He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his B.S. in Computer Engineering from the North Carolina State University. Prior to join the University of Pittsburgh, he was a faculty in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. His research interest is in the area of biomedical computing and implantable system-on-chip (SoC) with emphasis on energy-efficient, reliable, secure, and high-performance computer system architecture, processor microarchitecture, and compiler optimizations. He is a member of several international scholar and honor societies including Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Eta Sigma, and Golden Key. He is also a member of IEEE, ACM, and AAAS.