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Dr. M. Hassan Najafi received the B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering-Hardware from the University of Isfahan, Iran, the M.Sc. degree in Computer Architecture from the University of Tehran, Iran, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA, in 2011, 2014, and 2018, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the School of Computing and Informatics, University of Louisiana, LA, USA. His research interests include stochastic and approximate computing, time-based processing, computer architecture, and low power VLSI design. Dr. Najafi was a recipient of the 2018 EDAA Outstanding Dissertation Award, the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the University of Minnesota, the Best Poster Award at the 2019 DAC PhD Forum, and the Best Paper Award at the 35th IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD’17). His work on Polysynchronous Clocking was selected as the Feature Paper of the Month in the Oct. 2017 Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Computers.