Farid

$210,000

Statistical Timing Analysis for FPGAs

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Najm, Farid

$50,670

Computer-aided design for low-power and reliable VLSI circuits

Principal investigatorNSERC2000Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Najm, Farid

$146,996

Server for memory- and compute-intensive research

Co-investigatorNSERC2000Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Chow, Paul

$96,071

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Dear Professor Najm, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on computer-aided design (cad) connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Computer-Aided Design for High-Performance Large-Scale Integrated Circuits" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]