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Murali Annavaram is a faculty member in the Ming-Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California since 2007, where he holds the Lloyd F. Hunt Chair. His research focuses on energy efficiency and reliable computing platforms, particularly on mobile platforms and sensor management in body area sensor networks for continuous real-time health monitoring. He leads an active research group that explores reliability challenges in computer systems architecture and future CMOS technologies. Annavaram has received several awards, including the NSF CAREER Award in 2010 and the IBM Faculty Partnership Award in 2009. His earlier work includes a senior research scientist position at Intel Microprocessor Research Labs from 2001 to 2007, focusing on energy-efficient server design and 3D stacking architectures. He was also a visiting researcher at Nokia Research Center, Palo Alto. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2001 and is a Senior Member of both IEEE and ACM.
University of Southern California • Los Angeles, CA
Faculty member in the Ming-Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering.
Intel Microprocessor Research Labs • Santa Clara, CA
Worked on energy-efficient server design and 3D stacking architectures.
Nokia Research Center • Palo Alto, CA
Worked on virtual trip line based traffic sensing.
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