Amir A. Khwaja received his MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science from Arizona State University, Arizona, USA. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from N.E.D. University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan.
He is an assistant professor at the College of Computer Sciences and Information Technology, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since 2014. Prior to that he had 21 years of semiconductor industry experience. He worked for 20 years in Intel Corporation, USA, in various capacities: CAD software developer, XScale and Atom mobile system-on-a-chip (SoC) validation architect, Validation Program Manager, and Sr. Engineering Manager. He worked for one year in Qualcomm, San Diego, California, USA, as a Principal Engineer and Sr. Manager, leading the successful completion of the validation of Qualcomm’s Femtocell SoC product. He has also worked as an adjunct faculty for Arizona State University and University of Phoenix.
