He was with Intel's Microprocessor Technology Lab (MTL) as a senior research scientist from 2004 to 2008 after he received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 2004. He has published more than 70 technical papers in the field of digital circuit, processor architecture, and CAD. He also has served several prominent international conferences as a technical program committee member. He was a recipient of IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC) Student Design Contest Award in 2001, Intel Fellowship in 2002, and IEEE International Conference on Microarchitecture (MICRO) Best Paper Award in 2003, NSF CAREER Award in 2010, and IBM Faculty Award in 2011. His current research interest is designing robust, low-power computing systems in nanoscale technology