Dr Arfan Ghani
Research Associate

Dr. Arfan Ghani is working as a Post-doctoral Research Associate in Neuroprosthesis Lab at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Newcastle University, England. He is interested in translational research, in particular implantable chip design, VLSI system design, ASIC/FPGA design, Bio-inspired electronics, Mixed-signal design and neural signal processing. He is currently involved in a visual prosthetic chip design to help improve impaired vision.

Qualifications

PhD  - Neurocomputing - University of Ulster, UK
M.Sc (Research) - Computer Systems Engineering - Technical University of Denmark
BEng Electronics (Distinction) - N.E.D Engineering University, Karachi, Pakistan

Previous Positions

2011-to-date  Post-doctoral Research Associate, Newcastle University, UK (FP7)
2008-2011      Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Ulster/University of Liverpool, UK (EPSRC)
2005-2005      Research Scientist, Intel Research, University of Cambridge, UK
2001-2003      ASIC (R&D), Vitesse Semiconductors, Denmark
1998-2000      Electronics Research Engineer, SIEMENS, Pakistan

Memberships

IET, IEEE, IDA(Denmark)

Technical Programme Committee Member

ASP-DAC        (Asia and South Pacific Design Automation)
BIOSIGNALS  (International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing)
ReConfig       (International Conference on Reconfigurable Computing and FPGAs)

 CMOS driver chip design

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